Nishii told the people who were in attendance at the venue,
The "CARBON WRAP" rate is amazing!
Everyone is riding ``CARBON WRAP''!
Seeing so many people riding it made me want a Carbon Wrap.
Or,
Is Nishii-san or Mayhem telling you to ride "CARBON WRAP"?
People often ask me this, but LOST never gave any such instructions.
They like to ride it. The CARBON WRAP is a great fit for the wave conditions in Japan, so the LOST team riders also like it.
The fact that even unsponsored riders are buying and riding Carbon Wrap at their own expense speaks to the quality of the board. Other brands have released EPS epoxy carbon boards, but it's clear that they can't compete with Carbon Wrap.
Michael Rodriguez had a springy surfing style and was landing air reverses one after the other, but a competitor in his heat had a better score on his last ride, causing him to lose out and come in third place. He was Nishii's favorite to win, and he was very good at riding his favorite BABY BUGGY model, the CARBON WRAP, so I would have liked to see him surf more in competitions.
"Mason Ho" I was fine until last night when we were having dinner together.
He dropped his iPhone this morning and the screen cracked, making him look listless, which worried me, but he also looked listless in the heat, finishing in 4th place. After the loss, he immediately went to get the screen repaired, and then booked an air ticket to fly straight to Indonesia, where a large swell was forecast.
Nate Illemans is a former WCT surfer, as you'd expect. He gets a good score by using an Eggle turn to create a good spray. His backside air reverse netted him 7.5 points, which is impressive. Today, after the heat, we did the laundry together, and since it's supposed to rain tomorrow, we hung it out to dry indoors.
Yago Dora hadn't been in great form since the free surfing session, and it was disappointing to see him finish in 4th place. Last week at the WCT in Brazil, he beat three current and former world champions in a row to finish in 3rd place, and he was a star athlete who was a favorite to win this time, so it's a shame. His carbon wrap was the DRIVER model!
European rider Aritz Aramburu, also known as FU WAXER, was in the same heat as Griffin, 6, but was eliminated with a total of 11.96 points, unable to improve his score.
Griffin Colapinto started Heat 6 by waiting alone on the side of the breakwater, but after 15 minutes he hadn't caught a single wave. He then moved to the middle peak where everyone else was, and caught two waves to finish in first place. When I met him after the heat, he told me that he hadn't heard the announcements during the heat and had been feeling anxious because he couldn't even catch a wave in the first half. Griffin Colapinto's surfing, or rather, the quality of his turns, is so good that even two turns can get a high score. Looking at the last photo, he was in first place, but it seems he didn't know his ranking even after coming out of the water. But he was smiling right away because he was in first place.
Alex Ribeiro was also a WCT competitor last year. He rode a Sub-Driver Carbon Wrap at the Harley Pro last September and did very well. This time around, he will be riding his current favorite Swallowtail Sub-Driver Carbon Wrap, so please support him and hope he does well!
So stay tuned for tomorrow's report!
Rain is forecast for tomorrow, May 26th (Friday), but the weather is expected to improve and the waves will be better from May 27th (Saturday). It looks like it will be a perfect day to watch the highest level surfing competition held in Japan! Opportunities like this are rare, so please come to the venue and see the live surfing that cannot be conveyed from a computer screen.
