NATIONAL NEWS - The JBay Open continued with excellent waves for the rest of round three yesterday, and there were some inspired performances as well as some surprise exits.
In difficult early morning conditions, Joel Parkinson struggled against Wiggolly Dantes, with the Brazilian rookie coming out on top with some fast backhand surfing.
Current world champion, Gabriel Medina kept the Brazilian flag flying high, literally, as he took to the skies in his heat against Matt Wilkinson from Australia.
Matt was in the lead after posting an excellent wave score of 9.57 for a series of critical top turns, but then Medina executed two big backhand airs for a score of 9.47, followed by a massive single move backhand rotation for an amazing core of 9.60 and the highest heat total the competition thus far, a 19.07.
“I got a lot of waves out there,” said Medina. “Now I just want to keep going and keep the ball rolling.”
Kelly Slater came up against current world no 30 Kolohe Andino, and took the win with relative ease.
Current world champion, Gabriel Medina kept the Brazilian flag flying high, literally, as he took to the skies in his heat against Matt Wilkinson from Australia.
Matt was in the lead after posting an excellent wave score of 9.57 for a series of critical top turns, but then Medina executed two big backhand airs for a score of 9.47, followed by a massive single move backhand rotation for an amazing core of 9.60 and the highest heat total the competition thus far, a 19.07.
“I got a lot of waves out there,” said Medina. “Now I just want to keep going and keep the ball rolling.”
Kelly Slater came up against current world no 30 Kolohe Andino, and took the win with relative ease.
