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For e spe for for I e I [Applause] W [Applause] Aloha kakahiaka good morning to you and welcome to the sambazon morning update for the hurle pro Sunset Beach I love Hotel hanging out with Janda Fe Leandro Dora coaching Lana Silva and Gabby Bryan talking to beach Marshall rayito Molly pum and Glen micro Hall were joining us on the free surf

Coverage yesterday out of sa smile Katie simmers world number one preparing for game day and what a step off from Jack Robinson he’s allowed to do whatever he wants in the morning session this guy’s got a quarter coming up he’ll be off of the day but might as well get shacked

Before they start the contest and yeah spin around Jack we’re loving the performance from Jack Robinson he’s into the quarterfinals taking on ealo probably later on maybe tomorrow we’ll see what the official call is for the day in a moment but you can tell the women are ready to get things started at

The hurle pro Sunset Beach I’m Joe Trel with Felicity paler flick uh we’ve been waiting for this the morning looks really glassy and rippable and can’t wait to get things started yeah we’ve been waiting a long time for the women to get started hopefully and today is looking absolutely beautiful the

Conditions are as dreamy as they get there’s not a breath of wind at the moment and there’s still some well yeah it was really nice kind of checking in yesterday morning and watching basically this opening heat warm up they all three of them were out there and we could

Start making predictions of what to expect in this first heat today yeah for sure I think we can start making predictions but the right now the conditions are as good as they get right so the women have got a perfect canvas and Now’s the Time to show up and really

Show us what you’ve been working on since pipe and yeah I’m excited to get today underway well we kind of had a day off so let’s get more acquainted again with this event spot called Sunset Beach as as we go to the North Shore of aahu

On the hurle virtual eye you can see the NorthShore is also called The Seven Mile Miracle cuz it has a ton of waves about a mile away from pipeland where we kicked off the season flick yeah for sure this is such a big playing field obviously you got vows raef you got the

Inside bowl that big West Peak and Sunset Point as well but yeah it’s my one of my favorite events on tour just because it really tests those watermanship skills and watermanship skills you’re obviously looking for that West Norwest swell and depending on swell um Direction you’re going to sit

On different places on these reefs you’ve obviously got those two big channels here the one on the right being the deepest and yeah just you’re going to see some big swells come through maybe some big wipe out some longer hold Downs it is a deeper water wave but yeah

Excited to get underway I mean look at these dreamy conditions we have right now and look at this big heat to kick things off world number two Molly Pam had the big final appearance at pipeline which was such a momentous part of Surfing history got a 10 in the semifinal as

Well as she takes on Gabby Bryan and also Isabella Nichols but Molly picklum had actually dreamed of that scenario with Katie simmers before it even happened there was a clip released that she uh reposted on her Instagram saying how cool is this her and Katie was just hanging out talking about surfing a

Pipeline they’re dreaming on what it would be like and it ended up actually coming true oh yeah I love that little pace that that Red Bull I think put together and it was just really I think it was uh during a Challenger Series event in Portugal back in irer in 2021 I

Believe and both women just talking about you know how good it would be if you know one day what imagine if we were in a heat at pipeline together Molly’s like together and uh Katie was like no not together and Molly was like yeah together we going wave for wave and uh I

Guess that’s manifestation at its best right and yeah dream it believe it achieve it all right talk to Gabby Bryan after that moment she actually joined us in the booth the other day for the call when the men were on and just how she reacted to such a incredible day and she

Said well first it stung cuz she wanted to be a part of that finals day but that’s such a healthy thing to hear you know she wanted every bit of that finals day she wanted her name tagged in all the posts just like Betty Lou was getting uh Molly picklum Katie simmers

Because she wants it so I think that was really promising for for Gabby knowing that if she gets that chance next year she’s going to put her head down and go for sure I think all the women were probably dreaming of that’s the dream scenario you know absolute firing

Pipeline and back door and to have it to yourself with only one one other woman in the lineup and I think every I think this would probably be the similar narrative for all the other women that were watching that day and they really wanted to be out there and that’s the

Global stage right if you’re going to make a name for yourself out there and really prove that you’re going to go when given the opportunity that was the time and uh I’m excited uh for next year to go back back and just to see who’s even hungrier Isabella Nicholls out in

The lineup again and her comeback to the championship tour she’s had one win in the past and it was a very clutch performance at the time it was significant in having her make it past the cut and surf the complete year in 2022 and then she felt the opposite side

Of that last season when it came down to marget River defending event champ and she went down and got sent to the challengers Series so she’s gone through a lot of growth since we saw her last at Margaret River and a successful run on the Challenger Series has put herself

Back up on the championship tour yeah I think it’s it’s amazing when you see that one wave like Margaret River can bring so much happiness one year and then so much Sadness the next you know I mean it’s such a pivotal moment that that marget River being the cut event

And obviously Bella making it happen 2 years previous and getting that event win and getting back on tour was amazing but yeah the following year falling off but I I’m I love the way she surfs out at marget River and she has the ability to like draw those big open face carves

And I see similarities to uh from marget River to Sunset so this is a really good heat well I do know that AJ and Trav are really stoked right now cuz they got in the water yesterday and now they’re coming back to do some work AJ good morning Good morning Joe certainly yes

Excited to get this women’s day underway so Travis give us the official run of show what can we expect today morning AJ it is so fun out there today a woman’s all day opening around f Follow by elimination round and then we’ll go into the round of 16 overlapping Heats okay

So with the conditions we know they’re beautiful right now what can we expect throughout the day into the next few it should get better and better there’s some sets around the four to 5 maybe 6ft range already um and it should build all day consistency should improve and it’s

Looking great for tomorrow too so tomorrow could be the day that we Crown some Champs here at Sunset yes if all it goes according to to plan we should have a great finals day tomorrow as this new SW builds and settles in so looking

Forward to it all right so a lot to get set before then Joe we’ll send it back to you thanks so much AJ it looks so fun out there glassy rippable 4 to 6 foot maybe a little bigger this afternoon with more consistency and great job to Travis Loi had longevity on tour

Representing Durban South Africa and he was so quick in transition especially backhand I mean forehand he was quick but I just remember him at Snapper rocks you try to call one of trav’s waves and he’s already on turn three and you’re trying to wrap up your statement about

His opener so great to to have him making the big calls in the morning for sure as we see there’s a few sets pumping through the lineup right now the girls sort of just repositioning a little bit there was a couple Molly had a little bit of a look there opted not

To go so little bit of jostling for this early start in the morning obviously no priority so yet so the women are just sort of testing the waters seeing who’s more assertive more a little bit more aggressive how would you play this start I look here we go I think Molly’s

On the inside little wedge starting to pop up for Molly picklum World number two and a former champ out here gets down to the bottom of an solid wall at sunset nice redirect off the top controlling that speed out in front she’ll whiff it in the

Pocket and now picklum out to her third hook great read good positioning to start off the heat with the opening ride and cool to see how much size we have out there today well over head wve and really well served to get things started yeah I was really surprised just when we

Were watching before we started I wasn’t really taking in that it was as big as what Molly’s opening wave was I mean it was definitely double overhead then when she took off on that last set so that’s super promising and I think today is one of those days when you’re a competitor

You really have to try and keep a lid on it because it is just so good out there you know you don’t want to over ramp and this is Molly’s opening wave see she’s really just trying to time that first section there sort of more like a down carve goes into that second

One sort of just nice opening wave I I have a feeling that this wave here is probably going to be replaced by the time this Heat’s done just because I mean the wave quality out there this morning is so good uh she obviously had that inside position at the start of the

Heat wanted to take this one she’s got a feet in the wax and padd padle back out and I think she I think she’s going to place this wave it’s interesting some people might call this wave four feet and other people would see it’s well overhead and maybe call it close to 10

Ft but did well just to hold her speed through that first section yeah for sure I mean you could see she had a lot of speed and it was more just sort of like a repositioning down carb she couldn’t really lay into I think the way she

Probably wanted to she had a lot of speed on that takeoff sort of lays into that second carb a little bit more but yeah I think just watching the free surf this morning there were a lot of good rides going down there was a lot of good

Surfing from the women and I mean and I mean we even saw Jack Robinson do that step off of the ski can we just talk about that for a second that was he does what he wants out there doesn’t he a he made it look so easy always gosh he’s

Been informed all all week long here at the early Pro Sunset Jack in the quarters to take on ealo Ferrera and that’s going to be quite a battle they’ve had a lot of history how about this one deep on the peak nice run here from from Isabella

Nichols trying to get out in front I thought she was going to make it but right there it just stretched out in front of her that happens a lot at this size here at Sunset Beach yeah Bella was just a little bit deep there but that

Wave really stood up and hit the reef really nicely I think maybe a little bit of a mistake she was just that little bit deep and you could probably see she could just see it running off in front of her so yeah I think yeah she was just that bit deep

There on that last wave so today we’ve got the jet ski assistant big thanks again always to the Hawaiian water Patrol so they we’ll have three jet skis out there for this opening round and elimination round and have four skis out there for the round of 16 and

Overlapping Heats so that’ll be great to see more waves ridden more performance less paddling which is what the old vets used to have to do back in the day sometimes it just almost seemed like a paddle contest at times and even the old priority rules they put a buoy out to

See and you have to paddle around it but there’s some great people rethinking the program over the years and they’re like wait we want to see more surfing than paddling that’s what it’s all about got this great great system today numbers in from Molly start flick 633 633 and you

Know what in my opinion that’s higher than where I thought it was going to go which it’s positive but I just think I’m still going to back up my opinion of I think the waves are so good today that I think we’re going to see a lot of really

Good scores uh and yeah 633 is a great way to open up though a great I it’s a great wave great start great backup as we check out the leaderboard after stop one you need to be on this first page if you want to surf the

Entire year you have to focus on a top 10 finish after we pass Margaret River mly picklum felt the hard side of that when she was a rookie on tour when she fell off went back to the Challenger Series there was that big moment for her

In Bedo where she thought she forgot how to surf in the middle of the event her coach just said hey just do a floater let’s just work on that she’d fall it was just a she had to totally reset and actually walk away from surfing for a couple days to actually remind herself

That she’s one of the best in the world so she went golfing fell in love with that it just her head space was just haunting her she wanted it too badly and that turnaround just in those two days she came back to that Challenger Series in Bedo and won the whole thing it’s

Just not sus that’s wild but I saw a clip of that free Sur she couldn’t land a single turn and all of a sudden she he she had to completely stop work out a whole new game plan with Glenn micro Hall Glenn was on the phone with his

Wife and was like she can’t land a turn it’s something i’ never seen before but what a what a place to be as an athlete to have to go back to zero and fly to 100 the next day oh for sure and I think uh I actually got a little moment to

Have a couple of words with Molly earlier on in uh the beginning of the year and I said you know you know how how did your 2023 season go like what was your highs what was your lows and she sort of said to me you know

I started the year off great I had a great start to the year but she sort of just because with how many events there are and the tour BS you know these events are so back toback she got a little bit disinterested throughout the year and find it really hard to maintain

That giving 110% cuz Molly is the kind of person who you know we all know this I mean she just wants to give so much and I think that’s sort of a testament to your last story there about um being South Africa and how can I reframe how

Can I change my mindset what can I do to get on top of here so yeah she said this year she’s just really trying to maintain that good sort of um consistent and sustainable year I like that 633 for Molly to start World number two as we now watch Isabella Nichols get her

Second wave of the matchup she was deep on her first one much better position now to get her second turn off the top now it sets that nice fade now nice controlled start for Bella her best so far has her in second which is a goal in

This seat finish in the top two avoid third so you’re not in the elimination round later on today and also it’s incentive Base by getting first over second based on seating as we have a bler on the Red Bull ski I think taking the ski today is

Going to be a good option no that these women know that hey if I’m making it the way through to the round of 16 I could surve three times today this is Bella’s second wave it’s a little bit of a smaller wave but still has a nice scoop

To it see she got through to this inside section that wave face just starting to look a little bit froy but she got three turns done and yeah good to get her campaign on the way there and she loves the jet ski assist calling for it there she’s ready such a solid competitor

Stting all with a world junior title where we really got to get familiar with Bella’s brand of surfing as we have 1710 on the clock let’s say a big good morning to Kevin Wallace our Surfline director of forecasting joining us in the opening heat of the day Kevin

Thanks for being with us yeah good morning good to be here good to see uh some really fun waves uh show up this morning as well gosh so glassy so rippable and I love when you break us break down the animation that you send us tell us what we have going on today

And the rest of the waiting period yeah so we’ we’ve got a new swell that’s starting to fill in right now and and that’s Curtis see of that area low pressure up in the Northwest Pacific where you see that red elf just a beautiful looking storm was really

Strong actually this storm was stronger than the storm that sent us the big swell late last week but because it’s so much further away and not moving directly at Hawaii that’s why the surf’s a lot smaller we’re on the front end of it right now it’s start slowly starting

To fill in it’s going to be filling in throughout the day today so more size this afternoon and holding into tomorrow we got beautiful conditions too just that light East to eastsouth easterly wind butter conditions uh you know pretty much As Good As It Gets and uh

Just looking for better waves as the afternoon wears on and we see that new swell fill in ah look at that 5 to8 then even bigger this afternoon and then the last couple of days of the waiting period yeah so we’ve got this this Northwest well is going to be hanging

Around tomorrow basically what we see this afternoon would be what we see tomorrow for the most part very similar wind conditions too where it it’ll pick up a little bit their trades will pick up a little bit but stay from that great Direction East to east Southeast uh and

Uh so looks like we’ve got a great looking finals day going into tomorrow almost looks like a different surf spot from what we had the other day uh with the men out there with a lot of different swell angles a lot of different currents what was the biggest

Difference to to get this cleanliness that we have today yeah so we we yeah it looks like a completely different spot you know this this beautiful butter conditions we we’ve seen the ocean settle finally it’s been kind of a mess for the last several days and um you

Know I think we’ve arguably have the best day of surf best quality of surf in the waiting period so far and it’s we’re getting down to more of like a single swell we still have a couple swells running right now but heading to tomorrow it’s going to be real dominant

Northwest swell so uh and and kind of this single swell period or or you know single swell so we don’t have all this energy from different directions of different swell periods and just kind of a mess out there it’s it’s really smoothed out and cleaned up ah thanks so

Much Kevin but while we have you here I don’t know if you can help us kind of learn a little bit on on how you forecast here in Hawaii spec specifically focusing on the buoy Network that we have out here yeah we’re really fortunate in Hawaii that we’ve

Got this string of buoys kind of all along the island chain and then going out about 270 Mi to the northwest of Haw we have two buoys out there Hawai buoy 1 and Hawaii buoy 2 and those buoys are a great roughly half day indicator of incoming surf depending on swell

Direction and swell period you know swell period the longer the swell period the faster the swell is moving So the faster that swell might arrive on the NorthShore the shorter it is the the longer it take but you can track US well from buoy On’s way offshore to the honay

Bay uh buy off Hawaii well when it’s operational it’s not right now all the way to the aahu NorthShore and then even further down the chain so it really helps you dial in the timing of these various swells as they come in really cool flick when you’re here in Hawaii

You hear the buoy talk probably more than anywhere else in the world don’t you oh you do I mean I think some people think ah yeah you know I’m I’m just going to say buoy W showing this and uh you know acting like everyone knows what they’re talking about but typically I

Obviously it probably depends on swell Direction and obviously the period like you was saying before but how long are we talking from buoy W out of Hawaii to get to the NorthShore here so in for today’s example where we’ve got a swell that’s kind of around 325 to 330° it’s

Around 16 to 17 seconds 12 period we’re about 10 hours from buoy 1 to the NorthShore again as that swell period shortens that length of time is going to to to grow and as the buoy as the swell Direction turns more North that that um

We’ll see it in a a faster uh fashion so um but yeah typically it’s you know somewhere between 8 and 12 hours from buoy W to the NorthShore ah really appreciate it Kevin thank you so much of course yeah looking forward to what we see the rest of the day here too awesome

In charge of the forecasting for surf line always a pleasure to hang out with Kevin Wallace and scoring today for the opening round for the women Molly picklum out in front with a 633 Bell Nichols right behind her with a 433 as Gabby Bryan still is holding court with

Priority be back for more action Katie simmers preparing for her heat coming up next For for Molly pick puts her head down grabs the rail Up and Under a pipeline special I just had to try that again that happened at pipe on the opening event of the Season she got a 10-point ride yti set her up with a 110 Tundra filled with

Yeti goodies but it was a Monumental moment in surfing history the first 10 for the women’s event at pipeline in CT history and There She Goes Molly at Sunset Beach already has the 633 as she Fades onto the corner here riding that surfboard built by Darren Hanley

Himself she’s broken quite a few this trip to the NorthShore but that one looking solid her warm-up was great yesterday got out there on dark there was only a couple of them out there but majority of this heat was really there to kind of have a warmup for what to

Expect on game day but she was really jazzed on how good her board felt the the waves she got how clean it was uh pretty similar to what we have today but I think today is definitely a little bit bigger but she could probably rely on a

Lot that she learned yesterday in the free surf for sure I love that approach I I love the approach of you know you can kind of work at all right if I’m surfing tomorrow I’m heat one like this is roughly the time that I’ll be out there the conditions are looking similar

Let’s go do a little test run let’s see how the board’s feeling let’s go through the motion uh Molly’s just got that second way the 267 it’s coming at and nice little backup there I loved how she actually touched the rail on her first uh carving

Maneuver uh it kind of had a bble in the face so she couldn’t probably really lay into it the way she wanted to but yeah Molly’s looking fired up we’re also fired up to talk to Strider this morning good morning my friend good morning Joe how you doing hey fantastic I are you

With dog right now we got the dog right here he’s got gecko eyes though one eye on the board one eye on the lineup for Gabby Bryant we’re doing a hurly board breakdown out here with this board right here we got a 64 Whiplash and uh talk

What’s we got FCS what’s going on in the back end yeah FCS JS fans seem to be really consistent out here not too big not too small um yeah the boards are going good just uh she’s got to catch them waves to chest them out on today I

See the back end of that thing all right so we got a nice little pin tails nice and pulled in for driving off the bottom going through big turns those JS deep fins on the FCS 2 system and then we’ve got FCS pad this thing’s all built up it’s a Mayhem it’s a

Whiplash and it’s looking good hurle boy breakdown from the lineup with the dog how did Matt get his nickname Mayhem again uh you know that’s a that’s a a good question but you know for me it was uh when I got to the bottom of a wave my

Board did a little woo and Marty Hoffman said wow looked like on that one it looked like he had a little Mayhem at the bottom of the wave and did some testing out for those boards but I thought that was the story I I thought I told that recently and you said there’s

Another one there might be another version but I love it was well we’re getting better May the nickname for Matt Bolis the guy who won the CT shaper rankings last year and this is what Richard dog Marsh wanted to see Gabriel o Bren getting started first turn second hook already complete nice

Little tight Jam in the pocket she can really whip that thing in a short space and now flying into the screen is Isabella Nichols kind of a redirect turn right there and she’ll hop out so Bella improving on a five and now a cool takeoff knifing it the critical part of

The wave is Molly picklum o and getting a little stuck in between turns but ends up just keeping a high line throws down the down carve and kicks out it’s almost anticipated a big hook on the first section didn’t give up though and laid down the down carve to

Try to fit that one into her backup score yeah that was kind of funny what happened there at the beginning of that first turn I probably need to have another look to really break it down but kind of like she had all the speed she went up there and maybe thought the

Section was going to be a bit steeper than what it was and yeah that board just got a little bit stuck Katie simmers enjoying yellow today she might try to hang on to that all season world number one with her coach Tommy Whitaker she has Lana Silva and Sophie

McCulla coming up next yeah that’s going to be a great heat I was speaking about this yesterday when we had that little free surf session and I mean Katie obviously coming off such a great winner pipe she’s looking in form she had a quarterfinal finish out here last year

But she’s coming up against Lana Silva who basically grew up you know cutting her teeth on this wave she yeah grew up here knows it really well as we break down this wave of of Gabby so I really like this wave just really lays into that first carve but she had the ability

To get a little bit more vertical and mix up her approach on the inside here with this little Jam in the pocket so obviously going to be in her top two and yeah this Heat’s really starting to take up shape here as we look at Bella out the back on the pink board

Also on DH nice carving maneuver there and sort of that wave there just not offering the most section that could really stand up and she could really lay into it but this one I really wanted to have another look at this was this first turn from Molly it looks like she had a

Lot of speed here went up to this turn and just got a bit caught up the top redirects again lays into that second section that second turn was really nice she was really able to extend that carve all the way down just realizing that it

Was only going to be the two turns there and that was probably Molly’s best individual turn so far of the matchup with already the 63 three where she felt nice and clean and controlled I think she probably felt she needed a bit more after missing that first section on

That last W for sure I think she probably just could tell that it was going to there was there wasn’t going to be any other opportunity after that right so she really kind of just had to lay it really on Rail and um I mean yeah

That score has come through now 2.97 for that last wave kind of really all the points coming from that that that last turn that second turn you can tell the judges are showing that they saw that she missed that first section still out in front as we check out Molly

Here at Sunset Beach remember she won here in 2023 so she is defending her event title now coming off a final at pipes so ton of momentum already 88% winning percentage and since she’s so young just two previous starts you can kind of frame it saying I’ve only lost

One heat out here you know when she was eliminated the season before in 2022 so still enjoying her lead Bella now in second with priority 433 and now a 417 Gabby took some time to get started but she has a 583 already which is the

Second best wave of the heat so far yeah and I think you know judges obviously realizing that Gabby’s wave she had the ability to just show a little bit more variety on her wave it was a little bit smaller but on the inside there she she

Started with a couple of carbs on that wave and then she had the ability to just go into the lip and get a little bit more critical Bella Nichols with priority needs a 498 for the lead nice controlled air drop and just belts it perfect turn for Bella Nichols to show off

There and judges are going to love that commitment had so much speed and lit it up well done yeah that was that was epic I love that it’s a kind of a bummer for her that that way didn’t really offer one more opportunity I feel like if she

Was had had two turns there like oof in my opinion I feel like that could have gone excellent It’s just super critical and yeah really really well placed and well time turn see he sort of had like a little double up she just Scoops down that second section this wave has a beautiful

Lip to it and she just throws so much spray there you can see she’s looking like come on give me one more section in here but yeah that was really really I think it just came down to timing on that turn it was just yeah really well

Placed and she was able to because it was a little bit smaller and it had that scoop she was able to get so critical and quite vertical into the lid Isabella Nichols enjoying the ride on the Red Bull ski and she’ll probably enjoy the sound of her last score coming

Through she wants it to be better than a 417 to keep it it will in fact be her best number and take her to the lead ASU paddles with legendary Northshore Surfer miles Paka 533 takes her the first I think what I said was true I mean if she was

Able to get one more turn on there sort of that similar style I think it would have gone excellent I mean it’s 5 through3 for one turn it’s great great score got to be thinking now that Gabby you know she only needs that 3.48 but I

Mean with it it’s 2 minutes on the clock she’s holding priority and you know Molly’s now dropped down into seconds so it’s going to be maybe a little Shuffle here at the end of this heat and uh it’s an interesting position for Molly to be in because Molly I mean obviously she

Finished the year so strong and was in that final five came out of a second at Pipeline and it’s just mollya usually think he’s got that commanding sort of position in a heat big late takeoff for Gabby Bryan with priority picking this wave and just too far

Behind that’s a big mistake now Molly will have priority with a minute 20 to go yeah wow that that was a really really big mistake she was definitely too deep there and I wonder if you know maybe Molly was ever so slightly pushing her deeper on the reef and because it’s

Well within Gabby’s wheelhouse she only needed a 3.48 and she had the priority with 2 minutes on the clock I mean now this is really dangerous times for Gabby because Molly’s got this priority now she only needs this 3.33 to go back up into first if there’s another set on the

Horizon I mean my money’s on that Molly’s going to drop this 3.33 for sure and Gabby Bryant is one of the most dangerous draws at Sunset Beach she had back to back semifinals of the CT level she’s won the sunset open it’s her favorite event on the calendar to see

Her in third now as surprising 35 seconds I think maybe there’s an opportunity for Gabby if she’s you know she obviously took off on that wave but uh there might be an opportunity seeing a little bit getting a little bit more space from these two women but got to be

Thinking now that maybe Molly might start just ever so slightly moving down towards Gabby went on to Chris and Moore’s Instagram last night and she actually posted a big carve from Gabrielle O’Brien she just loved that turn so much so Gabby was more than ready to compete

Today and she will run out of time she will be into the elimination round later on today to try to survive and get into the round of 16 Bella Nichols the low seed gets the big win with a beautiful big snap in the pocket to take her into the round of 16 well

Done yeah that was a great single maneuver and like I said before I think she’s dangerous as she would have done to her heat number two coming up next World number one Caitlyn simmers takes on Lana Silva and Sophie mallik right after This in Wow Katie simmers getting things started with the women’s quarterfinal Katie simers Big C ktie simmers is your champion in pipeline pipeline for the girl think your voice cracked there Katie simmers what a moment winning the first event of the Season wearing bright yellow and she is just an absolute hero

To so many not just for what she did at pipe but for the personality that she brings to pro surfing we can’t get enough of her whole act on tour as she takes on Lana Silva and Sophie mccullock Joe Tel with ficity paler former CT standout to break down the action what a

Moment for professional surfing you know and especially for young Katie simmers world number one for sure I think it was a moment for women surfing but not just women surfing I think just women in sport I think just meant a lot um for that younger generation and I love

Seeing Katie just really shine with her personality and I love her not holding back and really making a statement um and the future is is definitely bright that that heat that she had against Molly uh will go down in the history books I just got goosebumps watching

That little piece uh put together I just think yeah it’s it’s very very cool seeing Katie come into her own and gain more confidence in just herself and um The Way She carries herself as well it’s it’s it was really cool she’s enjoying her life on tour and she is still so

Young 18 years of age had a chance to become the youngest World Champ at the wcl finals last September I asked her at the press conference if she was aware of that before the event started and she said no that was it I always have to have a

Followup for Katie that’s all you got that’s all you got but I think uh we started to get a lot more from her during pip and maybe the secret source is that she just needs to get Barrel so as long as this is’s getting barreled in

His we’re going to get a lot more out of Katie three wins already at the CT level in a very short period of time one in Beach breaks last year where he speak Portuguese from Portugal to Brazil and now adding Pipeline and now the yellow Jersey rolling in is

Katie setting up that first hook good timing on her opener rid into a sweeping cut back throwing some Variety in there a snap to wrap combination into the channel and she’ll be taking the lead I liked it I liked her Pace on that wave you could see that she almost probably

Wanted to get a into that wave a little bit earlier than what she did but she really waited for that first turn she’s choosing to just take that piece of foam in I’m assuming she’s going to get that uh Hawaiian water Patrol Rebel ski back out yep so just getting into that zone

Where the ski can come and pick her up but yeah I just liked her Pace on that wave I thought it was really well done that she just really waited for that first section and really well timed first turn as we break it down here see

She was a little bit late there got a little bit of the lip to the head and then she like okay I’m going to regain here beautiful timed first turn and straight up into that second one just a really good read for a smaller waven especially when she took a little bit of

That lip to the head at the very beginning so probably a good score for Katie wave one looking smooth and speaking of smooth Lana Sila is back on tour it was kind of a surprise for her in the off seon I think she had the word that she could

Potentially have her spot before anybody else in the world did when we start hearing about Stephanie Gilmore’s plans to take a year off but she didn’t want to tell anybody until it was you know posted on Instagram and then she uh really got to celebrate Lulu growing up right here on

The NorthShore it’s already made a quarterfinal out here and that was in her rookie season as we throw it to Strider what do you got well we got Katie simmers paddling by after her first wave uh you know from the water that looked hectic she took

Off up under the lip and then came flying out and then complete regain of composure straight up into the bowl nice first turn threw down a second one really beautiful work so really really uh you know from the water you can really see how big these waves are and

You know from the beach it kind of gets it looks fun but right now it looks pretty insane from out here in the water it looks like Lulu is up and riding thank you Strider just coming off that last snap with Caitlyn simmer as we can

See how well overhead it is and now Lulu is rolling into her first turn of the matchup nice arcing cut back and then into the softer shoulder she’ll be setting up her right out the back once again yeah it’s interesting when you come to Hawaii you can hear a lot of

Different W wave heights because traditionally judge the the wave from the back of the wave here or the height of the wave from the back you measure the faces more typically around the world so you see Lulu on this one enjoying a nice 6ot wave yeah for sure

Beautiful first turn and you know you can just see that classic carve of hers it’s sort of a trademark I think that’s her real strength but this wave here just only off that one turn so no doubt that Lulu is probably looking for something she obviously knows this Reef

Really well I I doubt that she’s probably just wanting to get a score on the board right that first wave’s come through one turn 3.33 but knowing how well she knows this place I think she’s looking for something a bit better for sure oh she is so dangerous I think she

Knows it too just understanding this reef and the surf spot better than anyone she’s put in so much time just growing up here practically walked to this venue from her home right now she has a 3.33 chasing a 2.5 won cuz Katie’s start was a 5 H3

Yeah it was a really really nice start from Katie and I liked what Str was saying and the footage from the water you can really see I mean we saw that she C the lip to the head a little bit but from that side on water of VI you

Can really tell like how critical that was and how late that drop was uh so she did really well to sort of regain composure there and really just wait for that first uh section to present itself and yeah just beautiful smooth stylish surfing from Katie also great to have Sophie molik back on

Tour was always going to be the replacement Surfer for 2024 and then we talked about luano a Steph’s decision to take the year off and now with Carissa stepping away from competition Sophie getting the call up once again to Sunset which is a great venue for her she absolutely charges

She’s very strong a Total Athlete she’s actually good a lot of different sports I saw her throwing in the footy the other day and she is an absolute weapon you could tell she probably could have done a lot of different things with her life and we’re happy that she chose

Surfing oh for sure I think for this heat right now I I was saying it yesterday when we had that raw free surf session and Sophie is my darkh horse pick I just think if she gets an opportunity to really open up on one of these waves if you know picks the right

Wave right wave selection she’s just so crisp and on point with her surfing on her forehand and I I love the tenacity that she shows obviously last I think it was last year she had that injury right and it took her out of the first few

Events of the Year her first event back uh she I think it was her ankle that she broke yet to get surgery first event back was Portugal and she had only served a handful of times and went over to Portugal where it’s really cold and ended up with a fifth place as we

Watched Lulu just quick in and out there just a bit deep on that wave but yeah backed it up with a fifth as her return event back which is super impressive and you always wonder where your mindset is going to be when you know you’ve been

Injured for so long and oh you know like I haven’t been surfing where’s my surfing at and sometimes those there are the moments when your expectations are low and yeah she just showed up and blew up so we look at what happened here with Lulu she was just bit too deep on that

Wave and yeah just choosing to use that pin drop there to eject but that one also peeling off down the line so I mean that sort of wave Choice was right she was just positioning just a little bit too deep kind of happen pretty easily at

This size out here well any size really just think you’re in the spot and then it just shifts Down The Reef as we see a nice late takeoff stomp by Sophie mccullock big section hammers it oh my goodness she did not hold back and it just looked like she jumped out of an

Airplane out of the sky right with that lip right on top of her an absolute charger there she goes back to work that was incredible she’s not going to hold back is she that was Radical that was so radical so so late so critical and just yeah just free

Falling out of the sky here you can see she was she’s also a little bit deep and I think what you said Joe it’s so easy to find yourself a little bit deep at here but she wasn’t stopping her and you could see when she came down here there

Was actually a bit of wobble and lump in this wave she goes up to hit it as she’s coming down she’s met with a little bit of bump and I mean this is actually really scary you get air underneath your board and you’re Landing in the flats

And you’ve got to take the the like the shock with you right and that’s scary I mean for some I mean I’m sitting here with a broken foot and she that’s scary for me to watch but yes wow so Strider you got a good look at that one oh my

Gosh I just looking over my shoulder at so F I mean just you know you look at her and you you just think what she’s going to do this and she comes off the bottom and that section from the water has so much wall on it so much power and

