With the trialists decided, the main event jumped into action on Tuesday, running through all of Round 2 on the women’s event and the first two heats of Round 1 in the men’s event.
The women saw a number of notable early exits, with Round 1 and 2 shuts out including World Tour surfers, Bruna Schmitz (BRA), Jacqueline Silva (BRA) and Rebecca Woods (AUS), former World Tour surfer, Karina Petroni (USA), and a number of other top competitors, including Laurina McGrath (AUS), Serena Brooke (AUS), Bethany Hamilton (HAW), and others.
Some of the better performances were logged by Carissa Moore (HAW), who easily won both of her heats; former World Champ, Sofia Mulanovich, who topped a talented heat; and World Tour surfers, Alana Blanchard (HAW), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) and Paige Hareb (NZL), who destroyed their respective heats.
Though the men only made it through two heats, they already saw a couple of huge exits, with top Tahitian talent, Tamaroa McComb, and Brazilian giant killer and current WQS number 1, Bruno Santos going down in the very first heat.
Keep watching, as there’s plenty more action to come. Log on to the event website for updates, photos, videos, heat sheets and all the live action.
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