Suffolk Park boardrider Soli Bailey scored his best result of the year at the QS 10,0000 event at Haleiwa.
The 23-year-old knocked out in the quarters, in a heat dominated by Brazilian Deivid Silva.
Bailey will now head to the Vans World Cup at Sunset Beach next week.
Lennox Head surfer Stu Kennedy was eliminated in round three.
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