Kiwi surfer Ricardo Christie has earned a spot on the prestigious World Surfing tour.
He's the first New Zealand male since Maz Quinn to qualify for the ASP World tour which has been renamed the World Surfing League.
It was a nervous wait for confirmation for Christie as he awaited results from the Billabong Pipe Masters event in Hawaii.
He had to rely results going his way, the most significant being that of Alejo Muinz from Brazil who was the only surfer remaining that could knock Christie from the qualification criteria.
However Australian Adrian Buchan ended Muinz's run in the quarterfinals.