So much face and just the F lip thickness the whole thing I mean I’ve been scared to hit some closeout sections at Zuma that was just like that was next level and I just love the fact that they’re putting it out there going for it and going for that you know going

For the completion on a on a section like that was was 100% commitment with beautiful work so hard you know really putting everything into it so radical to watch yeah we’re right there with you w we’re still just rolling around in the booth watching this thing cuz she went

For it you could tell she goes through for 210 not 10 tws that’s that’s her approach which is kind of fitting you know hanging out with Liam Liam O’Brien was charging uh throughout this event and throughout his run on the NorthShore and Sophie’s right there with him Liam

Was uh just at WEA the other day uh but he was enjoying Sophie catting for him on those big days she wore some sets on the head uh throughout his performances and and he’s got her back here in the channel yeah it’s really cool how obviously you know they’re both

Supporting each other and have each other in the channel and sof actually said the other day with peace with AJ you know um it’s really cool because I’ve sort of been I haven’t actually surfed a heat out here competitively at Sunset but I’ve in some way because of

Cing for Liam I’ve had three runs on the board going through the motions running down to the waters head skim skimming on in it was big it was wild and she sort of feels like she’s she’s been there and she’s done that so I mean so cool to see

Obviously that ankle injury isn’t holding her back it’s fully healed I mean if you go going for turns like that you’re definitely feeling 100% right that was wonderful like just seeing someone go for it like that it’s not much of a score but she’s already got

Hero status in our mind 16:30 on the clock winner of the first heat of the contest Isabelle the nichels with AJ yeah Joey all smiles here from Bella first Heat win of 2024 first Heat win here at sunset on the CT how did you set yourself up for Success this morning

Yeah I’m pretty stoked good way to start the day but um yeah I mean we’ve been here for almost two months now and I feel like the last two contests have obviously felt like they’ve gone forever because the waiting period is so long and we this is our first day so we’ve

Had a lot of time here practicing I’ve put in hours and hours and um we’ve just been staying up here at Sunset anyway so you know like I’ve been watching the waves a lot and going stuffing with friends I’ve been enjoying it a lot more

Than I have the last few years I feel like I’ve change my perspective on it it’s not so much of a scary big wave anymore it’s more of like I’m trying to look at it in a really fun kind of way if that makes sense as fun as it can be getting smoked

But I don’t know like I’ve comeing into this year in Hawaii feeling a little bit more at home um the last 3 years here have been a little challenging obviously not being from here it’s definitely an advantage to grow up here and surf these waves cuz they’re so different to home

So um I’ve put in the time now and I feel like I’ve got a a lot of really good friends here it feels like home and um I’m just yeah excited to be here well and that time certainly looks like it was paying off and for you coming back

Onto the CT this year after having to re-qualify through the Challenger Series what did you work on in the off season to feel like you can start this 2024 off the way you want to on the CT yeah I mean it’s been really difficult because I feel like my surfing’s been there for

A long time now and I haven’t been a to Showcase it in heat for for quite a while and um the last few years on tour have been tough because I’ve had little little glimpses of you know the real me and then there’s times where I just my

Head gets in the way or my decision making gets in the way and I mean that wasn’t my finest hour that heat then but like I’m soed I got through but in saying that there’s been a lot of improvements even from the last few years to that heat where sometimes I

Will just sit and wait and wait for like the Magic wave and not you know sniff around hunt and so I’ve just tried to change my perspective I’ve run a lot of mock Heats at home um with my coaches with Mark richo with surfing Oz um so I

Had two months at home where I just like got to work and I feel like I’m just finding competing a lot more fun I mean I woke up this morning super nervous cuz like the buildup and anticipation every morning I’ve been like first heat so I

Get up I’m like am I on not on and it’s like quite draining but um yeah now I’m stok to finally get underway and the waves are pumping congratulations B we’ll see you in the next one thank you cheers well done Isabella Nichols into the round of 16 she lost to Katie

Simmers at pipe in that round so she’s going to try to get more points points here at the hurle pro Sunset Beach looking comfortable and really prepared as she sent Gabby Bryan into the elimination round that’s a big statement as we will take a bonsoy brew break opening round Heat number two continues

Still led by the yellow Jersey of Caitlyn Simmers the hurle pro Sunset Beach is brought to you by Hurley official apparel partner of the hurle pro Sunset Beach by Lexus experience Amazing by chaso official sunscreen partner of the WSL and by ad05 beer properly Chill Isabella Nichols has just borrowed Aaron Brooks’s uh beautiful dog there I mean that dog could be in a dog mag azine could be in the movies in Australia uh we have toilet paper uh rolls often have those kind of dogs on them that is a dog right there yeah a

Golden retriever or Labrador yeah I think it’s a golden retriever it’s so such a perfect dog I saw Bella walking that dog just the other day on the bike path and she said how cool it is people stop and take pictures of it it’s and she’s like yep it’s mine she’s just

Owning it what a fine looking specimen dog little good luck charm 1040 on the clock in this one Katie simmer still leads Lana Silva in second and Sophie mccullick needs a 2.17 remember she had the wild attempt to hit a just impossible section absolutely went for it so it’s still

Wide open it’s a it’s a total score when you get really dreamy conditions like this on the NorthShore right now it’s just sheet glass you you find that a lot in you know places with you know colder water temperatures I think or but here to have glassy conditions like this these are

The days that you cancel all your plans and surf all there yeah I’ll be out of here going surfboard riding the next day he I’m joking but I think it’s got to do with the the cloud cover the cloud covers uh as you can see in that shot

Usually when that when this you get these clouds come over it usually keeps that wind away so hopefully this cloud cover sort of stays around all day because if it burns off a bit we might see those trades sort of start to kick in a little bit more enjoying these

Conditions and still enjoying the start of 2024 like no other year we’ve ever had in bro surfing focusing on the pipeline standouts something of Legend already Katie simmers Molly Pam Betty Luc Lura Johnson are the three names that were the heroes of finals day as we check out

All the numbers there you can see Molly even with the runnerup Finish definitely got the most points even focusing on the entire event from the opening round she had so much momentum she was just earning excellent scores in every single round including the 10 that she got in

The semifinals for sure obviously we got Katie who won and Betty who put on an incredible performance in that semi-final against Molly but Molly was the stand out all of then and for me I was actually surprised to see her not get the win she actually had that single

Highest wave score in the final the 9.2 I believe it was she just couldn’t find that backup and I think the difference was Katie finding that backup wave and actually deciding to go to turn turns which is what got her the win Molly was sitting out the back and I don’t even

Know if Molly even knew that that’s what Katie got that score for like the two turns maybe Molly was just stuck in Barrel mode and unfortunately didn’t get her the win you’re right 927 for Molly in the final her backup 137 I added up all the keepers the top two waves for

Molly and Katie Molly picklum 7.07 points total for the entire contest at pipe Katie 5.2 and sometimes that’s according to conditions you know and sometimes just what’s on offer but also for Molly she was on a roll in one of smaller back door days she found Excellence uh it’s

Kind of a fun New School rivalry that we have on tour now oh for sure I mean these two women we even saw that really cool piece which we’ve already spoken about this morning that uh Rebel put together of you know that moment where they were like oh I wish we had this

Final you know a moment of pipeline together or heat where we’re just going blow for blow and just getting bat out of tubes they’ve already had this but I think that moment was a defining moment in history and I just think they just going to be fired up all year and I

Can’t wait to see them have these then their next rematch is going to be spicy I can already feel it I feel like Molly will want Redemption Strider let’s focus on positioning right now we’re running out of time in this seat we are so they’re getting kind of antsy they’re

Moving in trying to find those waves that will pop up and these sets are going to come and with that you can get out of position really easily out at Sunset so holding your line is the most important thing you can do I think at Sunset having your markers knowing where

You’re going to be at triangulating a point and and sticking to your guns and that’s the hardest part uh you know those big sets come out of nowhere and if when they do you want to be ready for them here we go looks like they’re getting into position that’s right

Watching this Katie simmers with priority looking for her second wave of the match up it’s going Hollow and she pulls in a little room to move there and I thought we were at back door again she goes down but nice attempt she definitely had some travel time gosh

We’ve seen Katie get paril a lot in a short period of time any time it’s gone nice and Hollow she’s going to be pulling in uh for sure she was really deep on the reef there and usually when you sit so far up the point it’s going to hit that shallower section which

Allows it to really throw over but it’s is a hard Barrel to read right it she pull here we go we’ll have a look and you can see she’s she lines up she like hang on like this thing’s going to Barrel snap up underneath the lip but it

Just didn’t really allow to get that exit sort of ran off really quick without her and clamped as well I think she might have even copped the lip to the head by the looks of it but yeah that wave just running off in front of her uh but she was they’re all sitting

Very very deep on that Reef right now and there hasn’t been a set for a long time so to stride his point hopefully I mean they still will be in position but you know I’m thinking with no sets coming through for a while I think we’re

Due for one before the end of this heat so hopefully girls can get into position and uh really capitalize on that set third place receded into the elimination round we saw that for Gabrielle O’Brien in the first te of the morning and she’s had two semifinals out here Lulu with priority doesn’t go

Sophie takes a look and ends up holding back you’ll see them maintain their prior position say of Katie still far on the inside so they can kind of lean in and look over the edge with less risk of losing their priority rotation as Lulu is setting up her first turn nice snap water

Photographers sneak out of there with all her speed and throws down a big second hack it’s starting to go up on the inside shelf and she’ll wisely step off but solid for the local Lulu just chasing a 4.08 to take the lead up world number one yeah that that wave was

Really really nice it really stood up on on the reef beautifully you could see it really had a scoop to it a lot of these waves they have looked know for like a bit word like a bit fat like they see here really has a nice scoop and it

Allows her to get really tight and critical in the pocket this SE second section she kind of went up for that turn almost lost it but are we thinking that she would have wanted to finish there and I wonder if maybe she waited a little bit longer for that second

Section she could have hit it and you know it would have looked a little bit more like a complete wave whereas she sort of it’s really nice you know for the judges to sort of get that exclamation point and that real okay yep that wave was done I mean but for her

Right now I mean she only needs a 4.8 to jump up into that first position and with only 4 minutes on the clock it was a smart move to date that wave well done for Lana Silva leaning on her local knowledge and seeing if she did enough

To get the lead two solid turns before the thing shut down Sophie now has first priority she’s sitting in third she’s had three waves where she’s ended up incomplete and now here’s wave number four for the Australian and she is just going to have to kick straight out

Throwing priority away yeah that was definitely an error that I mean you could see as soon as she took off there that wave had no wall whatsoever to it I mean she’s going to know that too I I know she has to roll the dice and I know

She has to get the ball rolling cuz she’s only got a pair of ones but I mean you’re not going to yeah that was definitely a mistake for S and she’s definitely going to know that and to me right now it looks like the ocean might

Be a little bit sleepy it seems like when the sets are coming they’re coming in a flurry but to me it almost seems like there’s about 10 to 12 minute levs between these sets and knowing that maybe maybe even 10 minutes i’ go 8 to 10 minutes with 3 minutes on the clock

Isn’t looking that favorable it’s a good call Lulu just had that two turn combination stepped off in the close Zone and she will get a fiveo 27 that’s enough to take the lead world number one to Second simmers now needs a 277 getting in the mix here Lulu doesn’t

Have priority over Sophie so Mulla goes setting up her first whip little carve off the top snaps it quickly to get a bonus section there to work with and she’ll step off so her first completed Maneuvers as we get to the 215 Mark in the heat chasing a 74 to avoid the elimination

Round yeah it was smart she needed to get the ball rolling as quick as possible if she can get back out and maybe sit wide and let Lana and and Katie as we break we’ll break this one down here she had priority uses it gets around this spur

Section this is the best carve we’ve seen from her so far and then she decides to go straight up into the lip which is a hard thing to do with a wave like Sunset hitting this lip here you’ve got so much speed there’s so much power

So it was a nice way to finish off this wave and sort of a little bit of a point of difference in this heat because I don’t really think we’ve seen anyone just go up and hit the lip like that just yet um so great to get the ball

Rolling to her she’s obviously going to drop one of those ones that she’s currently carrying her problem now is the clock and the time left in this heat and you know whether or not Katie’s going to come down and you know maybe uh be a bit assertive and make sure that uh

Sophie does stay in that third position it’s really just impressive to follow the lines of all the Surfers on a wave like this especially when they go to the lip like you’re saying if you don’t have control of your speed throughout it actually can feel like you’re going

Uphill and trying to force a snap off the lifp even though this wave has so much power yeah and you could tell that that wasn’t the most perfectly timed lip hit as well and I think yeah it’s exactly what you said right you could tell when she went up there she didn’t

Quite have the speed she wanted and it sort of made it look very very difficult um but I’m interested to see where the judges go on this it was two turn combo two different turns um I’m wondering where it’s going to go compared to Lulu’s we’ll

See down to 35 seconds on the clock Caroline marks are the reigning world Champs coming up next to take on Sally Fitz gibons and a local Wild Card Zoe McDougall priority with Katie simmers at the moment to shut this one down she needs a 277 to get the lead off

Lulu she’s just paddling right next to Sophie colck so her program might be just playing defense for the next 10 seconds and really just focused on where Sophie’s going she won’t take an unnecessary wave if she doesn’t have to and we’ll close out Heat number two Lulu

Getting the big win in the opening round going into the round of 16 along with Caitlyn simmers and Sophie mccullock is in the elimination round to Surf again later on today plans are to get into the round of 16 as well so a big day ahead of us for

The hurly pro Sunset Beach smart surfing from Silva getting the 527 on that nice two- turn combination as we’ll wait for her to perform again in the round of 16 coming up next Caroline Mark Sally fitzg Zoe McDougall bring in kypo Guerrero and Jesse Mendes for the [Applause] call E e Caitlin simmers in back door simmering boiling on the stove and coming out this is such a cool experience for these girls because a lot of times for Rising Tides they get a chance to be in the water but today they’re going behind the scenes how are you guys they get the

All access pass to how these women prepare for their heat to what they walk down to to all the media that is down here all the things that you never really take into consideration when you’re trying to figure out what do I need to do to become a pro Surfer

They’re getting to see that firsthand today they’re rooting on the Surfers cheering them back in it’s an awesome moment for these young girls we small pip small pip surf like three foot pipe of Moana she does a thing called the Moana Surf Club and we go different places usually every time

And one time I think it was kind of big and we went to pipe down over there and it was so fun and W is such a great teacher she’s one of the best Surfers and queen of pipe Rising Tides it’s all in the name a rising tide raises All

Ships and that’s what we’re trying to do is create more access for these young girls to see that there is an opportunity for them to chase their dreams become Pro Surfers this is the moment for these girls where they can start to put those pieces together so

That someday it’s them running out here for their finals day at Pipeline and the next generation of young girls rooting them on Rising new heat in the water opening round for the women it’s Sally FIS Gibbons the veteran and she knows how to throw a couple of carves at Sunset

Beach a beautiful Glen Pang designed surfboard under her feet three carves looking solid Sally Fitz gibons and she opens up with a Sixpoint ride so fast start for Fitz Gibbons in this opening round Heat number three zoy McDougall the Wild Card patient off the bottom nice carve

Off the top from mcdou but she catches a rail and goes down and Lana Silva straight after a heat wi getting some words from her coach Leandro Dora we got a new heat out in the water with Caroline marks Sally fisg and Zoe McDougall top two move into the

Round of 16 third place into the elimination round thank you for joining us we’re here at the hurle pro Sunset Beach I’m K Gro former Triple Crown champ Jesse Mendes Jesse um is great that we got things going for the women and I love the fact that everything’s a lot cleaner

And a lot more or organized out here at Sunset yeah KES that’s actually what I was going to mention like as smooth as Sunset gets you’re going to see way less backwash is just that perfect 6 to8 foot faces Northwest well and the position is completely different as you see right

Here on the screen they’re they’re basically are finishing the wave where the guys was were almost standing up on the waves um from the last few days so beautiful day here at Sunset and it looks like someone’s up and riding oh up and down for that was

Second wave for Sally fitzg remember she opened up with a six-point ride fitzg still yet to see our top seed in the red jersey our defending World Champ Caroline marks is sitting out there holding on to Priority I was actually um I got to chat with um Sally a little bit before her

Heat um she was grabbing her Apple watch before she paddled out and um I I was like oh the waves are so fun for you guys you guys are so stoked and she was like yeah I know I just need to find the best waves that’s all and

Like sounds very cliche but that’s why I probably don’t have a coach because I know what they’re going to tell me already um after all this years on tour so she has so much experience and it seems like she’s identified right off the bat like even it was kind of like an

Underneath wave and she was able to start with a very good score yeah sist given 15 seasons on the championship Tour 12 CT wins world runner up fit given in 2010 2011 and 2012 take a look here at Sally yeah this is what I was saying see that that wave has whitewash like

Leftover whitewash in it because it was just an underneath wave but he was able she was able to actually apply a plenty um combination of Maneuvers and finishing off right there just with a little hit but just beautiful wave so far for her and like it’s it’s um looks

Like someone’s fing there he goes just taking a look there and that was Sally again just staying busy she opened over with a Sixpoint R we saw a wipe out that was just a fractional score so she’s looking to back up that six-point ride fitzg is a great story in that you know

14 14th season on the championship tour she did not make that mid-season cut in 2023 she went back to work on the Challenger Series did great in the Challenger Series ended up number two at the end of of the year with the rankings there to earn her spot back onto the championship

Tour and I love the perseverance that you see from someone like Sally fitzg CI marks there’s our defending World Champ just 21 years old she’s already had a quarterfinal finish over that pipe so looking pretty good she did lose that yellow leaders jersey but she wants to regain it

Back she’s the 2018 Rookie of the Year and of course the 2023 World Champ when it all went down to WSL finals there at lower trestles yeah look how smooth Seas is it today like they’re ping just to position themselves but there’s no rip out there um it’s very clean rarely ever you’re

Going to get caught inside and actually get cleaned up by the set and have to do the the paddle around or get the ski around so it’s a beautiful day beautiful conditions for the womans today and looks like they’re eyeing down something that approaching marks with priority this one breaks wide and Off

The Mark no pun intended you can see the lineup there more towards the point today uh we’re expecting the swell to increase throughout the day so the the walls should lengthen and we should see a little bit further off the point here we go Caroline marks on the

Back hand waits for that bottom turn for hooking off the top got some foam to deal with here decision time does she go for the lip yes she does needs to yeah I saw that one coming that was some Tangled water and it was decision time and Caroline just decided hey at least

Try but that would have been that would been a super bumpy difficult ending maneuver totally um that’s exactly what happened right there second wave of the set so a lot of white wash what that means is just air mixed with water just hard to engage your rails and as we saw

On that wave um and we’re going to see it right now just a lot of bump going on just yeah hard to manage and engag your raos and fins and she had to kind of hit it a little bit late because of that and ended up just um getting stuck on that

White wash unfortunately for her let’s hear from our last Heat winner Lana Silva yeah Lana you’re telling me when you came up it just feels so good to be surfing at home growing up on these rocks here at Sunset Beach how did you use that home field advantage today oh I

Love competing at home it’s just so nice to be at home starting the year at home and so comfortable I grew up surfing Shores and little Sunset Point with my dad so just nice to be home understandably so probably also nice to start this competition with a

Heat win 527 your last wave walk us through how you got it done yeah I guess you just had to be a little bit patient out there you can never be too patient at sunet cuz time goes by really fast out here so um just trying to be patient

But not too patient I guess well it worked out we will see you um in the after this one in your next Heat and Then thanks please ma’am we’ll see you in the round of 16 thank you there we go with lanao Silva on to the round of 16 we got Strider woi out in the water what’s going on out there Strider oh looks like Sally’s taking off on this one nice Foy take it away Sally

F Gibb slashes off the top remember she opened up with a Sixpoint ride and Ducks the lip there thought she was going to maybe pull in but that would have been a close out so good job of backing up that Sixpoint ride high heat IQ veteran move

By Sally fisg back to you Strider yeah going to get into the conversation of the swells and what’s happening out here right now so we’ve got a new Northwest swell coming in 7.5 fet at 17 seconds that thing hit the buoy last night at about 12:00 so that thing’s coming in

Slowly marching through so we see some of those sets moving over into the bowl and then we’ve got the Old Northeast swell coming in so that what’s that what that does is has those waves driving from Deep on the point all the way across so it’s putting the athletes in

Two minds and they’re going to have to try and figure out you know what do they wait for I think later today they all be over here on more of the West Peak but right now there’s two different swells in the water and it’s kind of splitting

The direction of which where to be out in the lineup yeah thank you strer yeah Jesse and I were discussing that as the swell fills in in matro you’re going to see the lineup move right now clearly it’s on Sunset Point but as that North swell Northwest swell moves in then

Maybe we’ll see more West bows yeah I I feel like we already kind of see it but just in a small version and the problem is um it’s such a deep water wave that once doesn’t hit that 8 to 10 foot faces it kind of gets the in between um in

Between the point and in between the bow so that’s what kind of happens right there it’s still very nice and beautiful and just smooth Seas right there for the woman but I think we’re going to see better conditions as the day comes and and Jesse the good ones are going to be

At the bowl but at this point in the swell developing it would be dangerous to sit there because it’s going to be far and few between waves that break there but the waves that do break there will be the best waves but is it’s just you would have to have nerves of Steel

Just to sit wide yes totally I actually um um I think the best option almost be ping back out or being um in third priority because um the last few Heats I saw the girls getting waves on the bow they were just coming back out falling

Back out and they caught a wave um they ended up falling because that closeout section usually is pretty thick and hard to land um but it was great scoring potenti on those waves and you see Sally on the other side she’s just trying to

Um keep busy CU she knows how slow it is you know like for those very good waves so she wants to get something on the board and then maybe wait um and sit down and um have a better wave selection right there but still like she’s

Probably I think she’s got the best wave of the day so far yeah that’s six point right and we heard from Lana Silva right where she said hey time goes by really fast out there we’ve talked about that throughout this throughout this entire event because that is one of the

Challenges at Sunset Beach Long paddles out a big big area to Surf and and really easy to get lost out there as well yeah and as a as a competitor you don’t want to have your back against the wall and maybe sit for 15 20 minutes and

That wave would come and you have all the pressure of having to perform because all the other surface in the heat already has some score so that’s exactly what Lana mention in Portuguese her strategy with her coach Leandra da was to get a first wave quick and finish

The wave so get a score on the board because they know it’s a bit slow and you could get tricky throughout the heat got some waves coming here priority sitting with Zoe McDougall here we go with McDougall she’s going to activate sunset local way down the line pulls into a

Barrel and that Barrel just went way fast down the line but I like the setup there getting under the lid Zoe McDougall yeah good effort there there for her um and this is a this is the tricky part about this size when it’s Northwest um the energy goes in that um

Um shallower shelf as you see right here so it gets very Steep and nice but he runs very quickly and then after that it just kind of goes into deep seas and he gets kind of slow so as you see her right here the wave’s just going to run

Away from her as good as she did right there to pull in great style great approach but the wave just runs and gets into deep wat you can see right there is just clamps Indiana and um dies out I want I want to say uh just a great job

From Jace our water photographer our water water videographer actually he’s been money capturing those uh shots from the channel uh I love that you were St staring straight down the barrel on that one totally and it’s so hard it’s such a a big playing field that it’s easy for

You to be out of position but that was a beautiful shot from him and good work at also like the last few days yeah for the man because that was sketchy as well just to sit where he he was um swimming there he is always happy out there uh a veteran

When it comes to Surf filming and surf films not a bad office but hey there’s some fatigued involved in a job like that you’re out there all day long shoulders are burning after and that camera is not light yeah if you’ve ever picked up one of those those video

Waterhous cameras they are they’re pretty hefty to hold up all day long then on top of all that just pure survival that those guys were dealing with a few days ago so here we got the heat with we got Sally fist gibons you know with with a

Fast start with that six-point ride back up with 2.93 smart heat surfed um this is a good lineup shot for you to have an idea but basically where the first skis are closer closer to the athletes that’s where the mans were seating two days ago that’s how

Different of a mood it is today it’s just is way cleaner um a smaller swell from the Northwest Just Energy goes all the way inside the bow and um much more manageable let’s put it this way well we’re starting off today here at the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach we’re in opening

Round Heat number three Heat number four is going to feature Alyssa Spencer Shane Dorian is going to be her inwater coaching cadd we’ll be back after this E let’s crack open the WSL Vault and look back to 2009 the last time we had a youth moment in women’s professional surfing Alana Blanchard and she made the final a 17-year-old Carissa Moore surfed all the way from the trials in this event Karissa giant West Bowl at Sunset

And the teenager made history kokoo semi-final finish had a couple of waves out there Alana Blanchard Sally Fitz gibons in her rookie year first final and Steph Gilmore won a third world title the final featured Alana Blanchard here she was leading the Triple Crown Steph Gilmore fresh off of

Her third world title at just 21 years of age Gilmore smooth as ever but it was the teen teenager Carissa Moore that took the day and surprised everyone Poncho Sullivan was her coach in the water and Karissa just 17 years old went all the way from the event trials to a

Win what a landmark event for women’s pro surfing and that’s the last time we really saw this youth movement 19-year-old Sally F GI 19-year-old Alana blanch with 17-year-old Chris Mo and a 21-year-old Steph Gilmore at that time are we seeing a new women’s youth movement well we have a 21-year-old

Defending World Champ out in the Water by the way of Caroline marks Jesse yeah let’s see the only goofy in this heat um it’s going to have a few advantage of being a little bit more critical pivoting off that bottom turn a little more um let’s see if she can capitalize

Um on that and yeah yeah when we look at you know the history of goofy foot out here at Sunset Beach we haven’t had on the women’s side we haven’t had a goofy foot winner at Sunset Beach since Pam bur in 1990 so it’s been a regular foot

Dominance Caroline Marx wants to change that here she goes nice hook to start medium siiz wave here and the bounce right there and the wave just that’s Jesse you can talk about that section right there that section coming off the point gets really flat yeah and that’s and that’s the

Problem um I think we’re going to see Zoe here on a replay just the Break um just kind of straight close out but yeah as you mentioning like those smaller waves sometimes I guess I’ll get back to that after selling non-stop waves here we go hard heat leader Sally Fitz

Gibbons just smooth carve there great rail control on the Glen Pang design board from Town and Country so the veteran in this heat really take taking uh her opening round Heat by the horns at this point Red Bull jesi a learner from Hawaiian water Patrol piloting that jet ski easy

Pickup for Sally Fitz gibons yeah she’s having a good heat so far um starting with that six-point RI this is this is going to look um pretty nice for her she’s probably going to better um the 2.93 and kind of similar size wave as the first wave she had the

6 point right here just very crisp right there she was able to attack and the other girls are having trouble doing that um as far as wave selection as well she’s like identifying waves that are getting a little steeper and you see right here coming from behind right on

The pocket and you see those that arm Spang right there just bringing all the way around that was beautiful tuck knee tuck back knee which makes it even more stylish just added on um just some Grace into that powerful turn that was beautiful um turn for selling Five Point

17 is the number for that last ride for Sally fitzg she’s put herself in a strong position in this heat uh we’re rolling out here and our conversation uh before we got to those replays were about you know the point but then there’s there’s what I called Dead water

Uh coming off Sunset Point that we’re flying through and we saw Caroline marks catch a rail there like those the mediumsized waves are the smaller waves Jesse hit that little deep water area right in between and go really flat and difficult yeah and that’s the problem when it’s this

Size like the sets are going to be pretty solid there’s a few mediumsized waves like s got that ended up lining up pretty nice but the other ones just goes deep water too quick gets kind of wobbly lip and just very hard to fit the board

In it so that’s what that was the problem on that Caroline’s wave and she’s up in riding he’s got another chance at it looking down line frustration once again the same thing yeah going into deep water very quick like if you never served sity you would

Have hard for you to notice but whoever Sur sens knows there’s that shallow shallower shelf and then after that it’s just deep deep water um all the way into Val’s Reef which is almost on the shore right here toally totally and and for that you got to get busy because like

What happen right there with Caroline you’re looking down the line and you’re thinking okay I got to beat this thing down the line and then all of a sudden the wall just disappears it dissipates yeah the whole energy goes away and that’s the for me this is as as much as

It’s very clean and easy to surf today as far as talking about sensit it’s the hardest one for you to figure it out which wave to go because they all kind of look good but most of them just goes kind of flat after all and yeah mostly

On your backand it’s hard to open up and like um like your front side carve and you see Zoe up and ring looks like a great wave Zoe McDougall little Tri off off the bottom there the gets a nice carve regains control little wonk there she’s going to

Actually get a little lucky one perhaps that’s going to double up on the inside here um no hit that deep water but nice carve to start for Zoe McDougall yes much better for her just the wave gave her the opportunity she was able to open up pretty nicely and um for the

Situation of the heat so far for both um red and white that was a great score for her like I know Sally already kind of have a gap in both of them but that was a great ride for Zoe as far as trying to avoid the mination round here’s a replay

Zoe McDougall yeah just a little bit steeper wave um she kind of lost balance right there which was unfortunate for her but she was able to regroup and um do a nice carve I would have liked to probably see her face um look a little

Bit back more um to the white was watch to make that complete first carve that would have been a little bit extra added to her score but overall nice wave for her uh Strider wuki sounds like you want to get into the conversation yeah I love

It I mean you know zo finally got herself a a good open face we saw those turns that she threw down actually that first turn was obviously the best one she’s going to try and get back out there and clean up this heat for herself but out in front Sally uh Fitz Gibbon’s

Just looking so good in the water you know the her technique and her form on that wall the way that she rolled that the rail down into the wave used the power and the rail and pushed it all the way down with her turns I mean I’ve been

Seen that all morning and it was just so fun to watch that kind of Veteran Style that kind of technique all coming into play it was beautiful work so she’s definitely finding the the better ways with the wall but also using her form and technique for those scores those

Turns are beautiful yeah right now we’re looking at the career Sunset finishes for Sally fitg of course we looked at 2009 that runner-up finish to Carissa Morris made the final again in 2010 the last couple of goals just with the equal ninth finish for Sally Fitz Gibbons Fitz

Gibbons um out here with a heat with winning percentage of 42% and why is it 42% It’s just because that percentage has been dropped lower because she’s actually surfed here in four events so she’s had 12 Heats out here total when you look at her whole

Career and Bon five of those most of the Surfers in the draw for the women when we talk about their Heat winning percentages we’re drawing from just two events because the majority of all the Surfers on tour right now were not surfing at sunset in 2009 or

2010 so had to explain some of the stats there I know and and more time spent at sunset on a jersey specifically more Advantage you’re going to have so for those Surfers that have been surfing also for a few years Sally’s one of them like as we just saw on the allall like

She’s been surfing this Sally and Tyler would be kind of like the lead in the pack right there when you’re talking about Surfers that have surfed a number of events out here yeah and that’s um such an advantage out here there’s so many moods like you we’ve seen throughout this event itself imagine

Throughout the period of um 10 plus years of them surfing so yeah it’s you you take that as a surfer as a competitor anytime fun wave to Surf there you can see how beautiful the conditions are but what the Surfers are really looking for are waves that have scoring

Opportunity and looks like Caroline’s going to take this one with second priority nice carve off the top here’s a section lining up and that was the money turn for Caroline marks so I like the fact that she was patient but then she knew that she needed to get that second turn in before

That wave ended totally and very important as well um in this scenario of the heat she needed to finish get on her foot and she kind of played defense offense she took Zoey out of that wave as well so um just very smart of her as

You see right here Zoe um had a sniff on that wave but Carolina’s like no I’m going to take this and then she was able to get vertical right there just hard to fit those turns and Sally has just been been so smart on the wave selection right there and she’s taking advantage

Of that and yeah making the Gap way harder for take a look at the comparison here break it down between Zoe and Sally yeah check this out like this is very simple for you to see it right now like a little bit before that moment of um

Sally right there she was looking all the way back um to the foam as much as um Zoe was kind of looking forward and down the line the whole time as you see right here she startes to transition um her face and looking forward so what

