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Milestone: Fred Patacchia surfs 150th Dream Tour heat

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 27 February, 2010 : - - In heat 15 today, Fred Patacchia surfed in his 150th Dream Tour heat in his 6th year on tour. He went down to rookie Owen Wright in a great heat, but at the end of the day, he will probably want to forget heat number 150.

Fred has had a great career to date, 54 events... 150 heats... 69 wins... 46% win ratio... (17 finals) 9 quarters... 6 semis... 2 finals... 0 wins Fred’s best season was in 2008 when he finished 12th.

The two things about Freddy that really stick in my mind are his two 2nd placings and those events. In 2006 he posted a 19.60 in round 4 in Tahiti and went on to lose to first time winner Bobby Martinez in a first class final 16.26 to 16.07. And in 2008 he posted a 19.50 in round 4 in Indo to go out to another first time winner Bruce Irons in a one sided final.

Good luck Fred I hope there is another 150 to come…