Contestants woke to expectations of a clean swell with offshore winds and what we found on arrival at “Bones†was probably better than what most people would have imagined.
Super smooth 3-4ft lines peeled down the spongy reef at Bones. The waves were some of the best seen for a SABA event and seeing that it was the first event of its kind on the west coast, organsers couldn’t have asked for better.
With a looming 5m swell predicted on Monday and Sundays conditions looking abit onshore, organisers used today’s conditions to run as much as the contest as possible … Details
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The last day of competition was the most exciting day of all. The morning started with the DK semis with Dave Hubbard and Kim Feast, taking DUB the best out of it moving to the final.
In semi 2 Micah McMullin faced current world champ Cesar Bauer. McMullin had a strong start, unfortunately his board delaminated and had to go in and get a different board. Meanwhile Bauer took advantage and score a couple of good rides taking the heat and moving to the DK final vs. Dave Hubbard.
The female semis were nothing but pure adrenaline. Eunate Aguirre was up against Maira Viana … Details
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The quarterfinal action was very intense during the whole morning. The first heat of the morning was between Maira Viana and Luz Marie Grand. Luz Marie didn’t find the rhythm and ended up taking only one wave. On the other hand Maira was in full rhythm with the ocean and got a great barrel to roll and one of the biggest bombs of the day to take the heat and moving to the semi 1.
The next heat had the last Mexican in the competition. Local girl Sol Fernandez was up against the seeded number two, Eunate Aguirre. Fernandez started with a couple of low scores, but Eunate’s strategy was to wait for the biggest waves … Details
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Nothing better than a long period swell for the best rounds of the contest. All third round was an amazing spectacle for everyone who witnessed the heats. Heavy barrels, epic ramps and beautiful weather.
The third round continued with Dave Hubbard and James Murdock advancing, leaving Spaniard Elosua in third. In heat 4 we saw a slow start but a strong finish from local kid Cesar Petroni taking the heat with a solid invert.
Ardiel was able to find some corners and Giovanni Greco was unable to find a good score.
Gregory Wonters and Cesar Bauer eliminated … Details
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