Fanning finishes runner-up in France WCT
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Rippy maniac Mick Fanning has finished runner-up to friend Joel Parkinson at the 8th Foster's ASP Men's World Tour event in France on the weekend.While Fanning's final score of 7.67 fell well short of Parko's 15.17, the natural footer had an amazing day and comfortably sits in 5th overall on the Tour Ratings. Mick was disappointed about losing the final, but happy for Parko to claim his first victory since the Boost Mobile Pro in California in 2004. "If one of your best mates wins it’s just great," said Fanning. "A second is always good, it looks really good at the end of the year. Last week I lost to Deano (Dean Morrison) in California and this week I lost to Joel. When's it my turn?" [laughs]Fanning admitted that at the end of the day fatigue got the better of him."It was hard out there," said Fanning. 
"As fit as I think I am, I know I can do some more work now. I just sat there in the final for 25 minutes just paddling, paddling, paddling and by the time I got a wave I was just so fatigued in my whole body and mentally I just couldn’t do anything."Half way through the final both surfers rode waves simultaneously and when they hit the sand a sprint race ensued along the beach back to the rip – much to the delight of the crowd who were enjoying the competition between the two friends."I put the sprint on at the start and I thought, I’ve just have to cruise," said Fanning.
"I knew that I could beat him on the paddle out and gain priority. After you've been paddling for 25 minutes... to just run like that, I mean, I don't know where I got that energy from. It didn't really do anything anyway, I paddled out the back and got a close out anyway." [Laughs] When speaking about Fanning, Parkinson was full of admiration for his good mate. "I see Mick in the surf a lot at home as we free surf together all the time," said Parkinson. "When I free surf with him I just think, I don’t know how I can ever keep up with him. We have those battles all the time where we both just step up to the plate. We’ve been doing that since we were 12 years old. We don’t talk out there, we’re best of mates and we sit out there for half and hour and we won’t say a word. Before and afterwards we’re all high fives."
The next World Tour event will be held at Mundaka, Spain starting on October 2.
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Round Four Heat Results (1st to Quarterfinals 2nd receives equal 9th placing and 600 points)
Heat 1: Roy Powers (HAW) 11.66 def Danny Wills (AUS) 11.33
Heat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.67 def Bruce Irons (HAW) 7.70
Heat 3: Jake Paterson (AUS) 11.50 def Mick Lowe (AUS) 6.73
Heat 4: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.50 def Travis Logie (ZAF) 11.30
Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW) 15.00 def Cory Lopez (USA) 10.67
Heat 6: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 15.67 def Marcelo Nunes (BRA) 11.90
Heat 7: Fred Patacchia (HAW) 12.50 def Pedro Henrique (BRA) 10.83
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.93 def Phil Macdonald (AUS) 11.33
Quarterfinals Results: (1st to Semifinals 2nd receives equal 5th placing and 732 points)
Quarterfinal 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.50 def Roy Powers (HAW) 6.30
Quarterfinal 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 13.17 def Jake Paterson (AUS) 12.67
Quarterfinal 3: Andy Irons (HAW) 15.34 def Tom Whitaker (AUS) 11. 83
Quarterfinal 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 19.00 def Fred Patacchia (HAW) 13.16
Semifinal results: (1st to Final 2nd receives equal 3rd and 876 points)
Semifinal 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.60 def Kelly Slater (USA) 12.66
Semifinal 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.43 def Andy Irons (HAW) 6.93
Final results: (1st receives 1200 points; 2nd receives 1032 points)
Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.16 def Mick Fanning (AUS) 7.67
Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour Top 10 Ratings after Event #8
1. Kelly Slater 7017
2. Taj Burrow 5968
3. Andy Irons 5841
4. Joel Parkinson 5584
5. Mick Fanning 5341
6. Taylor Knox 4880
7. Bobby Martinez 4868
8. Damien Hobgood 4777
9. Tim Reyes 4585
10. Tom Whitaker 4441
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Rippy maniac Mick Fanning has finished runner-up to friend Joel Parkinson at the 8th Foster's ASP Men's World Tour event in France on the weekend.While Fanning's final score of 7.67 fell well short of Parko's 15.17, the natural footer had an amazing day and comfortably sits in 5th overall on the Tour Ratings. Mick was disappointed about losing the final, but happy for Parko to claim his first victory since the Boost Mobile Pro in California in 2004. "If one of your best mates wins it’s just great," said Fanning. "A second is always good, it looks really good at the end of the year. Last week I lost to Deano (Dean Morrison) in California and this week I lost to Joel. When's it my turn?" [laughs]Fanning admitted that at the end of the day fatigue got the better of him."It was hard out there," said Fanning. 