That does he kind of cuts your um your turn halfway through and Sally just open up and finish the turn and she got rewarded much better for that score and that was basically just because of that difference and and the score difference a 2.87 for Zoe McDougall with a more

Paced approach Sally getting that board all the way around a 5.17 for fitzg so a great analysis of of of the turns and the difference you know that the judges are looking at where the Surfers are putting their boards yeah it’s it’s so simple but very hard to execute

Obviously and um that was basically the only difference on those turns maybe um Al also Sally’s um wave was a little bit steeper as well but that was about it well Sally Comes Out Swinging for a Heat win she takes out that heat along Caroline marks will avoid the

Elimination round with a second place in the heat Zoe McDougall will see her surviving in the elimination round for the Wild Card great Surfing by Sally Fitz gibons more surfing coming your way when we return we’ll have Tyler rright Bria Hennessy and the rookie Alysa Spencer out in the Lineup E the hurly pro Sunset Beach is brought to you by bonsoy official milk of the WSL by Eventbrite on or off your board you’ve got plans with Eventbrite and by Pacifico live life anchors Up welcome back to the hurly pro Sunset Beach new heat out in the water it’s the opening round for the women Heat number four in the lineup beautiful condition here at po Malu Sunset Beach Tyler right in the red jersey Bria Hennessy out in blue and the rookie on tour Alyssa

Spencer is in the white jersey Kyper girl along with Jesse Mendes on the call well this is where we saw the the veteran in the last Heat Sally Fitzgibbons dominate that heat the veteran in this heat would be Tyler Wright 13 seasons on the championship tour we’ll see if Tyler has the same

Control of the heat she is deepest out on the point right now you can see she’s going to get the first wave here we go with Tyler Wright nice looking wall here layback carve for Tyler on her pisel Highline board and she kicks out there but I like the again

The veteran just goes paddle straight deepest near bone yards and gets the first wave yeah Great Wave for selection as well as far as that wave kind of closed out but it’s very hard for you to identify if the wave is actually going to give you enough time to do two turns

Unfortunately that one didn’t give her but still she got a steep section and we see in the previous heat um Sally get 5.17 basically with that one big carve as you see right here it looks like a great wave um it runs down the line a

Little bit too much but she was able to still do a nice layback um kind of like a drop wallet on the critical section of the wave so yeah it’s it’s a it’s a great start for her it’s a reliable turn for Tyler Wright we’ve seen that turn used in so

Many Heats so I feel like it’s a go-to turn for her we see uh K Bambam Balo her inwater caddy and Coach uh with that board way underwater right now bambam’s not a small guy and I’m sure he he rides a lot more leaders than Tyler Wright definitely no doubt about

It um but what a good guy to have in your corner here the best talk about knowledge and talk about positive attitude farmer CT Surfer Kika bamb bam Balo 3.67 checks in for Tyler right and I also think he all always keeps like a very good fun approach yeah

As much as things are serious but that kind of takes the weight off the shoulders like I remember seeing in the previous years on qualifying situations for um all the Qs Surfers back in a few years back and he would always be laughing making them laughing it was it

Was a good Dynamic yeah yeah he’s got he’s got good energy and he’s got a great sense of humor lines coming through here Bria Hennessy deest with that blue jersey and Alyssa Spencer sitting a little bit wider Alyssa the goofy foot out of this crowd here Alyssa with a Ninth Place

Finished over at pipe so she wants to gain a little bit of ground Bria start off the season great with a semi-final finish but the corner goes to Alysa Spencer dropping into this one nice wall oh and decides not to just saw that wave that dissipated your thoughts on that decision just to

Kick out of that wave um I think I I think there wasn’t much happening right there mostly in your backand like if you don’t have that steep section you’re going to do a cut back right there and you know you might get a chew sure you

Might get a chew but she wasn’t looking it it didn’t look that promising for her to get a decent score on that way W um yeah but it looked it looked like a good wave on CH Bing for I thought was like oh what a luck to being pretty much

The third priority right there at the moment second priority because Tyler wasn’t out and take that wave but yeah didn’t turn out good and you can see uh that wave going a little bit wider as we fly over no wave SP yet for Brisa Hennessy Brea with first priority the 23-year-old

Representing Costa Rica Bria Hennessy she was a champ out here in 2022 her only CT win so maybe Bria can Channel some of that positive feeling that she had back in 2022 and and take a win once again yeah she’s dangerous over here and I think um her level of Surfing that I

Saw as far as turns at back door on the smaller day it was so Dynamic I think she really stepped it up on being light on her foot and being a little bit more explosive she always had that raw power but she really added a little bit of

Magic into her surfing and it’s looking great and she’s a great match here for Sensi Beach cuz her power surfing she knows the wave probably surfed plenty um of small waves there I mean um smaller contest here and yeah yeah there we can see her Heat winning percentage 88 uh

For her coming into this third start at Sunset Beach here goes Bria she’s going to activate using priority smooth off the bottom tight off the top he’s going to have more opportunity down the line lip Glide there solid on the landing getting back down so nice start for Bria

Hennessy more waves coming through here and Bria on the paddle back out one more look yeah that was a great wave for her I think the most special thing about this wave is just the combination of U major Maneuvers right here starting with a big carve and following up with the

Lip line um very solid critical section and I I didn’t see any of those still so so far so they that critical so she’s she’s looking to a very good start right there Alysa spener wave number two patient off the bottom nice Hook off the top this wave’s going to give her

More more opportunity back up to to the lip one more backhand hook before that wave Fizzles out so judges OA scores for both Alysa Spencer and Visa Hennessy to set the heat Hennessy score comes in a 6.5 so as you alluded to Jesse good score for that effort from Visa

Definitely combination of major Maneuvers she was on ra the whole time finish off strong no really much downtime in between the turns so that was beautifully executed from her all the judges numbers there we even had a judge go up to a seven-point ride on the split still waiting for score for Alysa

Spencer Alyssa on the paddle back out again talked about her 20year old out of insanus California she’s a rookie on the tour let’s take a look at her wave again yeah as you see right here um The Wave kind of flats in out she she manages to actually do a nice carve

Right there but the wave dies out right right here as as soon as she it looked like she was going to get that steep section to get vertical the wave kind of ran away from her hit that deep um shelf and she’s looking good though like

Her board looks great on her foot she has a lot of volume and um looking smooth just yeah looking to find a good wave here we go Tyler Wright double pump off the bottom for carving little rail grab there give a little extra push on the end of that turn another rail grab

Cut back for Tyler and two cut backs is what she’s going to lean on for her number well last last Heat was a win for the IR kanji Sally Fitz Gibbons taking that win yeah kypo Sally coming out strong here at Sunset Beach in the opening heat and you told me before we

Started this interview you have to credit the board you chose walk me through how you made the decision to paddle out with the board you did led to the sixo to start the heat yeah it was a tricky morning I was like kind of like sneaky a a little more powerful than

Yesterday we had a lot of North in this well so it’s kind of like the takeoffs have been more like Rollins and it just had a bit more West in it and I was like oh I kind of went to paddle into a couple this morning and you can’t tell

Cuz there’s so many people in the warm-ups you’re like would I have got that wave I don’t know and so I was sort of sitting there like tossing up between which one so um Glenn’s just amazing he’s U made sure we have all the equipment that we need and I just

Thought oh I think I need that 64 and just ran back to the car real quick got it and if I didn’t have that one I’d yeah paddle into that first wave I squeaked in so um that was magic it was magic indeed and certainly a great way

To start your 2024 campaign with your first interview here on the glass first Heat win for you coming off of the Challenger Series experience last year how did that motivate you prepare you for this year oh I love my experience it’s like I got to meet like the whole

New generation like being in the piranha pit with them I was just like I don’t know you get that camaraderie and you almost build those connections with your competitors all over again and I met like a 100 new people and um I think that really freshened up um you know my

Surfing and my Approach at this point of my career and uh we always joke cuz the first time RIS um retired she a few of the GRS were joking she uh she took a break but then like the first thing she did was go to Manley and win the Qs

There so like she took a break from tour to do the Qs as all the challenges so I kind of always tell them that I meant to do it that I was just taking a break from the tour and I was see you back in 2024 and back you are congratulations

Sally thanks Big Qui everyone back home love you Yoo Fitz gibons looking good um here with a wave that she’s obviously has a a relationship with I would love to know what her normal size board is in relationship to ship to the 60 she said she was riding as we look at

It replay here of Alyssa Spencer this is a five-point ride yeah this is the difference um of being a goofy footer like you have to identify those waves that gives you a steeper section so you can get vertical because if you’re going carve for carve front side backhand

Front side’s always going to have the advantage so grave um Great Wave selection there for Alysa was able to open up with a big section very vertical and she got rewarded pretty nicely for that one turn fivepoint right that puts Lisa in a strong position right now she’s in first Tyler

R’s dropped down to Second Bria henness however not in jeopardy at all why because she still has the highest single wave score and she’s holding priority Jesse and she still got plenty of time on the clock yeah and once you have that one point and a half like over a point

Difference on the best score you have a huge advantage on top of your opponents she knows she doesn’t need much to um get to First even she needs a small score right now and she’s probably just thinking I just need to um be calm I start started very well and come on a

Good way the next one here we go and just uh a Mis time and little sticky on the rails there for Tyler Wright let’s go out to Strider wooki out in the water yeah we found uh Mr Shane Dorian out here he’s out here cading for Alessa you

Know Alessa new on the tour but you know that backside hook looking good what do you tell somebody that’s a rookie coming out here I just try to get him psyched you know it’s like this is what they work so hard for and this is the dream

Like that’s it Beach 6t glassy waves are epic sun’s out everybody’s watching and yeah I’m fired up for him and it’s fun to be out here watching him kill it and I hear you shouting at her when she goes by what are you saying I’m just telling

Her to get aggressive I mean you just got this short window of time and I don’t know like um I’m I’m here for Alysa Spencer and she’s so good off the bottom she just squares it up and smashes the lip and I’m just trying to

Get her to like Crank That volume up and get really aggressive what’s she riding out there right now she’s Runing a 60 she’s she’s a pretty small girl but she’s very strong she got really strong legs super athletic but she has a Tyler right and um she has a really tough heat

So uh Rea Hennessy in it heat as well so those girls are super aggressive so I think the only way out of this heat is to just smash it we love it thank you shano for the words and uh well Alessa looking really good out here at Sunset Beach Shane

Dorian a champ out here at Sunset Beach he took a win in 1998 Alyssa Spencer a rookie on tour interesting thing with Alysa as being a rookie on tour she chose the number eight for her Jersey and that is a tip of the hat to Kobe Bryant’s rookie

Number so obviously a basketball fan and she’s got the same rookie jersey number eight Alyssa spenc is out in the lead yeah and she’s looking good I like um the strategy that they’re going with cuz is basically what I mentioned if you’re a goofy footer you need to be aggressive

And find those vertical sections so you can make the most out of like meaty parts of the wave cuz otherwise it’s just going to be um carv to carv and usually backand is not getting the knot on that one well at 14:25 we are waiting for Bria Hennessy

To shake things up she doesn’t need much of a score to take the lead will Bria come back we’re going to find out after these Messages E w sh They all Work this is first suring my earliest memories of Surfing are down at Carter free my dad would push me into these perfect little peeling lefts my father’s name is Ty we’ve definitely both got the competitive spark in us so I feel like from a young Agee whatever we were doing I never

Wanted my little brother to beat me he definitely pushed me to be a better person and also kind of shape me into the surfer that I am today if there’s a barrel that I get he always tells me I could have been deeper to see you my dad is a fire

Captain at in’s fire department I just see how much hard work he’s put in to be where he is and I feel like that definitely really like inspired me from a young age to find find my passion and whatever it is and work hard to fulfill your dreams in that role I’m Alissa

Spencer and I’m a rookie on the championship tour little bit about Alissa Spencer dad Paul a firefighter in North County San Diego Andis and we got Bria this is what she was waiting for and hany opened up with a six .5 is going to easily take the lead with that

Performance though she was waiting for a long time Jesse but when that wave came through she was able to execute and the number just came through Jesse an 8.33 for this hey pretty easy for the J just Del one just an excellent wave excellent surfing um just beautiful turn this is

Where she gets very aggressive right there pushing that back foot so hard and just throwing buckets out there and finishing it off pretty good I like how she like really put an exclamation points on the finishes of her turn you know like she really makes it count and

The the score she got rewarded for that so see that second turn right there I think this is the first one kind of setting up and right here she’s just going to put her back foot to work um use her front hand to kind of support

Her and just finish it off strong that was beautiful way for her I love seeing this in slow motion where you can really analyze the AR of the surfboard yeah first setup right there just smart getting critical but just eyeing down this section right here and you’re going

To see her weight and just put all her effort and pressure into that section right there cutting it a little bit short to give a little bit more possess to it and um as soon as you thought he was kind of done she was able to actually get vertical again and find a

Little steepness on the section and right there that’s what I’m putting that’s what I’m saying like she puts a little bit more exclamation point in that 5% L of the uh off the turn and it really makes it count for the judges back to live action here Tyler right on The High Line

Beautiful Arc there for the two-time World Champ cut it a little bit short there because that wave Just Hits again that Gulch that deep spot Spencer highlining it through this section and will not find the lip for a maneuver so likely that we’re going to see the situation remain remain the same

Remember Tyler right need is a 4.77 to take that second and advancing position I think she got a 477 on that one turn I don’t think she got a 477 but it could be closed like that was a beautiful wave um kind of a very nice clean section right there and she really

Laid it down that rail like the difference between her and the other opponent she really draws in out her her turns very well which is very critical to do mostly in a very powerful wave as you see right here the other Surfers were mostly um cutting it short and she

Got in the pocket right there put her hands behind and just drove through those back fs and that was very critical turn from her right now she just kind of gets in that moment that the wave kind of goes very steep but flat very quick and she

Couldn’t really um make the most of it right there and the judges gave her the number of 5.27 so that was enough you know she just needed a little over four so she she exceeded that expectation and now she’s in second place danger zone now for Alyssa Spencer sitting in third with

Second priority Strider yeah and and to you know get into the analytics of this heat we got Alessa and Tyler just had a full paddle battle to get back out to the peak on time see who was going to get it it looked like they were going to

Maybe take the skis but then they saw each other and just started going for it and Alesa with a little bit longer board got the nod on the priority so she’s got priority over Tyler right now back out in the heat it’s could be a pivotal

Moment for her in this heat thank you Strider yeah so Alyssa is in third but as Strider pointed out she does have a priority advantage over Tyler Wright so that’s good news for the rookie totally that was cludge um for her to get priority over Tyler um with seven

Minutes left she doesn’t need a big score um I still have a feeling that both of them are going to get opportunity and most likely Tyler is going to improve um she probably noticed that she got a 5.27 with that one big a layback carve um and she knows she

Doesn’t need that much to get a decent score so she’s going to be looking that in third priority maybe try and sneak something under but yeah she she deserved that score because the way she drove through that turn is very critical very hard to

Lay the rail and hold it for a long time out here and the judge is analyzing that and recognizing and another thing kind of to recognize is interesting we saw Sally fitg win that last heat Bria Hennessy as we look at our heat check here giving

You the top scores on the bottom for each of our Surfers all the waves ridden in that waves ridden column as well as the current situation and time but Raa Hennessy as well as Sally FG they’re they’re riding the same from the same Factory both of them are riding Glen

Pang surf boards from Town and Country so um is that factor is are the boards a factor into the fact that they have like they’ve been doing some great ra surfing I mean Bria that’s our first excellent score of the event for the women totally um that plays every every little detail

Like it it’s pretty crazy when I used to work with um some Shapers back in the day they used to mention even the batch of that you get from the the blanks he could factor into the the temperature of the day the humidity of the day so all those little things Bain Factor

So of course our CT shaper rankings said all the scoring begins at the quarterfinals for both the men and the women by the end of today we will be set with the quarterfinals for the women we’re already set with the quarterfinals for men so when we look to finals day

That’s we can really talk about the Shapers doing battle out there and see who’s going to take the lead uh Chanel Islands currently in the lead after one event but there’s a lot of competition out there like that man right there sitting that is uh John pisel Tyler’s

Shaper and Lily Tyler’s wife there in the Red Bull athlete Zone yeah he looks pretty calm composed he’s always yes well I wouldn’t say he’s always calm I mean you have good athletes makes half of the job done you know like they usually get the job done

Pretty easily not easily but they tend to to work it out so that’s why he’s not so stressed so far he’s pretty much an easygoing fun character anyway John paow been at it for a long time here on the NorthShore and his boards are under the feet of world Champs like Tyler

Wright as well as John John Florence down to 4 and a half minutes and Alysa Spencer needs a 3.95 not a big score at all Jesse do you like where she’s sitting she’s sitting wide yeah I think so first of all she’s um goof um she’s a goofy footer so it’s

A little bit harder for you to get um that first bump and speed down the line so for her to see it a little bit wider it will make it easier on her to not be sitting too deep you know front side if you’re a little too deep you can get

That first takeoff and pump down the line and gain a lot of speed back hand’s a little trickier and also she doesn’t need the biggest score um sitting with second priority so Bri’s kind of dominating where she wants to sit and they’re all going to kind of go after

That so yeah smart for her the problem of her right now it’s like when to pull the trigger right there’s going to be probably a few opportunities for her to get a 3.95 but the problem is do I go for the 3.95 and leavea Tyler hanging just

Needing a tiny score or do I let her go on the wave then maybe wait for a better wave and sometimes they don’t come like it’s just it’s just when to pull the trigger is very tricky yeah and I guess what you’re saying is the perfect play

For Alyssa Spencer would to to let this clock run down to like 30 seconds and then get a four-point ride so Tyler wouldn’t have any time to respond exactly if you could script your kind of your perfect heat in this scenario right here yes or even could have been even

Better scenario it would be if which is very a little bit tricky right now cuz the waves are slow but a two wve set that are very good looking just at like off the bat that you know it’s a good score so it’s an easy decision I have to

Obviously go on this wave so you need two of them because BR is probably going to take the first one and then you’re going to need the second one for you to capitalize on but so far it doesn’t look like there’s much coming out the back no it’s taking

A little midm morning snooze right now at 10:00 a.m. Hawaii time Alysa is going to activate here she goes scratching into this one needs to get to the lift right here foam rebound there should chase that wave I don’t know if that’s going to be the number yeah it’s not going to

Be the number and just as I mentioned like if you’re a little bit too deep on your backand it’s very hard for you to get around the sections because you don’t have that first um quick pump after you get into your feet and that wave actually had the potential if she

Was a little bit um more to the channel she would have been able to get very vertical in that first section and yeah if she had landed and executed well she was probably looking like to get a 3.95 but now having to go around that section

The wave kind of dying it out still got a crack on it but but I don’t think it was critical enough for the 3.95 no it fell short a 1.8 and that was just because she was chasing it the whole time there was a section in Opportunity

You you you pointed that out Jesse but it was the positioning she just was too deep on that one and so when the wave did stand up she was still on her heels and not able to get a bottom turn and get up into the lip yes and sometimes

You it’s not even your fault that wave just kind of kind of came under and wide and you also don’t want to be out of position for good wave so it’s just how how surfing rolls sometimes like unfortunately for her in that situation he he went against her sometimes he goes

In your favor but yeah and Tyler now is just kind of already separated herself from Breza came closer to Alyssa right there oh yeah this is when Tyler’s got just just the Apex Instinct and she’s just going to close this one out she she’s happy to play defense for 45

Seconds you can see her like already swarming near Alysa Spencer 30 seconds here and this should be an elementary play in this final 25 seconds Bria Hennessy with a big lead and the day’s first escalent score and then we’re going to see end the heat strategy with Tyler Wright has priority over Alysa

Spencer 10 seconds to go and here is going to be the block there you go prity will switch but too late no opportunity for Alyssa Spencer and she will be in the elimination round Bria Hennessy surfing brilliant out there a former Champ here at Sunset look

At the numbers a 8.33 a 6.5 for Hennessy and the win Tyler Wright we’ll see her in the round of 16 as well we got more coming your way Joan de feay Lakey Peterson Sor lindblad out in the water we’re going to have Joe flick and a very very very special guest joining

Us right after these Messages for what a great time to open up the WSL Vault let’s go back to 2003 great time to be from wa he about 30 years of age in the prime of his life Jake The Snake patters what an ERA this was so this is In the

Heat of the Kelly Andy rivalry snake on his way to what have been his fourth CT win at the time Kelly knocked out early Andy I think got a 10 in this final we’re going to get an update in just a second don’t you worry Taj was in that final Shane Dorian

Was in that final as well and it was Jake’s day got some great advice from his older bro to paddle way out the back get the bombs and it all paid off ended up moving into the top 10 with this big win that season and it was a great day

For snake I think snake loves to Surf but he loves getting shered up the beach by his best friends in the world to share the joy and the love of the game but how’s this classic footage change just in the channel finishing up his catting responsibilities we get word from Shane

About this final and also snake in just a moment but yeah Andy was on a roll this event he was kind of the guy just throwing up huge scores including that 10-point ride Andy said his whole body was just so sore from the pumping conditions he was happy with his second

As he was trying to chase down Kelly Slater in the world title race which he ended up doing at pipeline a what a great time in pro surfing and especially for Jake The Snake Patterson best kick out there’s the chair there’s the cup and that’s when Jake added his name to

Back up his brother’s name who won back in 96 wow what a cool memory was that about right oh what a rev up thanks Joe yeah how’ you feel bring us the insight about that final what you rode the intensity of pro surfing in that era in 2003 well

It was a long time ago you know we’re looking at 21 years ago but um I just remember that morning it was pumping Sunset as you just saw and I didn’t go for a free surf I saw Andy Shane and tar all out there free surfing and I was

Going going no no no got to serve four times today if you’re going to be at you know making the final you’re going to have to really uh be on your on your balls so I um elected not the pre- surf and just uh yeah won the final Shane

Said he was he was cramping when he was running out for the final yeah is I py it’s all those little things right flick that go into longevity and just a turning point in a final where everyone’s running out of gas and snake winning that event ended up with five CT

Wins when it was all set done as we break down a brand new heat Joan defay taking on LY Peterson and rookie Sawyer lindblad so a lot of representation from USA this year five Surfers on the top 17 fulltime and Joan de the one Surfer representing France by way of Reunion

Island great heat here with the experience of Leakey and Johan then we’ll have the the backand approach flick which you’ll enjoy from Sawyer liml for sure that that was actually going to be my point like obviously Joanne and have got that really strong forehand carve as we break down Joanne’s

First wave here so sort of got a little bble there carves through that face sort of more of a setup turn looking to really open up on this section here almost runs over it looked like a photographer so s of this first maneuver here this is the one I was talking about

Sort of just a bit more of a setup maneuver she can sort of see that it’s going to get a bit steeper down the line and she really wants to probably put a lot of that energy onto this turn here sort of seemed like to me that you’re

Only going to get one really good moment on these waves out here today it’s really tricky to read as good as it looks and as good as the conditions look when I was offing my break I was sort of just taking it all in and I think it’s a

Lot harder than what it actually seems like um when you’re watching on the webcast it’s an interesting point cuz we hear that a lot from everyone watching the waves on the beach at Sunset and then when you paddle out you actually learn a whole different story of what’s

Happening snake what would be your Insight on having some success on a a day like today this size and how to accomplish getting the best waves a sunset’s always a wave catching contest it’s like if you if you can start well like a a four point a what what she end

Up with a four uh it’s not in yet for just throwing it out 43 there we go it’s a start you get what I mean it’s a wave catch we saw a couple of girls earlier like falling short like of their second wave so I always say is like keep riding

Waves if you can like it’s uh you could Sunset can be your best friend or your worst enemy like you can always get caught washed in and all like closed out on and so I just always just say you know just keep riding waves and you know

If you know what you’re looking for and your lineups it’s like it’s a little little West SWR just started to fill in I mean that first wave it had a little bit of North in it and then went into the West ball so it’s the girls are

Stoked it’s pumping out there the wind’s dropped off it’s dreamy day for the girls how much did that play into your success at Sunset actually knowing what the different angles of swell did to this place yeah I spent a lot of time out here like Kelly probably the last

Time he probably surfed out here was last year in the contest you get what I mean he spent all his time at at pipeline but and look at his success of pipeline so wherever you put in the time kind of thing I I hated surfing in the

Crowds at pipe so I never really put in the time there but out here I I love the the the Open Water thing it reminds me so much of home and stuff so I loved it bigger boards 2T on the tail pad you know how it rolls I know how you rolls

We watch live Joan De Fe coming off her second scoring ride had a 4-33 before that great time for Joan de feay to be uh enjoying pro surfing with sunset coming back I feel like a wave like this really suits her power game click for sure I think her trademark maneuver is

That forehand carve and you know she’s just so physically strong so this one here is a bit of a smaller wave but kind of just saying uh speaking to what you were saying Jake just sort of keeping busy and bit of a wave catching contest

I really like how she was able to lay really into that first turn I feel like technically it’s probably the best turn we’ve seen from her so so far I just think this wave Height’s probably going to let her down a bit but yeah really speaking to what you’re saying just

Keeping busy yeah I mean she’s got a great lead already and now she can work on it you know the the girls got to chase her now so that’s a big thing at Sunset if you no matter if it it is a kind of a small lead but like you know a

Total of 7.5 but that’s that’s value it’s it’s in the bank already you know what an advantage for this event to have a coach or a caddy right there with you love Odell is probably would have a hard time adding up how many waves he’s r out

Here I think when you think of one wave on the NorthShore you think of sunset when it comes to love absolutely enjoys it no matter what the size still tries to put his name in the mix in some of the regional events just to feel that competitive energy which probably helps

As a coach you know to kind of feel it again even though you’re kind of beyond your the highlight of your career competitively you can learn a lot to pass on to the Surfers that he’s coaching as we look at ly Peterson really connect well before that wave

Shuts down snake yeah that was a nice turn I mean that’s what I reckon the girls got to do you know even if it’s one big turn like that I think that’s going to be the best score of the Heat so far so you know soy’s got a little

You know hands full that priority is a big thing right now as well because it’s so clean as we saw with the guys the other day priority didn’t really matter cuz there was wave after wave after wave and there was so many M well wouldn’t say mistakes but you didn’t really know

What a good wave looked like the other day so right now you know when a wave like this comes you kind of know you’re going to get one nice turn at least how’d you like this one flick for sure I loved it I think I’ve just got to agree

With what snake said it just one big beautiful turn it was really well timed and this wave actually had a lot of steepness to it which meant she was able to go for a maneuver like that and yeah it was it was great Surfing by ly um

She’s actually got a chance to speak to Brit right now she’s on a 62 CI Pro and she actually is really loving a 64 at the moment she was obsessed with it and uh we were actually talking and joking I wonder if she’s going to take that 64

Out and the guys were saying no oh surely not she must be on the 62 so she’s on the 62 now but they were saying if she advances through to this afternoon we start to see that swell fill in a bit more she might want to

Jump back on that 64 because the 64 is turning like a 60 she reckon she’s got a dial turn look magic snake you got a lot of fans out there you mind taking a question oh yeah all right here we go Strider what do you got hey saky why

Aren you out you’re supposed to be in the lineup with me what is going on I thought you were coming out we were going to do some interviews in the water talk about you know what’s going on with the boards hey uh snake I do have a question

For you my friend uh and I am a fan by the way thanks s i you know I all these athletes are are amazing they all have crazy Talent um just can you talk to us on the mental side I mean you know look at you you you

You you’ve had you know victories and you’ve been successful in competitive surfing you everybody’s a great Surfer but there’s a lot one upstairs I feel like oh definitely shter that’s a it’s a really good point like everyone’s got the ability It’s the Go the mindset that you’ve got into to especially surf

Against the top seats for myself like beating Andy like I think I was the only one that had a winning percentage over Andy and um my thing was to always keep those guys Hest go out there and surf my my heat and if they make a mistake I’ll

Eat them up kind of thing I just keeping them honest you know they had to out surf me kind of thing so if I just was the always the guy that would always banked a couple of sixes or a couple of sevens and if I got out surfed I was

Fine with that because they all you know I didn’t think I had the best ability but I always had the best game plan I thought so this makes me a pretty good coach I reckon I love that but when you hang out when I hang out with you snake it’s like

You come off as someone who’s comfortable in their own skin you know you you doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of self-doubt creeping in there as we’ll get back to this we’ve got Ley with a super clean Arc that release out of that turn was really easy to watch 423 was

The single maneuver on her opening ride and that might get her into first over Joan De Fe I’d say so I really love that turn I feel like she’s looking to me super in control of her board and in I me they’ve seen a few girls take off

This morning and it looks like their board’s sort of bobbling under their feet and they don’t really have proper control but she just had really nice control through that one maneuver and I think it’s going to be another good score solid score coming in for Ley those turns look solid let’s catch up

Now with Bria Hennessy with AJ Bria congratulations what a way to start off your Sunset campaign with the first excellent score on the women’s side of the day walk me through that 833 what you saw how you picked it how you took advantage gosh that was just the

Wave I just tried to do my best um no I was really lucky that that wave came to me and I had priority um it really is like a cat and mouse kind of Chase out there and I feel like one thing for sunset for me especially is just to go

In with like no expectations like arrive with no expectations and leave with no expectations um and having that freedom I think really opens you up to Opportunities you never saw before so that was like my frame of mind I’m like there’s not that many opportunities but

If I keep an open mind maybe one will pop up well and speaking of having to have an open mind you had to with your board even today because you broke the 64 yesterday that you’d been riding so took this one out in a heat for the

First time today walk me through how it rode and what you’re going to like learned from surfing it in this heat yeah it was really really sad it’s always a sad day when you break your board um but I’m super grateful for my family at the TNC surfboards and Glenn

Pang um I’ve been riding them since gosh I think I was 14 years old so we have a really close relationship and um yeah it’s it’s super cool to kind of pick Glenn’s brain and and see his equipment um you know change the years and um now

Just bring it into Sunset well it did well in this opening round he congratulations we’ll see you in the round of 16 before we let you go anything you want to say to friends and fans in Costa Rica thanks AJ well done to Bria Hennessy Big Win there

14.83 combined total and moving on to the round of 16 with Tyler Wright Alysa Spencer into the elimination round and towards the end of that catch up with Bria Joan def caught her third ride in the matchup just to get you caught up ly’s last wave

Did get the lead and now defay looking for it right back chasing a 3.43 and we’ll see what happens here on the replay in a moment soer meanwhile the rookie holding priority Walkers through this one snake I don’t know I don’t know why Saw’s not on this wave I

Mean jez she had first priority and it looked pretty buttery to me like two two big turns this is going to be the best wave of the heat by far so I don’t know a little mistake there from Sawyer I mean she was right there she

Had a good look at it maybe she saw something out the back but I don’t know on your backand flick do you reckon oh yeah I reckon especially on a wave that has that steepness you’re going to be able to get so critical and sort of the

Back end’s a point of difference in this heat right like Saw’s looking she didn’t she didn’t even really look actually she just kind of let Joan go but I mean this was a great great score for Joan she really laid the board on Rails critical

But on your back hand I feel like on these sections you’re going to be able to get more tighter in the pocket and really hook it whereas on your forehand you sort of forced to go a little bit more out on the face and Joan’s still

Going to get a great score for this I mean the scores just come through a seven-point ride you know but Sawyer I mean on her back hand here she goes Sawyer lindblad now making a move here nice stylish bottom turn just a little tap there trying to go a little higher

As the two sections Collide almost making it impossible to ride away so incomplete there missed opportunity on the wave previous snake are you going to be working with Sawyer in for the rest of the season at once we leave Hawaii yeah I am so yeah I’m I’m you’re already going

First you’re already going to work yeah like yeah so yeah after went Portugal we start so cool how did that relationship start have you known her for a while did she reach out to you uh was she from St CL and I’ve coached pretty much half of

St CL um back in the snake Tales days with Griff and um I’m working with Cade um and uh yeah I think uh Tommy was asked and uh she doesn’t ride for Oakley so he goes oh the the saw might be interested and then Mitch kapito hit me

