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"\"&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000081943 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/surf\\/fred-patacchia-wins-60-lowers-pro-kai-barger-takes-oakley-pro-jr\\/attachment\\/img_4355\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"150\\\" height=\\\"100\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/05\\/img_4355.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"img_4355\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It&amp;#8217;s no coincidence that two Hawaiian goofyfoots came away victorious at Lowers, especially since it was Fred Patacchia and Kai Barger. Both Hawaiians are at the top of their games right now, and it showed at the cobblestone point this past week. &lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Being the reigning ASP Champ seems to have made Kai Barger&amp;#8217;s surfing even better. Kai&amp;#8217;s Oakley Pro Jr. win showed that he&amp;#8217;s confident, polished, and always smiling, carrying that Aloha with him wherever he goes.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fellow Hawaiian Freddy P. is sitting third on the World Tour currently, which has been no easy task considering the first two stops on tour aren&amp;#8217;t by any means goofyfoot friendly waves. With the circus heading to Teahupoo later this week, Fred has got some serious momentum from this win at Lowers. Heading to Teahupoo with that could mean bad news for everyone else on tour. Check out the full story below for full final day highlights from the 6.0 Lowers Pro and Oakley Pro Jr. Congrats to Freddy P. and Kai Barger!&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/05\\/02\\/img_4355.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1000081944\\\" title=\\\"img_4355\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/05\\/02\\/img_4355.600x400.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"467\\\" height=\\\"311\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fred Patacchia, 2009 6.0 Lowers Pro winner. Photo: Checky&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Official ASP Press Release:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SAN CLEMENTE, California (Saturday, May 3, 2009) \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Fred Patacchia (North Shore, HI), 27, won mainland America\\u2019s first Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME event, the 6.0 Lowers Pro, when he defeated defending event champion Ben Bourgeois (Wrightsville Beach, NC), 30, by a score of 16.84 to 14.10 in two-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at the famed cobblestone reef of Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California. Today\\u2019s action also saw defending ASP World Junior Champion Kai Barger (Haiku, HI), 19, claim the ASP Grade-2 Oakley Pro Junior, which ran in conjunction with the 6.0 Lowers Pro.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The 6.0 Lowers Pro\\u2019s ASP 6-Star PRIME status marks the event as a critical stop on each competitors 2009 ASP WQS campaign because it offers the maximum amount of points towards qualification for the ASP World Tour. The Oakley Pro Junior is the second of eight stops on this year\\u2019s ASP North America Pro Junior Series, with the top five seeds at year\\u2019s end earning their chance to compete against the best ASP Junior talent in Narrabeen, Australia where they battle for the ASP World Junior Championship title.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Patacchia demolished the Lower Trestles righthanders in his Final against Bourgeois, opening up his battle against the former ASP World Tour campaigner with a 9.17 out of 10 in the opening minutes of the heat. The Hawaiian talent backed up the score with a 7.67 to solidify the win over Bourgeois.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m psyching,\\u201d Patacchia said. \\u201cWe got fun waves throughout the whole event and to do it at pretty fun Trestles with only one other guy out is even better, so I\\u2019m happy.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Patacchia is currently sitting in the No. 3 position on the ASP World Tour after two events and was using the premier ASP WQS 6-Star PRIME to help his competitive focus before launching into the Billabong Pro Teahupoo next week.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cIt\\u2019s a good warm up for the Hurley Pro,\\u201d Patacchia said. \\u201cIt\\u2019s not a good warm up for Tahiti, but I just want to stay in contest mode, keep my body in shape and keep my mind strong and I\\u2019m having a fairly decent year this year so I just want to keep it going.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Bourgeois won the 6.0 Lowers Pro last year when the event was an ASP 4-Star and worked his way through to the Final again this year. The talented regular-footer donated stellar performances throughout the event and fell short of the scores needed in the Final to overtake Patacchia for the 6.0 Lowers Pro win.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m stoked to make the final, it was amazing,\\u201d Bourgeois said. \\u201cI wish I could have caught a few more waves there at the end, but I\\u2019m stoked for Fred (Patacchia) he\\u2019s been ripping.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Bourgeois, who was a competitor on last year\\u2019s ASP World Tour, topped several of the finest up-and-coming competitors and also defeated current ASP World Tour No. 6 Adriano de Souza (Guaruja Sao Paulo, BRA), 22, who was in top form throughout the event, on the way to his result.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cIt was a stacked field for sure,\\u201d Bourgeois said. \\u201cTo make the Final with all of those guys in huge.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Bourgeois, who is now living in Carlsbad, California, is only a part-time competitor and will be back in a jersey at the ASP 6-Star Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing this summer. In the meantime, the California transplant will be spending his time working on other surf related projects.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m doing the U.S. Open and the O\\u2019Neill Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz,\\u201d Bourgeois said. \\u201cI\\u2019m going on a boat-trip to Panama at the end of this month and for now I\\u2019m just hanging out at home in Carlsbad.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Bourgeois\\u2019 victory earns him a berth in to the trials for the Hurley Pro, the ASP World Tour contest held at Lower Trestles. The trials for the prestigous event will be held at the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing this summer.