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It’s always interesting watching the World surf League (WsL) begin a new year in Australia. there is a lot of anticipation as to how the local contingent will fare. It’s those early round debacles that need to be avoided, but there are a lot of talented surfers out there on the World Championship tour (WCt), so it’s not realistic to think that the 805 surfers can dodge those first and second round hiccups as they compete across the globe. santa Barbara’s Conner Coffin surfed solidly in the first two events garnering 9th place finishes in both the Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast followed up by the drug Aware Margaret River Pro in West Australia. It was the Rip Curl Bells 12 DEEPZINE.com
Beach Pro where Coffin couldn’t elude a second round defeat, the kind that can fester throughout the year. nevertheless, Coffin finds himself rated 15th following the Australian leg of the WCt. Ventura’s sage erickson and santa Barbara’s Lakey Peterson are both off to what are arguably their best starts of their careers. each found a groove with Peterson reaching the final (2nd place) of the Quiksilver Pro and the semifinal at Bells. erickson earned a 3rd in pumping Margaret River and a 9th at Bells. heading out of Australia Peterson finds herself rated 5th and erickson 10th. on to Rio.