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Melissa Woods

EXPLAINED: Air time as aussie rookie surfer stuns brazilian great - The Real Truth

Rookie Joel Vaughan is set for his best finish of the season after making the quarters at Trestles. (HANDOUT/World Surf League)

Australian rookie Joel Vaughan has shocked top-ranked Brazilian Italo Ferreira to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Trestles Pro in California.

Competing in his first season on the World Surf League's Championship Tour, the 21-year-old took down the world No.2 in a high-scoring round-of-16 heat on Wednesday (local time).

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