Surf action down at 6 Star Prime Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro was another great day. The surf was noticeably smaller than yesterday and not as consistent or clean. Yesterday, the majority of waves were split at the peak; whereas today surfers preferred going right. Fun fact, Rip Curl's goofy footer Owen Wright went for his first right ever at Trestles today in a competition.
The day started off with the Round of 48 with the 4-man format with the top two finishers advancing. An exciting must watch heat features Hurley's Adrian Buchan, Sebastian Zietz, Jeremy Flores, and Eric Geiselman. Sebastian yesterday advanced even with an interference called. Eric Geiselman attempted several air reverses, but just couldn't find his landing and was thus eliminated today. Ace continued his consistent effortless surfing to make it through.
Red Bull's Julian Wilson and Quiksilver's Dane Reynolds fail to advance from the round of 48 along with a few other Dream Tour surfers Ben Dunn, Damien Hobgood, Den Morrison, and Tom Whitaker to name a few.
Things really got interesting in the afternoon in the Round of 24 with 3- man heat formats with top two advancing. Heat 6 was restarted when neither Andy Irons, John Florence, or Tiago Pieres took off on a wave in the first ten minutes. The restart gave each surfer a chance to really showoff their skills with a set coming in right at the sound of buzzer.
This was certainly an entertaining heat with veteran surfer Andy Irons and grom John Florence exchanging wave after wave and seesawing the lead position. They put their fellow competitor Tiago in combo land. Grom John Florence and Andy Irons both advance with some sick snaps and air reverses. Andy had to give it up to John, who was just ripping thanks to his skate influence. After the heat, the two had a little tête-à-tête moment with AI most likely giving fellow Hawaiian John some advice.
Tomorrow we will see the start of man on man format in the Round of 16. The heat draw is shaping up to looking something comparable to a World Tour event. You wouldn't want to miss a heat. Some heats I'm looking forward to watching:
Adrian Buchan vs Jadson Andre
Owen Wright vs Andy Irons
CJ Hobgood vs John John Florence
Josh Kerr vs Jordy Smith
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