In what will go down in surfing competition history, the Volcom Pipe Pro 2012 contest will be talked about for many years to come.  The epic conditions during the final day drama will mark this year’s contest.

Congratulations to John John Florence for winning the Volcom Pipe Pro 2012.  John John pulled a win out of his bag of tricks in Slateresque fashion by scoring a perfect 10 and a 9.93 in the dying seconds to win his second Pipe Pro in a row.  The drama was all time as Jamie O’ Brien had a strangle hold on the final until John John paddled into a Pipe bomb and then scored a backdoor barrel to pull off the impossible.  John John won the final with a 19.93 two-wave total to Jamie O’Brien’s 19.40, Kai Barger’s 18.20 and Nathan Yeomans’ 7.57.

John John Florence is making a statement with his precision surfing and cool carefree style at this world-class break.  Pipe is in his backyard and each contest at Pipe he shows the surfing world what experience can produce.  Most of us do not have Pipe in our backyard so surfing there is a travel spot and not a place that we can just wake up and paddle out to.  John John Florence has been surfing Pipe since a very young age and it shows with his fearless execution of Pipe bombs and Backdoor pits.

The 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro will be remembered for the carnage and huge conditions in the middle of the contest to the John John heroics in the closing seconds of the final.  Thank you to all the surfers for putting on an amazing show.  This contest was ‘EPIC’ in every sense of the word.

~P. Franklin / GUERRILLA SURF   — Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

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There are a few moments in life when you say, “Are you kidding me?”  That is all I can say about the waves that have been exploding onto the Pipe reef.  After the first day of competition, the contest had to be put on hold because the waves were too big at Pipeline.  If that is not an eye opener for a surfer I don’t know what is.

The contest resumed in XL Hawaiian surf.  The second day of competition brought epic rides as well as epic carnage.  Paddling out in these conditions is 100% commitment.  The sets were consistent and large from the first heat to the last heat of the day.  Second and third reef at Pipe was breaking during some sets

Some standout performers of the day were Bruce Irons, Alex Gray, Chris Ward, Balaram Stack, Carlos Munoz, Koa Rothman, Nate Yeomans and Dylan Graves. Dusty Payne, Graves and Stack scored perfect 10.00-point rides in their heats.  Payne lost his heat with 1 ride . . . the perfect 10. Bruce Irons (17.47) was in form as he took a strong hold on his heat with two heavy rides. Alex Gray surfed two heats during the second day of competition with stitches in his leg from the previous lay day monster swell.  He charged the mega swell with a warrior’s heart.

In some of the heats, if you had one decent ride that is all you needed, as it was tough to pick the waves that would line up.  The barrels were thick and powerful.  I counted at least 7 broken sticks throughout the day.  There were plenty of clean up sets, which kept the surfers’ adrenaline going throughout the contest.  Getting caught on the inside was not an ideal situation today.  The final day will be a classic finish to one of the biggest swells for a Pipe contest of all time.

Stay tuned for the contest wrap up as the finals are expected to run tomorrow.

~P. Franklin / GUERRILLA SURF      – GuerrillaSurfers@gmail.com

VOLCOM PIPE PRO 2012 is a post from: Guerrilla Surf

In what will go down as one of the most epic surf contests to date, the final day of competition at the Pipe Masters finished with precision barrel riding and classic battles that will be etched in the Pipeline reef forever.

The quarterfinals kicked off with a bang as Joel Parkinson paddled out against local charger Jamie O’Brien.  Joel Parkinson started off the heat with a few waves that did not open up for him.

Jamie O’Brien struck first with a 4.83 to take the heat lead, but Parkinson dropped in on a solid wave to score a 6.50.  Jamie O’Brien came right back with a 4.60, but in the end that would not be enough as Joel Parkinson scored a 5.50 to take the heat 12.00 to O’Brien’s 9.43.  Parkinson was in form and he surfed a smart heat to move into the semifinals.

Kieren Perrow Wins At Pipeline

Quarterfinal heat #2 was a heat that will go down as a ‘legendary Pipe story.’  John John Florence vs Kelly Slater . . . The young protégé vs the 11 time world champion.  John John paddled out with a monumental task ahead of him, beat Slater for the second time in the Pipe Masters.

