Posted at 7:46 p.m., Saturday, May 5, 2007
Haleiwa surfer Perkins advances in France
Advertiser Staff
One Hawaii surfer advanced and another was eliminated at the Oxbow Pro World Longboard Championship today.The entire fourth round and two heats of the quarterfinals were completed in 4-foot waves at Anglet, France.
Bonga Perkins of Haleiwa won his fourth round heat, defeating Brazil's Eduardo Bage, 11.75-10.6.
Perkins is scheduled to face Australia's Jackson Close in a quarterfinal heat. That heat was postponed today due to deteriorating conditions.
Perkins, who won the world championship in 1996, is the only former world champion remaining in the contest.
Keegan Edwards of Honolulu also won his fourth round heat, but was then eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Edwards beat Brazil's Jamie Viudes, 9.9-7.2, then lost to another Brazilian Carlos Bahia, 11.75-7.5, in the quarterfinals.
The winner of the Oxbow Pro will be crowned the 2007 world champion of longboard surfing.
