WCT novice

Naslednji teden se za&#269ne Quiksilver Pro na spotu Snapper Rocks v Queenslandu,  Avstralija. &#268e je glavna pozornost usmerjena na 7x svetovnega prvaka Kelly Slaterja (USA), 3x Andy Ironsa (HAW) in lansko &#353teviko 3 ter zmagovalca te tekme Mick Fanning (AUS), bo veliko zanimanje tudi za nove obraze na touru. &#352e nikoli ni bilo tak&#353nega priliva novih tekmovalcev in veliko jih predvideva, da bodo novinci potisnili raven surfanja na touru &#353e vi&#353je. 10 novih obrazov: Adriana de Souza (BRA), Bobby Martinez (USA), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Shaun Cansdell (AUS), Pedro Henrique (BRA), Roy Powers (HAW), Pancho Sullivan (HAW), David Weare (ZAF), Mikael Picon (FRA) in Jarrad Howse (AUS).

Pancho Sullivan

Sullivan, ki bo letos star 33 je najstarej&#353i novinec, ki se je kadarkoli uvrstil na WCT in obenem ozna&#269en kot eden najbolj&#353i power surferjev na svetu. To pome&#353ano z izku&#353njami in zrelostjo lahko po&#353teno zatrese razvrstitev v pokalu. 

Sullivan komentira: "I think good surfing never gets old, I’ve been very fortunate to travel as a freesurfer through my ’junior’ years and I managed to see a lot of places that I’ve always dreamed about going to. Now I have an opportunity to satisfy some of my competitive urges. It’s not something that I want to do forever but I want to give it a good go while my surfing is still at its peak."

Obenem pa ima Sullivan v sebi &#353e vedno tisti otro&#353ko zagnanost mladih surferjev in njegov obraz kar za&#382ari, ko pomisli, da bo lahko surfal najbolj&#353e valove na svetu s samo &#353e enim surferjem v lineupu: "It’s such an amazing wave out there," je Sullivan komentiral spot Snapper Rocks, ki &#382e par dni deluje s polno paro, "The thought of being out there with one other person throws me into a loop! I’ve been putting in the hard yards this week with the crowds so to get out there in the event with that one other person is going to be that much sweeter."

Ko govori o prihajajo&#269em tekmovanju je takoj jasno, da je Pancho nekoliko starej&#353i. Mladi surferji, ki pridejo na tour se bojijo velikih imen medtem, ko se Pancho veseli surfanja z njimi. Upa edino, da se bo lahko hitro prilagodil na eden na enega format tekmovanja: "I’ve had a chance to compete with the top guys in the 45 before as I made the main event last year at Pipe, I feel great physically and I have some really good boards so I’m not too concerned with who is in my heat, in fact I really want to draw the top guys because that will force me to dig deep and find the highest performance level that I am capable of. I haven’t had much experience surfing in man-on-man heats so adjusting to that is going to be a bit of a challenge but I’ve been working with my coach and getting some strategies down, so I’m hoping it all works out."

Tekma oz. &#269akalna doba zanjo se bo za&#269ela 28 februarja, prenos preko interneta v &#382ivo pa bo na voljo na strani tekmovanja.