The WQS 2-Star men’s event ran into Round 2 Heat 8 and saw some strong performances. Andrew Gessler (Ocean City, NJ) gave the day’s best performance, netting the highest heat total during his Round 1 bout earning 15.50 out of possible 20.00 points. Gessler’s precise surfing earned him a berth into Round 2, where he will hope to put his quad-fin swallow tail to good use.

“Someone gave me the wave magnet today,” Gessler said. “I’ve got a good shape from Matt Biolis, and I feel like I got lucky. I felt like my heat was pretty inconsistent, and I happened to get the good ones, so I’m feeling lucky right now.”

Richie Collins (Newport Beach, CA), former ASP World Tour campaigner, was another standout performer today, posting a strong heat total of 14.25 out of possible 20 points in the opening heat of competition. Collins continued his solid form in his Round 2 heat, where he dispatched of young pups

“I’m just going out and surfing as hard as I can,” Collins said. “I’m not going to back down, win, lose, fall, whatever, I’m just surfing as hard as I can. The last heat was just luck of the draw, Kekoa (Cazimero) and I got our waves, and just got lucky.”

Kekoa Cazimero (Waimanolo, HI) posted the day’s highest single wave score, stamping a 9.00 out of possible 10.00 and a combined total heat score of 15.25 advancing the powerful Hawaiian through to Round 3.

Today will see another full day of Vans Pier Classic action with the completion of Round 2, and the first half of Round 3. Tune in to catch all of the LIVE action online at Vans.com. For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com or www.aspnorthamerica.org

RESULTS: Vans Pier Classic (ASP WQS 2-Star)

Round 1: 160 surfers remaining (1st and 2nd advance) Heat 1: Richie Collins (USA)14.25, Hunter Heverly (USA)8.40, Jason Billings (USA)5.70, Adam Lambert (USA) 3.15 Heat 2: Shane Murray (USA) 9.75, Rick Downes (USA) 5.68, Cheyne Willis (HAW) 4.20, Greg Kaplan (USA) 4.00 Heat 3: Sam McGee (USA) 6.35, Rio Flores (HAW) 5.70, Eric Worley (USA) 5.65, Rico Jimerez (HAW) 3.55 Heat 4: Chris Drummy (USA) 13.75, Levi Gonzales (HAW) 7.75, Rory Parker (HAW) 7.25, Zack Humphries (USA) 5.15 Heat 5: Matt Meola (HAW) 13.50, Cody Thompson (USA) 11.00, David Post (8.75), Ryan Arthur (USA) 4.65 Heat 6: Ryan Burch (USA) 10.00, Reef McIntosh (HAW), Daniel Shea (USA) 8.85, Thomas Petriken (USA) 6.15 Heat 7: Jensen Callaway (USA) 10.40, Ryan Sakal (USA) 10.10, Gabe Garcia (USA) 9.75, Melamed, Dylan (HAW) 7.20 Heat 8: Willie Safreed (USA) 12.90, Kyle Kennelly (USA) 9.00, Patrick Cahill (USA) 6.20, Danny Hart (USA) 3.50 Heat 9: Macy Mullen (HAW) 12.25, Javier Swayne (PER) 9.45, Phillip Goold (USA) 8.6, Cru Surratt (HAW) 5.45 Heat 10: Sean Poynter (USA) 11.75, Bruno Rodriguez (BRA) 11.60, Tyler Newton (USA) 11.00, Jordan Gaudet (USA) 8.00 Heat 11: Dege O’Connell (HAW) 11.00, Tom Rezvan (USA) 10.50, Brett Barley (USA) 9.20, Matt Pagan (USA) 6.30 Heat 12: Brent Reilly (USA) 10.5, Nick Kaminski (USA) 8.85, Lucas Rogers (USA) 6.75, Keith Terri berry (USA) 2.05 Heat 13: Luke Davis (USA) 12.50, Mike Howard (USA) 8.45, Wesley Toth (PRI) 8.35, Tim Senneff (USA) 7.70 Heat 14: Andrew Gesler (USA) 15.50, Bright Brandenburger (USA) 9.40, Matt Johnson (USA) 6.75, Vince Alessi (USA) 3.90 Heat 15: Tyler Stanaland (USA) 9.50, Scott Posner (USA) 8.90, Fisher Heverly (USA) 7.55, Frank Chennault (USA) 3.85 Heat 16: Chase Newsom (USA) 14.50, Tommy Bursian (PRI) 8.75, Jeremy Sommerville (USA) 8.15, T.J. Mikus (USA) 4.00 Round 2: 128 surfers remaining (1st and 2nd advance) Heat 1: Kekoa Cazimero (HAW) 15.25, Richie Collins (USA) 14.00, Sean Taylor (USA) 8.30, Rick Downes (USA) 4.55 Heat 2: Leif Engstrom (USA) 13.30, Shane Murray (USA) 11.00, Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 10.15, Hunter Heverly (USA) 7.60 Heat 3: Ted Navarro (USA) 12.25, Roger Eales (USA) 10.40, Levi Gonzales (HAW) 10.15, Sam McGee(USA) 3.90 Heat 4: Chris Drummy (USA) 13.00, Justin Swartz (USA) 8.85, Morgan Faulkner (HAW) 7.30, Rio Flores (HAW) 5.60 Heat 5: Matt Meola (HAW) 14.75, Ian Ekberg (USA) 13.25, Reef McIntosh (HAW) 9.10, Alex Kamkoff (VEN) 4.75 Heat 6: Cody Thompson (USA) 14.25, David Giddings (USA) 13.50, Ford Archibald (USA)8.10, Ryan Burch (USA) 7.40 Heat 7: Ryan Briggs (USA) 10.75, Jansen Callaway (USA) 10.25, Zack Plopper (USA) 7.55 Kyle Kennelly (USA) 6.70 Heat 8: Ryan Sakal (USA) 14.35, Heath Walker (AUS) 14.30, Willie Safreed (USA) 11.60, Austin Ford (USA) 9.50