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H A W A I I _ S P O R T S

Notebook

Saturday, March 4, 2000

Lucky wave carries
Robb past Occhilupo

Associated Press

Hawaii's Kalani Robb upset current world surfing champion Mark Occhilupo yesterday in round one of the Billabong Pro at Queensland, Australia.

Robb's last wave saw the 23-year-old post an 8-point ride to defeat the 33-year-old Occhilupo by less than a point.

Occhilupo led the majority of the 30-minute heat, but Robb, ranked 17th in the world, made the most of the clean, 3-foot conditions, especially on his last wave.

"I had a lot of trouble at the first part of the heat and wasn't catching anything," said Robb. "Then that one came which was pretty lucky.''

Hawaii's Sunny Garcia amassed the day's highest total heat score.