Up because he knows Mark really well um Saw’s dad so um heard that I was coming back to coaching and asked if I was interested and Steph having a year off and so yeah I’m on excited for you last of Saw flick what do you think H just

The wave selection for me wasn’t really there she should have been on the one before for sure for sure um and it had a funny Bend in it the the read was a bit funny obviously going for that carving that um sort of carving cudy and then

Going up when there was two big converging bits of white water I I just don’t think she was ever going to get and out and right out in front of those two bits of white water I think just comes all back to that that one wave

That Joan went and saw just let her go and Joan really converted dropped a seven-point ride wow what a heat just getting started really 12:45 is a long time for all these three to get really involved in Heat number five we’re going to have to take a quick break the hurly

Pro Sunset Beach continues and we’ll still enjoy our conversation with Jake The Snake Patterson right after This for it’s time to check out the pulse which just focuses on the major highlights of the day so far let’s go back to the first heat of the day pum opened up with a 633 but didn’t get a solid backup it was all about Isabelle and Nichols

Getting the two mid-range scores taking the Heat win and Gabby Bryan who’s had back-to-back semifinals out here just couldn’t find the SC she goes to the elimination round later on today then we saw heat two Lulu flexing on her local break Lana Sila looked super smooth it

Came down to a nice two- turn combo even after the rest of the wave shut down it was enough for her to take the win over world number one Katie simmers Katie and Silva straights the round to 16 mullock with a wild wipe out goes to the

Elimination round and then heat four had Alyssa Spencer leading the this match up and then about 10 minutes to go Tyler and Bria took over Bria Hennessy ended up getting that 14.83 combined total Tyler Wright in seconds going straight to the round of 16 and Alysa dropped all the way to

Third and she will have to deal with the elimination rounds graa looking sharp a former champion at this venue been surfing Sunset Beach most of her life as we see Luke Swanson C for Betty lur Johnson Betty Lou has Tatiana Weston web and they’re in the same Coach’s Corner

Of Ross Williams and also India Robinson there India team rider for peler fors and John’s been on hand making sure all the equipment looks perfect 910 on the clock as we’re still with snake flick also just representing hard for wa right now as we go right into this one with ly

Peterson that clean first turn has been really reliable in this heat and a cool looking downar version of it as she’s looking for her lead back as we went to break the sores did come through for Joan defay that interesting moment where Sawyer didn’t go with priority defay

Turned in a seven there and now ly looking in form as well this is going to put a ton of pressure on the rookie once that score drops flick oh for sure I in my eyes that was almost possibly best wave of the heat in my opinion I I

Really believe that they were just two really well timed W uh turns here as we have break it down nice little fade back beautiful clean face there really hooks it in the pocket and gives a bit of variety here just jamming that layback there were just two really beautiful

Time turns and she liked it too that 62 CI Pro looking really good under F Fe so things happening so quickly we just got the Intel that Sawyer did lose priority before that wave came through so that makes a lot more sense because that was probably the wave she was hoping for but

A loss of priority right before that came Joanne took advantage of that to get the 7.0 and now you know the future coach for Sawyer can kind of relax a little bit but this is this is the air and just turning like that lost priority that’s pretty heavy jeez that wasn’t even a

Paddle that wasn’t a committed paddle I I like your reac action there it didn’t look like much so yeah loss of priority as we saw what it end up doing for Jan def yeah I’ve got a ear on the side I’m sort of earing on the side with Jake

Obviously PR Jud seeing something different but I didn’t even see her take a battle it was the it was the Drone angle so we got to see if we could have a look at the ah who cares it’s it’s a good point angles are everything and so yeah from

The sky it didn’t look like she was making any commitment to that wave but from the front on it could have been a different story so Sawyer that would have been painful for her uh she even if she feels that she didn’t even make a move she’s got to have short-term memory

And move on and still try to get back in the seat snake well that last wave of ly eight points and that’s as you said flick it was very nice surfing I love the the carve down with a bit more power and oomph into it so that’s where the

The the bunch of those points were Orin yeah that looked beautiful and that’s been ly’s program and she was so young it was all about airs even when she qualified she was focused on progression and everything just switched it’s been all about big cars big body torque rap

Type turns and improving in bigger waves as well Strider lake is in the lead now oh man you know we saw that big two-turn combo we saw you know we knew the score was going to go up uh we didn’t know where it was going to go went to the

Excellent range and thenan she’s just paddling by telling me how much fun she’s having out here right now she’s just eating up every second of it and look at this Sawyer finally found herself a good looking way let’s go Sawyer big hack there nice connection love that cool style that she

Brings from stenting Back to the lip again and crushes it remember that Gem of wave she got a back door she can provide really cool moments even on Wave she doesn’t have a ton experience on did so well at Snapper last year we saw a lot of great versions of that backand

Attack but this is a cool test for a rookie after you know losing prior whether she thought she committed or not she’s got to move on that’s the whole thing move on even if the call doesn’t go her way and I I think that was a great example of that be a goldfish

Joe oh yeah that was um this this wave this going to put her back in the heat for sure I mean it was pretty nicely served a little snap there flick on your backand what do you reckon I well I think it was she did something really

Smart here and just waited for this second section because there’s been a few girls this morning sort of try and go up and hit it a bit early and yeah it kind of just looks like that wave hasn’t been properly finished so I think it was pretty nice couple of turns scores come

Through and 5.83 I thought it was a little bit better than that but yeah maybe they they thought they missed that middle turn I mean she had have done that snap and then got up on the lip line maybe floated of that and then that finish could have gone into the

Excellent range so left a little bit of meat on the bone there I reckon I like that snake talk us about your coaching role cuz every coach is a little different how they lead up and then what they’re actively doing as the Heats are progressing how do you

Take that on oh I like doing all the work before we get to events like uh for each different place there’s there’s uh different like games we play and like different strategies we try and work on before say like bells and is completely different to um say Snapper or um

Margaret’s even um so we kind of work do the work before and had get the equipment I’m really um in tune with equipment what what each athlete’s riding um and then when we’re at the event it’s like we try and do a little bit of work at the at the the spot but

Not overdo it because you kind of lose your mind surfing with the crowd at the event like at sa bells in the morning you get half an hour of light before they start the event and there’s you know the whole tour on it so so true you

Know the mindsets got to be better than just uh being eggy the whole time here’s Joanne rolling in and throwing a section away those sections are pretty hard to read at times you kind of breathed and had some backwash once she got to the lips so incomplete still second Lakey

Still with her lead out front and now Sawyer goes to second priority we really enjoyed the CT shaper rankings last year Jake in your opinion should there be a coach’s rankings then this year 100% oh yeah no question why not I mean you know it’s it’s part of the deal like all the

Top guys have coaches these days it’s you know um it’s same with the board thing I mean you can have to you know your top girl your top guy guy for each event I don’t know and we could get you keep points Quarters on that’d be great well yeah and make it

More interesting for everyone 100 grand for the winner or something and talk about the relationship with Tommy witz because we know you guys are best mates but also work together in that coaching role are you guys separate this year or do you kind of share coaching responsibilities

How does that work no we’re separate like um we coach different people like you know we we travel together forever on tour like we’re best friends and um and we have a good amount of banter but like when it comes to his a Le against

My le game on it’s on so that’d be a good battle towards the end of WL Final 5 if you guys were involved that’d be excit run us through your your crew that you’re coaching this year again just so we’re up to date um so I’ve got canor

And Kate U Matson and then um after Hawaii I’ve got Ethan and Sawyer so yeah game on yeah I’ve got a nice little posy there hey congrats with Cano to finals day uh looking great uh how how would you break down what he accomplished well it’s just his mindset this year kind of

Thing like I was I was texting all last year and he just didn’t look like the same guy I’d coached previously you know I’ve been out of the game for about four years and um you know just I made him do all this homework made him go back

Through all these Heats and go what are you this is not you why are you surfing like this in your Heats this is not our what we’ve built up over the years to get you to like a top five Surfer and you’ve kind of gone back the other way

So um it’s good to see him back doing the the SN TOS wi yeah we talk about a lot of your highlights from the vault which are incredible what would you say your best coaching highlight would be at this stage just one standout over the

Years oh it’ be the Camas event with uh canor and Steph winning both the men’s and wien it was we just had a Vibe going at you know staying at the Comm uh the it’s commune right yeah um and just like you know had this the same routine day

After day it was just working you know and everyone was comfortable and happy the whole thing is making happy and enjoying themselves so they make easier decisions you know the decisions aren’t hard it just all happens and both of them were just on fire and yeah I just

Felt like that was a holiday in Bary for two weeks walked out with a pocket full of money oh my gosh well took care of your tab I’m glad that worked out 45 seconds on the clock here ly Peterson with an eight and a 423 solid position with the lead with

Priority Sawyer lindblad had that moment where she lost priority and then Joan paddled right into a seven Sawyer was able to get a two- turn combo in 583 left chasing a 551 she does have priority over Joan Fe so see if that helps her out but Lakey might just shut the whole heat

Down yeah she’s going to run out of time 15 seconds couple of lines out there not looking too promising remember third place here has you surfing again in the elimination round there a taller Peak starting to pop pop up and this one will come up just a little bit too late

This wave will just take Lakey in but the scores are all official nice solid wrapping turn for a Victory lap as she’ll be receded into the round to 16 she uh was used to backtack thirds at pipeline to kick off the previous Seasons this year knocked out early so

An important result for ly here at the hurly pro Sunset Beach as she will move on with Jo and to F soyer in the elimination round with another great heat coming up next Tatiana Weston web Betty luur Johnson taking on India Robinson we’ll be right back and we’ll

Continue our chat with Jake The Snake Patterson e e The hurly pro Sunset Beach is brought to you by Hurley official apparel partner of the Hurley Pro Sun beach by Eventbrite onor off your board you’ve got plans with Eventbrite and by Yeti built for the wild opening day of competition for the women continues Heat number six getting

Ready to go on a nice cool Tuesday morning here on the North Shore of aahu coming off the President’s Day holiday all the kids are back in school today but I’m sure they’re asking their teachers politely they could watch the action Tati taking on Betty Lou and India Robinson India Robinson from that

Bell’s Beach region super powerful act love Sunset Beach Betty Lou’s been dominant out here since she was a little kid and tati representing Brazil but growing up on the island of kawai’s had a lot of reps out here on her back end here at Sunset now stop number two the

Season kind of interesting our top four seeds in the opening round did not get heat winds so no adjustments to their seeds heading into the round to 16 as we’ll get caught up with what just happened during the break over the falls wow we what the hell happened there that was

Radical then tati got this wave happy to have a little more room there flick holy there was not a lot of space wow okay that was so so hectic but you know both these girls and I know both of these women are really assertive in the lineup

Right and they were just kind of going for it and all of a sudden just oh both too late Betty just going head first down and out both bought far out that was really gly Betty sore she was going to miss it that’s why she was backing

Her up so much she was in the chip but then she realized she’d got it and then she just went oh got to pull back and she was already in the lit holy moly wow little excitement we love the star of Heats just like that going over the

Falls wow gosh and we’ve heard how much fun Betty Lou has really battling her comp s for the start that one just took her by surprise a bit now recovering into her first turn throws a little fade chips it off the top for a completion and now Fades on this inside

Section Betty Lou getting a start one of the heroes from finals dead pipeline amazing at back door got some gems on her backand as well we’ll be celebrating Betty L’s performance for a long time for sure oh for sure that semi-final that she you had with Molly

Were in my books is probably one of the best ever women’s hate in competition just for pushing progression and how much they empowered each other to go bigger I’ve actually got a question for you snake what do you do in this situation if you’re Ross and you have

Two competitors in the same heat is it like a get you’re playing a game of chess against yourself do you give them a different game play what do you do oh yeah I’ve had this situation many a time like US Open had canar and Griff when I

Was coaching them both and I just say take the gloves off boys you both know what they’re kind of you know you’re coaching them both um it’s pretty hard in this situation when there’s a third wheel involved so or do you take advantage of that well

Not really well you kind of can cuz two go through so um no but the I mean the the seating for this round you know so you both want to win this this heat so your seeding jumps up for the next round but um it’s it’s a tough one but um if

You’re coaching them the same kind of way and the same strategies they kind of should know what each other’s going to do so I kind of like let them ask questions and and instead of trying to coach one more than the other yeah it’s good call especially at Sunset

Specifically I mean if you are in in the water and they’re both paddling by you you kind of want to have equal treatment for both of them right flick for sure I guess that’s all you can do right but I thought maybe it’s funny maybe it’s like

A chess game you know you just TR one trying to beat the other those moments can get awkward but very exciting when you bring up that Canoa Griff moment at the Uso been both wanting every bit of that event and as we have 24 minutes on the clock here idia Robinson holds down

Priority expectations on India as her come back to the tour snake yeah well this wave should suit her surfing uh you know this is kind of like big big bells kind of thing same kind of open face and uh you can ride the same equipment

Pretty much for big bills for you can at Sunset so I’m I’m expecting her to do some big old hacks how much has the equipment changed from your 2003 win we just got to watch cuz I I talked to par the other night about his victory when

He was riding that 72 Toro he was just going it was so thin the leash plug was 6 in up from the tail and he had to do that big foam climb in the final cuz he said he didn’t know where to put it at

The time I mean what have you seen as far as the changes in the last 20 years oh it’s unbelievable I mean cana’s biggest board for out here is 68 you know and we had seven Sixers back in the day in our Quivers you know um I was

Riding a seven foot board in in that final against Andy and Taj and Shane and um I don’t know they just don’t ride bigger boards they they put themselves in in heavier spots but they don’t maybe turn as hard we can really lean into bigger boards and you have to turn them

Hard um hence the 2T on the tail pad can throw them around easier I love that you would it be worth your while to pack a A 7t plus board if you’re on tour this year no no no no way we moved on yeah we’ve moved on all right you know who

Rode a 72 though was Ito that day at pipe that’s right we all debating is it on is it off did you hear what he said though it’s the biggest board ever ridden in Hawaii yes I heard that you get what I mean that crazy that was

Standard procedure back in the day yeah that’s like your shortboard almost for back ly Peterson was amazing in the last tee she’s with AJ yeah she certainly was amazing Joe ly I know it had to feel so good to just get your feet in the wax here at Sunset after you left pipe

Earlier than you wanted to walk me through how you stayed ready so you could perform in this moment yeah it felt good pip I I honestly don’t feel like I even started my season I feel like this is the first event for me um just with how quickly that ended over

There and the situation so yeah it’s just so nice to have some fun waves at Sunset and to have the lineup cleared to actually ride some waves um and yeah I’ve got a great batch of boards this year and just I feel really good so um

It’s just nice to have opportunity to at least give myself a chance well and one of the ways you gave yourself the chance was on that excellent way of walk us through it yeah I knew just two nice turns out there is is going to probably

Be a good score and if you can surf it up a little bit um it would likely go excellent and that way was just it’s so groomed the the winds have kicked in and it’s really clean on the face and um yeah just had a really nice wall and and

Uh yeah I just kind of I guess my motto is kind of just try to Surf to win not Surf not to lose and hesitant so um yeah just trying to be on the attack mode and Trust in the process well and speaking of attacking that’s one of the things

That you and I talked about before this season is just how ready you felt for this 2024 all the work you put into the off season Walk us through your mindset towards competing in this 2024 season how ready you feel yeah I do feel ready

I I definitely put so much work in in the offseason and um I’m as prepared as I think I can be which feels good because then you know whatever way the chips fall you got to just trust that process um but yeah I I definitely I

Feel great I think this year I’m just working on being a bit more consistent and um you know especially before the cut line you just want to get those results going so yeah just trying to do that then also just enjoying the journey it’s uh it’s a fun year ahead and yeah I

Feel really good so hopefully I get more chances well excited to kick it off here with you at Sunset we’ll see you in the round of 16 thank you thanks so much AJ Ley Peterson has provided some big moments in her career officially became a world title Contender right around

That 2018 era uh getting wins at Snapper and then started getting more and more wins to really compete with which was Steph Gilmore that year and she was so thrilled to actually be in the mix and getting say said in the same sentence as the goat in that world title Race season

But L’s kind of on this comeback track you know she’s been a little left out of the WL final five dealt with a couple of injuries and recovering well from an early loss at pipe as she sent into the round of 16 beautiful playing field

Today 1945 to go a lot of Heroes that surf out here on the normal days when the competition’s not in town one named Emmy Erikson the daughter of big wave Legend Roger Erikson and Em’s been out there with you flick on some pretty wild days not just at Sunset but why may Bay

Yeah Emmy and I’ve had shared a few good ways we see Tachi just having a look here on her back end TTI now rolling into a kind of a setup turn nothing there so not much of a score Betty lose start 367 and India holds priority yeah hard not to mention the

Ericson family when we’re at a place like this for sure I think uh em brings a certain sort of Grace to uh big wave surfing I mean with Em’s wave is sunset she absolutely surfs this place all the time she knows it like the back of her

Hand and there a real common thing that happens in in big wave surfing it sort of looks like everyone’s just trying to survive when they surf but Emmy just has this really beautiful style and yeah it’s just it’s a nice point of difference to watch her out here in

Waves like Ware where she obviously has such a special connection she was part of that first woman to ever surf out there in the Edie which was really cool to watch and especially for her where she spent so much time and just dedicated to the single fins most of the

Time as we look at India Robinson getting her opener of the heat wow what a great turn to start for the Australian and now jamming it under the lip on of that open face Arc well position second turn breeding the wave brilliantly and she’s off and running stank what you giv

Her the lead oh definitely that’s that’s going to be almost in the excellent range I think around a 775 maybe close to an eight like Bel Bell’s bow right there like nice and clean she’s riding a bigger board and she just laid a couple of hammers very impressive a learner on

The ski there the Red Bull ski for the wi water Patrol it’s got the most interesting golf swing we’ll get back to that a moment as we go to India’s wave here flick yeah this had a beautiful Bowl to it she just really hacked into that first turn threw so much spray

Waited for that little section to bowl kind of cut that um second turn a little bit short cuz she kind of got up there a little bit late so just choosing to snap underneath the lip there but this first turn here this is where so much of these

Points are going to come from and yeah just what you said snake just sort of similar similar simar help Sim the bell’s ball look at that crashed it up flick you want me B this morning oh yeah it’s been one of those days as uh India comes through with a

Two-turn combo 733 well earned snake yeah as you said flick she cut the second turn a little bit short but it’s probably because of Bo was a little bit too long for that sucky bow section I mean if it had have stayed a little bit

Um not not so steep she could have done two huge hacks to go into the excellent range but there there’s the the ball style for look out for for India at Bells guaranteed 1650 on the clock more waves on the way here priorities with Tatiana Weston

Web nice patience now a nice swing into the pocket almost looked like she was going to go down but read it well as it breathed underneath her feet didn’t really have a critical section as it changed gears right when she was trying to time that off the top so still

Wide open heat just led by India’s 733 we always like talking to the fans and hearing from you on who’s going to win all the big matchups on tour I always love getting snakes theories too as we go into the barrel with Betty Lou she makes it off the bottom and an

Absolute Hammer of finishing moves an excellent ride for you look out Betty loose Aura Johnson getting the barrel and then absolute hack to finish little slide in that too the judges are going to eat that up local knowledge there for sure the way she read that wave was

Really tough I mean there was ones that stretch out like that and she had to be in the barrel to make that make it to the end to make the turn so wow that’s going to go huge I think well done for Betty leura Johnson putting it all out

There let’s see what happen on this wave flick yeah this was so sick just what snake said she really had to be in the barrel if she wanted there was nowhere else to get around this section but through the barrel and then lays it straight up into the Li and sort of um

Resembled that wave that Griff got you know in those dying seconds of that Heat against Kade just okay Kate isn’t going to go I’ll go and just yes beautiful serving here read that Barrel really well it’s the only way through and just hacked it under the lip was super

Impressive one more look here snake well and it’s like it’s such a hard Barrel to read on the Bowl here it’s like it doesn’t sometimes it goes really Hollow and but sometimes we call it the the breathing dragon um cuz it’s got so many different like lumps and bumps and sometimes it drops

Out but uh that’s really well served and having that tail drop there just shows her commitment she couldn’t even see I love the hair flick oh that was wasn’t just for style that was actually well done for Betty Lou anticip ating a massive number India Robinson is

Laying down an open face Hook and the lip lands on her still has control but she’s just forced to straighten out there so India has had the 733 but probably heard the crowd line up when Betty Lou went to town so we’re still waiting for what could be one of

The best numbers of this opening day for the women now it’s in 9.17 welld deserved for the Local Hero wow so similar to that one that uh Griff took off on just straight into the tube put it on the line for that last turn it was just amazing read on that wave and

Uh that was a really really tricky Barrel to come out of as well it sort of crumbled on that insection so she did really well to sort of muscle her way out and then even when she landed that second turn just that wasn’t an easy drop to land and just becoming so

Compressed over a board and really hanging on it was yeah it was amazing 917 are you bringing up that comparison as well because you know Tommy coaches Griff and snake no maybe not I did think about it when I said it I was like me out it was killing me 1320 to go

Here Betty Lou just put on a show 917 and the lead we’ll be right Back for for great day to be kicking off the women’s event in just glassy rippable conditions big eights and nines are going down especially if you’re Betty Lura Johnson as we’re anticipating a massive day let’s hear from Kyo on the Red Bull athlet Zone all right I’m over here at the

Beach Marshalls area this is where all the Surfers catch uh get their jerseys but also you could get some sun protection from cedo Ultimate sun protection new product out there it is a 50 UPS 80 minutes of waterproofness out in the lineup and the packaging the packaging made from plant-based recycled

Material so this is the ultimate sun protection chedo is the choice of the world surf League makes great decisions he also made great decisions in fantasy in the past and won the regular season which was very impressive since then he’s taking a break I don’t know if he’s

Nervous to kind of go back in there I just wanted to drop the mic when he was on top of the world but speaking of pcks and choosing Surfers to win we love hearing from you on the Pacifico fan picks 42% went tati majority went 54% with Betty lucier Johnson and just four

With India Robinson so snake often has a fantasy clubhouse that he works out are you doing it again this year yeah I’m doing it and can anyone join your your league it’s open mate it’s uh snake Tales 2024 so if you want to join it’s um it’s

Pretty fun it’s really hard he’s Betty Betty L during the break oh going down swinging so that score is still yet to be put in the system and then TTI on this one flick yeah TTI on this wave that looks really good and bowly sort of regains there but just something’s just

Looking a little bit off for me it kind of looks like she just hasn’t got the ability at the moment to really crank it the way she wants it for me it looks like she’s got a bit of the wobbly boot on I’m not sure if it’s equipment but

Yeah you we’re talking in the break Jake what do you think oh I just noticed when she stood up her foot was way over on the side of the rail on the front foot so that might have hinted her bottom turn there like it went too sharp on her

So I don’t know she didn’t probably cuz sunset’s pretty hard when you take off in the wind and everything like to get your feet in the right spot but um now they all use food wax these days so you can’t move your feet stuck to your board

There’s so much traction in that people have their technique just to light graze you know depending on the individual some of the younger Surfers are just coating it now because they’re so used to almost picking their board up with their feet uh interesting though cuz tati so sure footed on her back end

Think big WIS Margaret River where she just has no hesitation and can use all that power um any you think her Rhythm out here flick yeah it also I think might be coming down to wave selection too she’s having a look here at this one she’s so late into that one

There and kind of looked like that was actually a really sick wave it looked like it peeled off beautifully and actually had probably that nice scoop she was looking for but yeah a little bit of wave selection too just going these waves it isn’t allowing her to get

Really tight and CR critical in the pocket but every sort of way there sort of been a bit of a wobble moment or yeah like you said got to speak to those moments you just think about her at Margaret River on her back hand on the right just looking so incredible and so

Crisp and just feels like at the moment she just can’t quite click into that right also Belle’s finals in the past she’s got such a strong backand it just feels a little off at the moment we’ll see if she can recover in 8 minutes to what happened here snake well I just

Think it’s equipment is really short and uh as we saw India with a longer board can get into those waves quite easily and uh she got held up look how easily she just got into this wave here roll in for India Robinson and there’s that Big Arc on the open face little stumble

There but she’ll recover into a wrap she does have a 3.8 at the moment so she’s really trying to hang in there only looking for a 5.5 to take the lead off off Betty so still 7 a half minutes I want to see all the oh straight onto the

Ski that’s sick gosh that’s always feels like a win doesn’t it yeah that was definitely good execution I think it’s also been you know positioning before they even took off like obviously uh India’s riding that bigger board you a bit more paddle power and easier to get

In but look like she was maybe sitting a bit further out Tachi was just so underneath her wave that I mean here we go look at this one here India just off the bottom carves again it was a nice opening carve the wave just went a

Little bit fat here so I’m not sure if this is going to be that 5.52 that she’s looking for to go up into the lead be right there I think right around it yeah one more look from this angle snake I like this first carve just high and

Tight love it and then yeah as you said if she had just got one more section here she would have gone to the lead but um she she’ll go close I think just maybe a slight disruption of flow after that first carve into that second maneuver but definitely lost a lot of

Wave height a judges will think about that one Indie Robinson back on tour worked so hard last season to get back to 100% her brother shreds as well so a nice surfing family representing the state of Victoria as numbers in now for India Robinson 4.5 not enough for the lead stays in

Second she does use that as her low score so that means tati now needs a 7.14 to avoid the elimination round yeah she just made that job a lot harder for Tachi at the moment and I mean she out the 6 minutes on the clock K’s out there

She’s got second priority but I I feel like at the moment just looking at the form she’s currently got unless she can sort of snap out of that or maybe get an easier entry into a wave I feel like it’s seeing it’s seeming a bit hard but

We obviously know that she’s so capable she’s got such a lethal backhand and when I think of her surfing I always think of her as someone who she’s either going to go out there and get eight or she’s going to go out there and get a

Bunch of twos and ones like that’s how hard she goes you know it’s just she’s either going to pull it off and it’s going to be this incredible score so I mean it’s definitely within a wheelhouse at the moment though it’s just looking like things aren’t quite flowing for her

So interesting back five minutes of this heat as we look at the events top scores we just saw Betty lose 917 Bria in the heat previous well Heat number four to be exact 833 Lakey in the last Heat have the eight and then India Robinson in this heat as well with Betty

Lewis 733 so we’ve had a lot of big numbers in the last couple of Heats that we’ve had in this opening round of competition all just setting up some big matchups in the elimination round like Alysa Spencer taking on local Wild Card Zoe McDougall coming up next but I think

Snake the big Topic’s been since pipeline is a generational shift like we haven’t seen before since we saw the era of you know Steph and Carissa and Tyler and then you’d add Sally just always you know top four Surfers for so long that was such an impactful move in surfing

History and now we’re kind of looking at right now a similar type of momentum shift on tour a full hats off to what the girls did at pipe that day I was so scared for the women’s surfing that day cuz I was going this could be really embarrassing because it was pumping pipe

And pipes really really hard and those girls charged you know um oh he goes India just trying to get that lead needs a 5.5 Now setting up off the bottom big section she hits it with some speed went over a step there but had total control as she’s looking for that 5.52

On that one maneuver yeah it that’s not going to be the score for sure as we see Betty bety lose Sakura Johnson just getting a little bit lost on that first section we’ll see if she can recover here and this will just send her way down into a nice top

Turn just still able to fit that one in before even passing the Hawaiian water Patrol there but some support on the beach for both Betty Lou and tati they spent a lot of time together sparring partners in the camp of Ross Williams yeah um going back to the pipe

Event for the girls as we watch this replay um Tatty even packed some crazy waves that day as well so we can’t forget about her in that um quarterfinal I think it was that she lost in but um so you know we were all talking about

The top three girls that day but like TDY had a really good dig as well so pushing the women surfing to a whole another level as you said like you know not just on their forehand either which was critical you know forehand so much more comfortable at back door but couple

Of those girls charged some crazy waves on their backhand oh so true snake and that’s good call you know you can run away with the Highlight Reel and the success but sometimes there’s more of the story to tell when you’re just charging putting yourself in scary positions uh like TTI continues to do

Every season at pipeline B Lou out in front waiting for her last score to come through along with India Robinson and Tatiana’s just been out of sink in this heat couple of awkward little moments where you kind of mind surf with these athletes that you watch so much and for tati just having

These little stumbles that definitely has been standing out to us in the SE for sure because in my eyes touch is so this is this is a wave that I think could be her strength you know she’s just got so much power especially on her backhand being that point of difference

In that this heat and I was actually just talking about it before but on your backhand you have the ability to go a lot closer to the pocket and a lot tighter in the pocket and you know a lot of these women they’re on the the majority of these women are on their

Forehand out here their their trademark turn is that carve which means that you’re going that bit further out in the face whereas on your backand you got the ability to be so much more critical so I guess I’m just waiting for that moment for Tatu because yeah I we’ve obviously

Seen her do do it so many times before down to minute 30 on the clock all these Surfers were out here yesterday getting a nice warm up in similar type conditions maybe a bit more size on the sets today snake was ripping and I was stoked to see that cuz Tommy

Was saying you’re more golf fit coming into this season and we saw you lay it down what board was that that guy look great under your feet ah 66 Glen Pang glass on fin Joe little swallow tail and was he someone you relied on when you were competing out here in Hawaii yeah

Definitely I love Glen Pang boards and we saw barisa talking about it earlier she’s been running his boards for since she was a kid so and you saw Sally’s riding pangs as well I think a couple of other girls I just think you know coming

To haai it’s such a unique uh place and waves and everything and for having a local shape is pretty important I feel so smart to just dive into the local knowledge uh you get such a contrast of equipment out here on a normal day it’s really cool to see the Surfers that come

Here from different places and call up local guys like Pang and got 40 seconds now it’s tati with priority which is a good thing for her but she needs a 734 that would have to be the second best wave of the heat to touch better than India Robinson’s best score

That she had on her opener Betty L got her 917 on her second effort so those scores have been there for a long time tati trying to find some space and everyone’s going with her flick where are your options when you don’t have priority but you’re still kind of following your competitor down

The beach oh maybe ask Jake he’d have a better idea than me I think he’s got a higher success rate in beating the one well it didn’t work out for Tatiana in this one but she will surf again shinobu happy with Sakura’s performance as will recede them into the next round

Betty Lou pulled into a nice Hollow section and got one of the best scorers of the day and Jake we can’t thank you enough for coming in getting some Great Waves doing some great coaching and God go how many hole in ones have you had recently three and three months mate

It’s been pretty crazy but um wait and you never had one before never had one had three and three months it’s crazy so that was real news those weren’t cuz I saw the celebrations but you were actually you got three and three months yeah what’s going on I don’t know dude

It’s like I’ve waited 35 years for one I’ve been playing golf with 3 but never had one and then went bang bang bang wow teach me everything well done snake we’ll be joining him throughout the season and throughout this event elimin rounds coming up next tati Alysa and Zoe McDougall be right Back one position I first got hired on the Triple Crown as a production assistant at the beginning of the show they needed someone to run the the roving camera and I just put my hand up was like put me in coach I want to do this it’s been such a joy to be

Able to be a camera operator for my favorite sport and not only be present for some of surfing’s greatest moments in the last 15 years but to also be a part of them to have the world like see through what I see the ocean is always moving and is so

Dynamic and it really requires us to come into the present moment surfing always brings me like right There Leah Dawson our camera person and Camera number two here at Sunset Beach pal Malu day of the opening round is done for the women so the early Pro Sunset Beach will continue on we’re taking some time right now to recede the elimination round so hey I’m Kyper girl

Ficity palmenter uh so we’re taking some time to Reed the elimination round um but this is when things get real when we talk about the elimination round for sure I mean it’s do or die you definitely need to be in that first or second advancing position it’s going to

Be interesting for Tachi because she literally just surfed a heat she finished in third she’s in this first opening elimination round heat obviously probably going to have a few words in the channel to her caddy Ross and we’ll see if she can uh turn things around yeah speaking of Tatiana Western web

