Matt Hewitt Charges into Rd4 at the Arnette ASP World Junior

• Keanu Asing (HAW) topped Thomas Woods (AUS) in Round 3 of the Arnette ASP World Junior today. Credit: ASP / ROWLAND

Marco Fernandez (BRA) unleashed a series of committed turns to take the day's highest single-wave score of a 9.33 (out of 10) and hopes he can carry the momentum from his Round 3 success into the latter rounds of competition.
"I caught a pretty good wave in that heat and made three turns with my first turn being a big vertical turn," Fernandez said. "I'm so happy that I made it to the next round and I hope I can continue to do the same."
Matt-Lewis Hewitt (NZL) stayed patient in his heat and carefully selected the set-waves and finished his two scoring rides with authority to secure a berth into Round 4.

"It was a super close heat and I had watched the heat before and knew the guys were getting there scores on the bigger set waves," Hewitt said. "I knew I just needed to be patient and wait for those bigger ones and finish my waves."

"Hewitt also enjoyed the change in venue from the left-hander of Arpoador to Praia Do Diabo and tore apart the tricky conditions on his forehand.
"I don't really mind too much," Hewitt said. "It's just normal going left or right, but you can't really complain when you get a right-hand pointbreak and it's kind of just reeling down the point."
Keanu Asing (HAW) has stayed patient and focused throughout the entirety of the Arnette ASP World Junior waiting period and is hoping to maintain his form from the ASP 6-Star Quiksilver Brasil Open of Surfing last week through the remainder of the ASP World Junior event.
"The waves are not ideal, but it's rideable, it's contestable and the contest directors are trying to do their best to put us in the best conditions available," Asing said. "We waited awhile to surf the third round and I'm just staying patient, staying focused and not just wasting energy. The waves are similar to my home in Ewa Beach and it's all repetition to me. Everything comes from repetition and it becomes comfortable. I surfed the 6-Star before this and I feel like I'm carrying momentum from that."