<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Australians <strong>Reef Heazlewood</strong> (AUS) and <strong>Lucy Darragh</strong> (AUS) have won the 2025 <a href="https://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2025/qs/408/taiwan-open-of-surfing/main" target="_blank">Taiwan Open of Surfing</a> World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 event. The pair overcame Asia Pacific’s best up-and-coming talent to win their second QS 6000 events of the season and rocket up to No. 1 on the WSL Australia / Oceania rankings as they look to book a spot on the 2026 WSL Challenger Series.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Reef Heazlewood</strong> (AUS) has claimed his second QS 6000 event win in 2025, putting on a commanding performance at Jinzun Harbor to overcome Japanese hopeful <strong>Riaru Ito</strong> (JPN). A former runner-up at the Taiwan Open of Surfing, Heazlewood is always a standout at this location, and this week was no exception. The exciting goofy footer made use of the lefts and rights on offer throughout the event, but today, focused on the lefts, smashing huge frontside gouges to post a two-wave total of 12.83 (out of a possible 20). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I’m just thinking of my wife, Maddie, right now. I wish she were here,” Heazlewood said. “We will celebrate it when I get home, and I think the celebrations will start here shortly. I was having such a bad start to the year, and I wasn’t really sure if I was going to keep going, so to get two wins, it feels like I’m back, baby. I was doing some maths yesterday on the rankings and saw that I’d move to the top of the rankings with a win, so I’m pretty stoked on that. Moving up there and getting close to locking in a spot on the Challenger Series is really important to me, so I’m stoked. I couldn’t do any of this without my support team, so I want to thank everyone who gets behind me. The first time I came here, I got second. I love coming here to Taiwan; it’s an amazing place with super fun waves, so to get a win here is definitely special. To get two wins this year and finish the year with a win is amazing.” </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Similar to Heazlewood, today saw Aussie upstart <strong>Lucy Darragh</strong> (AUS) claim her second major QS victory of the season, having won at Nias earlier in the year. The 15-year-old surfed beyond her years all week in Taiwan, revelling in the long, walling left-handers and attacking the end sections with pure commitment. The super stylish goofy footer overcame <strong>Saffi Vette </strong>(NZL) in the Final with a two-wave total of 11.84. Darragh now sits on top of the regional rankings heading into the last leg of the 2025/26 QS season. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This is so crazy,” Darragh said. “I’m just so stoked and grateful to be able to do these events and travel to amazing places like this and surf with my friends. It’s been such a good experience surfing against all of these amazing women in this series. I just can’t really believe it, to be honest. I barely have any words. I didn’t really know if I was going to do these comps this year, so to get two wins is incredible. I’m looking forward to celebrating with my friends.” </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Saffi Vette </strong>(NZL) and<strong> Riaru Ito</strong> (JPN) fell just short of a win in the end, but the pair both picked up the best results they have earned in seasons at the QS level. Vette now sits at 6th on the region rankings as she looks to find her way back onto the Challenger Series in 2026. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the results today, <strong>Kei Kobayashi</strong> (JPN) and <strong>Kana Nakashio</strong> (JPN) were able to hang on to their spots at the top of the WSL Asia Regional Rankings and win the inaugural Bonsoy Asia Super Series. Nakashio was eliminated in the Quarterfinals, her third-best result of the year, to go with a win and a runner-up in QS 6000s. Kobayashi earned his worst result here in Taiwan, but his consistency throughout the year saw him clinch the series win today in Taiwan. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 2025 Taiwan Open of Surfing QS 6000 ran at Jinzun Harbor from November 5 - 9, 2025. For more information and results, head to <a href="https://www.worldsurfleague.com/" target="_blank">www.WorldSurfLeague.com</a> or download the free <a href="https://www.worldsurfleague.com/app" target="_blank">WSL app</a>.</div>