
Naslednji teden se začne Quiksilver Pro na spotu Snapper Rocks v Queenslandu, Avstralija. Če je glavna pozornost usmerjena na 7x svetovnega prvaka Kelly Slaterja (USA), 3x Andy Ironsa (HAW) in lansko števiko 3 ter zmagovalca te tekme Mick Fanning (AUS), bo veliko zanimanje tudi za nove obraze na touru. Še nikoli ni bilo takšnega priliva novih tekmovalcev in veliko jih predvideva, da bodo novinci potisnili raven surfanja na touru še višje. 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 najstarejši novinec, ki se je kadarkoli uvrstil na WCT in obenem označen kot eden najboljši power surferjev na svetu. To pomešano z izkušnjami in zrelostjo lahko pošteno 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 še vedno tisti otroško zagnanost mladih surferjev in njegov obraz kar zažari, ko pomisli, da bo lahko surfal najboljše valove na svetu s samo še enim surferjem v lineupu: "It’s such an amazing wave out there," je Sullivan komentiral spot Snapper Rocks, ki že 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 prihajajočem tekmovanju je takoj jasno, da je Pancho nekoliko starejši. 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. čakalna doba zanjo se bo začela 28 februarja, prenos preko interneta v živo pa bo na voljo na strani tekmovanja.
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