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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"font-size: large;\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vertra Sunscreen Dominates\\u00a0Battle of the Paddle-California&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Dana Point, California\\u00a0(October 3, 2010) Vertra Sunscreen\\u2019s paddlesports team dominates at the 2010\\u00a0Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle\\u00a0event at Doheny Beach, California. \\u00a0Amongst the world\\u2019s best standup paddlers, Vertra\\u2019s athletes shined above the rest in both the elite surf and distance paddling races.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Vertra Sunscreen athlete Danny Ching, continued in his normal fashion of being nothing less than perfect at these events. Not only did Ching champion both the surf race and distance races at the\\u00a0BOP\\u00a0event in Hawaii earlier this year, he as well took the crown in both events this past weekend. \\u201cIt\\u2019s a great event,\\u201d commented Ching. \\u201cI train and race hard, I was fortunate this weekend to come up on top.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Vertra\\u2019s other athletes performed top notch as well. \\u00a0The Australian Travis Grant finished in 4th in the elite surf race. \\u201cTough and Spectacular,\\u201d commented Grant after the event. Travis battled with three other athletes for the entire race, trading leads and navigating the waist to chest high waves. The fifteen year-old Matt Becker edged his way into a 9th place in the surf race. \\u201cI am proud of the way I paddled this weekend,\\u201d mentioned Becker. \\u201cWith so many top athletes present, it is a dog fight from start to finish.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Both Ching and Grant will be traveling back to the Hawaiian Islands this coming weekend to compete in the 2010\\u00a0Molokai Hoe\\u00a0outrigger canoe race.\\u00a0Danny will be racing with\\u00a0Team Primo,\\u00a0an elite mix of paddlers. Grant has organized a team comprised of all Australians.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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