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The opening day of the men’s and women’s ASP 4-Star Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior presented by Hurley, Reef and Whole Foods Market is ON with two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at North San Diego County’s Seaside Reef.

Today’s action will see Men’s Round of 72 competition begin the day before moving through the Round of 48. Following men’s action will be the first Round of women’s competition.

Stop No. 5 of 9 on the men’s ASP North America Pro Junior Series and No. 1 of 3 for the women, the ASP 4-Star Pro Junior event will play a vital role in surfers’ chances to qualify for the elite ASP World Junior Tour.

Hitting the water in the opening rounds of the Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior will be up-and-comer Parker Coffin (Santa Barbara, CA), Ian Gentil (Maui, HAW), Koa Smith (Kauai, HAW), and Jacob Halstead (La Jolla, CA).

The men’s and women’s ASP 4-Star Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior will run on April 22 and 23, 2011 and will be webcast live via RobMachadoProJr.com.

Upcoming Round of 72 Rob Machado Pro Junior Heats:
Heat 1: Carlos Munoz (CRI), Bobby Okvist (USA), Nick Fowler (USA), Takumi Yasui (JPN)
Heat 2: Britton Galland (USA), Jeremy Carter (USA), Asher Wales (AUS), Travis Southworth (MEX)
Heat 3: Eli Viszolay (USA), Giorgio Gomez (USA), Julien Desario (USA), Saxon Lumsden (USA)
Heat 4: Antoine Allain (USA), Adam Goldstone (USA), Sasha Donnanno (MEX), Kelly Zaun (USA)

Upcoming women’s Round of 24 Heats:
Heat 1: Shelby Detmers (USA), Chandler Parr (USA), Frankie Harrer (USA), Reika Noro (JPN)
Heat 2: Lani Doherty (HAW), Bailey Nagy (HAW), Chelsea Roett (BRB), Nage Melamed (HAW)
Heat 3: Alessa Cuizon (HAW), Alexa Frantz (USA), MacKenzie Kessler (USA), Brianna Cope (HAW)
Heat 4: Catherine Clark (USA), Asaya Brusa (MEX), Alisha Gonsalves (USA), Jordan Hundley (USA)

Special thanks to presenting sponsors, Hurley, Reef, and Whole Foods Market. Also the additional supporters of the Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior Experience, Dragon, Nixon, DaKine, Channel Islands, Sambazon, GoPro, Future Fins, Surfline, Concordia, TDG, Pacific Station and Surfer Magazine.

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Evan Geiselman (USA), 17, defending ASP North America Pro Junior Series Champion, won the 2011 Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior today.

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SEASIDE REEF, California / USA (April 23, 2011)– Evan Geiselman (New Smyrna Beach, FL), 17, and Lakey Peterson (Santa Barbara, CA), 16, earned impressive victories in each of their respective divisions today at the men’s and women’s ASP 4-Star Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior presented by Hurley, Reef, and Whole Foods Market in peaky two-to-four foot (1 metre) conditions at Seaside Reef.

Stop No. 5 of 9 on the men’s ASP North America Pro Junior Series and No. 1 of 3 on the women’s, the Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior’s ASP 4-Star status plays a vital role is surfers’ chances of qualification for the prestigious ASP World Junior Tour.

Geiselman, who belted the highest single-wave score of the competition, a near-perfect 9.50 out of 10 in his Semifinals heat, maintained his form in the Final with calculated wave selection to take his first ASP Pro Junior event win of 2011. The Floridian got the best of a low-scoring bout over current ASP North America Pro Junior Series leader Kolohe Andino (San Clemente, CA), 17, Chase Wilson (Newport Beach, CA), 20, and Dane Zaun (Holyglen, CA), 20, to move Geiselman to No. 2 on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series.

“It was kind of a sluggish final for me and I think for the rest of the competitors and I was pretty tired out there, but I’m so happy to get a win and get some momentum going,” Geiselman said. “I’m not having the best year like last year so I’m so excited. I just want to thank my Mom for helping me out lately. She flew out here before the event and has been doing everything for me.”

