What can I say, I have been watching the worlds best surfers over the past few days and have been simply blown away! The wave at the infamous snapper rocks has been doing its thing and the pro's have been throwing down the madness maneuvers ever performed. It's a real inspiration to see some heroes of the sport, right in front of you on a shallow sandbar with awesome weather to top it off!
I was so stoked to see 9x world champion Kelly Slater take to the water in his first heat and he didn't disappoint. He is so unbelievably in tune with the ocean, he made impossible tube rides look easy and hit the lip so hard with carving 360s and huge tail throwing turns the crowds were going nuts!
Despite surfing so well he was knocked out the comp in round 4 by Jordy Smith who is surfing unreal. He has to face dane reynolds however in the semi finals. Dane is an amazing character, a true artist, a quirky guy who seems not to care about the competition, just pushing what can be performed on a wave in every...(and I mean every) turn. I have never seen so much commitment and power thrown at heaving sections of a wave and he makes impossible maneuvers come to life. Really in awe of the way these guys surf, sorry if you're not a surfer but seeing this live is just insane!
Narosa over and out.
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