2nd day of competition, good news and bad news....and more good news.
Hey everyone,
Today was a much nicer day, with less rain, and more consistent waves (plus I didnt have to surf during the crap times as much).
This morning I had my round 1 International class heat. At the last worlds, this was the class I did the best in, and here I was ranked 5th overall going into the first round of the event. This means I got a more favorable heat in round 1. The waves were holding a wall much longer than they had been during my Open class heat yesterday, and when they wall up I can throw the ol´International boat (my beat up broken, Philip Aschliman approved Cyclone) around quite well. I felt good going into the heat, and when I spoke to David Jaggs from england (who was also in my heat) just before going out, I said to him ¨Lets you and I take this one¨.
I waited patiently on the outside, for a good large wave to come, as I listened to my ipod in its waterproof case (check out h20audio.com). Finally a good one rolled through and I caught it right at the peak. It formed up nicely and I carved agressively back and forth in the pocket, waiting for the lip to form so I could hit a big move. It continued to work nicely for me, and I was able to pull 2 off the lip roundhouses, in addition to other maneuvers. I felt really good about the ride, and it gave me the confidence to wait for another, I rarely feel that secure in a heat, but I was determined to finish first.
I caught another nice ride later in the heat, hit the lip hard, roundhoused off the pocket several times, and finished the ride well.
You get scored on your best 3 waves, so I needed one more good one to lock up a win.
I took several smaller waves on the inside, one of which I nearly completed a full helix on, but I didn´t get that 3rd really long ride that I wanted.
We had to wait a long time for the results. I finished in first place, narrowly beating Davd Jaggs in a tiebreaker. Sure enough, we took the heat. This means I move on to round 2 of international tommorrow.
Later in the day I had my round 2 heat of Open class, which I qualifyed for yesterday. It was a tough heat, with Sean Egan, my friend and Welsh ripper Nathan Eades, and Darren Basson of england, who finished 2nd place in Open at the last World championships.
The waves were pretty random and hard to read, but every once in a while one would steep up enough for a good long ride. My second ride of the heat I got one of these waves. It was just the sort of wave that I enjoy. I hit some nice carves, bounced off the pocket, and then went for the lip. As I´ve mentioned before, I have a move that I invented called the Barn Burner, which involves a 180 degree carve into a stern cartwheel. I decided that the time was right, so I went for it when I reached the peak of the lip. I pulled it off perfectly, pulling it right above the steepest part of the lip, and reentering the pocket in just the right place. I continued the ride, and pulled a second one, as well as a nice roundhouse off the lip. It was a long ride and I was totally stoked because I was able to surf the way I like to, which was one of my goals for the contest.....to surf my style. It turns out this ride was the highest single scoring wave of the heat.
I got another good ride and a few short rides with some nice moves. However, as I mentioned before, the heat was stacked with good paddlers, and I saw Darren Basson pull a few aerials, and Nathan apparently had some really consitent rides as well.
I finished fourth in the heat, but I was really happy anyway, because I surfed the way I liked to, I did the moves I wanted to that no one else is doing, and I got the highest scoring wave of the heat. I had several people from various countries come up to me and comment on how well they thought I did, and it felt really good.
Well, to conclude, I surf tommorrow in round 2 of the International class.
I´ve attained my first two goals going into the contest, the first of which was to surf true to my style, and the second of which was to advance at least once in each class. So regardless of tommorrow, I feel like I´ve achieved success.
Plus we have the Team event coming up in a few days, so there´s much more to look forward to. As a whole our team has been doing very well.
But as of right now I am only focused on that heat tommorrow, and I intend to do my best.
Hope you all are well.
See the scores for the day at puravidaworlds.blogspot.com
Joey
Today was a much nicer day, with less rain, and more consistent waves (plus I didnt have to surf during the crap times as much).
This morning I had my round 1 International class heat. At the last worlds, this was the class I did the best in, and here I was ranked 5th overall going into the first round of the event. This means I got a more favorable heat in round 1. The waves were holding a wall much longer than they had been during my Open class heat yesterday, and when they wall up I can throw the ol´International boat (my beat up broken, Philip Aschliman approved Cyclone) around quite well. I felt good going into the heat, and when I spoke to David Jaggs from england (who was also in my heat) just before going out, I said to him ¨Lets you and I take this one¨.
I waited patiently on the outside, for a good large wave to come, as I listened to my ipod in its waterproof case (check out h20audio.com). Finally a good one rolled through and I caught it right at the peak. It formed up nicely and I carved agressively back and forth in the pocket, waiting for the lip to form so I could hit a big move. It continued to work nicely for me, and I was able to pull 2 off the lip roundhouses, in addition to other maneuvers. I felt really good about the ride, and it gave me the confidence to wait for another, I rarely feel that secure in a heat, but I was determined to finish first.
I caught another nice ride later in the heat, hit the lip hard, roundhoused off the pocket several times, and finished the ride well.
You get scored on your best 3 waves, so I needed one more good one to lock up a win.
I took several smaller waves on the inside, one of which I nearly completed a full helix on, but I didn´t get that 3rd really long ride that I wanted.
We had to wait a long time for the results. I finished in first place, narrowly beating Davd Jaggs in a tiebreaker. Sure enough, we took the heat. This means I move on to round 2 of international tommorrow.
Later in the day I had my round 2 heat of Open class, which I qualifyed for yesterday. It was a tough heat, with Sean Egan, my friend and Welsh ripper Nathan Eades, and Darren Basson of england, who finished 2nd place in Open at the last World championships.
The waves were pretty random and hard to read, but every once in a while one would steep up enough for a good long ride. My second ride of the heat I got one of these waves. It was just the sort of wave that I enjoy. I hit some nice carves, bounced off the pocket, and then went for the lip. As I´ve mentioned before, I have a move that I invented called the Barn Burner, which involves a 180 degree carve into a stern cartwheel. I decided that the time was right, so I went for it when I reached the peak of the lip. I pulled it off perfectly, pulling it right above the steepest part of the lip, and reentering the pocket in just the right place. I continued the ride, and pulled a second one, as well as a nice roundhouse off the lip. It was a long ride and I was totally stoked because I was able to surf the way I like to, which was one of my goals for the contest.....to surf my style. It turns out this ride was the highest single scoring wave of the heat.
I got another good ride and a few short rides with some nice moves. However, as I mentioned before, the heat was stacked with good paddlers, and I saw Darren Basson pull a few aerials, and Nathan apparently had some really consitent rides as well.
I finished fourth in the heat, but I was really happy anyway, because I surfed the way I liked to, I did the moves I wanted to that no one else is doing, and I got the highest scoring wave of the heat. I had several people from various countries come up to me and comment on how well they thought I did, and it felt really good.
Well, to conclude, I surf tommorrow in round 2 of the International class.
I´ve attained my first two goals going into the contest, the first of which was to surf true to my style, and the second of which was to advance at least once in each class. So regardless of tommorrow, I feel like I´ve achieved success.
Plus we have the Team event coming up in a few days, so there´s much more to look forward to. As a whole our team has been doing very well.
But as of right now I am only focused on that heat tommorrow, and I intend to do my best.
Hope you all are well.
See the scores for the day at puravidaworlds.blogspot.com
Joey
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