Courtney bows out of pro tours

Umina surfer Drew Courtney has finished competing in the Brazil and South African legs of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Surfing Tour recently.

Courtney managed to get through to round two in the pro event in Brazil last month.

In round one of competition in Brazil, Courtney scored 10.64 against fellow Australian Kieren Pellow and Tahitian Michel Bourez which qualified him for the next round against Hawaiian Dustin Barca.

Courtney finished round two with a score of 12.77 against Barca's 13.70.

Unfortunately, this score was not enough to qualify him for the next round.

US surfer Kelly Slater took out the Brazil event against Brazil's Adriano de Souza.

Courtney also bowed out in the first round of the Billabong Pro surfing competition in South Africa at the start of the month.

Courtney was up against US surfer Dane Reynolds in heat 16 of the first round of competition at Jeffrey's Bay from July 9.

However, Courtney only managed to score 5.77 points compared to Reynold's 12 points.

The winner of the competition was Australian and current world number one Joel Parkinson, who defeated US surfer Damien Hobgood in the finals with 15.97 points.

Parkinson took home a top prize of $340,000 for his win.

The Jeffrey's Bay Billabong Pro competition is the fifth event in the ASP World Tour.

The next event to take place will be the in California from

Courtney currently stands with a rating of 33 going into the Hurley Pro event for the ASP World Tour in California from September 13.

His total point score is 1685 with this year's prize earnings at $25,800 for his competition results to date.

Website, 21 Jul 2009 ASP World Tour