She’s writing sharpy surfboards sharpy surfboards where we look at the CT shaper rankings sharpy uh in the number two position right now so uh coming off a pipeline we’ll take a look at the CT shaper rankings right here Channel Islands out in the lead sharpy at a

Close second DHD he’s got some riders in the in the quarterfinals already on the men’s side of stuff we’ll see how he adds up lost Mayhem now in third and Katie simmer is the lone Rider uh for Chris Bor designs uh in fifth so all that starts on the Quarterfinals shaper rankings it’s another conversation for another year you got a favorite shaper well I think obligated to say uh May lost her fors considering I’ve been riding them now for 5 to 6 years but Channel Islands is right out in lead at the moment 14,000

Points I mean that’s a really good laade I was giving you a chance to really bump up lost surf boys like give them plug I’m biolis you make wonderful boards you won last year we love you Matt violis and law surf boards okay I did it for you let’s the next that’s

Said that he you talked about it wow wow wow that set the heat Tatiana West Web you said with a quick turnaround she was in the opening round the last Heat of the opening round now she’s in the first heat of the elimination round she’s warmed up is this a advantage or a

Disadvantage for Tatiana Western web uh I think this is an advantage I think she’s already been out there she probably here she goes already tati nice carve like you said she’s warmed up she’s ready little under the hook under the lip hook there for tati just sticking with this

One and just going to ride right up onto the sled for a ride back out so first score is going to go to Tatiana Western web yeah uh back to what we were saying I think it’s an advantage um that she was just out there she probably had a

Few words to Ross can clean up a couple of mistakes from that last Heat and already from that first wave I think uh I’m already seeing an improvement from Tachi just the way she attacked that first section she’s looking more shooted and kind of going to Echo what Jake was

Saying uh when he was in the booth that you know it’s a wave catching Contest out here at Sunset he was saying you just got to get waves on the board and with long lulls today you know anywhere up to 8 minutes you you just need to be taking those opportunities when they

Come through yeah there she is Ping by Ross Williams take another look at the replay of Tatiana yeah so this already in my eyes is that is a better looking turn she’s looking a lot more shooted gets it back up for a second one underneath the lip there so yeah two

Turns already on the board for TTI and this is uh Zoe on her opening wave Zoe’s W coming through to 1.83 so just a small score there for her but ta’s score starting to come through and looking to be around that 4.5 Mark 4.33 for Weston web checks in Alissa

Spencer from enenas California a rookie on tour Glides through that bottom turn and on her way to a good number but a failed attempt she goes incomplete and that’s going to be a tough start for Alyssa Spencer yeah what’s interesting in this heat is we’ve got oh looks like leash

Snap or is she still attached to that board no she’s not so I think her leash looks like her leash is fully come off it’s one part of her Le isn’t even actually attached to her foot so going to go go with possibly her leash snapping right there as she’s just

Yes sometimes the cuff just comes off so we’ll take a look and she’s going to get shuttled back out sometimes also you know when you’re on the ski it’ be good to get in the saddle um for sure I me I mean yeah your strategy I you can tell us

What’s the advantage of being in the saddle rather than the let on right ah we’re not going to even talk about that we’re going to talk about what happened here and what went wrong yeah so I mean she’s just staying really high right now cuz that wave’s peeling off without

Without her really fast and it was one big turn but she didn’t quite get up there early enough and just coming down with that full explosion and brunt of that wave super powerful and obviously here we go Zoe up and riding Zoe McDougall are wild card in this event sponsored wild

Card and and just really kind of having to negotiate a bunch of bumps in there for those cut backs McDougle she opened up with a 1 Point 83 and we take a look at uh she had a wild card last year at this event where

She had an equal n finish so uh last year she did you know make it into the round of 16 uh this year she’s probably set her her sights as at a minimum to make it out of this into the round the 16 ski on the way to pick up to go for

Sure I think um zo Zoe’s a great Surfer she surfs so well when I think about her strength as we get back to that in second is say tati Tatiana nice carve there the wave gets a little steeper here and she kicks out so the bump the lump all coming into play

Right now at kind of midsize Sunset Point and tatiano West Web on the paddle back out let’s he from Betty L Sakura Johnson she went excellent in her last Heat she did Kaio Excellence seems to be a range that you’re finding yourself in quite a bit here on the home court here between

Pipeline and sunset what kind of work in the offseason did you do to be ready for these ways and they come yes in the offseason I mean it was mainly just focusing on my injury um just rehabbing and training and then just knowing that I had the confidence still to be able to

Sur the way I can still surf um that was kind of just the big drive for coming towards these events and then kind of like hustle down and get as many practice surfs before the season started well all those practicers paid off especially that 917 walk me through that

Wave and how you just navigated from the barrel to the turn everythingi honestly that was my first barrel I’ve ever really gotten out here um but yeah just taking off on that wave I kind of had a feeling I didn’t know if I could even fit a turn in the beginning because it

Was kind of just running down I was like oh I’m just gonna tuck in and then hopefully like punch out and then uh there was an end section and I like reacted really fast and um got to turn in and hung on on my tippy toes uh to

Complete that wave but um yeah that way was a dream it certainly looks like a dream and now you’re onto the round of 16 with the heat wi under your belt how much confidence is that give you moving forward yes that’s a lot of confidence um honestly like the practice surfs here

Have been really really difficult there’s been we’ve had big swells and it’s been hectic crowds um and yesterday was really like my first surf where I felt like I got into a good Rhythm out here practicing and um yeah today I kind of just brought that in today it

Certainly paid off congratulations Betty Lou see you in the next one thank you so much thanks guys yeah Saka uh coming off a shoulder injury that she sustained uh last year at the J Bay Event um has been working on it and um actually been in physical therapy with with Sakura two

Three times a week I was working on my knee she’s working on her shoulder thanks to physiotherapy Hawaii Bart and the crew over there who put on a tremendous program getting a number of of surfers back into shape Leo fante another Surfer that’s been doing some

Time over there uh in the facilities for physiotherapy Hawaii great group numbers are all in now Tatiana Western web with the with the only substantial number of a 4.33 western web out in the lead she is going to that was a paddle okay there we go with the

Priority lost priority there bit of an error I’d say for sure we see Maybe not maybe she’s going to convert here she looks like she’s going to go the smaller one on the inside here but a steep wave for Tatiana but just the feeling that one out she’s

Going to reposition herself away from the rest of the pack she’s sitting in last priority so maybe just trying to create some space there here we go Alysa Spencer good looking wave here oh and the wall stretches is out in front of Alysa and it may be time for the Surfers

To consider moving off of the point and more to the ball what do you think flick yeah I think that was that was a couple of Errors there it seems like both of those waves were actually I mean ttis was a little bit small had a bit of foam

Through it but Alisa’s wave that one seemed like it was a really really nice wave it just was shifted a little bit wider on the reef and yeah Lisa just being that little bit too deep I actually turned around had a cheeky look at what that wave looked like and it

Just ran off and probably had the ability to get a couple of nice turns on that so little bit of a mistake there and yeah so we’ll see how this all plays out we got 20 minutes on the clock and some pretty low scores so far I mean T’s

You know obviously got that lead with that 4.33 with that her opening wave two turns on the backand but I think we’re yet to see Tachi really really open up just yet so yeah hoping that she gets another opportunity and Away with a bit a little bit more bow

Weston web the veteran of the crew with eight years on the championship tour remember 2021 she was a runner up for a world title came really close 2022 she was still able to make the final five last year was a disappointing finish for tati at eighth in the rankings at the

End of the year we talked about her out there also with her coach Ross Williams and Weston web with that number nine on her Jersey quarterfinal she’s already has uh coming into this event quarterfinal finish over at Pipeline and let’s take a look at her career at

Sunset both of them uh both years here with a loss in the round of 16 to Lana Silva in 2022 and to Katie simmers in 2023 yeah it’s interesting to me that taji hasn’t had a better result here when I think about her surfing I I and

Her strengths on tour for me they’re they’re the bigger more powerful waves the more challenging ones as we see Zoe So Zoe McDougall with first priority just just had a priority eror that first priority is going to shift now to Tatiana Western web who was just moments ago sitting with third priority so

There’s been a couple of paddles and waves not caught so the priority continues to shuffle between the three Surfers for sure one thing I’m noticing too is those trades are picking up a bit more it kind of looked like to me that Zoe was got this shot just right there

You can see the spray flying off the back of the wave this morning when we got down here it was really glassy there was hardly a breath of wind it was you know really dreamy conditions but now those trades are starting to kick in and

Uh Zoe just kind of got hung up there at the top and couldn’t really get down so definitely a bit of an error there touch’s now got priority and uh they’re sitting quite far out the back so we’ll see if anyone goes this one here we go Western web with priority

Steep drop there on the heels to this beautiful section gets up into the lip catches the outside Rail and and goes down wa so the wind and the waves I feel that the surface should start considering riding a little longer boards I’ve just been seeing that that

In a number of Heats where you see the surface with short basically short boards um which you can surf the wave but it’s about catching the wave and controlling it you know with all the wind wind out there for sure I mean you know what this afternoon I think there’s

A little bit of swell that’s supposed to to start pushing it as well to going to think it’s supposed to be I mean you can see Tachi there kind of just laughing to herself because she’s had a couple of funny moments seems that she’s okay she’s kind

Of just touching her shoulder there a little bit but that was a really really good looking wave that she took off on if I’m really going to analyze it I I feel like she was a little bit late in getting into it and maybe to speak to your point

KES just maybe that little bit extra length on her board she’d be able to get in a little bit easier and she wouldn’t have been so late there as we have a look here she’s just right under underneath it and she it forces her to drop straight to the bottom instead of

Being able to come a little have a bit more of an angle on the takeoff right and she got got up to the and then here again I mean another little bble you can see that’s why she was kind of shaking her head laughing to herself I mean you

Just kind of have a few of those moments in a row and you’re like what is going on like I’ve just got the wobbly boot on and here we go to with Zoe McDougall Zoe lining up off the bottom eases through a cut back there and that’s what she’s

Going to get get out of that wave but flick you know on this wave too it it it it is at this size like pretty rippable on your standard tro or a small step up but paddling in and the wind is way windier out there than it is here on the

Beach um you could use a longer board and and there’s enough push out there that you can turn a longer board oh for sure there no doubt about it we saw India Robinson do it in that last ha as we say Alisa Spencer nice slap Ash off

The top keeping it smooth on the rails of the CI and that wave just dissipates into that deep section there but she did get a nice turn on the backhand of the sus Spencer a 3.26 will take her into second and advancing position remember third place in this he eliminated from

Competition taking out a equal 17th yeah I I think you’re just going to speak to what Jake was saying before and when we had him in the booth and you know he was saying it’s a wave catching contest you really just obviously you got to Surf to get through these hats

But there is quite you know what the the consistency has actually picked up since this morning so there those LS aren’t as long but yeah here we go Tachi again staying Super Active Western web nice carve taking a high line there patient off the bottom another backhand cut

Back and that’s going to do it so similar waves between Alysa Spencer and Tatiana Wes well we’ll see what the separation comes as far as scores it’s interesting this see I feel like there has been a lot of opportunities come through I think maybe I mean it’s hard to tell just looking

Here from on the being on the broadcast looking at this screen but I feel like they might be slightly out of position uh you know they taken off on a few waves and had a look behind my shoulder and those waves just ran off and sort of

Looked like there was a lot of steepness to that face so I feel like they has been a little bit of opportunity out there but maybe with this like ever so slight increase in swell and those picking up women just not exactly in position or maybe confident on where they’re

Sitting well we’re halfway through the heat here 14 minutes and 50 seconds as we fly by elimination round Heat number one we’re going to step away and we’re going to take a bonsoy brew break of tro off some bonso add it to the coffee come back energized Gabby Bryan she’s going to be

In elimination round Two going be ahead of the hurle pro Sunset Beach wl1 ocean chaso and sustainable coastlines Hawaii gathered at Kahuku beach park where we were Shifting the sand for micr Plastics An Occurrence that happens here in the Hawaiian Islands on the trade side of the islands where microplastics blow and

Pollute the sand great job thank you sustainable Co signs Hawaii Raphael and the crew and mananalu water thank you Jon mamore for keeping us hydrated looking at saltwater now the shoreline of Sunset Beach and elimination round Heat number one kypo with flick palman here who’s giggly as ever

Always always having a good time we are having a good time so we went to break we’re waiting for the score flick between Tatiana Weston web and Alyssa Spencer re really similar surfed waves and real similar scores a 2.4 for Tatiana and a 2.93 for Alissa Spencer Alyssa Spencer still in that dangerous

Third position in this heat for sure I mean we’re splitting ha though here really because I mean the only one with a substantial score right now is touy and I guarantee that she probably doesn’t feel safe herself either um I think there’s going to be some movement

Happen on this leader board in the next 11 minutes I I feel like there’s going to be another set come through at least maybe one or two sets and all girls are going to catch waves there’s such small scores that basically a takeoff for Alyssa and a bottom turn is going to get

To the score you know one turn yeah we’re yet yeah and to your point we’re yet to see the Breakaway scores I me know the numbers are out there we saw Betty L Sakura Johnson with a 9.17 in the opening round we saw raesa Hennessy with a

8.33 in the opening round we saw Lakey Peterson with a flat eight-point ride in the opening round so we’ve had three excellent scores already put up just in the first round so what that tells me is that that there’s excellent numbers out in the water right now uh it’s just a

Matter of you know the set and the performance matching together to formulate that excellent score for sure and and positioning as well and it’s interesting just looking where these girls are now you can see Alysa she’s got that second priority but she’s sort of making a little bit of a move right

Now sitting opting to sit a little bit wider on the reef and I almost think that that could be a good go uh plan because a lot of these girls have been taking off and they’ve been too deep and sort of only getting that one first turn

And then the wave runs off without them uh and it’s also smart you know uh creating a bit of space between herself and Zoe because obviously if you’re in that second priority I mean there’s not not much you could get here we go we’ll get back to

That scratching into this one and unable and that wave does actually run off pretty fast so I don’t think there’s going to be any any error on Tatiana Western webs part she’s still in the lead and just taking a look at that one yeah what back to what I was saying

Before I think because Sunset such a big playing field and there’s a couple of different takeoff spots obviously maybe with that biggest well incoming if you you are sitting out there and you’ve got second priority like you could almost afford to get a bit of space between you

I mean Alisa is going to afford to get a bit of space between herself and Zoe because I mean if she it’s just why would you sit right next to the person who has first priority and you could have like another chance a little bit wider as we’ve seen there’s been there’s

Been set starting to hit that um Peak a little bit wider on the reef so not a bad strategy from Alysa to sort of gain a little bit of space there you can sort of see zo is sort of creeping on in getting a little just not letting her get away too

Much yeah well Lissa being a goofy foot um it is smart for her to to sit a little bit wider because as a goofy foot she probably needs a little bit more room on a wave cuz she’s not she’s not going to be able to really get the down

The line initial down the line speed that a regular foot someone was facing the Wave so I like the positioning uh for Alyssa Spencer here she just needs to set in some opportunity yeah it just get while there’s this lull right I think it can’t get easy to get

Lost out there obviously these women have definitely got lineups but when there’s a break in the set and you know time tiing down there’s such small scores really easy to get dragged into sit deeper to be sucked in to going a smaller one because you’re sort of out

Of desperation and then all of a sudden the sets come through and you’re out of position right so it’s it’s going to be interesting to see how this end of this heat plays out because I feel like all of these women are probably going to get another opportunity

You can see them up on the point here you can also see some lines starting to show themselves on the horizon and this is when a couple of the P’s come into play paddling and positioning and then picking the right wave of course the fourth P flick is you have to perform so

That you can get that number but you got to get to the first three PS first before you get to the fourth P there’s three PS when it comes to making fire you know what they are no I would know from you’re surviving yeah you’re a Survivor preparation preparation preparation ah dry

Kindling here we go priority with Zoe McDougall and she’s going to get going the sunset local nice snap there foone climb gets bounced off of that McDougal looking to improve upon a one-point ride she did get a nice snap in I think she’ll definitely improve on that 1.83 with that first turn however

Uh and there we go the scores just come through two Point ride 2.03 so ever so slightly improved on that and mean makes that requirement a little bit harder for Alyssa Alyssa still only needs a 1.6 you know that that’s literally just a takeoff and one turn uh or even just I I

Just feel like this heat is just so open this wave here was a little bit smaller had a little bit of Wong to it she gets this first carve here doesn’t really lay into it that much cuz she just tries to get up there for that second turn but

That was a smaller wave sort of ran into the channel went really fat was a little bit wonky yeah they’re definitely going to be wanting I mean she’s just trying to make something happen with the opportunity that came through but I have a feeling that there could be some sets

On the horizon where it’s been a while since we’ve seen one so got to be thinking that TTI and ala are going to get another crack here well Alissa now in third place that’s a dangerous position but she does have first priority cuz so this waves hers if

She wants it and she’s going to go Spencer off the bottom controlled Hook off the top and oh that was unfortunate that was one of those Mirage waves that stood up and look at the second wave in the set for Tatiana West Web much more of a wall on this wave but

Too much of a wall for tati so one wave just so in the CH I mean one wave just tapered from the takeoff and the other wave just stretched out and that was a two-wave set here we go Alyssa with one more chance off the bottom hooks off the top

That’s much better for Spencer gets this bonus inside section where she puts it back on rail for a controlled car calling for the Red Bull jet ski right now Alysa likely will take that second position off of Z McDougall yeah for sure defin I think she’s definitely got

That second position um it was her best time turn that first turn on that W she needs a 1.6 she’s definitely going to get it I think to speak to what you were saying before yeah it was a funky set but Zoe’s one that came through first

Was very small so it just sort of didn’t really hit the reef right TTI was just very deep on her one too I mean she had here we go have a look at Alysa straight up here really nice arcing turn on her back end and she really waits for the this section just

To get that second turn in there she definitely got the 1.9 but I mean TTI had the right idea I mean she took off she got into this wave a lot earlier TTI did her last one but that wave just ran off without her just down the line

So Spencer on the padd back out number eight with Kobe Bryant’s rookie number on the back of her Jersey rookie herself and rookie who’s looking to move into the round of 16 and avoid a 17th Place finish Alyssa did make it into the round of 16 as stop number one over a

Pipeline and this is uh the test for Every rookie is an elimination round this number comes in that’s a good one a 4.83 for Alysa Spencer Alyssa goes from third to First 3 minutes 45 seconds remaining there’s the spread of the numbers flick yeah highest wave of the

Ha and two really for two really well-timed turns I think it’s really nervous times for TTI right now because Zoe still only needs a 4.24 this is her now taking off Zoe McDougall slashes off the top fighting with the wind there gets back to the bottom wave stands up a little bit with

Some W she controls a carve in some tough water yeah I think wave selection maybe maybe a bit of a mistake there for me I I don’t see a 4.24 in that one uh it’s so easy for me to and say that that that was a mistake now that it’s done

And dusted but we’re still 3 minutes on the clock maybe you got to hope that there might have been a bit more of an opportunity she could get that in one turn that 4.24 I mean we’ve seen girls get you know anywhere from basically fives for one turn this morning so I

Think possibly a little bit of an error a bit of a wave selection error there for Zoe she’ll definitely know that and we’re hoping that women get one more roll of the dice here and I I still feel like this Heat’s wide open I mean it

Just all it’s going to take is one Big W one good wave one one good score and that person’s going to run away run away with this heat it’s still Wide Open West Web in that precarious position of holding on to second place she is 4.24 points away from losing that second

Place if Zoe McDougall on the paddle back out here is able to score that number the advantage for for Tatiana is that she is holding priority right now for sure and I mean tati is I mean she’s still so young but she’s a veteran right she’s been on tour for so many years

She’s you’ve got to be thinking she’s not going to let Zoe run away with this is we see some lines I mean zo’s out wide right now yeah yeah this uh we talked about you know the wide paddle back out and for these ones that have swung further down the reef that could

Be opportunity not only that with 90 seconds remaining it there’s multiple waves in this set so we could come right down to the wire as far as advancement out of this heat at this moment yeah it’s going to be interesting positioning you could sort of see Tachi

Looking in like where do I go do I go with do I go with Alysa or do I you know go and uh play a bit of Defense on Zoe So letting that first wave go interesting uh both Surfers Tatiana and Alysa both looked at each other and

Neither of them flinched tati with first priority Alyssa with second priority now now now tati’s closing in on Zoe for sure just let that first moment go by and both tati and Alisa both didn’t go that way so there we go taji just going to be on Zoe Like Glue

Right now got to be thinking that she’s so experienced I don’t think she’s going to let this one run away now with priority no n yeah this is going to be the play and she’ll have a smart play these last 30 seconds with priority to hang on to that second and advancing

Position basically she’s just going to be a roadblock for Zoe McDougall here comes the wave and there’s the block there’s one behind it though so maybe opportunity Alyssa Spencer now will Shey yeah and Alyssa looking at her watch realized there’s 5 seconds left she’s safe tati safe and Zoe McDougall

Will be eliminated from competition we can take a look at the numbers here for Alyssa Spencer 7.76 heat total was enough to win this heat and move on into the round of 16 tati Western web we’ll see her in the round of 16 and our sponsor Wild Card

Zoe McDougall out of competition stay tuned we have more of the elimination round Heat number two coming up after this break Gabriela Bryan Sawyer lindblad soe B McCullen for Oh WSL fantasy pay attention you want to set your team before the start of the round of 16 for women lock them in you got about 27 minutes to do so cuz this is the last Heat before that round of 16 begins it’s elimination round Heat number two Gabriella Bryant so lindblad

Sophie molik third place leaves sunset with the equal 17th KY girl along with Jesse Mendes on the call here and sunset is showing some shifting Peaks uh that we saw in the last Heat we’ll see if that’s going to be the same playing field that we see in this heat

Jesse yeah um man to tell you the truth sset doesn’t get that much better than what it is right now it’s like beautiful offshore amazing pigster girls on the previous heat had a little bit of a hard time position in themselves the waves are picking up pretty quick so it makes

It tricky you kind of position yourself based on the heat before and they didn’t adjust so properly but um I hope this one it’s it’s a banger for us here we go Gabby Bryant Gabby two-time semi-finalist out here at Sunset Beach with power surfing just like that looks like she’s angry at

Being in the elimination round Gabby Bryant 21 years old out of kilaa kawaii Sophie mccullock up out and they’re going to hand over first priority to Sawyer lindblad wow what a start for Gabby polar opposite than the the he before to tell you the truth in my opinion those are

The two best turns we’ve seen so far in one wave that was impressive the second turn was so on ra all the way through that was above like way above average surfing from from Gabby that was excellent surfing as you see it right here first turn just straight not wiping

Any speed off just beautiful off the lip and right there just engaging the r and driving all the way through it’s so hard for you to keep that rail engage the whole time and she did it so well right here a little bit more vertical and then

This second one is money right there like beautiful style beautiful approach just violent a couple of violent turns from Gabriela Bryan beating up Sunset call the police cuz this feels like it’s going to be excellent when the number comes through catch up so lindblad she’s on her heels looking for some open

Space still searching down the line before she punches out so Gabriella Bryant with a well surfed wave gab’s back up again and has to like navigate around s lindblad there so um just had to change your line a little bit but Gabby’s going to be happy when she

Hears her first wave number from our on-site commentators yeah definitely opening up with a nine-point ride in a day like today doesn’t feel bad but she’s no stranger to getting huge scores here her surfing fits this wave as good as possible and you see here that’s a big

Issue right there um Sor had the opportunity to actually battle deep and get caught but she chose not to and go and not get caught and actually make it out to the other side and he completely stayed in front of Gabriel AB brand the judges are going to have a good look at

That guys because well that was a scoring potention wave for sure for Gabby right there if she had came out of that Barrel pulled in and came out yeah one more time there was a precedent set on on an occasion like this in 2019 in the final with Jack Robinson and Ezekiel

Lao Robinson on a line I mean I think it actually it was Zeke Zeke had the wave he had the line on the inside and he felt he had to alter his line in the barrel to avoid running over Jack Robinson it was a no call back then people talked about it in

2019 and they they actually changed the rules to have a closer look in those situations because it’s the surfer’s choice right there sorry you see um you see it on the screen she had the choice to to eat her paddle deep and get caught

By the wave or to stay on track and be in front of Gabby but make through the wave so it’s up to the judges now and that’s just not competition right Jesse I mean that’s just that’s even free surfing etiquette yeah yeah totally totally paddle into the White Water if

You see someone going down the line um but you know in the moment you’re just making slit decisions but right now Gabby Bryant’s just it’s got to just be giggling inside because she’s got a nine-point ride to her credit let’s hear from the last te winner Alyssa Spencer Yeah kypo you

Mentioned Alyssa’s rookie number the number 24 partially for Kobe Bryant and you needed that mamb mentality in that heat to get the win go from third to First with less than 10 minutes to go walk us through how you got it done yeah that was definitely a pretty challenging

Heat out there it was hard you know to start the heat with a couple bad waves and I fell on one and it was just pretty frustrating but I just tried to talk myself through it and tell myself you know all I needed was one wave so just

Tried to stay positive and like just keep alert for that one wave and I ended up finding it at the end luckily but yeah it was definitely pretty challenging out there but you made it through the challenge and in your rookie year how important is it for you to have

Moments like this where you can say okay it wasn’t easy but I got it done how much confidence does that give you as you continue through yeah I mean at this level there’s no easy heat and every Heat’s going to be a challenge in its

Own way so I think just coming into it with like an open mind and just just being super excited to learn from everything is kind of my mindset and you know it’s going to be hard no matter what so to just have fun in the process

And try to enjoy it and yeah I was stoked to make it through that one as you should be we’ll see you in the next round thank you so much yeah talking basketball um Alysa Spencer has number eight on her Jersey that’s that was Kobe Bryant’s rookie number Alissa is a

Rookie later in Kobe Bryant’s career uh I think 2006 2007 Kobe changed his jersey number to 24 and we got bigger news also that have just popped up on our scoring screen that as you said with the new rule in effect Jesse there has been a interference on Sawyer lindblad now this

I believe should be a paddling interference not a priority interference um that would be a good question I am not sure on that one to answer you kpo I’m sorry but um it it rarely ever happens this situations she’s even baffled she might not even know that

That’s a thing you know look she’s looking at and she she was like I didn’t bedle for anyone’s waves I didn’t drop in on anyone how did I get an interference so she’s very young she probably didn’t even know what happened back in the day with um Zeke and Jack

Robinson and doesn’t know about this interference so that rule has been a new rule fluid so that I have confirmation from the judging Tower that that is a paddling interference now the difference between a paddling interference and a priority interference is priority interference you get the whole wave

Score taken away in a paddling interference you get your second wave score cut in half so it’s not as severe of a penalty for Sawyer lindblad but it is it is a penalty totally and it that’s all because of her choice right there on the paddle she she was in control of her

Destiny let’s put it this way she could have chose did way and unfortunately for her she ended up miscalculating a little bit and was in front of Gabby and yeah let’s see how it rolls out though because today is a very tricky day and we’ve seen a lot of um second places

Making the Heats with low scoring heat total so she’s still in the game like Sophie doesn’t have only has a 0.2 right now and the door is wide open yeah so um yeah so thanks for explaining the rule paddling interference on Sawyer Lin blad but with Sophie molic just with

Small numbers Jesse like you said this this heat really it’s it’s a battle for second place that’s the easiest way to put a synopsis on the situation at 19 minutes right now Gabriella Bryan she just needs to stay out of trouble she’s got a nine-point ride if she backs it up

Even with a four or something she’s looking good it’s going to be really the play between soya lindblad and Sophie mullik yeah I agree with you I think um she doesn’t need much anymore she just need to like you mentioned stay away play safe get a back up as fast as you

Can and then build on it um The Gap is very big right there right now um in between first second and third so Gabby sitting in a very good spot and and welld deserved because that second turn was beautiful Gabriel Bryan she’s been very vocal and and expressing that this is

One of her pet events this is a wave that that she loves this is a wave that you know she’s she’s got she’s confidence in she loves to Surf it her past record here has been really good two semi-final appearances priority here with Sophie molik she wants to secure her place in

Around the 16 couple of turns there on tap shoulder ER and we’ll see what that score comes in for Sophie mcculler Sophie a 25 years old she’s a replacement on the championship tour after uh Carissa Mo had exited after pipeline uh Sophie took the next spot there available as an injury replacement

Wild card so we’re going to see Sophie um for the remainder of the tour before the cut she was also our 2022 haliva Challenger Champion that’s how she got on to the 2023 Championship tour she did not make the mid-season cut on the 2023 Championship tour but that

Wild card she’s going to get another chance and still you can see Sawyer wants an update really bad yeah and the the problem when those situations happen um and you’re that young as sorious is just Fresh Off The Qs and even on the Qs she doesn’t even

Have that many years of experience you know like sometimes you can get in your head those situations so you really have to try and blank everything out breathe and reset because she’s totally capable of making this heat still um there’s still a lot of time left in the clock

And Sophie did not capitalize that much on on her on her last wave it was only a 2.83 so she needs to laugh what’s f behind her and just focus on riding a good next wave that’s all she needs to do yeah and and I guess the the point

You’re making is that sorry Lim she’s just 18 years old and you as a former competitor you know that that feeling right there but you don’t want to get emotionally involved right now you just just turn to surfing not anything else that’s happening around you just ride

Waves is the best thing that she could possibly do right now totally kpo and that’s hard enough when things are going your way so when something crazy like that happened um it’s easy to get lost mostly out at Sunset which it’s very tricky always like the playing field is

Very big but she needs to really needs to reset right now and just remember she’s not needing a huge score she only needs a 2.85 to to actually make the heat Gabby Bryant nice slash again for Gabby and and EAS is a cut back that wave dissipates into that deep water

There but that’s going to be the backup that she needs to ensure her advancing out of this heat yes this is that was crucial for Gabby um getting that backup with that nice first turn very critical once again laying down the rail better than anyone

Out here at Sensi that’s at least my my opinion um so far today and as you see right here great bottom turn wiped off the Speed just enough to get in that pocket right there and beautiful turn and just coming it up the wave died out but the smart surfing for

Her you know like just needs a small backup and then to build on something so she’s not seting on a 0.93 and we got Hawaiian water Patrol kamalan aoui piloting the jet ski Gabby Bryan in the back getting a toe back out and that’s going to be actually

Valuable for someone like Gabriella uh you know with the jet ski assistance because she at the end of the day we’ll have surfed an extra round cuz we’re going to go right into the round of 16 after this heat and we will be overlapping Heats in

That round of 16 so stick around because the action is going to get uh Fast and Furious when we get into those overlapping Heats totally then you see um Rich Dog Marsh right there having a chat with her probably saying hey job is pretty much done just be smart

Right now be away from your opponents and once it’s your turn go ahead and blow it up that’s all you need to do now Gabby is there a time where knowing that you got to Surf another heat later in the day Jesse that you would kind of

Pull back and ease off and kind of cruise a little bit more I think that would happen a lot um if you know it’s going to be a very long day with plenty of Heats in her situation actually if she makes heat she’s actually going to

Um surf three times in a day so for out that sense it it’s a lot so yeah it would be smart for her to just she now in a 14.33 total yeah I guess that that was yeah that’s that’s what I was alluded to for sure CU look ninepoint ride 5.33 for

14.33 likely she’s going to make it out of this heat and I’m determining that with 13 minutes on the clock I there’s a lot of time on the clock but I’m just doing the math right now because top two Advance out of this heat so even if

Sophie and Sawyer were to go absolutely ballistic at this point it would be a lot to not have Gabriela Bryant with 14.33 in that top two situation to move into the next round totally so in her situation right now she needs a like at least a 10 and almost a ninepoint ride

For um turn the heat on top of Gabby Bryan yeah so B made it real simple that way right because uh Sawyer’s going to have keep her first her high score she’ll keep that high score so say she gets a nine she’s going to keep that

Nine but then if she gets another nine she’s only G get going to get a 4.5 correct and um she knows that Gabby has done this plenty of times to know that and so probably dog mentioned to her in the channel which is her coach um and as