John John jumped out to an early lead and had Slater in a combination late in the heat.  The crowd was pulling for the hometown kid, but Slater pulled the rabbit out of his hat and came threw a frothy barrel to win the heat.  John John had a 9.70 and a 7.00 in the book as the clock was running down.

Slater scored a 9.70 late and then dropped in on wave as time ran out and scored a 7.83 to win the heat in Slateresque fashion.  This heat will go down as one of the most classic battles in surfing history.  Slater was not ready to give up the torch and proved why he is still the king in the surfing world.

In the 3^rd quarterfinal, Michel Bourez took out underground charger Evan Valiere.  Valiere had an amazing event and showed the surf world he is one of the top surfers at Pipe.  Bourez won the heat 7.70 to Valiere’s 3.66.  It was a slow scoring heat, but when you are waiting for the right waves to come in, Pipe can be fickle sometimes.

The last quarterfinal heat had Kieren Perrow matched up against tour rookie sensation Gabriel Medina.  Perrow opened up with a 9.00, but Medina answered right back with an 8.63.  Perrow was on a mission after losing in the final last year and scored an 8.23 late in the heat to take the lead for good.

Medina surfed a great event, but he did not get the backup score and Perrow moved on into the semifinals.  Medina will be one to watch for years to come.

The first semifinal heat was between two big names in the surf world.  Joel Parkinson vs Kelly Slater . . .Triple Crown defending champ vs. the 11 time world champion.  Parkinson got off to a good start scoring a 7.77 on his first wave.  Slater took a couple of headers until he grabbed a 5.00 scoring wave.

Slater would then score a 9.23 and a 7.60 to take the heat lead, Joel surfed a great heat and scored an 8.63 and an 8.60 late in the heat to overtake Slater.  Slater could not get a solid backup score and Joel took down the 11-time world champ.  Parkinson wins 17.23 to Slater’s 16.83.  Parkinson surfed a smart heat and moved into the final.

The second semifinal had the journeyman, Kieren Perrow matched up against Michel Bourez.  Perrow showed patience in this heat as Bourez caught 4 waves before Perrow paddled into one.

Bourez’s waves did not score over a 1.00 and Perrow took the heat lead with a 2.00 ride.  Bourez scored a 2.40 only to be eclipsed by Perrow who pulled off a great barrel and scored a perfect 10.00.  Perrow would not be denied and beat Bourez 12.00 to 4.07.

The final was set . . .the two Aussies would meet, Joel Parkinson vs Kieren Perrow.  At the start of the heat Joel took off on a few waves, but did not get a score that he could keep.  Perrow waited and it paid off to score a 7.00 and then followed that up on the way out with a 6.17.

Parkinson tried to answer as a rainstorm hit the beach.  Parkinson could only grab a two-wave total of 7.00.  Perrow got out to the early lead and would not look back.  Kieren Perrow wins the 2011 Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons.  Congratulations to Kieren Perrow!  He earned this win with cuts, duct tape and dropping in on huge Pipe waves all contest.

John John Florence took the Vans Triple Crown with his performance during the three contests on the North Shore.  He placed 5^th at Haleiwa, won Sunset and placed 5^th at Pipe to take the 2011 Vans Triple Crown title.  He is the local hero who has grown up surfing these waves and his experience and grace in pumping Pipe led him to his first Triple Crown.  Congratulations John John Florence!

What will the 2012 WCT bring?  Where will the next slab be found?  The surfing community is growing and the progression of the sport is always on the rise.  Pipe is still the greatest test and this years event showed everyone why that is true.

~P. Franklin / Guerrilla Surf   —  Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

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The swell continued on the 2^nd day of the waiting period for the Pipeline Masters.  Huge sets continued to blast the lineup at Pipeline in the early heats this morning.

The day kicked off with round 3 heats.  The man on man heats matched up the who’s who of the surfing world.  The conditions were big and there was a great deal of water shifting in the lineup.  The early heat scores were not big, but if you caught a solid ride you would make it through your heat.

Round 3 was challenging as many guys got caught on the inside and took a pounding.  Previous North Shore experience paid off for some as John Florence, Evan Valiere and Jamie O’Brien all moved into the Quarterfinals.

The early heat of the day (round 3) was Owen Wright vs Evan Valiere.  Valiere took out Wright, coming from behind late in the heat, with a two-wave total of 16.14 to Wright’s 15.67.  Classic battle.

