Mick Wins Quik Pro France » Winner

Mick Fanning of Australia gives his wife Karissa a kiss after winning the Quiksilver Pro © 2009 - Kirstin Scholtz/ASP/CI via Getty Images

MICK Fanning just claimed his second consecutive Dream Tour event, taking the 2009 Quiksilver Pro France over fellow Finalist Bede Durbidge in small but consistent waves at Les Bourdaines. Event number 7 on the 2009 ASP World Tour ran in less than ideal conditions due to the dismal surf forecast for the remainder of the waiting period. It wasn’t an epic contest by any means, but it the sun shone, the crowd loved it and if you are a Tour surfer you have to be able to compete in these conditions. Fanning has done just that over the last two events and now sits just behind Parko at the top of the table.

Fanning continued to build momentum through the final day of competition before erupting in the final with a flurry of excellent rides, a 7.83, an 8.83 and a 7.33 in the opening half of the competition.


I was really fortunate to get those couple of good ones at the start because I really ran out of gas there at the end, Fanning said. It’s two back-to-back events where I have had to surf four heats on the final day to get the win and it takes a lot out of you. The conditions were deteriorating and I was fortunate to get those scores on the board early on... It’s back on... Everyone though Joel (Parkinson) was going to run away with it and it’s unfortunate for him that he fell out early, but I’ve put in a lot of work to get these last two wins and I’m just psyched on heading into the rest of the season.

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