You see right there she’s keeping her distance hey stay out of trouble stay out of trouble 12 minutes remaining and it’s been an interesting heat we’ve had excellent scores a nine-point ride by Gabby Bryant and we’ve had this interference on on Sawyer lindblad we’ll be right back after This before each event there’s an electricity that builds having grown up in Hawaii I can feel it like the change of seasons everybody’s thinking about the surf Surfers are gathering and everyone else is getting ready for the madness Hawaii’s a wild place and usually I’m traveling all over the

Islands this time of year seeing friends checking spots talking about the surf today tomorrow and what’s to come whether you’re catching a wave driving down the line or driving down the road it’s all about taste and style it’s a nice driving car the Lexus GX welcome back to the hurle pro Sunset

Beach elimination round for for the women top two moving on into the round of 16 which will start straight after this heat and uh we’ve seen a lot uh in the first 20 minutes of this heat Kyer along with Jesse Mendes we saw excellent score Jesse we saw a paddling

Interference I believe the F Well the first one we’ve seen of this this calendar year for sure this season and a different type of paddling interference that’s been pretty rare to come by not paddling for possession of a wave or blocking for a possession of a wave but choosing a line paddling out

And diminishing the potential of scoring on a wave by the surfer ping out yeah you explained perfectly and in my opinion interference are usually pretty simple to um separate themselves if it’s if it is or if it’s not the the name says itself if you interfered in someone’s wave it’s an interference so

That’s what it is like um right there she had the potential of turning that wave into a great score even though she already had a nine it’s it’s her it’s her um priority to use it whenever she wants so but right now like it’s been such a slow heat since then

And second place still so open second place is being held by Sophie mccullock with a two-wave total of three points to to give numbers to that observation so it’s certainly like Sawyer’s still in this game right right now Sawyer’s got priority Sophie only has three points on two

Waves Sawyer can make have a brilliant comeback right now she gets a good wave she gets an excellent score could be lights out totally and I I’m even going smaller than an excellent score if she gets a average to a good score she’s going to be in a good

Position because with 7 minutes and 30 left if you’re thinking about Sunset Beach like it’s going be hard for her to back up that 2.83 it’s there sometimes there’s just not enough time out here at sunet and looking back we see a few lines like there might be some action

Going on but the the clock’s running pretty quick Sawyer trying to Center herself and she had some moments where she was pleading to the on-site announcers and the judges uh for more information she seems like she’s gotten back into her game gotten back into her head space centering herself like Jesse

Like you said some lines approaching here so with first priority and second wave of the set looking like it’s lining up nicely but it’s so hard to tell when they’re coming in which is a good one totally very hard very hard for the Surfers even hard for

Us here on the beach um she’s going to have a look that wave might actually dissipate in going to deep water I don’t think that w is even going to break yeah it’s not man this is like this this situation is so nerve-wracking so nerve-wracking let’s get a recap on what’s happened so

Far it opened up with a violent assault on Sunset Beach Gabriel Bryan two vicious hacks for a nine-point ride this was money right there that was the best turn of the event so far into the woman’s side just so much rail engaged the whole time and right here it was

That decision that she could have made it to get stuck and Gabby was smart just kept her line and then all in the end just kind of kicked out Brian got that ninepoint ride then smart surfing for Gabriella 5.33 backup and Gabby Bryan as we come back

To live action good looking wave here s lindblad going to fight her way out of this interference situation that she has waving at the ski and Sawyer lindblad I hope she has her not give up mindset right now because she’s right back into this game totally right back

He and she’s sitting in a very good spot actually right now she’s going to have the best wave out of them two um as you see right here beautiful wave for her smart keep her Pace the whole time and right here went very very vertical that

Was very Dynamic nice turn and combo it up as well the wave went a bit flat right there but still that’s going to be a nice score for her great bottom turn too just held her line nicely lot of spray powerful and smart surfing overall because that’s all she

Needs to do right now like the Heat’s way too close for you to commit any mistakes look at this this is committed rail work by Sawyer lindblad making it happen when when she needs to and this T brings her right back in the game look at that 6.83 Jesse tell you

The truth I would like to be sitting in Sawyer spot right now yeah um even with an interference that that first the better score off the two um Surfers it’s so much higher that you have a big Advantage even in your backup um being cut in half so sophy mccullock now with

Priority four minutes on the clock mccullock needs a 4.38 to turn the heat that is the number that Sophie needs if Sawyer doesn’t catch another wave smart play for Sawyer lindblad she’s got to get on another wave even if it’s only worth half of the value she’s got to get

On another wave right now yes you’re right like she has to get a backup as soon as possible but look at this lines are stacking probably the biggest set off the heat so far this is exciting see yeah you can see the lines coming when you’re out there heart

Starts to bit this is exciting stuff in this final 3 minutes 20 seconds lines coming through three minutes on the clock priority with Sophie mccullick needing that 4.38 oh my goodness we’re going to go for a quick hit right now from Travis Loi explaining the interference explain

It please yes absolutely Kos so Travis Walk us through the interference call on soyer lmad yeah so it definitely affected gabriela’s scoring potential on that wave probably the best wave of the heat soya got R in the way all all five judges called it unanimously interference on Sawyer they didn’t

Believe it was intentional otherwise it would be a harsher punishment so only half the second scoring Rod gone all right there you have it Kyo back to you thank you yeah ping interference is uh is half of the score versus a priority interference which is full wave taken

Away so we saw Gabriella Bryant use her priority that actually put soya lindblad in a better position because Sawyer now has second priority Sophie mccullick has first priority waves on tap here Gabriella is secure in her position and here comes Sophie rolling through here looks like she’s going to take this Whitewater roll

In Sophie mullik to the bottom of this wave short turn there needs a little bit more and falls off here we go Sawyer lindblad paddles no harm no fall for lindblad she’s the only one out on the lineup she’ll remain in first priority she’s got 90 seconds Sophie mcol needed a 4.38 Jesse

You think that was a 4.38 I think she needed that last um turn if she had that last turn for sure it’s going to be up to the judges to actually I would like to see it again on replay and really break it down if she

Got out enough before she fell as we see right here that was she pulled the trigger right on the perfect time and that was the wave she needed to catch she was smart identified that the wave was going to close out in Junction on her so she went early and as she was

Coming out she kind of leaned too for too much forward on her front foot as you see right here he putting pressure on her front foot a little whitewash hit her in the back and she fell backwards I don’t think that’s going to be a complete unfortunately for her but that

Was definitely the score yeah but she she got a two-point right she does not get the score at all 45 seconds remaining s lindblad with a paddling interference Sawyer lindblad in second position right now Sawyer has first priority she can add something to the table if she just gets to her

Feet yeah I don’t even think she’s neat she’s thinking about getting to her feet she just wants to get close to her opponent she might be Sophie might be too far from her right now just Bing back cow 15 seconds okay well the clock’s going to

Decide this one right now as we’re 5 4 3 seconds down and it is going to be official tremendous performance by Gabriel o Bryant and never give up attitude from Sawyer lindblad Sawyer lindblad onto the round the 16 along with Gabriel Bren Sawyer with that interference overcame that

Obstacle that we’re going to see her in the round of 16 good stuff very good stuff that was um a dramatic heat um to say the least and unfortunately there for Sophie just the the motion went slow and then when she had the opportunity she ended up not making but that’s how

The game rose up next we got the round of 16 stick around Molly pick them up against India Robinson when we return where Dad where would you sign up the hurle pro Sunset Beach is brought to you by Hurley official apparel partner of the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach by Lexus

Experience Amazing by chaso official sunscreen partner of the WSL and by 805 beer properly Chill welcome to the round of 16 Molly Pam India Robinson kicking things off and then we’ll rotate in Lakey Peterson and Luana Silva coming off a tramatic elimination round where Sawyer Lim blad still advances even with half a low score Gabby Bryan just threw down so much rail in that last Heat

14.33 combined total and reminding everybody that she always makes finals day out here Joe Trel Jesse Mendes for the call a Triple Crown champ and a CT Ripper to call the action what a beautiful day at Sunset groom conditions we’ve seen barrels big Power turns and conditions are remaining Stellar for us

Today it’s just it keeps getting better I know we had kind of a slow heat on the last one but um the SW is posting as you can see it’s probably two or three foot bigger than it was this morning and it’s just a beautiful Direction trades are blowing

It’s all groomed out there and it’s as good as pretty much it gets Welcome To Paradise from the NorthShore of Wahu gets busy with traveling Surfers throughout the winter months when these big powerful swells hit this part of the island things get real quiet in the summer it goes completely flat gets

Really quiet and it’s a really amazing Community here all those houses there everyone really looks after each other and definitely takes care of each other in the water too and shares some Great Waves together when the tour isn’t in town as we look at Gabby Bryan happiness after a frustrating showing in the

Opening round came back and brought the house down yeah the the first round doesn’t translate her surfing out here um just kind of a shocker for Gabby and this um elimination round she really lay down some massive turns and that’s the Gabby we usually see out here at Sensei

So now kicking off the round of 16 tough loss in the last one for Sophie mccullock as we lost two names from the draw already winners out of the round of 16 will move on into the quarterfinals and with this overlapping format it’s going to move by quickly so

Basically look at your heat and it’s a 40-minute heat sometimes finals aren’t even that long long so the advantage there is having more time to still catch your top two waves but the maybe the challenge or the learning curve would be sharing the lineup with a heat when you

Don’t have priority yeah and that plays a lot in your strategy because um you really um the the heat priority really can take waves from you but also you can capitalize sometimes with good timing and letting them catch waves and then in between set comes very quick and you’re

You’re out there seating with priorities so it’s it’s a it’s a tricky but fun game and very fun for us to watch because a lot goes on so look in these beautiful conditions Molly vers India a great one here Robinson looked fantastic in her opening round matchup

Got into the sevens with some good powerful connections this definitely looks like a serious strength this wave on tour for India Robinson this one Bell’s Beach main break rights and marar River it’s got some great moments throughout the year that are real obvious stand out events for for her

Skill sets totally this first half year um there’s three events that she she could go all the way through because her rail game is so powerful she showed in the first round just actually she was speaking the right waves as well in that heat she was very smart selective and um

It’s going to be such a great heat because Molly also probably the most dominant female in the last two years out here so you can see all these Palm Tre trees right above the homes these trees can be significant to remind you where you’re positioned in the

Lineup there’s boils too that you can pick up on on the surface of the ocean to make sure you’re in the right spot at the right time seen a lot of surfers get caught behind today on certain moments it can be a bit Shifty even though has been very very consistent throughout the

Day especially where the sets have been breaking on the reef right now Molly looking like she’s deciding deciding to go deepest India opting to ride a 66 next step that’s the model name next upep shaped by John pel who’s been pretty busy today actually often times it’s just about

John and Tyler you know now he’s got India back on tour he usually keeps his team pretty small and he also made a board for Betty Lou that she rode to a 917 that was a ghost a 60 earlier so pisel is getting pretty busy today

Totally was I was by him um on the competitors’s um athlete zone right there and he was you know like he was keeping his his com like he was keeping his art com I was actually impressed because a lot of the Shapers get very very involved and they translated to

That you can see it on their eyes that they’re kind of freaking out but he was like pretty composed pick them on the Darren Hanley shapes that she’s been riding for a long long time now really trust her equipment really confident in her boards this year

She’s finding a bit of magic in a lot of them as she checks a look and holds back so are they pushing themselves up the point here Jesse yeah and I actually kind of I don’t mind that um those kind of underneath kind of deeper waves they

Tend to hold a little bit better um maybe a little bit less energy on the takeoff so gives the girls a little bit more time for them to come around and um lay down some ra I think they’re sitting in a good spot right now I don’t mind

Them sitting there there might be a big stat that they’re going to maybe get cleaned up or you know like be out of position but the positioning is great but yeah they’re kind of paling right there like G’s not giving us up for her nice competitive battle before we even

See a wave speaking of waves rid though Gabby Brian went to town in her last te she’s with AJ yeah she did Joe Gabby having to surf the elimination round here at Sunset it’s a wave that I know you absolutely love calling it your favorite wave potentially on tour how

Did you use that emotion of having to surf in the elimination round to your advantage yeah that obviously wasn’t part of the plan but I think I needed it a lot just to get out there get my feet like in the wax and just do the surfing

That I know I know how to do out there I kind of had a rough first heat and um so glad it switched for me in that one and that just gave me a lot of confidence I should think so especially with a 9.0 in that heat walk us through the wave yeah

Um I don’t I think Sophie was just a bit too far out but I barely got into it and I just saw that it had a section that I could open up and I was like if I can just open up on one of these waves and

Just do one of my turns I’ll be rewarded so I’m really happy it worked out how do you get ready for the round of 16 now uh yeah I’m not sure what heat I’m in but I’ll probably just go up drink some water have a snack and um watch the

Waves and go give it another good shot out there we’ll see you then congratulations thank you heat four of the round is 16 team Gabby you’ve got Bria Hennessy that is going to be a heat to watch this round Bri’s won this event before Gabrielle has had back-to-back

Semifinals and she looks so much better than even last year Gabby always rips but she definitely is bringing more to 2024 especially when it comes to power definitely um it’s very exciting to watch those girls and mostly Gabby is one of my favorite um I watched her

Serve for the past few years is grow like growing on the Challenger Series as well just laying it down and I always like looked at her and you could see the potential and how good she was going to be once she got into the water in the

Big league and this wave suits her very well and she’s delivering absolutely delivering on the biggest stage in the world it’s right here in front of you to perform on being part of the top 17 is such a crazy number I mean it’s so small when you think about all the Surfers

Around the world and then it gets cut to top 10 to compete for the world title I I hope every one of these Surfers on tour can can just really look in the mirror and realize that they’re one of the best on the planet you know because

It’s 17 and know and in the draw we’ve got 18 with one local Wild Card yeah and it’s crazy and mostly on the woman’s side like you see a lot of very good free Surfers but I feel like the best best Surfers on tour are actually right

Here on the men’s side have a few crazy free Surfers that might not be on tour but this girl is really like they are the best leaving in the planet right now Surfers in the world yeah you could say that with confidence and even uh gosh I

Got give credit to all the free Surfers that Inspire us with their movies and their photos and then you add just the extra element of having a clock ticking away and performing on demand and round after round you know where sometimes when you’re making a movie you can get

Keepers throughout a whole season save your best maybe you have a shocker session throw it away you have a shocker at the C level it’s like your job might be on the line yeah it’s gone you have 30 minutes 35 to perform on Dual Heats

You have 40 and that’s about it and it’s game on like there’s no joking around that’s why you see them the frustration sometimes that happiness sometimes just it’s just reflect all the hard work and how much pressure they’re being put on right there any funny things happen to you

When you were battling for position for a wave and there’s no waves ridden you ever start singing songs to people you ever start trying to talk about something completely out of the ordinary no I’m not really good at that like but people try to talk to me before a few

Has that happen to you which I don’t mind if they talk to me as well like I’m not I’m not the type of guy that get would get um bump to someone trying to get in my head or anything I didn’t play it that way but I wouldn’t talk to other

People just randomly sometimes every once in a while but I remember one time we were surfing um haliva it was a Qs event and me shanka J ch um waight Caro and a huge set was coming and we were sitting for about 10 minutes everyone was kind of scared because it

Was huge and D looked at everyone started just doing a funny kind of scream you know and he came to me after he was like hey it was just to break the ice everyone looks so nervous I was nervous like just to make everything more

Friendly so good I love that as we look at the first wave after quite some time being ridden it’s IND the Robinson and it’s up and out so you’d say Molly winning that battle just to start the heat cuz India just handed priority to Molly picklum yeah um all that kind of mind

Game played is just went out to the window right now it’s easy to pick waves today that have not much opportunity we’ve seen a bunch of that on this very West um Northwest swells the wave speaks and sometimes have no wall in front of you so you really got to identify um the

Wave that has more energy down the line so you can yeah get a better opportunity brand new round so we got to keep you posted on these matchups G Gabby just found out about hers with Bria heat 4 heat 3 Katie simmer Sawyer Lim blad going right into Lakey vers Lana coming

Up next he five the reigning world champ Caroline marks has Alyssa Spencer Joan defay totiana wested web that’s a vets heat right there Tyler Wright two times World Champ has Isabelle and Nichols Nichols look sharp this morning and also Betty L Sakura Johnson 917 earlier she

Has the Aussie Legend Sally fitzg on her comeback to the tour and when Brett Simpson went to Huntington Beach High School he was never late for class he was always on time but you know come into the booth anytime you want BR thanks for joining

Us man lie Joe don’t lie I got some tardies here and there couple but they’re the surf team was bigger than the football team right at honeyton beach oh yeah I mean it’s it’s changed a bit but it’s still big it’s still big I tell all the local kids like you got to

Go to school cuz everyone’s trying to do the home school thing but we have the killer like format you know the being able to Surf before school go to school coach Verdone always made it easy on us I mean it’s it’s like cheating gosh you guys had some battles talk about the S

Clen versus HB days oh my God they’ve taken over we’re we’re trying to get back but they’ve won a lot of national titles the last I don’t know 10 years so it’s a it I would say it’s a rivalry but it’s they’re kind of smoking us right

Now but it’s kind of cool now with the board Riders action happening now in Southern California you guys are smoking us there too but it’s like the the way it’s brought the community together all the groms we have killer up and cominging GRS right now at home and I

Think it’s just that that has help boost it and our 50s are super competitive they’re probably watching right now but they’re crazy we love them who are some of your 50s oh you have like uh Jeff deba wow um Jason Hoy you have uh is I

Don’t think maybe Jay L just cracked the code oh late I mean it goes deep Bobby lockart I mean you have a lot of good guys Marcel gualdo there’s a whole whole list I’m sure I’m missing a few but um they’re competitive gosh learning so much from the Australian tradition of

The board riders that India and Molly grew up in up and out again on a bomb definitely seeing a lot of size this afternoon yeah and with all that um I think a Strider mentioned the booies were read in 16 17 seconds so it’s a lot

Of energy very hard for you to get in the wave here so the girls are really going to play like that positioning part very well right there cuz it’s so easy for you to be a little bit behind and just not make it around yeah I was before I

Came in I was watching and the girls had pushed each other super deep and I think that that was like the starting heat uh for this round and when you have two you know strong competitors they’re not going to give each other an inch and the next thing you know they were pretty

Deep from where the really good waves were coming so now that it’s opened up we’ll see if uh Molly’s kind of probably got back to where she wants to sit and and India is going to have to just kind of play that card where I’m going to get

A few waves under priority we were talking earlier Brett cuz when they’re pushing themselves deep I was asking Jesse about funny moments so people start singing to you and cuz I know Molly remember the final at Bells last year at Tyler she was just letting it go

And Tyler was looking at the Grom going are you kidding me you know and there’s just some classic banter Molly likes playing that game a little bit were you similar did you kind of yeah I wouldn’t say I was super quiet I like to kind of

Chat it up and are feel I will say that was not my favorite part obviously you like as a surfery like you want your surfing to do the talking but this is probably the most important part to win Heats and if you don’t do it you’re going to lose a lot gosh interesting

Just the start oh it’s ginormous like if Molly Gets a six or better her chances to win this heat are pretty darn good so if you if you if you play those odds and the percentages she’s got that she’s got the upper hand she’s gotten India to

Break and now she’s going to sit where she wants to sit and if she capitalizes it’s going to put a lot of pressure on India remember in 2010 I saw it in the competitors area and Damen hoba just said hey watch the start of these before anything happens sometimes that’s

The most important part and it had so much meaning Jesse when you were preparing what was did you put that much importance on the first few minutes totally and also you can predict what people are going to do it like you have a few guys that you know already that

You’re probably not going to get the inside unless you go to way down vand right now and then you have other ones that you’re going to kind of Let It Go but they it’s all very important for you to identify what’s what’s the best for you and put the effort in into what

Works best for you some people sit deeper some people were just like okay I’ll I’m not going to fight I’m just going to let him start and I’ll capitalize on my opportunity and and that’s totally just like I mean I guess any other sport you do you do your

Homework or you you have your game plan and you you need to know who your competitor is cuz what do do what do they do well are they goofy foot regular foot are they are they want to are they going to battle at the start or they

Going know maybe let you have it so not many in this realm are going to just kind of let you have it I think uh you’re going to have to you know fight for it but it is it is probably one of the most important parts about competitive surfing there’s so many cool

Moments when Surfers kind of can give away their tells you know like they maybe don’t have the best poker face if they’re down and out or they’re losing confidence when I sat down with Felipe too right after he just sealed the deal on the second world title he’s been in

So many Heats you know over a decade he’s a world champion and once he won that exchange uh in that title match one saw Ethan in the second match and he looked at him he’s like I got him he just could tell you know from just knowing you know the confidence of your

Competitor just looking at their demeanor and he just was like yep I’m going all the way that was his turning point where he knew that it was all over that’s it’s amazing when you see that as a competitor when they’re on that kind of height and that kind of winning

Consistency where they know when they’ve got their competitor in a corner yeah and you and you think about it like what did Ethan do wrong absolutely nothing he surfed so good and someone beat you you’re going what do what am I going to do next like what how I got to get the

Better waves and then you sit out there and you sit out there and the waves don’t come and Felipe is going you’re like all right I’m screwed right yeah no we’ll definitely get Ethan side of that you know cuz there might be something to that where you did everything you could

Have and you realize that you’re going to get ready for next season but yeah Ethan was a warrior last year number two in the world World he’s already getting prepped for Portugal as these two are still just enjoying the lineup to themselves it’s just a0 43 and a 27 from

India Robinson as Molly still waiting with priority Molly picklum winning this event last year made some really great decisions but has gotten so much better even from last season we’re expecting her to fire up very soon and get things started we’ll take a break the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach continues at the round

Of 16 right after This e You’re watching the hurle pro Sunset Beach things kicking off here in the round of 16 with India and Molly as it’s a great time to check in with Kyo Guerrero in the Red Bull athlet Zone Hey Joe you know you ever need like a pickup while you’re surfing well cooko is the

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All day love it but the athletes have been enjoying that throughout the hurle pro Sunset Beach and India Robinson and Molly Pam have been doing just that since we went to break you guys haven’t missed anything holding down there’s position there you’re going to see a blue jersey though approaching him that’s ly

Peterson getting ready to compete against Lana Silva their heat will start in about 25 seconds and then we’ll start this overlapping format Molly paddles and throws away priority wow wow wow wow well I guess balls back in India’s Court I the I was wrong about the percentages right there if that

Happens the that surfing that that’s it right there but um you know what it was weird because it was like she was committed but not India wasn’t even real like she kind of looked at it but wasn’t right there I feel like when you’re she was get like

Second guessing herself on that decision and then it that’s what happens oh hard one for picklum loses priority hasn’t even caught a wave yet now down to 1942 in the clock and we officially start Heat number two Lakey Peterson look brilliant in her opening round really some great looks at two- turn combos

Some variety in there as well and Lulu on her home court representing Brazil but born and raised right here on the North Shore Jesse Yeah that’s going to be a great heat both on their forehand they’re going to open up it’s a beautiful day um beautiful canvas for

You to do big carves um I think Lulu knows his wave so well like she got she has a Dio so she might have a a little bit of a nocal local knowledge advantage and Peters on the other side just 10 plus years on tour the veteran

Let’s see how it’s going to plan out exactly as we see the two paddle up the beach and try to set things up under priority Lakey Peterson trying to find something nothing happening there but Brett how does Molly recover from a mistake like that well I think she’s

Just you obviously have to or else you’re you’re uh out of luck but she’s you know what she’s so young but she’s she’s a a stout competitor and uh I think you know the next wave that comes she’s going to try to sell India or go

If India doesn’t go and just try to get Rhythm there’s been no rhythm in this heat you know they out paddle each other out position they actually missed a set or two so that starts playing in your mind and uh now it’s an 18-minute heat and it’s kind of Clean Slate you you’d

Obviously put the ball back in India’s court with that priority when that good wave comes but we’ve seen some mistakes happen we certainly have Molly Pam didn’t make any mistakes said piping back door to kick off the year number two in the world and acquired the most

Points was the most productive as far as numbers are concerned getting excellent scores in every single round including a 10-point ride so this one just a little bit different she’s had a lot of WS at Sunset even throughout the pipe waiting period just watching both venues she’ll

See if she can recover from paddling and missing a wave meanwhile could we get this one started a paddle for ly Peterson she will get into this little right-hander here White Water’s going to slow her down so haven’t seen a turn in a while deep on this one finally get

Things rolling now coming around the corner nice first turn India Robinson on her third attempt first two were just kickouts and that’ll go into her Keepers for the moment with 17 on the clock Jesse Yeah I mean it’s it’s something to build on I don’t think that that might

Dictate the whole scenario of the heat um Molly now sits her priority if she doesn’t commit a mistake and comes on the on the clear wave she might have an advantage um but it’s it’s a tricky one both of them are like trying to make decisions but the the

Easy the way the Heat’s rolling it’s not making it easy for them I think that was a good idea I think she had to go even though Molly really wasn’t there um she kind of had to go on this wave get a really nice slash right there then this thing stands

Up through the bowl but it’s hard to do anything right there you touch the lip and you get chucked to the flat so she gets a 4 five I mean I’m taking that I think think it UPS her percentages you know and there’s it looks like Molly’s

Still a little bit deep she’s trying to get back to get back to that Peak wow and that’s a 66 doesn’t look like a 66 looks just nice and clean and almost like an extended shortboard by a little bit but yeah using a nice solid Next Step from John pisel and got down

The line 4.5 is the big number at the moment with 1545 on the clock another opportunity here priority now with Molly and she’ll see if she can capitalize on this right-hander she is just trying to find a section to work with hangs on to that rail a bit fading

Cut back goes off the top more and nice clean carv to get her second completion on that wave and that’ll be compared to the 45 from India Robinson we’re starting to build Jesse Yeah with they both of them um putting a score on the board that it’s actually pretty solid mostly for

The situation of the heat right now um Molly finishing it up pretty nicely as you see it right here she take off she gets behind a little bit but she was able to regroup right there nice carve a little bit too tight so you couldn’t really see it much but right here she

Was able to unleash and actually hold the rail for longer than I expected that was a very nice turn for her this finishing move is kind of reliable especially with your body positioning Brett we see a lot of that kind of lean back carve energy here at Sunset Beach

Kind of like that armchair you know you’re dropping your chair back the recliner why is it so reliable on this wave make sure your core is engaged don’t throw your back out here comes Lakey non priority heat with Lulu just kind of feeling her way

On the first point now she’s got a ton of speed to burn here and she just throws it off the top incomplete and that’s exactly what brat was saying like as soon as you hit the lifp on the inside section it’s so hard so tricky for you to do it like to land

It so yeah you feel like it should be easy cuz it’s not like sometimes it’s not super steep but the just the way the wave like breathes it does these things where it rides just a lot bigger as we take another look at Lakey what happened here Jesse yeah exactly what he

Mentioned a wave breathes here right there and like she just disengaged and like that little bump when it hits your um the bottom of your board it just he kind of gets out of control it’s too powerful there’s too much going on and yeah that’s basically it and I think

That’s why that turn we were just talking about with um Molly is reliable is because you’re staying over your board you’re not leaning or twisting too hard you’re kind of coming at an angle and you’re dropping it back and kind of just engaging that inside Rail and it

Looks nice and as long and you know as long as you hold it long enough and and and you push sometimes if you just guide it it can look a little bit soft but if you push hard it turns out really nice simpo nice Barrel in the free surf

Coverage yesterday well we’ll get back to that in a second here goes Molly that was that beautiful finishing move and I like where they went with that score I think it’s fair that like Jesse said the first Cy was a little bit tight more of a setup and then this turn

Was done on the inside Bowl comparative to like where where um India did her turn on that first wave that’s more the meat and potatoes part of the section um I think I think that’s they did a good job it was fair and yeah every dog has

Their day out here to I got a little tube did you know we were covering that live well I heard like paddle out everyone’s groms were paddling out I’m telling all the groms to paddle out and then I’m like I’ll just I’ll go out and I was like sitting with the grounds and

Everyone just kept paddling and I’m like this wave looks like one of those little John John Jack Robo W I’ll just stay here yeah you’re trying to help the the young team and next thing you know fell into it simpo gets shacked Lulu was out there in the free surf yesterday were

You taking some notes from everyone warming up yeah they were all going pretty deep like catching those little rolling Northeast kind of into the bowl I was just you know when I’m I’m not on tour I’m not trying to battle I don’t want to take anyone’s wave so I was just

Trying to roam around the inside whatever bits and pieces nobody wanted I’ll take ah you should still get incentives though right remember remember remember those old photo and set of contracts oh those are killer what did those look like so cover cover was worth a lot right a little mailin

Stamp you got to cut it out and put it on your resume send it in when You’ get a quarter page shot5 bucks no exactly right there was a difference there was a quarter page you get paid for a full page a spread was more money and then

The cover you’re cover go you’re retiring you’re reti that’s what we did do you remember any of those checks like what were they like BR I mean yeah there was like there was a crazy breakdown there was like used to be two pages of like how how you got paid from your you

Know incentives but you had to you know cut it out obviously people saw it like your sponsor saw it but you still had to kind of like s yeah where now it’s it’s it’s obviously completely different I everyone’s rate was a little different depending on who they were and what

Their deal was like but yeah well if yeah you got a lot of money up front you might not be getting that’s kind of your job yeah right you’re you’re a little younger Jesse but you probably had photo incentive when you kicked off totally I remember you come here to Hawaii looking

For one cover that was kind of the goal when you’re grown and surf all the waves and now with Instagram you basically got to do a cover every day way more work hard work you are your magazine you talk about the kids of like oh the old days

We used to have to do this and that it’s way harder now you have to have content for years ahead of time like you haven’t posted something in 2 days it didn’t happen you know what were you doing it was 30 foot Molly off the oh how about

That down carve wow lot of face to enjoy on that one another whip still some size in front of her see if she can sneak in a third no worries there’s another wrapping turn for Molly picklum at the 417 basically on one maneuver on her start and that is going to be solid

She’ll be out in front of India Robinson here at the 10minute Mark Jesse yeah and there’s there’s a difference a big difference on the girls some girls here at sunset um are able to hold the rail for longer than the usual most of them are kind of snapping and sometimes um

Feel like they’re surviving because there’s so much water moving and right there she showed the opposite she was able to hold that rail for a few seconds and that’s very critical to do she’s going to be looking to a good score H happiness for Molly as world number one

Katie simmers gets her Apple watch to prepare for Sawyer Lim blad coming up next that was the pipe final Molly though on the screen on the water Patrol assist on the Red Bull ski and that bright yellow Jersey walking down the beach with Tommy Whitaker who is Mr

Consistency when he was on tour back to Molly’s wave here Brett yeah it’s the thing of beauty right here what Jesse was saying nice Arc right in the pocket holds her line then she kind of holds it again elongated cuy nice little bounce off the whitewash and then this one carves it

Back doesn’t really complete it but it was going to all come off that first uh this first carve is the meat and potatoes of this score and it’s a 7.5 boom nailed it right there well done for Molly getting this 75 what’ you like about it Jesse I think just the

Cleanness of the Rails right there she was able to engage them and as you see it right there bringing it all the way around it’s not easy to do when the wave is that powerful and just how synchronized look at the arms bringing it back around um looking at the right

Place at the right time just surfing that’s definitely an Instagram post later today it is yeah that’s a thing of beauty that car right there we’ll see it later gosh we definitely will see that posted hey it might even make the 805 post show we’re always looking for the cup noodles wave

Of the day Betty Lou 917 earlier on the 6o ghost that that might be in the running right there yeah it kind of was reminded me of Griff’s wave the other day where got going super fast like oh my gosh all I can do is pull in I got to

Pull in she pulls in kind of doggy doors out and then just hang hammers the end and it’s like where’ he go it’s excellent you know oh it’s exactly what paler said it was a direct reference to that moment Griff got the nine and then

He ended up going down as we have the quarter set for the men but the event top scores been happening in Rapid Fire today especially as the swells been increasing Just a Touch Betty lose 917 Barrel a hammer feeling super good on that six0 she’s kind of shopping around uh for