As the competition moved into round 4 (non-elimination heat) with 3-man heats the contest really started to showcase the experience needed to take on Pipeline.  Jamie O’Brien took out Kalani Chapman (12.00) and Joel Parkinson (12.06) with a two-wave total of 13.93. Jamie is known to be one of the best Pipeline surfers on the planet right now.

John Florence (17.67) took out Cj Hobgood (5.43) and Kelly Slater (8.50) in this heat with precision tube riding and wave selection.  In heat 3 of round 4, Michel Bourez (13.10) beat Evan Valiere (10.84) and Gabriel Medina (8.17).  In heat # 4 Kieren Perrow (13.66) took out big wave charger Shane Dorian (11.87) and Taj Burrow (7.83).  Round 4 saw some epic Pipe waves ridden… the stuff of future legends.

In round 5, with many contestants facing elimination and huge waves, the ground was laid for some great battles.  Joel Parkinson (12.83) in the first heat took out CJ Hobgood (7.74).  It was a slow heat, but Joel did what he needed to do to get through.  JOB will be waiting.

The heat of this round was Kelly Slater matched up against local charger and Wave of the Winter winner in 2010, Kalani Chapman.  Slater started off slow and Chapman got the early lead, but that got Slater’s competitive edge going as he scored a 9.87 scoring wave late in the heat to take the lead for good.  Chapman had a great event and showed his Pipeline ability throughout this event.  Slater’s 16.80 to Chapman’s 14.63 was a classic battle.

Next up was Evan Valiere vs Taj Burrow.  Evan showed why he is one to keep your eye on as he took out Taj with a 16.03 to Taj’s 10.87.  Valiere is part of the North Shore underground that has been scoring tube rides all contest.  He will be tough to beat.

In the last heat of the day, Shane Dorian was matched against Gabriel Medina who surfed Pipe for the first time within the last 24 hours.  Medina took out Dorian with a two-wave total of 9.23 to Dorian’s 2.30.  It was a slow heat, but Medina keeps his run alive as he continues to open up eyes around the surf world with his success thus far on tour.

Today brought more big sets and carnage.  Everyone took heavy wipeouts today.  Josh Kerr took the pounding of the day as he got caught on the inside multiple times and broke a board.  We hope he is OK as the doctors were checking him for a concussion after his round 3 heat.  Kieren Perrow also left some skin in the lineup.

The man to beat at this point in the contest is John Florence.  He has been pulling 10′s out of his pocket and handing them to the judges. He had two heat totals of 19.10 and 17.67  He will be going up against Kelly Slater in the Quarterfinals.  This heat will be one to watch as they take the water on the final day of competition.

The Quarterfinals are set:

Joel Parkinson vs Jamie O’Brien

John John Florence vs Kelly Slater

Michel Bourez vs Evan Valiere

Kieren Perrow vs Gabriel Medina

The final day will be epic as this contest has already proven to be one of the best surf events ever . . .  stay tuned!

Andy Irons would be stoked on the performances in the water throughout the contest . . . . .

~P. Franklin / Guerrilla Surf   —  Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

Heavy Water Perfection on Pipeline Masters Day 2 is a post from: Guerrilla Surf

Hawaii’s legendary ‘Pipe‘ delivers the biggest contest swell ever! When the sun came up today . . . surfers on the North Shore were welcomed with a 15-foot swell with 18-foot sets.  To paddle out in this type of swell you have to be fully committed on every paddle or you could be looking at serious injury.

Legendary Conditions at Pipeline

The Andy Irons dedicated Pipeline Masters contest and last stop on the WCT for 2011 got underway with fireworks, barrels, wipeouts, broken boards and busted shoulders.  2^nd reef Pipeline was definitely breaking and some of the local Hawaiians were charging it during their heats.

Local standouts John Florence (the artist formerly known as John John), Marcus Hickman, Evan Valiere, Ian Walsh, Mason Ho and Jamie O’Brien took the lineup by storm showing surreal calm in the exploding madness that was the Pipeline lineup today.

Florence and Marcus were two of the standouts among the top performers today along with Valiere who had the highest heat total of the day with a two-wave total of 18.16.  Florence scored a perfect 10 with a fearless style on a bomb wave.  He took down fellow Hawaiian Kai Barger with a two-wave total of 18.07.

