San Clemente’s Nathan Yeomans and Huntington Beach’s Micah Byrne pushed through to the semifinals of the Oakley Newport Beach Pro today.

Yeomans is the two-time defending champ who beat Brad Ettinger 15.23-13.73 and Byrne edged Asher Nolan 15.83-15.33 in the quarterfinals in clean two-to-three conditions.
 
“I just tried to get busy straight off the bat and I found a couple good lefts before I got my right and that put me into good position to take out the heat. I’m excited to be in the Semifinals tomorrow and hopefully I can keep my run going here in Newport.”
 
Byrne used his backhand to light up the lefthanders for the day’s high heat total of a 15.83 and reached the semis for the second year in a row.
 
“I’ve just been trying to be much more relaxed in heats lately as I don’t typically do too well when I’m stressed out,” Byrne said. “I’m hoping to go one better this season. The waves have been pretty fun so I hope they stick around for tomorrow’s finish.”

Sunday’s matches
Semifinals – (1st and 2nd advance)
SF 1: Darrell Goodrum (USA), Dillon Perillo (USA), Travis Mellem (USA), Brett Barley (USA)
SF 2: Nathan Yeomans (USA), Brad Ettinger (USA), Micah Byrne (USA), Asher Nolan (USA)

Oakley Pro Junior Final
Final: Tanner Gudauskas (USA), Dillon Perillo (USA), Michael Dunphy (USA), Trevor Saunders (USA)

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