Geiselman, who had struggled to find the podium after clinching his 2010 ASP North America Pro Junior Series Title, looks at the victory as a confidence booster before entering the upcoming ASP 5-Star Oakley Pro Junior and is hungry to hunt down current series leader and close friend, Andino, in an attempt to repeat his regional title.

“I want to do really well at Lowers and try and catch Brother (Kolohe Andino) and try to make it a bit of a race,” Geiselman said. “This win helps my confidence after a slow start this year and I’m so excited for the next event.”

Peterson, defending Women’s ASP North America Pro Junior Series Champion, quietly advanced through the early rounds of the Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior before unleashing a dominant performance in the Final. The talented regular-footer combined committed snaps and rail work on both her forehand and backhand in the Final to top fellow competitors Nage Melemed (HAW), 17, Leila Hurst (HAW), 17, and Taylor Pitz (Laguna Beach, CA), 18, to take the lead on the women’s 2011 ASP North America Pro Junior Series Rankings.

“The final was super fun and the waves were super good the whole time,” Peterson said. “The waves never really stopped which was nice. I didn’t really have that good of heats in the beginning and I had been sick in bed the past few days. All of the girls were surfing so well and I’m excited to win.”

The young Californian’s win marks a perfect start to her 2011 ASP Pro Junior campaign as she looks to retain her regional title while hunting for a position on the ASP World Junior Tour.

“I want to go to Worlds and this result puts me in a good position,” Peterson said. “Hopefully I can get a couple more results this year.”

Peterson, who has been competing in the major ASP Women’s Star events across the globe, carried the confidence from her international experience into the ASP Pro Junior contest.

“Competing in the Star rated events definitely helps my confidence going into these contests,” Peterson said. “I was watching my friends in the Bells contest when I was sick in bed and that kind of got me amped up for today.”

For Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior presented by Hurley, Reef and Whole Foods highlights log on to www.robmachadoprojr.com

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Conner Coffin (USA), 17, finished equal 3rd at the ASP 6-Star Hurley Pro Junior in Burleigh Heads, Australia this past weekend.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Monday, January 31, 2011) – American talent Conner Coffin (Santa Barbara, CA), 17, put on an impressive showing at the ASP 6-Star Hurley Pro Junior Burleigh Heads in Australia, surpassing a massive field of international talent as well as Australia’s top ASP Pro Junior surfers to finish equal 3rd overall.

Coffin, who finished equal 14th on his first year on the ASP World Junior Tour, stayed in Australia following the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships and continued to gain priceless international experience at the Hurley Pro Junior Burleigh Heads by capitalizing on his comfort of righthand pointbreaks similar to his hometown of Santa Barbara.

“Burleigh is a super fun wave, especially when it runs right along the rocks there,” Coffin said. “I felt good out there and I made it through the heat without losing my fins so I’m stoked!”

The powerful regular-footer’s consistency at the Hurley Pro Junior was nothing short of amazing. Coffin tore through an impressive 7 rounds of competition, beginning in the event’s opening round of 136 surfers, before being stopped short of a Final berth by eventual event winner Peterson Crisanto (BRA), 18.

Coffin, current No. 4 on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series Rankings, will continue his regional campaign in March at the upcoming ASP 4-Star Vans Pro Junior, which runs alongside the Vans Pier Classic presented by Jack’s Surfboards from March 23rd through 27th, 2011.

For additional ASP information log on to www.aspnorthamerica.org or www.aspworldtour.com

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Marc Lacomare (FRA), 20, posted the highest single-wave score of Billabong ASP World Junior Championships competition, an 8.83 out of 10, to win his Round 4 heat. CI riders Nat, Kiron and Marc all head to the quarterfinals!

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NORTH NARRABEEN, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, January 12, 2011) – Round 4 of the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships was completed in two-to-four foot surf at North Narrabeen today and the day’s highlights saw French powerhouse Marc Lacomare (FRA), 20, post the highest single-wave score of the event while fellow European representative Charles Martin (GLP) , 20, issued the upset of the day by eliminating No. 1 seed Jack Freestone (AUS), 18.

The Billabong ASP World Junior Championships marks the last of two stops on the inaugural ASP World Junior Tour, with the first event unfolding in Bali at the Oakley ASP World Pro Junior. The ASP World Junior Tour hosts the planet’s finest under-21 surfers as they battle for the prestigious title of ASP World Junior Champion.

