8:00 AM on an overcast Wednesday, the Prime 6.0 Lowers Pro started off with the Round of 128. As I was taking the short hike down the trail to get to the surf competition site, Globe rider CJ Hobgood comes walking up the trail. CJ probably had a quick early morning session to get some practice in before his heat tomorrow.
The first heat was already in the water surfing, carving turns and cracking the lip. The morning was kind of slow with more turns than airs because of the low tide. In Heat 4, the sets just weren't coming for @Sunny_Garcia to advance through; Sunny finishes 4th in his heat.
Nike 6.0's rider Hawaiian Kai Barger was very selective in his heat. He picked the best waves and won with a two wave total of 15.44. There were quite few big name surfers waiting as alternates to get into this Prime event, most notable was Kelly Slater. North America is now home to 4 ASP Prime events after the US Open in Huntington Beach was awarded prime status. A staple to each surf event is no other than Aussie Paul Fisher, who was out with his cameraman in the athletes' tent interviewing them for his Fishtales on his website followthefish.tv or @followthefishtv.
Right before aerialist Eric Geiselman's heat, he had a short practice session practicing his airs. In his heat, he went to work and pulling off air and big committed turns. The judges greatly rewarded him and he won his heat. After Eric, we started to see a little more airs.
It was not until the Rd of 96 started that things got really interesting down at Lower Trestles. The SSW arrived and Adriano De Souza just lite Lowers up, posting the highest heat total of the day. Adriano and Aussie Nic Muscroft win of Heat 1, sending defending 6.0 Lowers Pro champion Freddy Patacchia home. Quickly to follow Adriano stellar performance was @Julian_Wilson, pulling more airs and making his presence's now. Looks likes his ankle is heal, and who knows, we might even see a Sushi Roll
tomorrow!!
Tomorrow, we will see the completion of the Rd of 96, with many of the heavy hitters Jordy Smith (@Jordstyle), @achebuchan, Josh Kerr (@kerr_azy1), Dane Reynolds, surfing in the afternoon and with the SSW swell peaking tomorrow.
6.0 Lowers Pro Round of 96 Results:
Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 17.90, Nic Muscroft (AUS) 15.90, Fred Patacchia (HAW) 13.50, Nathaniel Curran (USA) 8.27
Heat 2: Julian Wilson (AUS) 14.17, Ben Dunn (AUS) 11.13, Granger Larsen (HAW) 10.90, Travis Logie (ZAF) 10.17
Heat 3: Heitor Alves (BRA) 14.26, T.J. Barron (HAW) 13.67, Jihad Khodr (BRA) 11.73, Roy Powers (HAW) 10.83
6.0 Lowers Pro Round of 128 Results:
Heat 1: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 14.67, Julian Wilson (AUS) 11.16, Andre Silva (BRA) 9.00, Pablo Paulino (BRA) 6.60
Heat 2: Granger Larsen (HAW) 15.00, T.J. Barron (HAW) 11.67, Masotashi Ohno (JPN) 11.64, Eneko Acero (EUK) 10.30
Heat 3: Nat Young (USA) 10.63, Hugo Savalli (REU) 9.90, Marco Giorgi (URY) 9.83, Brad Ettinger (USA) 8.37
Heat 4: Shaun Cansdell (AUS) 13.84, Damien Fahrenfort (ZAF) 12.77, Rhys Bombaci (AUS) 12.40, Sunny Garcia (HAW) 10.84
Heat 5: Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 11.27, Mason Ho (HAW) 10.57, James Taipan Wood (AUS) 8.37, Jesse Merle-Jones (HAW) 7.83
Heat 6: Kai Barger (HAW) 15.44, Adam Robertson (AUS) 14.03, Lincoln Taylor (AUS) 13.67, Heath Joske (AUS) 7.17
Heat 7: Brian Toth (PRI) 12.37, Dylan Graves (PRI) 11.80, Kieran Horn (USA) 10.57, Brent Dorrington (AUS) 7.26
Heat 8: Eric Geiselman (USA) 15.16, Chris Waring (USA) 13.84, Royden Bryson (ZAF) 12.27, Luke Campbell (AUS) 10.90
Heat 9: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 14.67, Tonino Benson (HAW) 12.30, Warwick Wright (ZAF) 11.80, Jayke Sharp (AUS) 9.93
Heat 10: John John Florence (HAW) 13.23, Shaun Ward (USA) 13.17, Paulo Moura (BRA) 10.10, Romain Cloitre (FRA) 9.43
Heat 11: Joel Centeio (HAW) 17.10, Maxime Huscenot (REU) 13.86, Hizunome Bettero (BRA) 13.53, Blake Wilson (AUS) 10.27
Heat 12: Cory Lopez (USA) 15.87, Jonathan Gonzalez (CNY) 11.87, Yujiro Tsuji (JPN) 11.74, Corey Ziems (AUS) 10.84
Heat 13: Marcio Farney (BRA) 14.83, Thiago Camarao (BRA) 13.33, Yadin Nicol (AUS) 12.93, Olamana Eleogram (HAW) 12.40
Heat 14: Nathan Hedge (AUS) 16.97, Jean Da Silva (BRA) 14.96, Kiron Jabour (HAW) 13.33, Hodei Collazo (EUK) 11.93
Heat 15: Jarrad Sullivan (AUS) 11.60, Rudy Palmboom (ZAF) 11.43, Torrey Meister (HAW) 9.92, Jack Perry (AUS) 6.14
Heat 16: Wiggoly Dantas (BRA) 14.60, Miguel Pupo (BRA) 13.40, Leigh Sedley (AUS) 11.94, Patrick Beven (FRA) 11.30
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