Cowaramup's Yadin Nicol is into the semi-finals of the SATA Azores Pro after defeating his American opponent on Friday.
The 28-year-old surfer was up against American Michael Dunphy in the last quarter-final of the day on Friday and with his last ride Nicol took a big left-hander and pulled of an 8.00 point score to book his place in the semis.
He told the Surf2Surf.com website "It was tricky out there. I was mostly looking for the lefts but there's a sneaky right and I was kind of in the middle of the two.
"My season's been terrible so far. I've been feeling good but my brain wasn't into it I guess. I had to sit myself down for this event and re-assess what I was doing in the heats and its kind of working this time so I'm stoked."