Tuamata Puhetini Wins Air Tahiti Nui VZ Trials

Posted by Big Dog on Wed Aug 18, 2010

Tuamata Puhetini win the Air Tahiti

Local surfer, Taumata Puhetini (PFY), has claimed the 2010 Air Tahiti Nui VonZipper Trials in solid six-foot waves at Teahupo’o, overcoming an international invite-only field of 64 to guarantee himself a wildcard into the main event of stop 5 on the ASP Men’s World Tour, the Billabong Pro, Tahiti which begins next Monday, August 23.

Puhetini looked unstoppable in the all-Tahitian final versus fellow local, Tamaroa McComb (PFY), the 23 year-old registering one of the highest two-wave combined wave scores of the event, 18.17 out of a possible perfect 20, to see him claim the most important win of his career.

“I have had a lot of time to watch the Billabong Pro contest as a spectator and to watch Manoa reach the final (in 2008) was great. I have spent four hours in the water training every day. Now is my chance, I am ready,” said Puhetini.

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Von Zipper - Air Tahiti

As a warm up to the Billabong Pro Tahiti, Zon Zipper hold their wildcard competition at Teahupoo so that one local ripper can enter the Billabong comp with the world's best surfers.

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