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CORY ARRAMBIDE WINS MAIDEN ASP PRO JUNIOR EVENT IN NEW JERSEY
Oakley Pro Junior presented by Heritage Surf and Sport
Event No. 8 on the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior Series (Men)
Sea Isle, New Jersey, United States of America
August 31-September 1, 2007

SEA ISLE, New Jersey (Saturday, September 1, 2007) – Cory
Arrambide (Ventura, CA) has scalped his first Association of
Surfing Professionals (ASP) Pro Junior event today at the Oakley
Pro Junior presented by Heritage Surf and Sport in Sea Isle,
New Jersey.
Arrambide, a record-holding amateur competitor, has been a solid
performer all season long on the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior
Series, but had yet to win a professional event until today.
“I’m so stoked right now,” Arrambide said. “I’ve
been trying hard all season, but it’s just so hard to win
these things. There’re so many good guys. To
come all the way out here and win is a great feeling and it puts
me in a really good position for the rest of the season.”
The victory rockets Arrambide from fourth to first on the current
ASP North America Pro Junior ratings, and with the season coming
into its final leg, the young goofy-footer is in a solid position
to qualify for the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships.
“There are two more events left this season and today’s
victory puts me in a good spot to qualify for Narrabeen,” Arrambide
said. “The major goal is to qualify for the WJCs
and the win puts me one step closer to doing that. I’m
looking forward to the last two events and I just want to stay
consistent.”
The top four competitors on the ASP North America Pro Junior
Series by year’s end, as well as the highest North American
surfer on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) who is of junior
age (20 and under), will qualify for the Billabong ASP World
Junior Championships held in Narrabeen, Australia next January.
The Billabong ASP World Junior Championships is becoming a proven
pipeline to surf superstardom, having crowned such greats as
Andy Irons (HAW), Joel Parkinson (AUS), Adriano de Souza (BRA)
and current ASP World Junior Champion Jordy Smith (ZAF) in recent
years.
Next up on the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior Series is the
ASP Grade-2 Oakley Pro Junior in Newport Beach, California followed
by the ASP Grade-3 Oakley Pro Junior in Santa Cruz for the 2007
ASP North America Pro Junior Championships – an event which
will prove pivotal in the ratings race this season. |