Saturday 11 February 2012 Burleigh Heads Qld - TWO TIME WORLD CHAMPION Mick Fanning showed he is well and truly ready for the 2012 surfing season with a strong opening heat win at the Association of Surfing Professionals Breaka Burleigh Pro at Burleigh Heads today.<br /><br />In front of a large patriotic crowd, Fanning 's fast, fluid and powerful style was on display and he looks set for a big 2012 assault on the world title.<br /><br />Fanning comprehensively defeated highly rated young Brazilian Peterson Crisanto on a scoreline of 14.40 to Crisanto on 12.90.<br /><br />"I've had a bit of time off, missed Pipeline late last year and I'm injury free right now which is great" said Fanning.<br /><br />"My fitness is coming together, I'm doing this event to brush the bugs out and I'd say I'm about 90% right now and aiming to be 100% fit right on the Quiksilver Pro in about 12 days."<br /><br />Sunshine Coast surfer Julian Wilson was also super impressive today landing multiple big aerial moves in a close fought heat win over fellow Australian Matt Wilkinson.<br /><br />Similar to Fanning, Wilson believes the Breaka is perfect preparation for the season.<br /><br />"I felt better today surfing that heat and I'll go into tomorrow's final day confident for sure" said Wilson.<br /><br />'It takes a few heats to really get your competition frame of mind right -- I fell on a few today that I normally wouldn't but that's what it's about and I'm looking forward to tomorrow -- the waves are super fun."<br /><br />While Fanning and Wilson were impressive, they were outshone by emerging USA super kid 17 year-old Kolohe Andino.<br /><br />Andino again posted the day's top scoring heat win in an aerial shoot-out against Australia's Josh Kerr who also advanced in 2nd place with Andino's top two scoring rides coming in at 17.96 to Kerr on 15.96.<br /><br />Andino has won all five heats here as he began in round one and every one of his scoring rides has included massive aerial moves!<br /><br />He began today's heat with a huge aerial on the outside Burleigh Point and finished the heat with an equally impressive aerial on the Burleigh Heads beach break -- about 500m down from the point.<br /><br />It has been an ominous performance to date from Andino, Burleigh Heads is a point break which is not ideal for aerials but Andino's surfing simply goes to the air regardless, and he has shown glimpses of his overall surfing abilities as well.<br /><br />Tomorrow will be finals day with the event to run in front of large crowds throughout the morning, start time around 8:00am.
