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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/-3yEgDWr0o4?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;US Open Of Surfing: Day 5 Highlights&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nUnder warm tropical skies, the 2012 US Open steam-rolled through day four at Huntington Beach Pier with the ladies of the ASP World Tour taking center stage. One to two foot waves gently nuzzled the pier while the women ran through their second and third rounds in glassy, though tricky, conditions. \\u201cIt was really hard to predict which waves were going to open up,\\u201d said 2011 US Open winner and todays standout Sally Fitzgibbons.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Later in the morning, the waves softened as the tide went high and Aussie Rebecca Woods was eliminated by French sophomore Pauline Ado. Before this loss, Rebecca was ranked equal 10th (tied with New Zealander Paige Hareb). Tenth place is the cutoff for automatic Tour requalification, so now she must decide if she wants spend another year on the WCT. If so, she\\u2019ll need to fare well in the year\\u2019s remaining QS event.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Orange County favorite Courtney Conlogue scored the highest heat total of the day after dropping over 17 points, and fellow Californian Lakey Peterson sent 2012 World Champ Stephanie Gilmore and Malia Manuel to the fourth round. \\u201cIt feels really good to get to the quarters,\\u201d said Conlogue. \\u201cLast year, I got to the quarters, so hopefully, I can get a little further than that. I\\u2019m just trying to build on this year and finish strong. I\\u2019m trying to really give it my all, slam turns, and see what I need to work on for next year.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;As the wind picked up and tide dropped, the men simply hovered above the chop and managed to draw solid scores in the debris. Brazilian Gabriel Medina and Pat Gudauskas both hustled up over 17-points with big turns mixed with airs. On the other side of the fun was Josh Kerr who said he was hoping for a \\u201cparty wave\\u201d when he tried to do an air over Brazilian Willian Cardoso, but instead ended up with an interference and equal 25th.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In the last heat of the day, 2X Time US Open Champ and HB local Brett Simpson advanced to the non-elimination round of 24\\u2013along with John John Florence, Pat Gudauskas, and day 3 standout Julian Wilson.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m stoked to make another heat. I was kind of worried for a little bit there\\u2014the waves were really hard to surf and section,\\u201d said John John. \\u201cI think the waves are supposed to pick up a little tomorrow, so it\\u2019ll be fun.\\u201d&lt;strong&gt;\\u2014Casey Butler&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000150178\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000150178\\\" title=\\\"Malia Manuel\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/08\\/Malia-Manuel.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Malia Manuel\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Malia Manuel. Photo: Checkwood&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASP Press Release: Californians Dominate Huntington Beach on Day 5 of Nike US Open of Surfing&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;HUNTINGTON BEACH, California\\/USA (Wednesday, August 1, 2012) \\u2013 The 2012 Nike US Open of Surfing saw the world\\u2019s best surfers return to challenge one another and the one-to-three foot (0.5 mtere) surf on offer today at Huntington Beach Pier, narrowing the field in both the men\\u2019s ASP Prime and Women\\u2019s ASP WCT divisions.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Courtney Conlogue (USA), 19, current No. 5 on the ASP Women\\u2019s WCT ratings, was responsible for two heat wins today. The talented natural-footer started strong with a Round 2 victory and advanced directly through to the Quarterfinals in dominant fashion while amassing the event\\u2019s highest scores. Conlogue snatched a 9.10 on the way to a 17.27 out of 20 heat total for a combination of committed outside backhand turns and punctuated her scores with progressive tail-drifting turns on the inside.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI think having that early morning heat today allowed me to shake the nerves out,\\u201d Conlogue said. \\u201cI think I was on the wrong equipment yesterday and today my board was going perfectly through those flat sections. I\\u2019m glad I had that morning heat to work things out.\\u201d Conlogue, the local favorite in women\\u2019s competition, was feeling additional pressure to perform in front of her hometown crowd, but feels the confidence from today\\u2019s success eases the nerves that came along in the earlier rounds.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI was pretty nervous before this event for some reason,\\u201d Conlogue said. \\u201cI think I was trying to aim too much for perfection and not focusing on the basics, which is what I\\u2019ve been training so hard for and working on. Today, I just calmed down and realized it\\u2019s just another World Tour event and do what I\\u2019ve been practicing. It feels so good getting another fifth here already, so I\\u2019m glad I don\\u2019t have to do another sudden-death round because Sage (Erickson) and Tyler (Wright) have been surfing amazing.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Lakey Peterson (USA), 17, was another Californian to dominate her international challengers today with an array of progre&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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