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Mick Fanning wins least user-friendly QS event!

Sunset Beach, Hawaii, is no joke. The Vans World Cup of Surfing, held at Sunset Beach, is no joke. Why? Because the wave is far from user-friendly. When the world’s best are doing what don’t look like the turns you’d normally expect from them, you know the wave isn’t a cake walk. The biggest scores at […]

news // Mar 8, 2016
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Sunset Beach, Hawaii, is no joke. The Vans World Cup of Surfing, held at Sunset Beach, is no joke. Why? Because the wave is far from user-friendly. When the world’s best are doing what don’t look like the turns you’d normally expect from them, you know the wave isn’t a cake walk. The biggest scores at Sunset come from getting anywhere near the lip, or finding a barrel that doesn’t pinch– two things that aren’t on offer every wave.

“I’ve gotten so close so many times, made pretty much every final twice but never got the cookie,” said Mick Fanning, who found a bumpy tube to win the final, scooping 10k points he doesn’t need at all, $40k he doesn’t really need either, and the right to a very enjoyable night. “I’m so honoured to win here at Sunset, it’s such a tough event, everyone was going so crazy. I’m just so stoked. Incredible day, the waves have been incredible. How lucky we are just to paddle out with three other guys in perfect Sunset. I’m pretty tired right now but just over the moon.”

“The Triple Crown is the second biggest thing to the World Title, for sure,” said Julian Wilson, who scooped a second place to the man who’s been lowkey mentoring him all year. “If I was out of the title race I would have come over and fought for it 100 percent, but the World Title is definitely where my focus is.”

Meanwhile in the earlier rounds, a bunch of new faces were busy qualifying for the World Tour. Get a full breakdown of the 2016 rookies, right here.

Vans World Cup of Surfing Results

Finals
1. Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.20 – $40,000 and 10,000 points
2. Julian Wilson (AUS) 12.57 – $20,000 and 8,000 points
3. John John Florence (HAW) 12.00 – $12,000 and 6,700
4. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 10.20 – $10,000 and 6,300

Semifinals
Heat 1: John John Florence 9.90, Mick Fanning 9.47, Conner Coffin 9.10, Jack Robinson 3.34
Heat 2: Matt Wilkinson 15.17, Julian Wilson 10.90, Gabriel Medina 6.30, Stuart Kennedy 4.53

Quarterfinals
Heat 1: John John Florence 18.63, Jack Robinson 11.40, Jack Freestone 11.40, Nat Young 3.70
Heat 2: Mick Fanning 14.50, Conner Coffin 14.50, Dane Reynolds 13.40, Ricardo Christie 11.94
Heat 3: Stuart Kennedy 13.57, Matt Wilkinson 11.37, Dusty Payne 10.93, Joel Parkinson 10.47
Heat 4: Gabriel Medina 16.56, Julian Wilson 15.00, Caio Ibelli 14.84, Yadin Nicol 9.60

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