This morning in Huntington Beach started with cloudy skies.
When I arrived at the contest venue early in the morning, Kolohe had just come up from his morning practice.
He, Noah Beschen, also never misses his morning practice.
Among the players who have advanced to the men's round 5,
Adam Melling and Kolohe are both riding the LOST/MAYHEM board.
Men's Round 5 Heat 3 "Adam Melling" had smaller waves than yesterday.
With three minutes left, he managed to ride the HB waves well and achieve a come-from-behind victory.
This is a VANS car.
In Heat 8, Kolohe, the waves started to slow down and after 10 minutes there were no waves, just like yesterday.
His opponent, Garrett Parkas of Australia, also restarted without a ride.
During the 30-minute heat, Garrett caught six waves and Kolohe caught three.
The waves were bad and Kolohe was eliminated. It was a shame that he had such bad luck with the waves.
I aired into the inside shore break at HB and successfully landed.
This time, the maneuver on the outside was not good enough and the points did not increase,
This landing was amazing and showed he was concentrating hard to avoid wiping out.
Although he lost to Heat, he was always smiling and signing autographs and posing for photos with the gallery.
The contest started with the venue packed, and the popular women's competition is now in the quarter finals.
Maria Manuel won Heat 1 with ease.
I was surprised that he was a Hawaiian surfer who could ride big waves and was also good at small HB waves.
Like Kolohe's lost heat, the waves didn't come for more than 10 minutes, so he took off on the inside.
It was a winning strategy as we were able to increase our points by lipping the boat.
Then there was a LOST/MAYHEM board showdown between Carissa Moore and Taylor Wright!
Carissa Moore is
As with Kolohe,
During the high tide when the waves are not breaking,
Completely abandoned by fate,
Taylor Wright can rip on the outside and ride to the inside.
He rode a lot of high point waves and won the heat.
Some of you may have seen it live, but it was a Saturday so there were a lot of people.
Tomorrow is the final day.
In the men's division, Adam Melling will face Jordy Smith in the quarter finals.
In the women's semi-final, Taylor Wright and Maria Manuel will compete on the LOST/MAYHEM board.
I'll report back tomorrow.
