Renato Galvão , won the 2009 Local Motion Guarujá Surf Pro.

Foto: Marcelo Bicudo

Brazilian Christian Surfer Renato Galvao has taken out the Local Motion Guaruja Surf Pro, besting the American Patrick Gudauskas in a great match-up in the final. In addition to racking up US$20,000 for today’s efforts, Galvao’s win rockets him from 70th to 37nd on the ASP WQS Men’s Tour ratings.

Foto: Marcelo Bicudo

Galvao started the final heat of the historic 100th WQS Event in Brazil very slow with Gudauskas surfing two regular waves (5.83 and 6.33 points out a possible of 10), missing 20 minutes to go, Galvao started to erupt in good waves of two-to-three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) at Tombo Beach with a flurry of excellent scoring rides, a 8.00 and a 7.70 in the opening half of the heat to the delight of the good crowd presented at the beach

Foto: Marcelo Bicudo

“I’m feeling very excited because the fans here twisted a lot for me, not only now in the end, but every day. I love Guaruja so I am very happy with this result and with this crowd on the beach. The final was incredible, Patrick is such a good surfer and I just wanna Thanks God for the final and for this great event here in Guaruja” said Galvao, who also commented about his goals for this end of season after his victory at Local Motion Guaruja Surf Pro.

Foto: Marcelo Bicudo

“This year I really wanted to run more events but I was not abble to, I had a 9th in Noronha and a 5th in Portugal, and this victory help me a lot in the Ranking, so now I will go to Rio, and maybe to Canary and California before Hawaii, so let’s see what happens” completed Galvao.

Foto: Marcelo Bicudo

This was Galvao’s second win at the Tour, he won in England in 2004. Finishing with 12.16 points (out a possible of 20) in the great final of Local Motion Guaruja Surf Pro.

GREAT FINAL OF LOCAL MOTION GUARUJA SURF PRO:

Final: Renato Galvão (BRA) 15.70 def. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 12.16

SEMI-FINALS OF LOCAL MOTION GUARUJA SURF PRO:
Heat 1: Renato Galvão (BRA) 10.43 def. Pablo Paulino (BRA) 7.17
Heat 2: Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 14.00 def. Brandon Jackson (ZAF) 13.20

QUARTERS-FINALS OF LOCAL MOTION GUARUJA SURF PRO:
Heat 1: Renato Galvão (BRA) 11.50 def. Glenn Hall (IRL) 3.76
Heat 2: Pablo Paulino (BRA) 13.60 def. Marco Polo (BRA) 11.07
Heat 3: Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 14.60 def. Jayke Sharp (AUS) 11.33
Heat 4: Brandon Jackson (ZAF) 13.16 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 7.90

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