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"\"&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000081951 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/surf\\/yeomans-and-gudauskas-lead-local-contingent-at-60-lowers-pro\\/attachment\\/tanner-g_bhw6142\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"150\\\" height=\\\"100\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/05\\/tanner-g_bhw6142.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"Tanner Gudauskas Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"gallery-1-1000081952\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1000081952'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\tTanner Gudauskas Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Sunday, May 3, 2009) \\u2013 Mainland America just completed its first Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME event yesterday with the 6.0 Lowers Pro at the premier location of Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California. Local talents Nathan Yeomans (San Clemente, CA), 27, and Tanner Gudauskas (San Clemente, CA), 20, led the contingent of ASP WQS talent looking to qualify for next year\\u2019s ASP World Tour and finished third an fifth respectively.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/05\\/04\\/tanner-g_bhw6142.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000081952\\\" title=\\\"tanner-g_bhw6142\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/05\\/04\\/tanner-g_bhw6142.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Tanner Gudauskas Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro\\\" width=\\\"495\\\" height=\\\"329\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Both Yeomans and Gudauskas (above) significantly improved their standing on the ASP WQS due to the 6.0 Lowers Pro\\u2019s ASP 6-Star PRIME status, which offers the maximum amount of ratings points available towards qualification for the ASP World Tour.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Yeomans used the support of his local crowd to top some of the world\\u2019s finest surfers including 2001 ASP World Champion and current ASP World Tour No. 5 C.J. Hobgood (Melbourne, FL), 29, aerial specialist Dane Reynolds (Ventura, CA), 23, and Nic Muscroft (Victoria, AUS), 26.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cIt\\u2019s insane that Nike 6.0 stepped up and made this contest a 6-Star PRIME,\\u201d Yeomans said. \\u201cTo be at home and get that many points is great and I think this is going to be a huge confidence booster and a good one for the rest of the year.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Yeoman\\u2019s impressive third place finish at the premier event launches him from No. 21 to No.6 on the ASP WQS.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Gudauskas surfed amazingly in front of his home crowd and battled against some of the world\\u2019s finest surfers on the way to his solid result. The San Clemente native ousted top talents such as ASP World Tour surfers Heitor Alves (Rio De Janiero, BRA), 27, and Aritz Aranburu (Zarautz, EUK), 23, as well as 2008 ASP World Tour campaigner Jay Thompson (Burleigh Heads, AUS), 25, on the way to his Quarterfinals berth.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m just taking it one heat at a time, I guess,\\u201d Gudauskas said. \\u201cEvery heat I\\u2019ve had has been really tough and I didn\\u2019t really look past it. I just came out on top in that one. I knew Jay (Thompson) was going to be gnarly.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The fifth place result earned by the standout goofy-footer at the ASP 6-Star PRIME event will play a crucial role in his attempt at qualification for next year\\u2019s ASP World Tour. Gudauskas is hungry to qualify for the ASP World Tour and the result launches him from 35th to 10th overall.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m making a push to qualify this year,\\u201d Gudauskas said. \\u201cI\\u2019m stoked to get a good start and I have a couple of 1200 pointers, so this one will help even them out.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Tanner earned the best result of his older brothers and travel partners Patrick and Dane. The Gudauskas Trio give each other constant support, relying on each other for video coverage and feedback from each of their heats.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI think between the three of us, we don\\u2019t really look at the points,\\u201d Gudauskas said. \\u201cThere are no real battles between us. We try and help each other out. They\\u2019re down here with the video camera supporting me and I do the same for them.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;To check out the highlights from 6.0 Lowers Pro competition log on to www.nike6lowerspro.com&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;For additional ASP info log on to www.aspworldtour.com or www.aspnorthamerica.org&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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