Dragon's Owen Wright took out Kelly Slater today in perfect 4-6 foot waves at the Quik Pro New York, capturing the largest prize purse in the history of professional surfing. The historic $300k victory caps off a huge month for Owen as he faced Slater for the second final in a row. This time he got revenge after barely losing to him earlier this month at the WCT Billabong Teahupo'o event. The victory catapults him up to the number 2 spot on the ASP World Title rankings going into the Hurley Pro at Trestles next week.
"I'm just lapping it up right now," Wright said. "I've always wanted to be in a Final with Kelly (Slater) and last week at Teahupo'o was great. I think Kelly is ready for payback already. Thank you Long Beach, how good is this? Look at these waves! " |
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