Australian surfer Drew Courtney was the standout performer during the second round of the ASP World Qualifying Series at Newquay in England.
Courtney posted a superb 9.00 (out of 10) wave and produced a solid 16.50 point (out of 20) heat result in defeating Ruben Gonzalez, Eneko Acero and Federico Pilurzu.
"I had a good wave obviously but it did not look it was going to be", Courtney said.
"I managed to get a couple of turns and the wave was clean enough. The waves were a bit fat and it is hard to figure out what way the wave is going to break before taking off."
The 29-year-old Australian wants to continue his recent good form and win a spot on the ASP World Tour for 2009.
"Things have been good this year but we are a long way from the end of the season", Courtney said.
"Plenty of events still to come and everyone can win at this stage."
Dion Atkinson, Rhys Bombaci, Leigh Sedley, Adam Robertson, Nathan Hedge, Brent Dorrington, Micheal Spencer, Nic Muscroft and Matt Wilkinson were other Australian winners who progressed to the third round on a day of excellent surfing.
However, the news wasn't so good for compatriot Shaun Cansdell, who was dumped from the event by Abdel El Harim.
Second-round results:
Heat 1: Gavin Roberts (ZAF) 15.17 pts, David Weare (ZAF) 9.57 pts, Owen Wright (AUS) 8.23 pts, Simon Marchand (FRA) 6.07 pts
Heat 2: Dion Atkinson (AUS) 12.00 pts, Txaber Trojaola (EUK) 10.90 pts, Hugo Savalli (REU) 9.27 pts, Joao Guedes (PRT) 7.80 pts
Heat 3: Danilo Costa (BRA) 12.54, Gabe Kling (USA) 9.14 pts, Dunga Neto (BRA) 8.20 pts, Leandro Bastos (BRA) 6.47 pts
Heat 4: Marlon Lipke (DEU) 13.00 pts, Ryan Campbell (AUS) 12.60 pts, Blake Thornton (AUS) 9.87 pts, Steve Noble (AUS) 7.84 pts
Heat 5: Drew Courtney (AUS) 16.50 pts, Ruben Gonzalez (PRT) 14.77 pts, Eneko Acero (EUK) 13.43 pts, Federico Pilurzu (CRI) 12.27 pts
Heat 6: Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 13.27 pts, Patrick Beven (FRA) 13.27 pts, Wesley De Souza (USA) 8.53 pts, Miguel Ximenez (PRT) 8.20 pts
Heat 7: Rhys Bombaci (AUS) 12.33 pts, Jarrad Sullivan (AUS) 12.00 pts, Joan Duru (FRA) 11.47 pts, Alan Stokes (GBR) 10.33 pts
Heat 8: Jay Quinn (NZL) 14.50 pts, Adam Melling (AUS) 11.83 pts, Paul Fisher (AUS) 10.10 pts , Thomas Bady (FRA) 9.00 pts
Heat 9: Robson Santos (BRA) 17.10 pts, Shaun Gosmann (ZAF) 14.34 pts, Rudy Palmboom (ZAF) 11.03 pts, Oli Adams (GBR) 9.40 pts
Heat 10: Leigh Sedley (AUS) 13.83 pts, Wiggoly Dantas (BRA) 13.67 pts, Renato Galvao (BRA) 12.73 pts, Rowan Aish (NZL) 6.37 pts
Heat 11: Marco Polo (BRA) 13.80 pts, Andre Silva (BRA) 12.53 pts, Corey Ziems (AUS) 11.63 pts, Rafael Ayme (REU) 6.86 pts
Heat 12: William Cardoso (BRA) 14.66 pts, Chris Davidson (AUS) 13.27 pts, Shaun Burrell (USA) 12.13 pts, Jose Maria Cabrera (CNY) 10.80 pts
Heat 13: Pedro Henrique (BRA) 15.67 pts, Bobby Hansen (NZL) 15.34 pts, Romain Cloitre (REU) 8.17 pts, Matt Capel (GBR) 6.53 pts
Heat 14: Odirlei Coutinho (BRA) 16.66 pts, Jadson Andre (BRA) 16.07 pts, Gilmar Silva (BRA) 14.93 pts, Jayce Robinson (GBR) 7.40 pts
Heat 15: Glenn Hall (IRE) 14.00 pts, Yadin Nicol (AUS) 11.77 pts, Luke Dorrington (AUS) 7.63 pts, Justin McBride (USA) 6.93 pts
Heat 16: Adam Robertson (AUS) 15.93 pts, Antonio Bortoletto