Equipment at the moment we saw her on a bunch of Channel Islands at pipe seeing her on the pisel today I wonder who she’s going to sign with yeah and she also rode um Slater designs on that on on that 9 something she got for back

Door um so she’s kind of having a sniff at whatever opportunity she get and whatever feels best for the next few events she’ll take it I might shap her a couple more you should I’ve never shaped a board in my life no you should ask Tim

Stamps to do that yeah Stampy he would what do you think about that Brad I always wondered about being at the highest level I’d always think you wouldn’t want to not know what’s available 100% And that that was kind of always me like I’ve written I don’t know

I feel like I’ve written everything Timmy Patterson uh heish Graham Super Sticks uh mayhem’s js’s dhds now stamps I felt like you you have to kind of get outside the box and try it is nice to create that relationship because all these athletes are giving them feedback so they’re

Obviously producing a lot of boards for the world’s best and they’re learning but I will say everyone’s surfing is a little bit different so what I may like might be a little bit different than what Jesse May likes and so or you you know so it’s kind of like yeah I think

Trying different equipment is important for the mind you just don’t want to get I think you can get over consumed and then you’re you’re you’re uh it’s bored confusion you know very confused Jesse did you kind of mix it up a lot or were you want to to stick with one shaper as

We get back to live action Molly picklum finding some space out front and she kind of feels her way through that one recomposes off the bottom little more engagement on that with the waves running out of energy that was a tough one to really find the connection with

And now India Robinson looks paced and ready Cool hook to get this one going nice and Hollow behind her wraps it gets out front for a nice fading cut back and Robinson will finally get another score to go at the 4 five she was chasing a 7.18 to get the lead off

Molly yeah good well well served weight for her um I think maybe not as dynamic as Molly’s turns were we see what the judges think but I think she had to pull the trigger right there looked like a clean wave looked nice she surfed well and yeah loving it this battle was so

Interesting to start remember 40 minutes in the these overlapping Heats and Molly and India were going deep India tried to get started wasn’t effective Molly threw away a priority then got her 75 and back to last to pck L Bret yeah so a nice little pocket Jam I think kind of I

Think in the in in hindsight maybe would have waited and uh cuz India gets definitely picks the better of the Waves right here and um this turns really nice big carve holds it a little bit longer it goes a little bit soupy here but another good cuy and then this thing

Kind of dies out and she carves it back so really well surfed I mean I don’t I don’t know if it’s going to go the 71 but it’s going to really help her cause she’s going to need a lot less now chipping in is Ley Peterson she’s trying

To get around the corner here successful in getting there just to redirect and now lighting up that lift section comes down with it stays on her feet her best so far in the non-priority side of the matchup with Lana Silva speaking of Lulu as she Fades on the open face on

Her home break nice water moving off the rail for Lana that’s got to be her signature move huh Jesse totally when she opens up that’s his that’s her best turn and you can see in previous results like she’s done good here she’s done good at Arisa hia Jus which obviously

Way less power in this wave but it’s um a right hand Point Break with a lot of face in front of you um I wonder if she did something before as well cuz she looked very stoked on that wave let’s see right here she’s taking off now I think that that that’s what

She had that nice um cuy just setting up actually for this moment right here just bringing it all the way around um very composed looked very solid in her foot and Brett yeah this is a good like ly I think with her too she wanted to just I

Think when you’re under priority you want to get the ball rolling if you can get a five or you know even a couple fours you feel pretty comfort fortable um yeah that exchange should be a little bit close I will say luana’s was maybe a little cleaner that second turn was

Probably the best turn out of that exchange so she’ll probably get the nod and it looks like India gets the 65 so just under you know what she needed but now only looking for a 518 and we got a little little paddle right here that thing stretches into this the little

More north kind of stretches into that bowl makes it tricky when you’re out out there you’re like it’s hard to take that risk you really got to know like what it’s going to do maybe under priority you can go on those waves but with priority you can’t afford to make those

Mistakes and we’ve seen that a few times today that exact thing happening where you’re just in that spot where it stretches out in front of you and there’s no chance to make it critical time for Molly and India to tighten things up in the back end it kind of

Just flowed into their start waited for things to really open up it’s 75 to 65 just focusing on their best waves and Molly still out front with priority they the whole pack moving together if Lulu or Lakey want to wave they just have to make sure they’re not

In the way of Molly and India she’s letting her go on this thing here we go India Robinson looking for the score under priority nice power whip to start only needs a 518 second turn little Whitewater climb before the wave just dies out on her she had to take that

Moment right after that turn it you got to kind of prepare that it’s going to do that I think you got to capitalize on whatever is there if you can go boom boom it can can be the score it’s just I know how hard it is when you’re on that

Wave and it’s kind of Wally and wonky it’s like this turn was nice crap and then right here if she goes up and kind of hits that I think she might get the score be close make the judges think about it you know I’m right with you cuz

Um this waves here when they’re like in the medium size they hit that um deep part of the shelf and they just die out and it gives you no opportunity and that first turn was great great setup for just going straight back at it and yeah

Kind of going around it didn’t help her she had tons of speed and obviously it was a smaller way but the judges love when you’re going fast and it was like a check carve and I think if she clicks it right there you never know it’s a good

Thought process there simpo I like it 30 seconds to go picklum will take this wave setting up off the bottom knives it tail drops a huge maneuver to close out her heat in the round of 16 she likes it meanwhile throwaway score for India Robinson at a 3.0 was really just that first

Turn and so Pam won making a good decision letting India go on the way previous and then just throwing a hammer down to probably inre her second scoring ride might even be as good as their 75 it’s going to be right up there it’s that tail dropping Type move at Sunset

We’ve been loving today that shows so much risk and commitment numbers are coming in for Molly picklum 717 on one big move yeah I like it I think we saw that the other day with John like he got 16 points has ever anyone ever had 16 points off two turn

That was pretty crazy we’re going have to look that one up probably John’s done it a couple times Molly Pam well done 75717 moving on to the quarterfinals we’re going to let uh Jesse take a quick break we’ll bring in Felicity paler to continue the call here

In the round of 16 when we come back world number one’s in the Water Wow Katie simmers getting things started with the women’s quarterfinal Katie simmers Big C Katie simmers is your champion in pipeline pipeline for the girl world number one in the lineup now Caitlyn simmers and she’s looking a look at a familiar face with Sawyer Lim blad out there Growing Up in Southern

California Sawyer STI Katie Oceanside that’s about a 20 minute drive on the 405 freeway or is it the five by then it’s been a while it’s the five it’s a five that’s right jeez I can’t believe I forgot the freeways but gosh Oceanside Beach breakes we got lower trestles for

Sawyer Lim blad and gosh this is a classic you know the Next Generation type heat as we bring in Felicity pal the tier for this battle with world number one oh wow what a hate and I think you just said it in the break but they’ve probably had so many hates I

Wonder how many they’ve actually surfed together over the years just obviously growing up so close to each other and close in age as well uh it’s going to be a real battle here and even just you can see the girls now just paddling stay staying really close to to each other so

Obviously priority isn’t established in their heit yet and they’re really jostling for it at the moment sometimes you see that familiar face and then everything’s out the window all of a sudden it becomes a little bit more personal doesn’t it Brett yeah well these two girls I will say like when I

Was coaching the USA Juniors they were in their Prime of their junior era and and they still are actually they’re like 18 or 17 but uh Katie obviously got a you know she won a lot but Sawyer was the one that kept her honest at the time

Not a lot of girls can beat her so here they are battling right here look at that out positioning Katie simmers paying attention to Brett’s advice probably during those coaching days of how important the start of these Heats are I mean she got the wave unable

To get a turn off but you can tell she was very focus on getting that opener for sure but uh I mean she was definitely too deep on this one he can just see her signaling for Hawaiian water Patrol a just going to jump back on the ski but yeah she she was

Definitely a bit deep and Katie was like you know what yeah you can have that one uh I’m just going to go back out the back and I’ll sit here and get priority so I mean I was super impressed with Sawyer in her last Heat I mean from

Going from from here we go we’ll just have a look at this moment here and Lulu decides not to go so so swings around on the inside there but yeah just definitely too deep but I was so so impressed with what she did in her last Heat and being able to turn it

Around after that interference I mean it’s not an easy thing to do and you could see how shocked she was that it had even happened and sort of questioning and I actually heard her when she came in she said I didn’t even know that you could get an interference

For that so it was I I asked one of the judges cuz I was like just wondering how that works and cuz sometimes you see guys like that happens and it’s not called you know just because but for the instance of that one it was like such a

Critical moment and Gabby had nowhere else to go it was just about to slab but neither did Sawyer like she ditches or bored or you know it’s a it’s a tough one you know I and it’s a relatively new rule that was actually created at Sunset Beach remember the Zeke Lao Jack

Robinson moment in that final that rule was created then but I never seen it called before in that instance and there’s two versions of it there’s you know the the rule number one of that rule that is an unintentional which is what Sawyer got it was unintentional but

There’s the two part that’s intentional which is probably your whole score right exactly and so then you lose a whole wave if it’s deemed intentional and you change your path to actually disrupt the line because it is to be honest we know it is easy to do like if someone’s

Flying down the line and you don’t go behind them and you go front you’re going to be right in their way go to lower trustel have a dick out there but I mean first time I’ve seen it called I don’t know about you guys yeah in that fashion

So it on the CT level at least I can’t think of another one but yeah for Sawyer to kind of go through that have her score cut in half but still advance and then even uh in her opening round heat she lost priority and then Joanne got a

Seven so she’s gone through a lot of different things in a short period of time today as we go through a nice first turn from Caitlyn simmers this thing’s getting full quick but she’ll start off with a lead over Sawyer Limar just getting the completion there I talked to Taj blind blad after

That priority shifted cuz we had kind of a drone shot of it and we didn’t really see a clear intent from the sky then Taj Sawyer’s brother’s like oh I called it like from where he saw in the channel that’s is Sawyer’s brother she he was

Like oh yeah they’ll they’ll flip it on this one and so he kind of gave that feedback to Sawyer and that was kind of cool inail from what he saw closer to the action as we sent it to the W thank you Joey yeah just checking in on the

Surf boards for Kate simmers simmers went from a 5’9 this morning to a 511 Tommy Whitaker her coach and cadd out here saying that there’s a little more wind on the face and they wanted to step it up so she had more paddle power and be able to drive around and in the

Little bit choppier conditions so and uh I think it’s uh she was on a Pang this morning I think she’s on a different board now I I’m trying to remember exactly what it was but she’s got a brand new 5’11 under her feet at the

Moment I love it was it’ll come to you for sure board’s looking good smart move with a couple extra inches now yeah she looks great on that board that that first turn you saw kind of lay into it so that was the The Hope was that that

Board will settle into the water a little bit more and get a nice big turn out of it you got company out there who’s in the Channel with you uh we got Shane Dorian and I’ve got uh lindblad and we’ve got uh got obviously Tommy Whitaker and it’s

An arakara that’s what’s under her feet sorry oh you got it yeah got it it came back of course there’s so many different boards you can choose from Eric Arawa really awesome human being to catch up with and you can see Taj there on screen and doing the catting for his sister

Sawyer back to Katie’s wave here flick yeah this is smaller wave but she really got going on that first turn there where it really stood up but this one just running into that big Channel and just getting fat pretty quickly but Lakey on the other hand actually heard that she’s

Stepped it up now just with that increase in swell and a little bit of wind to her 64 and I was talking to Brit earlier today and he was saying that this 64 she’s on now she uh ly believes that it surfs like a 6 she can fling it

Around and this morning she really wanted to ride that 64 but it was that little bit smaller she was on the 62 and so now she’s oped for the 64 it’s a bit bigger and the 62 is in the channel I at Sunset I took to me a 66 feels like a

Shortboard sometimes there’s just so much going on yeah but it it just feels like that I love that number but it looks good it looks sturdy I feel like out here you want to be sturdy you don’t want to be too wobbly and um if you do

Go up in the lip that helps you a bit kind of manage that that uh extra water I always thinking if you’re confused always lean towards longer at this venue yeah I I think the same goes for I just think back to home in Margaret River you

Never go astray having a couple extra inches you know with that board it’s just just for paddle power for it it it just makes a lot of difference and and it never it for some reason when you watch someone surf a longer board it just visually looks very impressive to I

Like the way it looks last Heat winner was by Marley picklum the defending event Champion she’s hanging out with AJ yeah Joey and we’ll start with that question because Molly you are the defending Champ here at Sunset do you feel any pressure with that title uh I think defending Champa just

Adds another story in your brain and um I think it’s not pressure but it’s just like more noise in your head but nonetheless just add that with the the rest of it so um it’s all good honestly it obviously means that I can surf this

Wave and I have the ability to take it out so um let’s do it again and with you having that confidence that you know how to surf this wave it was a very slow start to the heat for you before you got that four and then you backed it up with

That 75 how did you stay calm in those moments and rely on all your time here yeah it was really slow start to the heat being the first heat of the overlapping you’re like 40 minutes with priority it’s this could be really fun and put on a performance and the ocean

Decided not and uh no but then obviously I lost priority which was I guess a mistake that I didn’t get too punished about um because Indie got a four and then I went and got a four um but then after that there was just some waves and

I just rolled the dice tried to stay patient like we can’t control this ocean so I can only do what it gives me and um I’m happy that I got a good nice wave to do some turns well you’re going into the next round with a Heat win under your

Belt here at Sunset and with two very solid scores how much confidence does that give you that you’ve gotten the ball rolling you got your momentum back yeah I think that first H I didn’t really connect on any turns so I feel like I am slowly edging towards and it

Feels similar to what I was doing last event I felt like I didn’t have such a good performance and then I started to get some railing Gat and on waves and then hopefully H it just keeps getting better and better well great job on this one we’ll see you in the next round

Thank you thanks everyone for tuning in no worries thank you Molly for ripping and getting into the quarterfinals thanks AJ and you’d kind of think like Katie being around especially in the overlapping format seeing Molly get through just you know when you look at the rankings Katie’s obviously always

Inspired to win but the title race is always fun even if it’s sto to flick you know I’m sure Katie’s going okay I’ve got to match molly I got to stay in yellow heading into Portugal for sure there’s no doubt that uh Katie is going

To be so fired up to keep that yellow Jersey but I just think when I think about the tour this year and the the level of performance and sort of this newer younger generation really you know taking a stand at pipeline in back door at that last event I think this yellow

Jersey is going to get handed around to a few different names this year you know over the last few years we’ve seen you know Carissa really be super dominant throughout the whole season and uh coming into that finals in that number one seed and I just feel like the level

Of Surfing is just getting so good that as much as Katie’s going to want to hold on to it and and there’s no doubt that she can I just think everyone is so so hungry to take it off her Brett give us some insight on Katie’s just personality

And her growth because you know the world’s getting to know her now but through those early amateur series runs and being a part of the USA Juniors team has she really changed much no not at all she’s just always been like a real raw surf Stoke Grom I think obviously

She has some crazy funny interviews and she just says what gster head and comes out and I think that’s to me it’s kind of a blessing to see that it’s just like she is so young and she’s just she’s just coping with it how she goes and

She’s obviously dealt with it I think a lot better over the last year or two and um just like her little quote out of pipeline like I don’t think she thinks about this stuff until it just hits her it’s not like she’s preparing any of it

You know so I back that about her she’s so raw like raw talent and gifted and it’s fun to see her do her thing you see a lot of different you know parents the way they support their kids and I always heard the story that I thought was rad

You know for Katie’s mom I believe she’s a hospice nurse and then her dad’s an electrician and they’re super supportive however it’s not like they were getting uh carried away with contracts or her decisions or micromanaging her every move uh someone told me they’re like hey

What’s Katie going to do is she going to accept her spot next year and her dad was like oh I don’t know she’s over there like maybe you know but I just love that cuz usually you know around those really heavy surfing circles like the parents are getting very involved

You know and like they’ve already planned out what their kids going to do and I think Katie’s just free to R they seem to just be very honest with themselves and just you just allow these opportunities for her to grow and learn and I think that’s the best thing like I

Don’t know I’m going through it now with kids but that’s the best thing you can do you know is obviously just try to put them in the best possible situation and let them you know they’re going to make mistakes they’re going to they’re going to do things right but that’s that’s

Part of life you know and O fun wave here late drop controlling it ly Peterson and pulls up and has to avoid the lip didn’t really allow her to pull in so a long way to go just to step off she still has her lead but now 5:15 and

She’ll leave Lulu with priority just chasing a 434 non priority heat Katie simmers gets held up but of course she’s going to pull that she loves a late drop she I just love yeah their new mentality just go for for it you know I would thought she was just going to pull in

For sure but she would have if she wasn’t so hung up on it with these offshores yeah that that’s exactly what I saw I think she just got a bit hung at the top there those trades are actually starting to pick up quite a bit even in

The last sort of I don’t know I guess maybe hour I think we’ve even seen it um pick up a couple of knots few knots even so I think it’s a smart decision uh that you know the women is taking out those biger boards I know L’s on that 6’4 and

I think it’s a smart decision yeah maybe a little bit of an error for Katie but I mean they’re in the non priority heat so may as well have a swing and that’s the tough thing about Sunset you’re well anywhere but you’re like 10 ft from

Being out the back and then you just get smoked ditch your board next you know you got to Pat all the way around and but when Joe you remember like 10 years ago we didn’t have the skis or whatever out here so it was like you got washed

In you were done if you got two waves you were like so Stow oh this is such a treat and great job to the Hawaiian water Patrol uh doing us all favors we we get to watch more surfing less paddling some people’s Heats would end on their first wave back back then it’s

A true story sometimes caddies were breaking their boards in the channel on the caddies were more scared than Surfers cuz if they broke a board they got to swim in the Channel’s brutal sometimes the boards would break in the shore break just trying to run out that was half the entertainment yeah dragging

Two boards you’re like ah the shore break hits you one nose breaks off yeah someone’s like you want a caddy for me let me check the forecast I’m going to go surf Hol 3:30 to go on the prior to heat Lakey out in front Lulu still holding

Down priy only needing a 4.34 Strider yeah only needing a small score but you know what um you know the message uh from Shane Dorian to LY Peterson just now was make her take a bad wave get in her face put some pressure on make sure

That she’s like has to be forced into decisions so there’s a little bit of a mental game going on out here in the lineup with these Surfers they’re already you know always pushing back and forth on the peak but trying to sell waves trying to get them to take waves

Trying to you know basically take a bad wave is what what Shane said make her take a bad one I love that Strider For the Love of the Game Shane loves every part of it and that’s why he’s still involved in it you know 50 plus Club

These days for Shane doesn’t look like it looks like he is just so surf fit it’s crazy but I think he’s really enjoying passing all this knowledge down keeping his athletes really engaged in all the things they can do even in between the set waves for sure I mean he’s just got so

So so much experience at so many different types of waves you know and obviously when you think Shane you think big waves obviously think waves like jaws and having absolute iconic moments out there and pioneering in in the safety aspect as well when it comes to

Big waves but a great person to have in your corner and yeah super focused too USA head coach heading into Tahiti this year no way which is uh I mean you couldn’t ask for a better guy I mean going to Dei guy that has been there pretty much from day

One as oh obviously been there a lot before it was even a you know a Tour event so yeah super cool and this is a critical part right here where here goes Lakey she’s in second priority but this other heat there’s always these moments where there’s a minute 40 to go and

Sawyer has has priority and you want to kind of hang on to that to the next to the next heat because then you have ultimate priority right now if she were to go on a crummy wave you hand it over to Katie in your priority heat it makes

It really tricky so I think unless it’s a perfect wave she’s probably not going to get it off Lakey or Luana so she needs to stay by Katie and make sure she doesn’t get a score with this next minute carrying over into their priority heat really cool Insight Brad I love

That especially when you’re focusing on this overlapping format a lot of surfers are trying to understand it on the Fly especially if they’re rookies on tour we’re seeing it at a lot of events in the last few years but it used to kind of only be something we enjoyed at

Pipeline in the past but now allows us to really maximize the time on a swell window and if you know those little subtleties like soer having the non priority heat holding on to her priority for the next 40 seconds she’ll be in a really good position to choose the wave

She wants flick for sure that was great little insight I mean you learn something new every day I just learned something thanks so much I just see it a lot where if you go on a way with 2 minutes and all of a sudden it’s a

Crummy one but you’re like I’m in non priority next thing you know your heat goes into priority you’re like yeah I should have I mean trust me I made that made made many of er you grow from your mistakes that’s exactly it at least I

Could pass it on like I can’t have it back but I can pass it on 10 seconds to go in the heat with Lana and Lakey Lulu important ride big close out hack but she can’t hang on she has it 100% she pulls that turn she’s

Into the quarters oh and she knows it too left chasing a 434 she she had to go for it she had to go for that move and I mean we’ve seen girls get you know basically fives for one score today and can see sort of disappointment on her face there she’ll

Know I think what you said you me she she makes that she’s getting she does she did everything right cuts it a little early goes up there lip lines it almost could have done a little grab rail for stability and then right here clicks the tail down it’s good and then

Maybe a little on the toe side and that’s it’s surfing right there oh it’s heartbreaking sheide down that’s tough poor Lulu especially with this event being one of her favorites being at home you know she’s thinking at least a quarter before she’s moving on to capitalize on points before the

Midseason cut approaches she’ll bounce back as she heads to Europe and ly Peterson will move on into the quarterfinals great control of that heat and more action to come in the round of 16 Brett always a treat my friend thank you thanks for having me hopefully see you

Tomorrow yeah finals day hopefully we’re going to keep you booked all through finals day Brett Simpson two-time US Open champ long time CT standout and join the conversation Flick’s going to stay with us here we’re going to do some rotations in the booth bringing in kypo

And more action from the round of 16 we’ll be right back E and we’re back at the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach is around the 16 overlapping format we got a new heat out in the water former champ PESA Hennessy up against one of the event favorites Gabriella Bryant typer girl along with felic palmenter flick on the call here

And um this heat in part this heat has a couple of Surfers that surf Sunset very well oh this for me is one of the best matchups of this round of 16 just two really powerful Surfers who really have been standouts out of here obviously Brer you she’s won out here before

Gabby’s just dropped a nine in her um elimination round heat just looking super powerful so I’m and for me stand out Surfers I’m really looking forward to seeing the match up here yeah Gabby Bryan um in her elimination round heat got a ninepoint ride opening round heat

For Bria Hennessy she nearly got there 8.33 so these two women dropping um substantial scores in the non priority heat priority heat miss a couple of teenagers up against each other 18-year-old s lindblad s CL California up against 18-year-old Caitlyn simmers out of ocean ins Side California and Katie with the uh early

But slight Advantage as this heat rolls into the priority position uh priority section of their heat yeah for sure I think uh something that uh Brett was touching on before was that uh it was really smart of soya to hold on to priority as we

Flip if as they flipped over into the uh priority heat so so soya still maintained that and uh is a few small scores on the board and I feel like this is totally open basically there about to Surf a 15 15minute heat now and with that swell sort of starting to fill in

More I think we’re going to see some hopefully some more great action so sya limbad had a little bit of a of a mishap in her elimination round heat a paddling interference on Gabriel Brian but she was able to overcome that penalty and still earn her way into the round the 16

Flict so do you think that gives soya kind of a bit of a confidence cuz it feels like the worst already happened and she made it through for sure I think even if we go back to even the opening round heat I think she had a couple of

Moments with Priority One where she actually lost priority as well and then Jo Jo Anda feay actually converted on the next wave and so I think today she’s had a couple of obstacles to get over especially that one in the last Heat I actually heard what she was saying when

She came in she didn’t even know that that was a rule or that was a thing I heard her say that and so big learning curve but also a test to her sort of resilience and being able to reframe in that situation because being so young

Young being on tour rookie year I mean it’s a big mistake and sometimes things like that can be really daunting we saw I mean her facial expressions we saw her throwing her arms up in the air so she definitely was confused by that but being able to turn it around and yeah

Convert on that um wave that she did and going so vertical on her back hand she got such a great score and here she is now sorry this is Bria but yeah she’s back Bria Hennessy with one big turn to open up per count up against Gabriella Bryant Bryant already with a six

6.33 on the board after her start we got 33 minutes in the non priority heat so let’s look at some replays this is the 6.33 right here flick yeah just that trademark hacked straight into that first section so my thoughts are that that 633 is basically coming from that

One first maneuver I mean that she obviously got two turns on that wave that second one was quite small so it was a beautiful first wave I love this shot from high above you can see the bemet of Sunset Beach in it’s a lava lava Reef with a little bit of live cor

But mostly a lava Reef with these fingers that go out into the ocean and you can see some of the holes and so forth that create boils and some of the flat sections you can see the Deep spot uh in between some of these sections that that you know when the

Wave kind of goes tapered or flat it’s because that change in depth out here so this a beautiful shot showing you what’s going on beneath that makes the waves happen the way they do for sure I think uh obviously it’s a very clear day we’ve got some great clarity as well and see

Where that blue hole is right where that wave’s about to break there you can see that that wave didn’t it’s not really going top to bottom on those smaller days you can actually sort of paddle out through that section there because of those bigger holes in the reef it

Actually sort of acts as like a little Channel and so you can actually sometimes if you’re lucky and those sets are coming through you can actually punch it out uh to the right of where the girls are now if you’re lucky and you don’t get cleaned up by set yeah I

Mean there’s so many things right that you learn about about this break and this break has so many different personalities sometimes you know those really West Northwest ones or those West ones you you would think hey paddle to the channel paddle paddle to your left looking at the screen paddle to the

Channel but sometimes it’s better to paddle paddle to the paddle to the right you know paddle to the left that’s coming through cuz all that energy is actually going down the line for sure for sure on those bigger days when you get those big West Peak bowls those big

West ones come through the lineup I mean I’ve been caught when I first started surfing out here being like Oh paddle to the Horizon paddle out to the big deep Channel but in reality you actually start paddling more towards um the East you know out out that way more towards

The yeah Northeast yeah um you’re actually going to be in a way better position it’s it it is it’s an interesting thing to learn cuz it’s counterintuitive it’s it’s not where you think you should go but actually the water’s more settled there or the White Water’s not as strong here we go Gabby

Bryant open up with a 633 that hooking turn she’s been relying upon one more time that one not as Dynamic but smart just to get a backup and put more pressure on Bria Hennessy Bria she opened up with a 4.1 31 minutes on the non priority

Heat I’ve just got to go back to Gabby’s first wave she really she really got that 633 for one turn I mean there was maybe you know half point that came from that second turn but call it a six for one turn and the three for that other

Like the other carve it was just super impressive and uh Shades from that I just saw Shades from that elimination Heat this is that 633 and this is the turn I’m talking about she’s just got such great technique and half of her board has been literally buried into the

Wave on that just she’s got so much power and yeah really great technique here’s that other little turn that she did at the end there but I mean all the points came from that first maneuver so she does two of those I mean look out there’s been talk about the changing in

Guard in in women’s professional surfing I I feel like when we have these overlapping Heats this really is a testament to you have 18-year-old Katie simmers 18-year-old soy linblad Gabriel Bryan she’s just 21 years old Bria Hennessy she’s the oldest out there at 23 year old 23 years old next up we’re

Going to have Caroline Marx she’s 21 years old against Alyssa Spencer who’s another 20 yearold so we’re stacking Heats and the eldest surfer in the next hour that you’re going to see surfing is a 23-year-old Rea Hennessy yeah uh and it’s just a testament to what you were

Saying I mean we ask that’s what happens right I mean one thing that is inevitable is time and everyone’s aging and uh I think it is super exciting we are seeing that next gen come through and yeah it’s really evident in this last hour but yeah I I think it doesn’t

Mean that this older generation are any less hungry I think you know especially after watching the women at pip when um Katie and Molly I think they’re even more fired up yeah well don’t cut out the establishment the older guard because one of those Surfers who’s established on the championship tour Ley

Peterson she just won her heat and she’s on to the quarterfinals yeah she is Kaio ly onto the quarterfinals and I know this last Heat was grindy is how you described it to me how did you stay calm in those moments rely on all of your

Experience on tour to stay in the moment yeah it was not grinding in the like there was waves to be rid in and and scored and surfed well I just kind of made it grindy on myself I felt like um but yeah I was hoping in that first 20

Minutes there was so many waves and I was thinking okay I’m going to get hopefully like a five or six or something mid-range on the board and I just like kept falling and the best I got was a three so I was a little frustrated going into the priority heat

Um and then it picked up a little bit and I was thinking oh should I be on a bigger board so got a little bit in my head but um yeah I’m really happy to make it through that round it’s a scary round that one and Lana is so solid out

Here she’s out here every single day and lives lives right here so in the end I was just she’s so capable getting that score and um I was definitely trying to find something to better my my backup just to make it a little bit harder on

Her but um yeah I got got lucky I guess and I’ll take it you you’ll certainly take it into finals day in the quarterfinals we talked about this morning how you felt like you really hadn’t gotten a chance to surf now back to back Heat wins how much does that

Feed that confidence going into the finals day yeah it’s great it’s really really nice to get a contest going and and make some Heats and get some reps up and um just to be into a finals day and a quarters and yeah just momentum and

Confidence is so so huge for at least me in my head space so um feels really good and I’m super excited for tomorrow I think the W is going to be really fun and some great surfing and um think I have Molly which will be so much fun

We’re like such good friends so um yeah I’m excited for that the good friends thing how does that work out in quarterfinals oh we just go hard to go home baby we take no prisoners for sure on each other which is what makes it so awesome she’s so Fierce and um into it

And you know I got to show the gr what’s up sometimes too so you show her what’s up we’ll see you tomorrow L awesome see you guys I like the quote got to show the Grom what’s up we talk a lot about the new guard but we still have the

Establishment there uh dominating hanging on to it for sure and you just sometimes you just can’t beat experience and a lot of these women have been been on tour for you know close to a decade and a lot of these waves have so many different intricacies and different

Faces and personalities and you’re only going to you only get that with experience and time spent at waves like this and uh as much as this new guard is coming up I I think it’s also fired up this I I know you know I was speaking to

A couple of the girls who had been on tour for a long time just watching that finals day at pipe and I know that they would have love to have had a chance to to be out there and as we see Gabby just having a little bit of a look at that

One possibly some movement out the back 6 minutes remaining in the priority heat Caitlyn simmers on top hitlin simmers with that yellow Jersey and priority here we go with Katie oh unfortunate slips off the back of her board while winding up down the line and gets caught in the

Lip wow that was an interesting wipe out got to think that I thought that looking like it was going to be quite a good way too something funny just happened on her board there let’s go down the Strider did you see what happened no man that was a bummer I you

Know backto back mistakes in my book you got uh you know Sawyer taking holding priority for that long and then catching a wave that didn’t give her anything a onepoint ride and and then Katie first wave that came was a great wave and she pulled back and didn’t go second wave

She goes and then the board is just fluttering in the top of the ball she went to try and kick out of the Waves seeing Sawyer trying to get back out for priority cuz realiz and that way he was going to run off and the thing just

Sucked her over the fall so two Mistakes by both these youngsters we’ll see what happens there’s not much time left there she is so we can see she was attempting to get out of there and a paddle battle for priority but then 100 lb 52 couldn’t punch through there went over the falls

Yeah it was an interesting wipe out well the girls looking a little bit fired up here looks like someone’s might be going to take this one Gabby Bryant smooth off the bottom and the Gaff back into the White Water finally emerges turning so hard on that Mayhem

Surfboard looking to better a 2.83 just one turn we’ll see where the judges go with that yeah my my thoughts I think she will I think she will improve on that it was just she did get a little bit caught there in the foam for a while

But yeah it was just beautiful technique and just displacing so much qu there so waiting for the score for Gabriella Bryant and that will set the situation she does have the head start right now on Bria Hennessy let’s take a look at the head-to-head matchups between Bria

Hennessy and Gabriella Bryan here we go three wins for Bria Hennessy 2024 pip round the 16 Bria B Gabby Bria beat Gabby as well as 2022 in Tahiti in the elimination round 2022 at pipe Bria got the best of Gabby in the round of 16 Gabby’s one win over Bria happened 2022