Lacomare put on an impressive Round 4 showing to snag a come-from-behind victory over Dean Bowen (AUS), 19. The powerful goofy-footer was in need of a solid 7-point ride in the remaining minutes of the heat and rose to the occasion by crushing the event’s highest single-wave score, 8.83 out of 10, by lofting a big frontside air only to follow up with two committed hacks while earning the day’s highest heat total as well (14.66 out of 20).

“I knew I needed a 7 something and knew I needed to go big,” Lacomare said. “I did that air and then a couple of turns and I guess the judges liked it. I figured the judges weren’t scoring for small turns and I’m kind of tall and try and put some power into my turns.”

Charles Martin got the best of a low-scoring heat over Jack Freestone, issuing the current ASP World Junior Tour ratings leader a 9th place finish. Although Martin admitted his relief in advancing over Freestone, he was quick to add that he felt there were several other top talents who fell today.

“I’m happy to have made that heat against Jack (Freestone),” Martin said. “I didn’t think beating him was the biggest upset of the event though. Jack is a really good surfer and he was ripping in Bali, but he’s still young. This is his first time to Narrabeen and there are so many other good guys in this event like Granger (Larsen), but I just got lucky in that heat.”

Martin will now face fellow European competitor, Lacomare, in their Quarterfinals matchup and is looking forward to their bout in his final ASP Pro Junior event.

“Marc has been looking really good, he’s got the highest score of the day and it’s going to be really fun surfing against him in our last event as juniors,” Martin said. “Marc made the last heat and now I’m surfing against him in the next round. I’ve been surfing against him my whole life and there won’t be any hassling, we’ll just each get our best waves and that’s it.”

Dale Staples (ZAF), 20, current ASP World Junior No. 2, clinched his Round 4 heat win over young Hawaiian Alex Smith (HAW), 16, keeping his chances of an ASP World Junior Title alive and although the South African competitor knows the pressure is on to perform, Staples is using the added stress as motivation to improve his game.

“The World Title is putting a little more pressure on me, but I think pressure is good actually,” Staples said. “It makes you work harder.”

Staples, who chaired fellow countrymen Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), 17, up the beach following her Billabong ASP Women’s World Junior Championships victory, is using Buitendag’s win as additional motivation to sweep the event for his nation.

“ I watch the guys that I think are going to make my heat, but I just play my own game out there,” Staples said. “I want to match Bianca’s (Buitendag) result and take two wins to South Africa.”

Staples will face Nat Young (USA), 19, in Quarterfinals No 3 when competition resumes.

Mitch Crews (AUS), 20, put in an exciting performance against progressive young American Kolohe Andino (USA), 16, by unleashing a lethal backhand attack on a lefthander to the tune of an 8.33 out of 10 to advance into the Quarterfinals and the fiery Australian is motivated to take out the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships as the last Australian remaining in the event.

“I’m kind of tripping because all of the boys went down this morning like Jackie (Freestone),” Crews said. “Deano (Dean Bowen) went down by Marc (Lacomare) who had a blinder of a heat, so I’m just stoked to get through and give the Aussies a shot at the title. Yesterday, I don’t know what was wrong with me. It’s a lot harder than it looks out there and luckily I got that one. It’s such a bag of tricks out there, you’ve got to just catch a bunch of waves and hope you get a good one.”

Nat Young was amidst a losing battle against Brazilian upstart Krystian Kymerson (BRA), who had posted some of the day’s top scores in the heat, but the American advanced through to the Quarterfinals after Kymerson earned an interference due to a priority mistake to turn the heat win over to Young.

“It was a bummer and not a way I would like to win a heat,” Young said. “He (Kymerson) should have won. I had priority and a good wave came though. It might have been hard for him to hear. I heard them say that I had priority and was going on that wave and he paddled behind me and got an interference. That interference cost him the heat. He’s been ripping and it’s a bummer, but he rips and I’m sure he’s going to have a good future.”

Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 7am local time for a possible 7:30am start.

The Billabong ASP World Junior Championships holds a waiting period from January 8 through 16, 2011 and is webcast LIVE via http://www.billabongpro.com.

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