Carlos comes in 16th…
Amazingly exciting to watch the most prestigious big wave event in the World go live with our boy Carlos in the thick of it. He was up round one and took some beauty drops and posted a few good scores, although there were not a load of big sets in this heat. Think he was about 4th/5th at the end of this heat. Up in the next heat were, amongst others, Kelly Slater. His fourth wave scored a 98 and ended in a huge Waimea shorebreak close-out barrel. Carlos’ second heat was even better than his first with him sharing the set of the heat, also ending up in the a whitewater foam ball the size of a big house, right on the shore. In the end, it went down to the last heat, with Greg Long snagging it from Kelly Slater in the last minutes of the last heat. Not bad for somebody who had only surfed Waimea for the first time earlier in the week!
Check the full story here http://live.quiksilver.com/2009/bigwave/news.php?btn_news=_ove
We’re getting the low down from Carlos and some images in the next day or so - keep an eye on the blog.
Meanwhile it’s been pumping most of the way round the UK today. Most places down here suffering from way too much of a good thing, but there are some awesome stories from Ireland and Scotland. There’s more on the way over the next few days, so hope that you’ll be getting some time in the water.
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