| Clean waves hit the SATA Airlines Azores Pro |
| Friday, 07 September 2012 09:57 |
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The SATA Airlines Azores Pro has completed the Round of 96 at Ribeira Grande, Açores, in clean three-to-four foot waves.Cory Arrambide was one of the standouts of the day, after posting a near perfect 9.87 out of 10 for an incredible frontside inverted aerial to advance ahead of Messias Felix. "I'm so stoked!", Arrambide said. "I was struggling at the beginning, couldn't find the rythmn of the ocean and I was watching Bottle just hacking these rights and finally I just changed my whole plan and moved down the beach, and I caught a good right and then straight into that left". "I don't usually claim a wave but there was just too much adrenaline running, and I was psyched! That was a good heat, I'm stoked!" Arrambide caused the biggest upset defeating rising star Filipe Toledo, at his own game, using aerials to beat two Brazilians in their third Round exchange. Willian Cardoso was one of the few surfers to advance through two rounds today, and winning two very different heats early this morning and late this afternoon. World number 36 at the moment, Cardoso opened his day with an incredible 9.00 ride, third highest score of the event so far, which he earned with a combination of poweful gauges that are his signature moves. Currently sitting 20th on the ASP World Rankings and potentially surfing with the Elite Top 34 next year, the Santa Cruz local will need to drop a couple of low results to lock in his spot. |










