It was bound to happen. The Quiksilver pro in Puerto Escondido was due for some epic surf. This year it didn't fail to show. With solid 10+ sets through the early rounds, local surfers (Angelo Lozano, Oscar Moncada, David Rutherford and Diego Cadena) and familiar names (Peter Mel, Mark Healy, Ricky Whitlock and Kevin Sullivan) put on a show. As the sets poured through surfers put their lives on the line for a chance at the $12,000 purse.
As the swell dropped for the finals, the quality of the waves improved, as with the surfing. Contest dierctor Gary Linden made the perfect call, providing the finals with quality surf.
David Rutherford drives through a barrell on his way to victory!
Maui surfer Kevin Sullivan squeaked through the quarter final with an 8.40 beating Jesse Merle-Jones (7.45) and Devon Tresher (7.80) for a second in the heat and moving onto the Semi Finals. David Rutherford Dominated his quarter final round with a score of 11.55 beating Ricky Whitlock (10.75), Carlos Coco Nogales (3.80) and Nathan Brandi (7.05). David Rutherford and Ricky Whitlock both moved on to the Semifinals to face each other again.
Early Standout Tyler Newton (5.70) couldn't find the waves to muster a win against the likes of Casey Brown (13.90) and Puerto local Angelo Lozano (16.00). Angelo was on fire through the quaterfinals scoring himself a perfect 10 with a backup sacore. Peter Mel also made it throught the quarters with a Perfect 10, dredging barrell. One of the deepest tubes of the day sealed his heat win.
Throught the semifinals it wasHawaiian surfer Casey Brown and Ricardo dos Santos defeating Peter Mel and Angelo Lozano in a closely contested heat.
Kevin Sullivan also shown that he is no slouch in perfect tubes scoring a 17.3. Local Standout David Rutherford came in second squeaking past Ricky Whitlock to make it into the Finals.
At the end o f the Semis it was local surfer David Rutherford, Hawaiian Kevin Sullivan, Hawaiian Casey Brown and Brazilian Ricardo do Santos. David proved early that local knowledge prevailed, comboing the fleet with a pair of doggie door barrels. Things then picked up with kevin, Casey and Ricardo all showing that they deserve to be in the finals. Then David showed that he deserved the win on the deepest barrell of the heat and scoring a 9.90, driving the nail into the coffin. David then scored the highest heat total of the whole contest, an 18.45. Kevin Sullivan then came in second with a score of 14.25, Casey Brown in third with a score of 13.35 and Ricardo dos Santos in fourth with a score of 13.15.
David Rutherford wins the Quicksilver Puerto Escondido Pro
Stay Covered would like to congratulate David Rutherford with his win. This is David's first WQS 4 star win and definatly a good representation for Latin America. David is a Stay Covered sponsered surfer. You can check out his profile page at
http://www.staycovered.com/team/david-rutherford-1
