Who woke up in the black of night to watch the Slater-Fanning-Medina "Super Heat"?
I was up into the middle of the night waiting for the WSL “Super heat” to go. Fanning, Medina, Slater; you’re not gonna find those guys surfing together in round three very often.
So, yeah, “super” heat.
Super boring heat.
Watching the three best competitive surfers in the world struggle to eke out points in wind-blown slop was depressing.
“Not the peachiest day out there,” said Ross Williams as rain fell, as the wind blew.
“A tricky, peaky situation,” said Pottz.
While thrills were scant, the mathematician Adriano De Souza, often a latte bore, calculated a score needed to beat Nat Young and Wiggolly Dantas, hucked his tail high enough, and eventually rode out.
Alejo had electric moments. He seems to have built a killing machine out of an old wheelbarrow.
Ace Buchan shoved his clean turns down Kai Otton and Julian Wilson’s throats.
Want round four in fifty-nine seconds? Watch here!
J-Bay Open Round 4 Results:
Heat 1: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 13.70, Kai Otton (AUS) 13.50, Julian Wilson (AUS) 7.77
Heat 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.00, Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) 12.57, Nat Young (USA) 8.77
Heat 3: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 12.90, Kelly Slater (USA) 12.27, Mick Fanning (AUS) 9.94
Heat 4: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 14.34, Keanu Asing (HAW) 14.04, Michel Bourez (PYF) 11.27
J-Bay Open Round 5 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Nat Young (USA)
Heat 2: Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) vs. Julian Wilson (AUS)
Heat 3: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 4: Keanu Asing (HAW) vs. Mick Fanning (AUS)
How about the slater vs Medina semi final. What was Medina doing he could have won that had he got his head in the game. He looked so rattled in the end. Probably freaking “shit Charlies going to beat me again for losing to slater “
I’ve never seen so many progressive floaters!
How did Slater’s new Outerknown gear work in that rain? Were the locals lined up to buy some? What’s that, R950 for a beanie?