Tanner Gaudaskas got the Iron Man of the day award (made up) by breaking two boards and a leash in his first round heat.  3 paddle outs and 3 boards busted up in these conditions is pushing the limits of human endurance.  That is what happens when you get caught with an outside set breaking in front of you  . . . you can’t dive deep enough.

The contest will resume with conditions in the ‘epic realm’ and it will be great to see the WCT guys take on the Pipe specialists.  This contest is wide open with this type of swell.  It is gut check time.  How bad do you want it!?

Round 3 is kicking off next . . .stay tuned.

“Surfing a wave is like getting kissed by God . . .”  ANDY IRONS  

~P. Franklin / GUERRILLA SURF

The Swell We’ve All Been Waiting For Hits Hawaii’s North Shore is a post from: Guerrilla Surf

John Florence, drops the John John, on his way to becoming the Vans World Cup of Surfing 2011 Champion.  The waves pumped as the contest headed into the later rounds in the last few days.

A win at Sunset is always a great accomplishment as the contest holds four-man heats in a very powerful and shifty lineup.  The final day of action had classic 8 to 10 foot Sunset with some offshore winds that opened up some barrels.

John John Florence - 2011 Sunset Winner

The wave of the day would definitely have to go to Ola Eleogram who scored a perfect ten on a massive Sunset tube in the quarterfinals.  In quarterfinal heat number 2, Ola took down Jordy Smith, Travis Logie and Dusty Payne in what could be considered as the heat of the day.

Ola won with a heat total of 17.83 to Smith’s 14.16, Logie’s 6.16 and Payne’s 17.50.  Epic barrel riding by Eleogram and Payne left Smith and Logie scraping for big scoring rides trying to catch up the whole heat.  Smith made a solid showing but fell short.

In quarterfinal heat # 4 heat there was a classic battle between some local Hawaiians and Australians, Florence and Walsh (HAW) matched Matt Wilkinson, and Adrian Buchan (AUS).

Florence finished 2^nd in this heat which was very close and a good battle from the first horn to the heat ending horn.  Buchan scored a 14.84 to Florence’s 14.23, Walsh’s 13.37 and Wilkinson’s 9.43.  The top two moved on.

In the first semifinal Michel Bourez’s 12.03 and Adam Melling’s 8.00 took out Ola Eleogram’s 7.60 and Dusty Payne’s 4.60 heat scores.  Bourez picked off some solid rides to move on into the final.

In the second semifinal, John Florence was in form and shredded this heat with a two-wave total of 18.40.  Hank Gaskell also surfed his way into the final with a heat total of 14.50 sneaking by Adrian Buchan’s 13.57 and Raoni Monteiro’s 9.77.

The final was set as Michel Bourez, Adam Melling, John Florence and Hank Gaskell took to the water.  Florence snagged a nice 9.50 ride in the final, which pushed him into the lead and he would not look back.  The barrels were popping up all over the place and each surfer was charging.

John Florence took the final with a heat total of 17.00 to Bourez’s 12.03, Melling’s 11.96 and Gaskell’s 11.53.  It was an epic final and John Florence definitely used his local knowledge to take the contest.  Congratulations to John John Florence!

Florence takes the lead in the VANS Triple Crown of Surfing as the focus now moves to Pipeline . . . stay tuned!

~P. Franklin / Guerrilla Surf   — Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

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Taj Burrow Victorious On North Shore

The swell almost never showed up, but what did come through the classic break on the North Shore was worth the wait.  If you were not pulling airs and landing every trick in the book you were not moving on in this contest.  The Reef Hawaiian Pro displayed the future contingent that is coming up in the surf world.  The four-man heats kept the action exciting on the final day of the contest.

In the past, Burrow was the new guy in the lineup who was pulling airs and giving the witnesses wide eyes.  Now, competitive surfers are pulling airs and reverses with ease.  Taj would not have any of it from the upstarts as he took to the water.  He was in form from the first horn of the day.

Haleiwa produced windy conditions with some solid faces to shred.  Taj took down the whos who of the young surf world.  In the quarters, Taj took down Evan Geiselman and Kolohe Andino.  The semis matched Taj up against Nat Young, John John Florence and Kekoa Bacalso.  Taj and Nat edged out the two locals and moved into the finals.

