Size up! The suspended HURLEY PRO men's round has restarted!
All photos by Hayato Masuda
Kolohe Andino was surfing before dawn
Local boy Kei Kobayashi also practiced with the WCT athletes before school.
It's hard to imagine an environment in Japan today where you can surf with WCT athletes before going to school.
Kolohe Andino was crazy early in the morning
The women's event was not held, but Taylor Wright was practicing in the morning.
Jamie Florence, who matched up with Kelly Slater in Round 2,
I was defeated by Kelly's big air.
Taj Burrow, riding last year's winner LOST/MAYHEM board,
He showed good surfing in round 2 and won easily.
Look at the size of the waves. They're getting to be Hawaii-sized.
Taj Burrow will face Kai Otton in tomorrow's Round 3.
Taj Burrow seems to be in good form and is consistent, so I hope he wins like he did last year.
Travis Loggie rides the same LOST/MAYHEM board
He was fighting against Kolohe Andino.
Kolohe Andino chooses only the best waves and doesn't ride any useless waves.
We combined the scores and won.
Adam Melling scores 9.17,
Their opponent, Friepe Trade, won with a higher score of 9.83.
Round 3 and Heat 4 of Kolohe Andino were held today.
The set wave overlaps with the high tide and is this size. This is the first turn.
The number of waves decreased dramatically during the high tide, and Kolohe was only able to ride two waves.
The set didn't come, and 15 seconds before the end, I got to the inside and took off on a medium-sized wave.
Although he landed three combination turns, he was defeated by a score of 0.26 points.
Kolohe, one of the favorites to win, lost, and the only rider riding the LOST/MAYHEM board was
For men, last year's winner, Taj Burrow,
For the women, let's hope Coco Ho and Taylor Wright do their best!
On the way back, I met Kolohe in the parking lot and he was full of energy and said, "Let's do our best in the next match against France!"
I went home in my Prius. There are three more races left in the ASP/WCT, so I'm going to Kolohe.
Let's do our best in "France," "Portugal," and "Hawaii"!
