Marlon Lipke airs at Praia de Cordoama in Portugal

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Cordoama Buondi Pro 1-star Men's Star-Series ran through to decide the final eight surfers who will battle it out in the quarter-finals for this year's Cordoama Buondi Pro title. There were numerous close battles and many stand-outs through both rounds held today.

Windblown 3-4ft (1-1.2m) waves entered the main event site at Praia de Cordoama offering plenty of opportunity to impress the judges with modern high performance surfing. Under clear skies the crowd on hand witnessed a blend of future talent pitted against some of the veterans of the ASP European region.

The stand-out surfer was Marlon Lipke (DEU), former Dream Tour member in 2009, who completely dominated his two heats today racking up the two highest individual scores of the event so far. A former winner here at Cordoama and having grown up in the area Lipke used his local knowledge to perfection choosing the longer lefts further down the beach to smash turn after turn on his way to victory.

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