The finals were a back and forth affair.  Taj came from behind to win the heat 16.90; Adam Melling 12.60; Adriano De Souza 12.50; Nat Young 6.10.  Taj scored the biggest waves of the final and made them count as he landed critical maneuvers to take the win.

Taj Burrow takes the lead in the Triple Crown with the win in first leg of the three events.  A solid swell is on the way as the focus moves to Sunset for the Vans World Cup of Surfing.  The waiting period comes right after the apple pie dessert hits the table at Thanksgiving dinner.  Stay tuned at GuerrillaSurf.com

~ P. Franklin / Guerrilla Surf  – Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

Taj Burrow Wins 2011 Reef Hawaiian Pro Surf Event is a post from: Guerrilla Surf

Now It's Officially 11 For Slater

It comes as no real surprise, but the official re-annointing of Kelly Slater as the 2011 ASP World Surfing Title winner happened again Sunday. We’ll assume that it sticks this time.

In a somewhat embarrassing mishap, a computer glitch was uncovered shortly after Kelly was declared the tour winner last week. This turn of events was taken in stride by both Slater and his only competitor for the title, Owen Wright.

Each pro took the news with good humor. Slater actually had a hand in verifying the miscalculation and bringing it to the ASP. Neither Slater, Wright, nor any long time observer  held any real belief that the ultimate results would be any different than the premature one, but all played their respective roles as Pro Surfing went back in time to await Slater’s ultimate crowning.

And then Kelly Slater put an emphatic stamp on the victory, not content to wait for number 11 to come to him, he went and got it on Sunday with a sick barrel ride in heat 4 in San Francisco.

At stake was only Slater’s 11th World Title, an astonishing feat which we have wondered aloud about already in the first go round last Wednesday. Via the mishap, the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) has afforded us the opportunity to revisit this amazing feat. Why not gaze in wonderment one more time?

Simply put, it is not only Guerrilla Surf that poses the argument that 11 World Titles for Slater puts him in the very upper echelon of elite professional athletes, let alone surfers… but a growing chorus outside of surfing can be heard talking about Kelly Slater. The larger sports world is taking Pro Surfing itself a whole lot more seriously.

It is not quite a unanimous view across the sporting world, but there is a surprising mainstream momentum, if not a consensus, that Slater belongs in the conversation with Jordan, Gretzky, Montana and Ali/Frazier. This goes a long way as evidence to show how far surfing has come since the 70′s and how bright the future is for the sport. This is a great time to be a surfer and/or a Pro Surfing fan.           ……………………………………………….

In related news, Gabriel Medina won the San Francisco stop on the ASP tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search 2011. This led the classy Slater to hail the young Brazilian phenom as the future of Pro Surfing.

Massive props to Medina who surfed brilliantly throughout the contest and deserves recognition for it, beyond all the other news and distractions that turned up in the event. Medina proved himself to be one of the best young surfers in the sport and one to keep an eye on.

~ Joe Wise / Guerrilla Surf   —  Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

It’s Officially Deja Vu: Kelly Slater Takes His 11th Surfing World Title is a post from: Guerrilla Surf

Kelly Slater Wins an 11th Pro Surfing World Title

The sun was shining, the waves were clean and Kelly Slater won his 11^th World Title.  This accomplishment by Kelly Slater will never be duplicated.  He is on a level that nobody will surpass.  The undisputed greatest surfer of all time is Kelly Slater.

As the contest kicked off today in glassy conditions, all eyes were on heat 6 in round 3.  Kelly Slater took on Daniel Ross in this much anticipated heat.  The beach crowd filled in as always when Kelly paddles out.  Kelly and Daniel were both rocking a white wetsuit . . . very interesting choice for Ross . . . Slater is the first to ever wear one.

Daniel Ross got off to a great start as he caught a wave right on the horn. Ross scored a 7.70 on his first wave with some great surfing.  Ross would back that score up with a 6.70 pretty quickly to put Kelly in his rearview mirror.  The only problem was that it was Kelly Slater gunning for him.

Slater would struggle with his first couple of rides.  On his fifth wave he scored a 7.53 with classic Slater surfing.  He shredded the wave with massive spray as he found his footing on this wave and was right back in the heat.  From that point on, Slater had one hand on the World Title trophy.

