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GAO CLOUD 9<br />
G CUP<br />
Words by<br />
BARRY<br />
DAWSON<br />
Photographs<br />
as credited<br />
Brad Gerlach<br />
Cloud 9, Siargao/Philippines, (Wednesday,<br />
September 27, <strong>2017</strong>) - After an epic<br />
four days of competition, Raoni Monteiro<br />
(BRA) has been crowned the Champion of the<br />
<strong>2017</strong> Siargao Cloud 9 Surfing Cup. In its first year<br />
as a World Surf League Qualifying Series (QS)<br />
3,000 event, Cloud 9 didn’t<br />
disappoint with great waves<br />
on offer all week including<br />
the final day where<br />
competitors had clean 2-to-<br />
3 foot high-performance<br />
waves to lay into.<br />
Competitors had<br />
clean 2-to-3 foot<br />
high-performance<br />
waves to lay into.<br />
In an event filled with<br />
excitement and pumping<br />
waves, the most thrilling<br />
heat of all was hands-down the Final. Former elite<br />
Championship Tour (CT) competitor Monteiro came<br />
up against Costa Rica’s Thomas King (CRI). The lead<br />
went back and forward between the two throughout<br />
the 35-minute final with King holding the lead into<br />
the dying minutes. Needing a solid 7.17 (out of a<br />
possible 10) in the dying seconds, Monteiro took<br />
off on a medium set wave and got busy. The score<br />
came in at an 8.03 giving Monteiro the win with a<br />
heat total of 17.06.<br />
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