Melanie Bartels of Wai’anae, scoring 16.84, won her heat in the round of 12 and advanced on to the quarter finals today at the GO211 Live featuring The Honda US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif. Placing second and also advancing was Hawaii’s Bethany Hamilton with a 10.77. Failing to advance was Kim Mayer with a 10.60 in third place.

The GO211 Live featuring The Honda US Open of Surfing is a six star rated event in the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS). The event includes the O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior (ASP Grade-2 Pro Junior) S3 Supergirl Pro Junior (ASP Grade-2 Pro Junior) O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding, and O’Neill US Open Men’s.

The Honda U.S. Open pres. by O’Neill (ASP WQS 6-Star) Huntington Beach, Calif., runs July 18 thorugh 27, 2008.

Photographer: Kenneth Morris

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