He dropped into another wave in the closing minutes, which he carved into a perfect Slater sculpture scoring a 7.60, riding the wave almost to the sand and the roaring crowd on the beach.  Slater has this knack for pulling slashes and hacks on small faces when the wave seems to be dying out.

On this last ride he did not let up and ripped his way into the winning score.  Daniel Ross slipped into a barrel as time was running out, which would have pushed him ahead of Slater if he came out, but it was not be as he was facing ‘The King’. The barrel closed on Ross and history was made.  Slater’s 15.13 beat Ross’ 14.40.

Kelly Slater is the 2011 ASP World Champion.  This is Kelly’s 11^th World Title. He is truly one of those elusive “living legends”. In pro surfing, no one else is close. What else needs to be said? I am just one of the many fans, blessed to witness such a dominant athlete at the pinnacle… a truly rare breed. Congratulations Kelly Slater on his 11th World Title!

~ P. Franklin / Guerrilla Surf  – Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

Kelly Slater Makes History; Wins 2011 ASP World Title is a post from: Guerrilla Surf

Kelly Slater moves closer to his 11th Surfing Title

The stage is set. Kelly Slater and the world’s best surfers are in Ocean Beach, San Francisco, USA.  Kelly Slater has the World Title in his site and will be looking to lock-up #11.  The backdrop for this event is a classic view of a great city.  San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge welcome the surfers with a swell.

As the contest got under way, ‘The Stoke’ was in the air as the WCT was welcomed with a solid swell and clean conditions.  The Rip Curl Pro Search round 1 got off to a great start as the world’s best hit the water.  As the early heats paddled out into the lineup the crowd on the beach filled in for this event.

Some early standouts were Adam Melling, Adriano de Souza, Taj Burrow, Jordy Smith and Fred Patacchia.  They all won their heats with some solid surfing in the early morning glassy conditions.

As the second half of round 1 got underway, all eyes would be focused on Kelly Slater as he hit the water with Kai Otton and Dean Brady (wild card).  Slater would not hold back as he knows what he needs to win his 11^th World Title.

Slater played with the wildlife before he hit the water… a big crab on his board.  Slater would dominate this heat from the start.  He scored a two-wave total of 16.03 to Otton’s 10.90 and Brady’s 9.97.  Slater took one more step towards a historic 11^th World Title.  Patrick Gudauskas, Matt Wilkinson, Gabriel Medina, Adrian Buchan, Chris Davidson and Alejo Muniz all finished off round 1 with heat wins.

As round 2 got started, the wind came up a little bit and the conditions started to show a choppy side.  In heat 1 of round 2 Owen Wright beat Dean Brady with a heat total of 11.16 to Brady’s 8.07.  In heat 2 Joel took out Dillon Perillo with a two-wave total of 8.60 to Perillo’s 6.50.

Julian Wilson lost in round 1, but bounced back in round 2 against fill in Taylor Clark who put the pressure on Julian early.  Julian wins 13.57 to Clark’s 8.76.

The next heat (the last of the day) was between Michel Bourez and Daniel Ross.  This heat went back and forth as both surfers looked sharp.  Daniel Ross took the heat 14.00 to Bourez’s 12.00.

A thriller of a heat will likely kick off competition tomorrow as round 2 moves on with Bede Durbidge going up against Dane Reynolds.

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Shark!!! During Jordy Smith and Dusty Payne’s heat in round 1, Dusty was riding a wave that had some wall to it, but what was odd is he wasn’t ripping it to shreds, rather looking out the back and pointing to something.  He then made a fin symbol and came right in on that wave.

His heat was done with plenty of time left in the heat.  He confirmed he saw a large fin that was not a dolphin fin.  He looked very pale on the beach.  I would be also after seeing something of that caliber in the water.  Jordy took the heat as he looked in form.  Dusty will have to surf in round 2.

There have been a couple of shark attacks in NorCal in the last few days.  That number is a large number in shark attack terms.  The patrol will be out tomorrow hopefully keeping an eye on things.  Remember… we are in their world.

I look forward to the action on the surfboards (not under the surfboards) as the contest moves into the later rounds.  Great venue and event so far…

~ P. Franklin / Guerrilla Surf   —  Guerrilla.Surfers@gmail.com

Kelly Slater Moves A Step Closer To Eleventh World Title is a post from: Guerrilla Surf