What day of competition at Lowers today!!!
Tom Whitaker claims the waves pumping at Lowers and just peeling left and right are some of the best waves he’s ever ridden in a contest on the CT or QS. Not to mention to cap off the end of the day in the final heat with Jordy Smith getting a perfect 10.0 wave score, the only one of the competition so far. Naturally, he won his heat.
The Hobgoods @hobgoods just tweetd on Twitter:
"Trestles after 1pm, was about as good as i've seen it over the years. 6* primes might be up on the CT"s 3-0, not that i'm keeping score..."
The move of late are certainly air reverses following Jadson Andre’s win of the Bilabong Pro in Brazil. Eric Geiselman and Josh Kerr pulled off some big forehand airs in their heat and the judges just loved it. Josh Kerr was impressive in his opening wave getting an 8.9 without doing any airs.
There were many heats that look really good on paper such as Heat 11 with Eric Geiselman, Patrick Gudauskas, Brett Simpson, and Dylan Graves and Heat 14 with Hawaiians Dusty, John John, Tonino and Aussie Dean Morrison. These two heats didn't fail to disappoint. In addition, Sebastian Zietz advanced even with an interference call on him.
So what were the waves like at Lowers today?? SSW swell peaked with some westerly winds warming up the water with shoulder to head high with occasional overhead sets with just some onshore winds. Lowers was really coming alive in the afternoon as the tide was coming in. The sets just kept on coming to the surfers delight.
Failing to advance to the Round of 48 today were several CT surfers, Daniel Ross, local surfers Tanner and Patrick Gudauskas, Michel Bourez, Brett Simpson, Dusty Payne just to mention a few.
Andy Irons, Hobgood brothers, Josh Kerr, John John Florence, Dane Reynolds, and Owen Wright advance to the Round of 48 which will commence tomorrow.
The Rd of 96 also is where the prize money will be dispersed; those exiting this round will be getting $500 and points. First place for the 6.0 Lowers Pro is $20,000 cash prize.
Swell is expected to stay past Saturday. Can't wait to see what the competition will be like tomorrow.
6.0 Lowers Pro Round of 96 Results:
Heat 4: Nat Young (USA), 11.47, Alejo Muniz (BRA) 10.90, Kai Otton (AUS) 10.56, Tim Boal (FRA) 8.84
Heat 5: Taylor Knox (USA) 12.24, Tim Reyes (USA) 11.33, Dayyan Neve (AUS) 9.63, Hugo Savalli (REU) 8.07
Heat 6: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 13.30, Shaun Cansdell (AUS) 13.26, Tanner Gudauskas (USA) 12.90, Mason Ho (HAW) 10.56
Heat 7: Nate Yeomans (USA) 12.83, Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 12.40, Daniel Ross (AUS) 10.66, Damien Fahrenfort (ZAF) 9.48
Heat 8: Chris Davidson (AUS) 16.77, Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 13.77, Gabriel Medina (BRA) 12.70, Kai Barger (HAW) 8.26
Heat 9: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 16.43, Adam Robertson (AUS) 16.33, Glen Hall (IRL) 12.34, Marlon Lipke (DEU) 11.20
Heat 10: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 13.00, Kolohe Andino (USA) 11.77, Marco Polo (BRA) 11.67, Brian Toth (PRI) 8.83
Heat 11: Dylan Graves (PRI) 14.10, Eric Geiselman (USA) 13.80, Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 12.17, Brett Simpson (USA) 8.67
Heat 12: Jadson Andre (BRA) 16.20, Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 11.87, Brandon Jackson (ZAF) 9.33, Chris Waring (USA) 7.40
Heat 13: Dane Reynolds (USA) 17.54, Michael Picon (FRA) 12.27, Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 12.26, Leonardo Neves (BRA) 11.17
Heat 14: John John Florence (HAW) 15.93, Dean Morrison (AUS) 13.66, Dusty Payne (HAW) 11.20, Tonino Benson (HAW) 8.07
Heat 15: Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.50, Blake Thornton (AUS) 13.94, Darrell Goodrum (USA) 7.77, Shaun Ward (USA) 6.23
Heat 16: Owen Wright (AUS) 14.50, David Weare (ZAF) 11.50, Willian Cardoso (BRA) 6.83, Joel Centeio (HAW) 6.67
Heat 17: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 16.70, Gabe Kling (USA) 15.97, Maxime Huscenot (REU) 12.24, Alain Riou (PYF) 11.37
Heat 18: Thiago Camarao (BRA) 14.93, Cory Lopez (USA) 14.06, Neco Padaratz (BRA) 13.20, Luke Munro (AUS) 10.94
Heat 19: Jonathan Gonzales (CNY) 17.00, Andy Irons (HAW) 12.94, Jay Thompson (AUS) 12.43, Marcio Farney (BRA) 10.24
Heat 20: Nathan Hedge (AUS) 15.13, Dion Atkinson (AUS) 12.13, Bernardo Miranda (BRA) 9.86, Michel Bourez (PYF) 9.47
Heat 21: Joan Duru (FRA) 14.80, Damien Hobgood (USA) 14.07, Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 11.40, Jean Da Silva (BRA) 11.03
Heat 22: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 17.25, Josh Kerr (AUS) 13.40, Jarrad Sullivan (AUS) 13.24, Blake Jones (USA) 12.34
Heat 23: Wiggoly Dantas (BRA) 15.33, Drew Courtney (AUS) 13.60, Mick Campbell (AUS) 12.77, Rudy Palmboom (ZAF) 7.40
Heat 24: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 18.93, Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 15.27, Austin Ware (USA) 13.43, Miguel Pupo (BRA) 12.33
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