Today was another excellent day of training for competitors before the big winds forecast for tomorrow.Â
We saw Sebastien Salerno from France improve on his best personal time ever with 44.5 knots. New Zealander Gavin Broadbent had an excellent day again with top speeds of 44.3 recorded over 500m average. Rob Douglas from USA had the 3rd top speed of 43.9.
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Professional bodyboarding will be entering a new era. Terry McKenna, general manager of the International Bodyboarding Association, has announced that the IBA World Tour is taking a “quantum leap forward”, after closing a deal with a group of investors to have a company managing the 2011 tour.
“The current team has … Details
The Freewave returned to Plimmerton for round two of the 2010 series. Conditions were superb and the action was hot. A strong north westerly from the Tasman kindly whipped up good punchy waves for the sailors to launch off and shred to pieces. The sun bore down on those on the shore and an epic round was in the making.
Same format as last round was run. Two expression sessions saw the top eight sailors advance to two semi-finals. Surprise advancer was Merel Rip advancing through to semi with a few sweet waves rides putting her above the guys. Sailing well in the semi she managed … Details
Superubos, Peniche/Portugal — Supertubos turned on today with offshore three-to-five foot (1.5 metre) barrels for the world’s best surfers to sink their fangs into as the Rip Curl Pro Portugal completed Rounds 1 and 2 of competition.
Event No. 8 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Portugal bore witness to the ASP Top 34 redefining progressive beachbreak surfing with a veritable cornucopia of barrels, power turns and aerials.
Adrian Buchan (AUS), 27, current ASP World No. 6, proved the form surfer of the day, netting the event’s high heat total of an 18.00 out of a possible 20 for a series of deep forehand barrels and powerful turns.
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“The conditions are pretty hit and miss today with some heats having lulls and others not,†Buchan said. “We had really fun waves during that heat. It was really consistent and I was able to find a rhythm pretty quick. My equipment feels  … Details & Pictures