Here is a report on the situation at LOWERS, which is now on its third day of the WCT lay day.
The special parking lot has separate parking spaces for men and women.
The rankings are arranged in order of current rankings, and you can see the surfers whose cars are parked here.
It's interesting to see what kind of cars the players are driving.
Audis seem to be popular among the players, with Kelly driving a long 4WD van with Florida license plates that he has customized and blacked out, and Kolohe having recently switched from a Toyota Tundra to a Prius.
This morning's "LOWERS" featured the Luvsurf TEAM's filming base.
He rides the Japan-exclusive 5'8" CONQUEST EL-DIABLO, which was imported back to the USA from Japan.
Luvsurf TEAM's Tatsushi Wakabayashi seems to be in good shape, just like Nishii.
His son, Sena Wakabayashi, is 9 years old and Japanese, and can now paddle and ride by himself. He's making some great turns. He was born in the USA and trained at LOWERS, so his bottom turn style is based on CA training.
He has reached a level where he feels he could beat a WCT surfer on waves of this size.
Luvsurf TEAM's Kei Kobayashi is currently 15 years old and will turn 16 in November.
The board he was riding was a 5'5" V2-SB. Kei really likes this model.
The person practicing on the LOST/MAYHEM board was Adam Melling.
The waves were small today so I was riding the "SUB-DRIVER" model.
Yesterday, Mick Fanning was also riding a LOST SUB-DRIVER model instead of a DHD.
Other WCT athletes practicing this morning included Mick, John John, Nat Young, and Carlos, who won a wildcard in the video trial and defeated Medina, currently ranked number one in the world, in R1.
Nishii is again using the HydroFlex EFC ``CONQUEST EL-DIABLO'' model today.
This is my fifth board since the test board, and I'm getting used to riding this 5'7" board.
It's so good that it seems like this board alone can handle waves up to a certain size.
Since it was a lay day for the WCT, locals were gathering like they usually do on Sundays.
Kei's father and coach, Masaki,
Kolohe's exclusive videographer, Noah Alani, also appears.
Since it was Sunday, the local Mayhem factory was closed, so they brought their families to LOWERS to surf.
So, the waves are expected to pick up tomorrow and the second round of the men's surfing will begin.
