Daniel Ross (Wooloweyah, AUS), 25, has handily won the 2009 ASP World Qualifying Series, further cementing his reputation as one of the most dangerous surfers on the 2010 ASP Dream Tour and emphatically announcing his comeback to the world's elite.
“There are a lot of surfers that do fall off the tour their first year and that shows how high the level of surfing and competitiveness is on the World Tour.
You need to be so well balanced and tuned in on all levels, physically, emotionally and mentally.
For me, this year, it was a mixture of hard work in all these areas, not just my surfing. I was focusing on learning and having fun with it all.
It’s easy to get motivated when you are really enjoying what you do.
The last time I qualified it came down to the last event of the year the very last heat of the year. I needed to place 4th or better in a field of 100 and every heat was stacked with either World Tour surfers or Hawaiian specialists. The surf was huge and I made it to Final. The feeling was unbelievable. I ran up the beach into a team of mates that were screaming and holding their arms in the air. I’ll never forget it. It was the best day of my life.
I wrote down at the start of the year that one of my goals was to win two 4 or 6-Star events, purely for the fact that I wanted to get chaired up the beach and experience that feeling of winning, knowing that on that day you did everything in your power to come out on top.
No one else could take it from you. That’s the feeling I have now from the year that I’ve had.”
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