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Chris Waring navigates his way through the green
room

Local surfer Chris Waring (Seal Beach, CA), 22, ousted fellow local Brad Ettinger (Huntington Beach, CA), 25, in an action packed Final to win the Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge presented by Primo for himself and Team Reef. Ettinger's Team Hurley, last year's reigning Team Champion, claimed the runner-up position.

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Adam Vambert gets futuristic

The historic Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Specialty Event has a unique camaraderie-driven team-based format, with 20 four-man teams competing in an open-draw format. Team results were determined by the placement of individual surfers who received points in each heat (4 points for 1st, 3 points for 2nd, 2 points for 3rd and 1 points for 4th place). More than $28,500 in cash and prizes was awarded.

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The Katin drew great waves for its 2-day contest

Waring battled back to claim his first Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge victory after Ettinger posted the event's only perfect 10-point ride with a lengthy barrel into the pier. Waring found a barrel of his own to earn a 9.53 out of 10, and quickly followed up with a 6.50 to overtake the goofy-footer, holding on for the win despite a valiant effort by Ettinger to bounce back.

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Another HB local, Brad Ettinger, lost by only .03
points

"I just can't believe it," Waring said. "I don't even know what to think right now. Brad (Ettinger) started off with that 10, so to come back and win is amazing. This is a special event for Huntington Beach, and it has such a great history. Now my name is going to be up there with all of the great surfers who have won this event in the past."

In addition to taking out the personal victory, Waring's standout performance carried Team Reef to victory over last year's winner, Team Hurley, who finished second this year.

"I'm stoked that my team was able to win," Waring said. "Getting the win on top of it for Reef, it just couldn't have gone any better."

For event highlights log on to www.katinproam.com

2010 FINAL RESULTS

Team
1st: Reef (45 points)
2nd: Hurley (39 points)
3rd Surfline (37 points)
4th: Surfing America (31 points)

Pro/Am
1st: Chris Waring (Reef) -- $4,000
2nd: Brad Ettinger (Hurley) -- $2,000
3rd: Nathaniel Curran (Surfline) -- $1,500
4th: Evan Thompson (Surfing America) -- $1,000
5th: Andrew Doheny (Surfing America) -- $500

Mike Morgan Most Futuristic Maneuver
Andrew Doheny -- $500