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Barger claimed the Oakley Pro Junior in an amazing display of progressive surfing alongside fellow finalists Davey Cathels (North Narrabeen, AUS), 18, who finished second, Dillon Perillo (Malibu, CA), 18, and Hawaiian charger Kiron Jabour (Haleiwa, HI), 18, with an amazing two-wave-score of 18.60 out of 20. Each surfer went wave-for-wave, unleashing massive fins-free turns and huge air reverses, but in the end Barger\\u2019s performance would go unmatched.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cMan, that Final was epic, it glassed off out there and the sets just started pumping,\\u201d Barger said. \\u201cI finally got my chance to get a nice open face right and just tee off, which is what I\\u2019ve been waiting to do this whole time, so I\\u2019m just super stoked.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Oakley Pro Junior victory at Lower Trestles was the first event victory for Barger since his win at the ASP World Junior Championships in Narrabeen, Australia in January, and the result came as a relief to the progressive goofy-footer.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m so stoked because I felt like people would be wondering if I didn\\u2019t back up my win from worlds with another result,\\u201d Barger said. \\u201cThis is a solid result for me and it\\u2019s good.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Cathels came from behind to bump Perillo down to the third place position with a last-second effort on a long righthand Lowers wall. The young Australian combined a variety of vicious turns and finished the wave off with a solid reverse to take second overall in the event.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThe waves are so fun out there, it\\u2019s just perfect little Trestles,\\u201d Cathels said. \\u201cThe wave is just so rippable. Everone was getting great waves and Kai was just ripping out there, so what can you do, he\\u2019s the ASP World Junior Champion for a reason. To get that second, I\\u2019m just frothing, that\\u2019s what I came here to do.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Cathels earned the impressive result during his first visit to America and he definitely hope to come back to compete at Trestles again in the future.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThis is my first time to America and my first time to Trestles about a week ago,\\u201d Cathels said. \\u201cI just fell in love with this wave. It just turned on for us in the Final, it was so good and I\\u2019d love to come back.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;For all of the 6.0 Lowers Pro and Oakley Pro Junior highlights log on to &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.nike6lowerspro.com\\/\\\"&gt;nike6lowerspro.com&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;For additional Oakley Pro Junior info check out &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.oakleyprojunior.com\\/\\\"&gt;oakleyprojunior.com.&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;For additional ASP information log on to &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspworldtour.com\\/\\\"&gt;aspworldtour.com&lt;\\/a&gt; or &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspnorthamerica.org\\/\\\"&gt;aspnorthamerica.org.&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.0 Lowers Pro Final:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1 \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Fred Patacchia (HAW)16.84&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;2 \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Ben Bourgeois (USA) 14.10&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.0 Lowers Pro Semifinals Results:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSF 1:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Fred Patacchia (HAW) 13.17 def. Tim Boal (FRA) 7.60&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;SF 2:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Ben Bourgeois (USA) 15.80 def. Nathan Yeomans (USA) 14.66&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.0 Lowers Pro Quarterfinals Results:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 1:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 15.00 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 8.83&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;QF 2:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Tim Boal (FRA) 14.96 def. Tanner Gudauskas (USA) 11.94&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;QF 3:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Ben Bourgeois (USA) 15.77 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.67&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;QF 4:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Nathan Yeomans (USA) 16.50 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oakley Pro Junior Final:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1 \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Kai Barger (HAW) 18.60&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;2 \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Davey Cathels (AUS) 16.13&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;3 \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Dillon Perillo (USA) 15.94&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;4 \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Kiron Jabour (HAW) 15.33&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oakley Pro Junior Semifinials Results: (1st and 2nd advance)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSF 1:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Kiron Jabour (HAW) 15.06, Kai Barger (HAW) 14.94, Dege O\\u2019Connell (HAW) 9.56, Andrew Doheny (USA) 9.05&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;SF 2:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Dillon Perillo (USA) 17.90, Davey Cathels (AUS) 15.44, Nat Young (USA) 14.54, Chris Friend (AUS)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oakley Pro Junior Quarterfinals Results: (1st and 2nd advance)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 1:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Davey Cathels (AUS) 16.00, Chris Friend (AUS) 15.87, Cory Arrambide (USA) 15.50, Evan Thompson (USA) 14.94&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;QF 2:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Kai Barger (HAW) 15.50, Dege O\\u2019Connell (HAW) 11.77, Albee Layer (HAW) 10.76, Luke Davis (USA) 10.13&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;QF 3:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Davey Cathels (AUS) 16.00, Chris Friend (AUS) 15.87, Cory Arrambide (USA) 15.50, Evan Thompson (USA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;QF 4:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Nat Young (USA) 14.67, Dillon Perillo (USA) 13.07, Spencer Regan (USA) 12.77, Victor Done (USA) 7.47&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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