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"\"&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000128768\\\" style=\\\"width: 600px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/04\\/b80c4421.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-1000128768\\\" title=\\\"O'Neill Scotland\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/04\\/b80c4421-600x399.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"The site of the 2011 O'Neill CWC Scotland. Photo: Aquashot\\/ASP Europe\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"399\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;The site of the 2011 O&amp;#39;Neill CWC Scotland. Photo: Aquashot\\/ASP Europe&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Thurso East \\u2013 Scotland (Thursday, April 14, 2011) \\u2013 Due to small inconsistent waves The O&amp;#8217;Neill Coldwater Classic Scotland was forced to hold off from running competition after the incoming afternoon tide failed to pulse with adequate strength. After being placed on hold throughout the morning and early afternoon, event officials decided to return tomorrow morning to assess conditions for a possible restart of competition.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Contest Director Dave Reed, who has surfed and held events in the Thurso region for many years, made the announcement to surfers and officials that conditions were not contestable for a restart to Round One.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cWe are calling it off for today and hopefully tomorrow we can finish Round One and Round Two. We are looking at it early each day and checking the other spots and at 8 am we will have a decision made on where we are running tomorrow. That means a total of 16 heats so if we can get through that we will be pleased.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Thurso local Andy Bain, is helping Reed call the shots when deciding to send surfers out into the water. Bain\\u2019s knowledge of the area and the constantly changing weather patterns is invaluable when trying to host a successful contest.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThe swell is going to pick up tomorrow and the wind might be a little bit funky but if we are ready to go by 8 am we have basically 12 hours of light to play around with. I reckon we can pick and choose the best moments of the day then we\\u2019ll be ok.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Stuart Kennedy (Lennox Head, AUS) 21, waited patiently for the eventual call that his Round One clash against Kevin Sullivan (HAW), Christophe Allary (REU) and Nicholas Squires (AUS) would not be hitting the water.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cToday is a bit of an upset for waves after yesterday where I watched a few heats and it pumped. Being in the later heats of a Round you can always expect it to get called off. I\\u2019ve seen the forecast is looking very good so I am not too stressed about waiting.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Kennedy, a semi-finalist in the first 2011 CWC in New Zealand, has started his campaign strongly and hopes to go one better than his overall runner-up position in last year\\u2019s Cold Water Classic Series.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cIt would be good to have a final over here but if I get to the Quarters I can overtake some of the guys and hopefully lead the Series. I came second overall last year so I don\\u2019t want to put pressure on myself at this stage. My preparation has been good and I enjoy surfing in a wettie with all the boots and gloves.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Jonathan Gonzalez (Tenerife, CNY) 30, surfed a short lasting pulse of swell on the out-going tide when winds turned favorable. However the window lasted only an hour as the tide killed all holding his first up heat when competition resumes.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cIt was not bad when I entered the water earlier but now it has gone really slow and inconsistent with the waves breaking on top of the kelp beds. It was impossible to surf in the end. But in Thurso I have always more of less ended up with a result because the waves are similar in power to the Canary Islands and I feel comfortable in the cold water.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Head judge Iain Buchanan commented on the overall situation of the event after two days of the waiting period completed and is confident of getting the athletes into the water with more than adequate surf for the remainder of competition.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cWe have a lay day today after one of the best days of surf we have had in the last six years here at Thurso East. With the forecast and the waiting period left it is looking favorable and we don\\u2019t have to rush and send the guys out in sub-standard conditions. We have a small field to deal with now and we can finish if need be in two-and-a-half days and on top of that we have good weather conditions and a very good vibe here at the contest.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The O&amp;#8217;Neill Coldwater Classic Scotland is stop n\\u00ba 2 of the O&amp;#8217;Neill Coldwater Classic Series with surfers out to solidify their overall standings as well as gain valuable Asp World Rankings points.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The O\\u2019Neill Cold Water Classic Scotland is scheduled from April 13 -19, 2011. For more information, and all upcoming results, photos, video highlights, press releases and LIVE webcast log-on to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.oneill.com\\/cwc\\/Scotland.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;oneill.com\\/cwc\\/Scotland.html&lt;\\/a&gt; or &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspeurope.com\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;aspeurope.com&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nREMAININGO\\u2019NEILL CWC SCOTLAND ROUND ONE MATCH-UPS&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 21: Jonathan Gonzalez (CNY), Brendon Gibbens (ZAF), James Taipan Woods (AUS), Tom Buttler (GBR)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 22: Stuart Kennedy (AUS), Kevin Sullivan (HAW), Christophe Allary (REU), Nicholas Squires (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 23: Patrick Daniel (GBR), Chris Waring (USA), Alexander El Naib (DEU), Love Hodel (HAW)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 24: Aritz Aranburu (EUK), Vincent Duvignac (FRA), Cory Arrambide (USA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nUPCOMING O\\u2019NEILL CWC SCOTLAND ROUND TWO MATCH-UPS&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Dion Atkinson (AUS), Gordan Fontaine (FRA), Justin Mujica (PRT), Marc Lacomare (FRA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Yujiro Tsuji (JPN), Brian Toth (PRI), Joan Duru (FRA), Kristian Kymerson (BRA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Tim Boal (FRA), Jay Quinn (NZL), Marlon Lipke (DEU), Gony Zubizarreta (ESP)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Reubin Pearce (GBR), Norman Landa (EUK), Hodei Collazo (EUK), Noboyuki Osawa (JPN)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: Charles Martin (GLP), Eneko Acero (EUK), Alain Riou (PYF), Jayce Robinson (GBR)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: Billy Stairmand (NZL), Russel Winter (GBR), Lincoln Taylor (AUS), Patrick Beven (FRA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: Indar Perez (EUK), Romain Cloitre (FRA), Adrien Toyon (REU), Killian Garland (USA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: Teppei Tajima (JPN), Brandon Jackson (ZAF), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Richard Christie (NZL)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 9: Romain Laulhe (FRA), Yuri Sodre (BRA), Filipe Jervis (PRT), Micah Lester (GBR)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 10: Glen Hall (IRL), Jared Thorne (USA), Davey Cathels (AUS), Brent Dorrington (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 11: TBA&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 12: TBA&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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