"As fit as I think I am, I know I can do some more work now. I just sat there in the final for 25 minutes just paddling, paddling, paddling and by the time I got a wave I was just so fatigued in my whole body and mentally I just couldn’t do anything."Half way through the final both surfers rode waves simultaneously and when they hit the sand a sprint race ensued along the beach back to the rip – much to the delight of the crowd who were enjoying the competition between the two friends."I put the sprint on at the start and I thought, I’ve just have to cruise," said Fanning.
"I knew that I could beat him on the paddle out and gain priority. After you've been paddling for 25 minutes... to just run like that, I mean, I don't know where I got that energy from. It didn't really do anything anyway, I paddled out the back and got a close out anyway." [Laughs] When speaking about Fanning, Parkinson was full of admiration for his good mate. "I see Mick in the surf a lot at home as we free surf together all the time," said Parkinson. "When I free surf with him I just think, I don’t know how I can ever keep up with him. We have those battles all the time where we both just step up to the plate. We’ve been doing that since we were 12 years old. We don’t talk out there, we’re best of mates and we sit out there for half and hour and we won’t say a word. Before and afterwards we’re all high fives."The next World Tour event will be held at Mundaka, Spain starting on October 2.
http://www.frankfurt-am-meer.de/
Round Four Heat Results (1st to Quarterfinals 2nd receives equal 9th placing and 600 points)
Heat 1: Roy Powers (HAW) 11.66 def Danny Wills (AUS) 11.33
Heat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.67 def Bruce Irons (HAW) 7.70
Heat 3: Jake Paterson (AUS) 11.50 def Mick Lowe (AUS) 6.73
Heat 4: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.50 def Travis Logie (ZAF) 11.30
Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW) 15.00 def Cory Lopez (USA) 10.67
Heat 6: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 15.67 def Marcelo Nunes (BRA) 11.90
Heat 7: Fred Patacchia (HAW) 12.50 def Pedro Henrique (BRA) 10.83
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.93 def Phil Macdonald (AUS) 11.33
Quarterfinals Results: (1st to Semifinals 2nd receives equal 5th placing and 732 points)
Quarterfinal 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.50 def Roy Powers (HAW) 6.30
Quarterfinal 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 13.17 def Jake Paterson (AUS) 12.67
Quarterfinal 3: Andy Irons (HAW) 15.34 def Tom Whitaker (AUS) 11. 83
Quarterfinal 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 19.00 def Fred Patacchia (HAW) 13.16
Semifinal results: (1st to Final 2nd receives equal 3rd and 876 points)
Semifinal 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.60 def Kelly Slater (USA) 12.66
Semifinal 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.43 def Andy Irons (HAW) 6.93
Final results: (1st receives 1200 points; 2nd receives 1032 points)
Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.16 def Mick Fanning (AUS) 7.67
Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour Top 10 Ratings after Event #8
1. Kelly Slater 7017
2. Taj Burrow 5968
3. Andy Irons 5841
4. Joel Parkinson 5584
5. Mick Fanning 5341
6. Taylor Knox 4880
7. Bobby Martinez 4868
8. Damien Hobgood 4777
9. Tim Reyes 4585
10. Tom Whitaker 4441
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