2010 Stand Up World Tour begins - Sunset Beach Pro -5th-14th Feb

[venice mace]

cool vid! great footy!

[sylvano]

I got to witness a lot.   I sat there in absolute envy all morning as the waves were soooo fun!!!     I played the role of team supporter but it was painful to watch such epic conditions.     As the wind got onshore it was actually a lot easier to be a spectator!   Haha!    

I will also add, the internet lets people hype themselves and their products up and this was a great way to see it all in action.        One thing about a place like Sunset, is you can't hide bull sh*t!      A lot of great things were seen and a lot of BS was exposed.     Sunset has a way of doing that.

Riggs is the real deal.     I made him this board for all around, day to day use in any kind of waves.   I honestly had no idea till yesterday morning that he was entering the trials.        Riggs, We're all proud of you!    You were charging!    

Amazing!
What board does Riggs Naoleon ride?

The future is already now!!!

[watermanleague]

Waves: 10 -15 foot Hawaiian and getting bigger.

We will have hourly updates on the heats at: www.watermanleague.com

Heats start at 8:30 Hawaii time.

[watermanleague]

Swell is 10-15 foot Hawaiian: 8:15am status.

Just about rideable and growing.

go to www.watermanleague.com for hourly updates and heat table.

[Admin]

[Jbay]

Yowza wowza.  In the 1st round of the main event that was held the same day as the trials Kai Lenny came in first in his very first heat beating out Mel Pu'u and Slater Trout.   This young man is as good on a stand up board as he is racing surfing windsurfing kiteboarding. What a young talent!!!!

[watermanleague]

If anyone is interested, the main event  of the Sunset Beach Pro is on now 9:30am Hawaiian time.

[watermanleague]

10 am Hawaii time: Event has been stopped.  The waves are too big right now

[Admin]

Thanks for the updates.  Please let us know when it is back on.

The Sunset cam (video links every 15 minutes on the left):

http://www.surfnewsnetwork.com/index.php?hidesitemap=1&content_type_id=5&content_id=5&webcams_id=15#webcams

[HaleiwaBill]

We were able to run off three heats this morning, but as mentioned it just got to big and washed out to continue. Actually heat 4 had already paddled out to the line up, but conditions changed so rapidly during the he 30 minutes of heat 3, that the call from head judge Leleo Kinimaka was not even run heat four. Definitely the right call IMHO.

There were still some very exciting moments in those 3 heats, including some great rides and 3 broken boards. Ekolu Kalama was very impressive as he caught some huge bombs on his way to winning the first heat. There was a lot of west in the swell. Ekolu took off way way outside on a west peak, then faded LEFT for what looked like a hundred yards or more and then raced back right across a massive critical section. The skill level of these guys in this kind of monster surf is truly amazing. Guys like Ekolu, kala, Robbie Nash, etc thrive in conditions that would terrify normal surfers.

[watermanleague]

The event is on hold today due northerly winds. We are looking to restart on Friday.

[cloclo]

My bet:

1 Chuck
2 Eloku
3 Ikaika
4 James "Billy"

[venice mace]

Look for Kala to do some damage.  His backyard.

[Admin]

These were the results from the three heats that were held before the event was put on hold:

Results

Heat 1.  - 1st Ekolu Kalama, 2nd TJ Saeman, 3rd Robin Johnston, 4th Noa Shimabakuro
Heat 2.  - 1st Andrew Lagreco, 2nd Guillaume Bourligeux, 3rd Kamu Auwae, 4th Stephan Iralour
Heat 3. - 1st Billy Watson, 2nd Kamaki Worthington,  3rd Kala Alexander, 4th Garrett McNamara

[watermanleague]

Event is back on!!
8:35am Hawaii time.

Heat 4 in the water now.  Peyo Lizarazu (FR), Kainoa McGee (HW), Robby Naish (US), Duane Desoto (HW)