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Day 4 - Update

With an improvement in conditions at Soldiers Beach for the fourth day of the Arrive alive Central Coast Pro, the surfers responded accordingly with an all-out assault on the excellent 1m peaks.

The first two heats of the women's third round was a showcase of the future of women's surfing, with top seeds Bethany Hamilton (Hawaii) and 17 year old sensation Sally Fitzgibbons (Gerroa) in devastating form.

Hamilton, who surfed in the opening women's heat, had the spectators in a frenzy with her exciting brand of surfing.

"I got off to a slow start, but knew if I waited the right waves would come.

"It was a really good heat to build my confidence for the rest of the event. I'm just trying to surf as well as I can and have fun," she said.

Sally Fitzgibbons who seemingly has the world at her feet, was untouchable in her first heat of the competition.

Pitted against 2007 Women's WQS Champion Jacqueline Silva, Fitzgibbons pulled out all stops enroute to a commanding heat win - including an awesome single wave score of 9.93 (out of 10).

"It was my first heat of the event so I am really happy to get through it. It was a really tough heat as the girls were surfing really well. I was really lucky to get the two or three good scoring waves," she said.

The two young superstars are set to meet in a not-to-be-missed quarter final tomorrow.

As the men's side of the competition blazed through the fourth and fifth rounds, Gavin Gillette (Hawaii) who has been impressive since Day One continued his giant killing run revelling in the improved conditions.

"Today is definitely the best waves of the contest. It was fun and really clean.

"Going into the quarter finals there are so many guys who rip, so I'll need to put my game face on. At the moment I'm just trying to free-surf and aiming to get a few combos in as well," he said

Top seed Mick Campbell (Port Macquarie) again stamped his dominance on the competition, lighting-up his fifth round heat with the highest heat score of the contest, amassing a near perfect 18.24 (out of possible 20).

As has been the case throughout the entire competition, the curtain fell for a number of high seeds including World Championship Tour (WCT) surfers Roy Powers and Nic Muscroft, Nathan Hedge (North Narrabeen) and Glen Hall (Umina).

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