| CORDOAMA BUONDI PRO
ASP Men’s Star Series 1-Star Event
July 8 to 11, 2010
Cordoama, Portugal
Gony Zubizarreta Wins ASP 1-Star Cordoama Buondi Pro
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CORDOAMA – Portugal (Sunday, July 11, 2010) –
Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 25, today claimed this year’s Cordoama Buondi
Pro title an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Men’s Star- Series
1-Star event over coming former ASP 2009 Dream Tour member Marlon Lipke
(DEU) in the long awaited 35-minute show down between the events two
top seeded surfers.
A slight drop in the swell did little to halt the explosive
surfing witnessed today at Praia da Cordoama. Waves in the 3ft (1m) range
improved as the tide pushed in forming peaks on the inside shore break
offering the perfect scene for the huge crowd to watch the action unfold.
In an explosive opening half exchange which saw the lead change
several times Zubizarreta took command in the blink of an eye scoring a
7.33 out of a possible 10 and then backed it up with an 8.33 in the space
of a minute to take a straggle hold on the final which he held onto until
the final siren.
“It feels so good to win this event because the level was so
high and everyone was ripping out there during the entire event. Marlon
(Lipke) was surfing so strong here at his home break and he is really tough
to beat so it makes it feel even better to win here.”
“I have been losing a lot of heats this year and I don’t know
why but I couldn’t find my rhythm in the heats and maybe putting too much
pressure on myself and now I went out and was trying to have fun and to do
the right things in the heats.”
Marlon Lipke (DEU) coming home in second place never threw in
the towel in his attempt to overtake his opponent giving it all he had in a
last ditched effort in the last minutes of the heat however needing another
excellent score had to be content with the runner up position.
Surfing today on a different board Lipke felt that perhaps his
choice of equipment may have been a reason for his defeat in the final.
“I changed my boards and I forgot that I was on a smaller board
and I blew a couple of my waves and I looked a bit too nervous and I should
have been calmer but Gony ripped out there so it was hard to win out there
anyhow.”
“We surfed really close to the shore and it was great for the
crowd and everyone came together on the beach and it was just great to surf
against Gony in the final and we had a laugh together in the water.”
“I live here just round the corner and it is a fun event for me
and if you have time it is a great contest to go to and see beautiful
beaches and good nightlife and just to have a relaxing week.”
Nicolaus Rupp (DEU) finished equal third after being eliminated
by Zubizarreta in their 30-minute clash. Never given the opportunity to get
in the race Rupp tried valiantly to find a wave which would allow him to
display some of his futuristic surfing we have been witness to throughout
the Cordoama Buondi Pro.
Having obtained the upper hand over Zubizarreta in yesterday’s
Infinite Expression Session clinching the win and a winner’s cheque of 500
Euros in the last minute today at the business end of the main event he was
not to steal the lime light from Zubizarreta a second time.
Pleased with his overall performance here at the Cordoama
Buondi Pro Rupp will now place all his focus on the upcoming ASP European
Pro Junior series.
“If Gony had of won yesterday the expression I would have been
happy for him as he was happy for me and he is a good friend and it is
great to be with him in the water and the only thing is I would have liked
to have made a better performance. The last couple of days I have been so
lucky and the luck can’t always come to me so I am fine with it.”
“Third place is a place lower than last year where I came
second but third is a good result and I am happy with how everything has
gone here. I would love to be in the final but you can’t always have
everything but it is really cool to be competing against these guys but I
would have liked to have made them shake a little more but it’s all good
and maybe next time.”
Eduardo Fernandes (PRT) was pleased with his equal third
position even though he came up against a steam rolling Lipke and struggled
to get into the clash. Using the Cordoama Buondi Pro as preparation for the
upcoming summer leg of ASP Men’s Star Series events Fernandes feels the
confidence boost obtained here at Praia da Cordoama will hold him in good
stead.
“I am happy with the result but I really wanted to make the
final today but in the end I couldn’t. Marlon was surfing very well and he
knows this wave so well it is really hard to beat him here so today was not
my day. I have been surfing well over the entire contest and I will be
doing all the WQS contests in Europe and I will try my best.”
The Cordoama Buondi Pro is stop nº 3 of 12 which will
eventually decide this year’s ASP European Champion where a total of the
best 6 overall results will count towards this year’s ASP European title.
For all event results, photos and daily news and live scores
log-on to www.aspeurope.com
CORDOAMA BUONDI PRO FINAL
Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 15.56 Def. Marlon Lipke (DEU) 13.10
CORDOAMA BUONDI PRO SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Heat 1:Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 13.33 Def. Nicolaus Rupp (DEU) 8.34
Heat 2: Marlon Lipke (DEU) 12.17 Def. Eduardo Fernandes (PRT) 8.07
CORDOAMA BUONDI PRO RESULTS
1ST Gony Zubizarreta (ESP)
2nd Marlon Lipke (DEU)
3rd Nicolaus Rupp (DEU)
3rd Eduardo Fernandes (PRT)
5th Jose Ferreira (PRT)
5th Marcos San Segundo (EUK)
5th Ruben Gonzalez (PRT)
5th Indar Perez (EUK)
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