Tag: Matt Banting
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MATT BANTING CONFIRMS HE’LL COMPETE AT SURFEST 2018
Former CT star Matt Banting has confirmed he’ll compete at Surfest. The Port Macquarie surfer fell off the world tour in 2016, was dropped by his sponsor, and didn’t compete on the QS last year due to a pelvic injury. “It’s re-stoked the fire within me. I have a new sense of drive. And a…
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PORT MACQUARIE SURFER MATT BANTING BACK RIDING THE WAVES
Twelve painstaking months out of the water due to a pelvic injury have given surfer Matt Banting more drive to compete better than ever. The 23-year-old from Port Macquarie is preparing to ride his first competitive wave back.
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BANTING WITHDRAWS FROM PIPE MASTERS
Port Macquarie surfer Matt Banting has revealed a pelvic injury forced him to pull out of the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii. The 21-year-old withdrew a few days before the event – ending his chances of re-qualifying for next year’s Championship Tour. Banting has since posted on social media, saying he’s devastated, and will need four…
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BANTING ENTERS ELIMINATION ROUND IN PORTUGAL
Port Macquarie’s Matt Banting will surf in a sudden-death heat in round two of the Rip Curl Pro in Portugal. The 22-year-old came second in his opening battle, to a high-scoring Kelly Slater.
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BANTING ADVANCES TO ROUND TWO IN TRESTLES
Port Macquarie surfer Matt Banting will meet with former world champion Mick Fanning in the second round of The Hurley Pro at Trestles in California. Banting came second in his Round 1 heat against Brazilians Wiggolly Dantas and Adriano de Souza, finishing with a score of 10.9.
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MATT BANTING THROUGH TO ROUND 4 OF US OPEN OF SURFING
Port Macquarie’s Matt Banting will go up against Bino Lopes and Connor Coffin in round 4 of the US Open of Surfing, after finishing second in the third round. The Australian’s final score was just .46 ahead of third-placed American Evan Geiselman at Huntington Beach in California Banting ending up with a reasonable 12.63. (VISION…
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BANTING WINS 1ST ROUND OF FIJI PRO
Matt Banting is straight through to the third round of the Fiji Pro, after taking down Julian Wilson and American Connor Coffin. The Port Macquarie local posted a two-wave total of 10.34, in a low-scoring heat.
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BANTING EXITS RIO PRO
Port Macquarie’s Matt Banting has been sent packing from the Rio Pro, going down to Michel Bourez in round 3. Despite rediscovering some of the flair that saw him qualify for the tour, he couldn’t match the Tahitian.
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BANTING INTO ROUND 3 OF RIO PRO
Port Macquarie’s Matt Banting is into the third round of the Rio Pro, producing his best performance of the season against American Kolohe Andino. Banting posted a two-wave total of 14.76, beating the world number four by just 0.1. “The first wave, that 7 and a half or whatever I got, I sort of surfed…
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BANTING STAGES IMPRESSIVE COMEBACK AT SURFEST
Port Macquarie surfer Matt Banting has staged an impressive comeback from injury, placing third at Newcastle’s Surfest. The 21-year-old went down in the semi-final to eventual winner, Matt Wilkinson. “From the get-go I paddled up the beach and then he fell straight into one – it was a perfect one, he got 9.7.7, so straight…