At Margaret River where Gabriella Bryant went on to her best career CT finish runner up there in that 2022 competition over at Margaret River Western Australia matched up again in the non-priority heat I really go ahead oh I I just really think uh We’ve obviously got Bria she’s

Sitting out there she’s being super super patient with her priority she hasn’t really had a look at too many waves yet and already know that she’s dropped an excellent score already today I think it’s going to be interesting they’ve kind of got sort of two different tactics at the moment Bria

Just being super patient Gabby just getting the ball rolling so in uh contrasting sort of uh strategies here and be interesting to see when Bria decides to uh roll a J yeah she may she’s in the non priority he we’ll see at we had Brett Simpson’s giving that

Advice like hang on to Priority until you get into the priority section but really we talk speaking of priority the priority heat right now we’re under 3 minutes soyer lindblad has that priority actually over the entire field lindblad just needs a 2.25 to overcome Katie simmers simmers

With some small numbers on the board just a 3.17 and two-point ride neither Surfer in heat three of the round the 16 really really you know excelling or getting any meaningful numbers so I feel like it could just be the last strike on either end they’re going determine the

Outcome of this heat and here we go with Sawyer lindblad finds open face that was a nice carve on the back hand more Dynamic second turn and fits three turns before the wave hits the channel she’s going to get the number and now it’s going to be up

To Katie simmers to mount the comeback back yeah wow pressure’s on pressure’s on for Katie and got to be thinking I mean there is a couple of lines on the horizon I think so Katie’s probably going to get one more roll of the dice and I mean that was really really well

Done of as we see Gabby just having a look at that one but yeah I think Katie is probably going to get one more roll of the dice here so pressure is on she paddles over that first one and Katy simmers gets eyes on this second set wave she’s L

Lost in the trough right now between the two waves there she is from above her positioning on this wave looks like she’s in the pocket here we go with Katie simmers screams down the line Yanks the rail there nice mid-face carve one more time for Katie simmers larger wave than Sawyers will that

Impact make the difference when it comes to the score between the two the judges owe us scores for both lindblad as well as simmers Bria Hennessy wipes the spray from her eyes before carving on her Glen pang’s surfboard couple of turns up there and finds room for one more carve into the

Channel but the important numbers at this point as we’re down to Just 4 second flick it is how the exchange between Caitlyn simmers and Sawyer lindblad win yeah I think here we go let’s break it down saw sort of Waits a bit here just to get this first maneuver but this one

Was timed pretty well she cut that one a little bit short but I think most of the points will come from that second turn there she was really able to get critical so finished with a little carving maneuver there I think she’s going to get the score but then behind

Her Katie takes off and this was a really this was a bigger wave clean face Taps the rail there and then she gets see that that one was going to close out so she got up there nice and early was really controlled I mean ktie yanked the rail

On that first turn so that’s a detail um we’ll see if the judges picked up for that because Katie’s pretty far out to see right there we get the the the benefit of great camera work she’s going to talk to Tommy witz for a download right now numbers we’re still awaiting those

Numbers yeah I think I think soya gets the score obviously she had ended a 2.25 it just you know Katie’s wave was was big it had a lot of open face she had variety too obviously grabbing the rail on that first turn drop straight down was able to see that hey this wave’s

Going to have a really heavy endsection so Katie uh so get a 4.17 Katie simmers now needs a 3.94 ktie simers there’s the scores right there for Sawyer 4.17 the need for Katie a three uh 3.41 and Katie gets the number with a 4.4 Strider take it

Away Katie you got the number right on the end there that was a wild one uh you know you paddled by saying that you thought you should not win that heat after your performance I yeah I definitely like feel like I deserve to lose after that I made a lot of poor

Decisions but dude I don’t know I drank like a half a gallon of salt water I was like almost puking half the heat like coughing up water and I don’t know I just took a lot of lips to the head but well you’re you’re still going let’s

Let’s see that Jersey on your back one more heat all right wish I could have been on better terms but good to see you Strider back to you guys in the booth thank you Strider congratulations Katie simmers she’s on to quarteron number two for finals day who’s going to meet her

Who’s going to meet Katie we’re going to find out when we come back is it going to be Bria Hennessy or G Gabriela Briyan e Collaboration with chaso blue project and Hawaii sustainable coastlines had a great activation event in Kahuku where we were sifting and getting through the problems of micr Plastics in the S sand that plague the windward shores of the Hawaiian island thank you to chaso Yeti and everyone over at w cell1 Ocean clean sand here at Sunset Beach pal Malu and we have a new heat out in the water the round the 16 matchup between Caroline marks our reigning world champ and tour rookie Alysa Spencer kle girl along with Jesse Mendes your thoughts on this all goofy

Foot matchup um this is actually a great match um when you’re facing another goofy you’re going to have someone to kind of compare against your um against yourself you know and you’re having regular goofy type of match it’s a little different mostly in a wave like um Sunset Beach and and obviously you

Can’t take down Caroline um she has done damage here before um she’s come off a word title win so she has a lot of confidence more experience in Alyssa but not to mention Alyssa is just very smart competitor times her turns very well gets critical um not easily but she

Knows how to get critical today I’ll hear today nothing will be easy but yeah it’s going to be a great match both relatively Young young yeah I mean Caroline marks her sixth year on the championship tour she made the tour at very young age at 14 years old uh but

She’s just 21 years old with a world title and then we look at Alyssa Spencer just 20 years old out of enanas California in her first go around on the championship tour so I like your assessment and let’s take a look at the uh some of the rides that happened

During that break this is Bria Hennessy and Bria went to town wow that looks like a beautiful clean wave critical section right there um yeah just just nice rail Surf and what I really like that differentiate from um most of the girls today you see her setting up right

Here and she had a very small tight transition she was actually able to get vertical a lot of girls you see them going around but see that one right there getting very um critical in a tight transition and not actually wiping off the Speed going around and just

Doing that carve so I think that’s what the judges identified right there and gave her that big score I’m not saying the girls haven’t haven’t done it but a lot of times they were going around that critical section I thought that was very um smart and Technical for br to hit

That um second turn well Bria in attack mode there seven-point ride so uh really and Bria waited a long time she basically didn’t only caught one wave in the non priority section of this heat and let Gabby Bryant her competitor who she’s competing against there in the white J

77 on her back you know really kind of have a lot of goes at it but now Bria patience paid off for Bria Hennessy and she took the lead in the priority heat yeah like for me in my opinion that’s the most stacked heat of um the

Round so far Bria and Gabby like they’re both amazing out here um Bria I think previously won this event before their strain is are very similar even though they um their abilities and Technical are a little bit different but yeah it’s good to see them in in the match yeah

Our event top scores for the women you can see Betty loose Sakura Johnson with a 9.17 Gabriela Bryant with that ninepoint ride and right behind her Bria Hennessy so the two Surfers in heat 4 of the round the 16 really have been the women that have been putting up the the

Big meaty numbers in uh so far in this competition so to your point this is probably one of the more competitive or challenging Heats in this round of 16 totally and previous to the heat I know both of them and their coaches already know that so they know they have to be

Very selective and be on the best waves in order to win this heat because yeah the level of Surfing is going to be very similar very similar and very high for mostly for this conditions you know like they it fits their surfing so well Caroline marks nice nice opening snap for

Caroline has to get busy with some s turns as this wave really kind of flattens out into the channel that’s going to be the opening number for Caroline marks in the non priority heat and easy pick up with the Red Bull jet ski yeah it takes with the with the ski

Assist it helps so much you know if she had to baddle all that you probably lose about 4 minutes so that gives those Surfers chances to actually put themselves in um opportunities more and more and as you see right here just a pretty flat wave she um was able to put

Some carbs down there but just nothing critical everything was pretty flat because of the wave and she’s going to get back there and little time and ready for another one marxy on the paddle three-point ride dropping in for Caroline so still a tight heat between Alysa Spencer and Caroline

Marks almost neck and neck at this point but 30 minutes on the clock for that non priority heat more waves coming through here lines across as we anticipate the swth to continue to build through the afternoon the winds is staying in a favorable Direction and Bria Hennessy is

Scratching into this one Bria lines this up gu a full rail car but then you can see that wave just went into deep water right away yeah and that happens a lot out here at Sensi in decize with the swell direction if we had more of a North

Swell probably see that bow lining up a little bit more not so much deep in the Shelf but as it is right now it’s it it’s as much as it’s it’s very good out there it’s easy to select the waves ktie simm yeah Katie simmers Kat what do you

Have to say Katie what’s Katie got to say AJ well kypo we heard her tell Strider in the water that she felt like maybe she didn’t deserve to win that heat Katie but you did get the win you get another chance to surf in the quarterfinals what did you learn in the

Water today that you want to carry into next Heat um yeah I could I don’t know didn’t really have the best seat I was like I knew saw wouldn’t be afraid of me cuz we have we’ve had so many Heats together growing up in like NSSA and I

Don’t know it’s honestly 50/50 on those NSSA Heats she always got me she always could manage to like I mean in the heat before she had an interference and she’s still freaking has a mean backside snap so she can get her way out of a lot of

Bad situations but um I don’t know I guess from my heat before today it was like it was I made a lot of mistakes too like I didn’t really get a backup so I was pretty bummed like I was like happy I made it but I was just like still just

Like super mad at myself for how I surfed and then just now too I I Hon yeah I mean like I told Str I literally like I mean a win is a win like you were saying but I just I don’t know I really want to do a good turnout here at Sunset

Cuz like I don’t know I was feeling pretty good surfing here the days before and I’ve been like the trick here I feel like is to try to convince yourself it’s a really fun wave because like you can have fun just like getting around kind of like have

Fun with the challenge that is cuz such a difficult wave and it looks so fun right now from the webcast but when you’re out there you’re like where the heck am I and then it’s all bumpy on the face and so you’re just like pretty lost

And but kind of having fun with finding the challenge in it and hopefully my next seats I can channel the better parts of that and not but it let Sunset beat me so well that’s what I was going to ask how do you move past this feeling

Of beating yourself up for things that you wish you could have done better and move into the next Heat with more intention and putting that emotion behind you I guess just learning learning learning that’s what me and freaking be have been saying he has we’ve just been joking about like

Learning and just like freaking just been learning a lot and I feel like these last two Heats have been quite a lot of learning and another opportunity tomorrow we’ll see you then yep thank you detective work there that I’ve undercovered that Katie simmers is off her B borce design board for Sunset and

And on to an Eric arakawa which is interesting and maybe in the future we could ask her why why she did that uh equipment change this happened during the interview nice tight turn there for Gabby um yeah that was a 447 for Gabrielle o Bryan so still trailing Bria Hennessy

Need to hit the mark of a 4.78 in the priority heat priority heat down to 6 and2 minutes yeah a lot of momentum shift like um briza had priority they both see it on a good scor it’s just their backup they’re they’re pretty similar situation

Right now on the heat Breza kind of um lost priority on a pretty pretty bad wave and then felt like the momentum was shift into um to gabri but we see Caroline up and Ryden strong bottom turn accompanied with a strong top turn does it twice Caroline

Marx Marx is going to ditch a fractional score that she’s holding on to her score line and maybe her best number so far in her heat Red Bull jet ski with a quick pickup yeah just getting a second score on the board like you mentioned probably

Might maybe it will be her best wave the only Factor right there is just a very small wave and the close out section she she rode out pretty clean but the wave was already kind of dying out dissipating into that big Channel and as you see right here smaller wave for

Today she was able to get nice and vertical and tight right there and right here as I mentioned like it was nice and clean but just the wave was dissipating not much power and yeah if it betters it’s um better her better her best score

It’s not going to be by so much which you probably will better but let’s see Caroline marks to a 4.33 and Caroline continues to slowly pull away from the rookie Alyssa Spencer but Alyssa with plenty of time to strike back 24 minutes 45 seconds on the non priority heat call the priority heat

We’re getting down to the nitty-gritty between Bria Hennessy and Gabriella br Bria Hennessy with heat control she’s got the lead she’s got priority she’s controlling the tempo out there but there’s going to be multiple choices coming in right now the reef at Sunset between Bria Hennessy and Gabriella

Bryant Bryant just needs a mid-range score of a 4.78 to turn the heat and here come the waves looks like they’re going to get caught without a little bit of a position that wave ran more into the bow so we’re anticipating that trans transition from the point more to the

Bowl area of its Sunset as this swell increases and in that particular instance it did happen so yeah this is just going to eat the clock and that’s a good thing for Bria Hennessy she’s she’s happy to duck dive waves and let the clock wind down that’s a bad thing for

Gabriel Bryant totally like she’s so happy with that situation cuz both of them getting caught she had to make no decisions she know she wasn’t going to get um that Gabby wasn’t going to get opportunity and now the clock’s running down looks like there’s a little bit of that break in the

Set and they probably going to reposition right now it’s like time for bris to reset again and pull off the best wave of um the next set sitting with priority just keeping a very close eye into Gabby because the 478 we’ve seen Gabby getting huge scores only one turn

Before on tour and in a day like today she like she doesn’t actually need much she just needs a nice open Clean wall in order to better that for um to get that 4.78 but I guess the other trick is to kind of escape the shackles of the potential shackles that

Rea Hennessy is able to put on Gabriella Bryant right now with priority so yeah we’ll see how this plays out looks like we got lots of lines out there Jesse yeah it does look like it’s a it’s a long period swell so you can see them stacking up way out the

Back and they look um pretty clean and nice sometimes they miss here they won’t hit um where we wanted to hit just on the Shelf they’ll go a little bit to the side and let’s see what this kind of it’s like a midside sets coming and it’s going to come in time

For those two minutes and 15 seconds it’s just matter of fact to how good that wave is going to be well B Hennessy gets through this heat she is off to a great start for the championship tour this year is going to be if she’s able to get through this

Heat she will go back to back with finals day a first two events yeah that’s impressive for her um but expectable like she’s that good of a surfer that good of a competitor stepping it up every year and it’s a nerve-wracking nail biting heat right now with a minute and

40 left see like I mentioned that set oh it’s still it’s still still kind of approaching you see it it’s um peeking way up there at the point deep in the point even kind of like a northy more leftover swell but it might also hit here let’s see what the Surfers are

Doing okay so Gabby forces Bria into this one Bria takes it now her mission is to better her score line she needs better than a 4.1 that one’s going to be on the line one minute of opportunity for Gabriella Bryant needing a 4.78 needing a mid-range score Jesse

Looks like there should be ample opportunity but the angle of the SW may be eluding her yeah sometimes that’s just how it rolls you see the set stacking out the back and you’re hoping it’s going to come your way but it hits a different part of the

Shelf um and let’s see she’s starting to paddle deeper because she probably identifies something actually now coming in it’s just yeah it’s just so hard to make a decision right there she’s deep on this one she’s going to have to get going here we go Gabby one hack there needs a little bit

More oh and does not get it she needs basically a five-point ride is that a mid-range score yeah I don’t see I I actually um I don’t see that coming into that score and also I feel like bria’s wave was better than her so Bria might even better and protect herself a little

Bit more but as you see right here just nothing against her beautiful carve right there just the wave got flat very quickly and there was no left nothing left right there for her to hit it and yeah needed something else and you were right pra did improve slightly at 4.27

So now G Gabby needs 4.95 we’re waiting for the number I see I kind of see that coming under um brisa’s wave in my in my opinion Brisa had that that great finish um off the wave that Gabby didn’t have it unfortunately but that’s just how surfing goes or any

Sports sometimes he goes your way sometimes he doesn’t but the judges are having a look well you can say it’s not an easy decision for the judges because they’re taking some time before putting in the score probably looking at multiple replays but now it comes in all in a a

Fury 3.67 not enough as we Su suspected for Gabriella BR Bryant she’ll bow out a competition with an equal ninth and Bria Hennessy will be matched up against Katie simmers in quarterfinal two for finals day congratulations to Bria Hennessy on the power back in stepping away when we return

Another great heat out in the water Joan De Fe coming up against Tatiana Weston web the hurly pro Sunset Beach is brought to you by bons soy official milk of the WSL by event brigh honor off your board you’ve got plans with Eventbrite and by Pacifico live life anchors up e e

It’s time to watch the pul to get caught up with the action today Ross and Betty Lou looking at the conditions and yeah he was proud of this moment bety Lou on a 60 pisel ghost shut it down a 9.17 best score of the day so far as she

Moves on to the round of 16 along with India Robins things continue to get heated Heat number two of the ER Gabrielle O’Brien put on a clinic of power surfing a nine-point ride on a big two- turn combo but then this happened oh my goodness Lim blad getting called for a paddling

Interference the beginning of the heat but she still Advanced the rookie kept her head in the game even though her low score was cut in half and Sophie molik went home with the 17th and Molly pck to defending event champ controls the Heat and it was wild they waited a while just

Pushing each other up the point with India Robinson and when Molly switched on it was a 75 717 as her top two defeating India and getting into the quarterfinals finish number two at pipe so far an equal fifth at worst but she already wants to defend her title and

That’s pretty much the best moments of the day hey a lot more in there you can always check out on worldsurfleague.com you can check out events from the past you can look forward to the schedule you can look at athlete profiles but I think this is kind of hypnotizing at the

Moment the playing field from the heavens checking out the water world with the Hawaiian water Patrol they’re doing such a great job of the big Channel there and then the beautiful Community behind it all and some great people that are watching the world’s best compete Joan deay take taking on

Tati on Weston web coming into stop number two equal fifth from quarterfinal finishes at pipeline as we bring Felicity paler back on set flick this is a great battle for for tati is interesting I got a hold of Ross Williams real quick her coach and remember we were watching earlier just

Looked like she was out of sink so I just asked him what was going on he was like wow she is so mad at herself like especially after that heat she was really really upset and he said he just brought her back you know reeled her in

A little bit and got her head space just exactly where it needs to be to really perform but she definitely was we saw her being a little out of rhythm and she was definitely feeling it emotionally too for sure and I mean I don’t I’m not surprised that taju was so

Angry at herself and you know sort of disappointed and sort of having that moment but I think it’s important that you do let those feelings out because otherwise if you kind of trying to to suppress it you know it’s not necessarily the best thing to do but you

Know let’s see what happens in this heat and hopefully she’s been able to reframe and feel like okay that’s in the past like let’s work on the future now or in the present let’s stay in the present and I’ve got another heat and I’m coming up against Joanne who you know is going

To be a tough competitor out here her forehand carve being uh absolutely incredible so yeah hopefully Tachi has been able to reframe I I really think we haven’t seen her best yet on her back end out here yeah her back end you just think about main break Margaret River

You’re thinking Jeff Bay uh man the final she made with Steph Gilmore that was back in MC Fanning’s retirement event where he was runner up to ealo one judge had tati winning that final back then that’s how close it was on the sand also on the US Open back

When that got the CT upgrade now very important event on the Challenger Series but she’s due I feel like she’s really due for a big Seas CT win she finished runner up in the world though that would definitely take the top prize as far as her momentum on tour

Basically one turn away from taking the world title off RIS a few years back as we see an aggressive paddle to get things started and then further down the line in the priority heat riging World Champ Caroline marks has some turbulence out there she has to straighten out yeah

That wave had so many rivets through it a lot of little sort of lump and bump and I guess Carolina was a lot wider on the peak there so just chose to give it a swing and uh yeah but out the back he Joanne Joanne deay trying to make

Something out of a small section just kind of repositioning now in the Channel with plenty of time to go we just came off a heat that I C thought could have been a final maybe it will be one day at Sunset Bria Hennessy getting the win

Over Gabby Bryan and Bri’s with AJ yeah Joe what a great battle between you and Gabby Breo walk me through just what it took to stay present in the moment and get the win Gabby is on fire I feel like she’s definitely one of my favorite

Surfers out here that one turn she did um in I think in the elimination round was was Next Level so I knew that it was going to be power power to power which I I mean that’s why we’re here right to battle it out I wish we had some more

Opportunities I felt like in the end it kind of got a little grindy um but I you know props to her she’s really bringing her best suring well and speaking of doing your best surfing you’re on to your second finals day to start 2024 quarterfinals coming up next here at

Sunset what did you learn in this heat that you want to carry to tomorrow I think it’s just I mean adapting still that same mindset of like no expectations and kind of I don’t know living vicariously through the moment and being open-minded um I really hope I

Can not be in my overthinking I think Virgo mind sometimes so um yeah I yeah I just want to bring my best surfing I really want to push myself and um I mean it’s such a beautiful canvas Sunset and US surfers we get the opportunity to be

The paintbrushes and so I just want to paint you know like give me the canvas we can’t wait to see the picture that you paint tomorrow we’ll see you then thank you I also want to say um happy birthday to my cousin Gia um thanks for always watching and supporting me and love

You happy birthday that is so cool getting a Heat win celebrating with your friends and family and moving on into the quarterfinals uh Bria also commented on Gabby Bran’s car from the free surf yesterday she knew what she’d be dealing with so that was a huge Heat win you

Know the story of this contest for sure and I like what you said Joe that that that last hate between between those two women could have been a final uh they are absolutely on fire and wow hats off to Gabby because I don’t think I’ve seen anyone throw a more powerful turn and

Being able to bury basically half of that board in the face of the wave and just carry that speed the whole way through that maneuver too so yeah uh hats off to Gabby and yeah good job for Bria for getting the job done now taking

Off on the heart of the peak and winding up on the back and rookie on tour Lissa Spencer wears the lip on the back and that takes her down one of those challenging things of having your back to the wall here at Sunset Beach here’s another version of the goofy foot

Approach in the non priority heat Tatiana Weston web connects and now flowing through the foam on the face one of the hardest workers on tour and she will find her way through the inside and turning in her best number so far still almost 30 minutes to

Go for Tati who’s had a lot of water time today I I really love that first turn from Tachi I think that was the best turn we’ve seen uh her time all day uh interesting thing about you know the two Heats that are in the water right now

We’ve actually got three goofies out there right now as you’re excited about that you should be too mate as we look at this one again yeah so this turn here this in my opinion was tti’s best she almost lost it there just getting a little bit of air under her board as she

Was coming down from that first turn but it was really well timed things got a little bit funky here on the inside you could tell that she probably just wanted to really have that finishing maneuver but I think that’s a sign of better things to come this turn here was really

Well timed but she you can see a lot of her front foot came off the board there was air between her board and that front foot she regained control so that basically did a one-legged spot and yeah was super impressive a really impressive Tatiana Western web hanging

On trying to settle the nerves and sometimes she just wants to take over events so quickly she had to settle down a bit I think that was the main thing we were watching in the opening round just a little off Pace with the sections and it’s great to have a coach that knows

You so well knows how much you put into this game and Ross said the right words to put her head space just where it needs to be for the round of 16 see the difference of points now for making the cut it’s like you need to at least be in

The quarter final to even enter that conversation for sure especially on the women’s side you know there’s obviously less women on tour and it’s so important to make quarters and you know even more so making that semi-final I feel like is just really cementing it uh on the you

Know if you think about the guys side of a draw you know sometimes a ninth that’s that’s a score that’s that you can count a ninth but on the women’s side it’s a different story it’s so hotly contested and uh that’s why it’s so important today for the you know each of these

Women that are out there now wanting to get through this heat all roads lead to the WSL finals which Tatu has been a part of Joan Fe has been a part of and Caroline Mark celebrated the best day of her career last September where she was able to have

That dream come true over her original hero in Carissa Moore had a great celebration a lot of friends from Florida joined her in s Leni which has been her home for a few years now as she moved across the country yeah filled with media responsibilities that she absolutely

Enjoyed she was on The Today Show and then she just had this moment where she’s like can I just start my job again you know and that’s sometimes what you wonder once you win your ultimate goal you know that’s what you write down as a kid that’s where your imagining is

Going to happen and then it happens you wonder what’s going to happen to their motivation and I think she’s more fired up than ever cuz you just build your legacy once you start entering the caliber of the the multiple world champions then you kind of own an ER of

Time for sure I think so completely I I think Caroline just had an amazing year last year obviously one in alador and then one in Tahiti and I think the win in tah was super special for her she went into finals and just had that point of difference on her backand she her

Wave selection was really really crucial I think too just choosing those waves that was super clean on the face but yeah I I think she spoke to her and she said I just had the best year of my life like how do you how do you talk that I

Don’t know and then obviously all the celebrations that came with that but uh I was speaking to her as well you know obviously on the finals day uh um after the finals day at p and I I think you know she obviously made the finals day

But I think she was a bit you know same as what Gabby said earlier or I think she said it to you know they just wanted to be out there wanted to show what they could do and Caroline had a couple of moments at pipeline but I just could

Feel in the conversation I was having with her that she was like I just just give me more you know like so yeah I think this year is going to be so hotly contested between uh especially all that those women that were in that um final

Five picture oh so true has just gone up so much as Caroline tries to go back to back we’ve had a lot of that happen in women’s surfing history where there’s just aors of time where just a few names are dominating going back to Margo oberg

Who was able to win a lot of world titles even went back to back in the early 80s Lyn Boer also went back to back representing Hawaii for her world titles just like Margo back from 78 and 79 we had the Freeda Zamba era as well

Where she got on a crazy hot streak where it was she was basically unbeatable as we see Joan defay step off so priority to tati defay just way too deep on that one yeah for sure that both all the girls were very deep for that first one as you say Caroline having a

Look here Carol lopo setting up the back end and she just looks like she’s going to have to straighten out too so seeing a few of these types of waves as the swell has increased a bit this afternoon for sure I think all the women right they they’re still sitting quite far up

The point and with that swell increasing it sort of seems like maybe it could be shifting a little bit but yeah both women rolling the dice there when they took off they those waves actually looked like they were going to be great waves they looked like they were quite

Peaky even though they were deep on the roof I was like oh maybe maybe one turn wow super late for TTI and she will get out of the way of the priority heat Alysa in a different matchup with 340 to go so Spen wave if she wanted it I think

Tati just wanted to be involved just in case Alyssa wasn’t going to go Spencer is needing a score in the prior to heat she’s got Caroline marks so alista needing a 6.66 to move on and just stepping off there she’s just running out of time yeah she is and

You got to think I mean Caroline went that wave before and Caroline had priority you got to be thinking that Alysa then obviously she had priority she had and with 3 minutes on the clock probably wasn’t the smartest way to choose she does need a 6.66 def has that

Wave nice and Hollow behind her really patient for that carve section good for that one move and that’ll be her best number so far in the heat with Tatiana yeah a few a few low scores in that heat still but they’re obviously the non priority heat so just rolling

The dice I mean I I’ve just got to Echo what Jake was saying when he was in here earlier you know for the women it is a wave catching contest you get really stuck in the mindset of like sitting in this one SP SP and sort of dropping

Anchor and and not catching waves so yeah I like the the tactic of trying to get something on the board at least one score in that non priority hate yeah just keep making those adjustments if you step up and you’re too deep you can make those adjustments on the Fly

Especially with 40 minutes on the clock you could really understand the conditions how your board feels even make a switch with your caddy if you need to as we go back to Joann’s wave yeah this one was really bowly in the beginning but she just waited a long

Time there there just to get that first turn in it was really beautifully surfed but yeah it was just obviously didn’t have didn’t have anything else after that first section there yeah maybe a little bit too late to get going for Joanne maybe she could have got another turn off but it

Stayed nice and Hollow maybe kept her in two minds so that score will stay pretty small for defay just a 2.0 taky holds the lead with priority she got the 477 on her previous ride and just the step off wave of point4 down to 90 seconds for Alysa

Spencer to create a huge upset an opportunity for a rookie to try to take out the World Champ for sure I mean she she needs a 666 and it’s quite it’s to be the highest score of the Heat so far Caroline’s got the highest score at the moment

5.83 and I’m interested to see where Caroline and Alisa are as we see Alysa having a crack just got caught up there with the wind but pri’s now gone to Caroline so you got to be thinking with 59 seconds on the clock Caroline might be moving a little bit closer to Alysa she

Definitely will be with priority to shut it down late takeoff for Tatiana Weston web and she’s going to have to pin drop there priority to Joan De Fe R almost going to see if Tatu is going to pull off the Brett simpo move and hang on to Priority into the switch

Of the next he but I think when tati sees a solid wave she kind of just has to go yeah there’s you know there’s a few people I think back over the years that are like that and someone else that comes to mind is Courtney conal I feel

Like these you know TTI and Courtney they both absolutely charge and sometimes at to their own detriment you know they just can’t help themselves when their waves are so good and they’re pumping and they kind of want to show the world that they have no fear and

They’re going to go and they’re going to charge but sometimes sometimes that some sometimes you can just come a little bit undone there but yeah I thought um it was interesting hearing Brett’s point about holding on to Priority like that it’s the benefit that you have bringing someone that’s so experienced into the

Booth as we run out of time in the heat with Caroline marks and Alysa Spencer the rookie is going to leave with an equal ninth and start preparing for Portugal and Caroline Marsh will move on to finals Day last year runner up in the event was actually under the weather a

Lot through last year’s contest so she’s going to be feeling so psyched to have another chance at a title here at Sunset being at the top of her game we’re going to take a bonsoy brew break and the round of 16 continues here with really beautiful conditions at Sunset Beach To no oh Caitlin simmers it back door simmering boiling on the stove and coming out this is such a cool experience for these girls because a lot of times for Rising ties they get a chance to be in the water but today they’re going behind the scenes you they get the all access

Pass to how these women prepare for their heat they’re rooting on the Surfers cheering them back in it’s an awesome moment for these young girls we small pipe yeah we small pip surf like 3ot pipe with Moana Rising Tides it’s all in the name a rising tide

Raises All Ships and that’s what we’re trying to do is create more access for these young girls this is the moment for these girls where they can start to put those pieces together so that someday it’s them running out here for their finals day at Pipeline and the next

Generation of young girls rooting them on Rising [Applause] time so so fun watching all the versions of rising Tides presented by pavita all around the world and that one was one of the greates a lot of those Surfers in the rising Tides program have front row

Seats as well for the show down at Pipeline and most of them are down here again watching today here at Sunset Beach Tyler Wright takes on Isabella and Nichols here in heat 7 of the round of 16 Tyler a two-time World Champ youngest ever to win a CT event at 14 still has

That record as we lock into this one with Chanda Fe nice water flying off the rail and she really tries to punch out the Finish but she goes down swinging chipping in and now fully engaged in this wave is Tyler there’s that whip all the way back

Into the pocket tries to do one of those little lean back ARs and thing got a bit more critical than she expected this this one’s going to continue with Tatiana Weston web controlling a wild takeoff nice Pace off the bottom little Jam as that water’s getting real full

Quickly she’ll be able to tap the white water and now just anticipating the lift from the Hawaii water Patrol tati Joanne with the priority heat still with a lot of room to move number wise for sure I mean it’s it’s been pretty low scoring Tachi obviously clear out there with that

4.77 being the highest wave all those last three waves that I saw all had a little bit of weird wonk through the face of the wave they looked a little bit disjointed even when Tyler took off I mean that one looked actually like it was going to actually really double up

And she kind of had to hop her way down into this section did that first carve and yeah she sort of came unstuck but yeah all those three waves just looking we have we’ll break it down now taii just had a little bit of lump and bump

This section here had a little warp in the face here you can just see that rivet which she has to pop down she managed to get that second turn in here but it goes very very frothy what’s got a little finish this is the one of Tyler you can see here she

Just had to hop into this section it starts to sort of I thought it would bowl up more but the way sort of peeling away from her she opts for that sort of layback hack and yeah Bo just comes out from underneath her feet all all three of those waves just

Had a little bit of funk to them as we see a few big sets sort of starting to come through the lineup yeah looking forward to seeing how these lines enter the contest area here at Sunset Beach originally named palalo as Tyler and Isabella are just

Getting started tati and Joan De Fe seen each other quite a bit in surfing history goofy foot raised on the island of kawhai representing Brazil on tour Joan De Fe raised at Reunion Island and spending most of her time these days in the southwest of France it’s 4-2 in

Favor of Joan defay but they g a lot of points against each other 16 points is Joann’s Max against tati 12.8 for Weston web is the highest she’s gotten to but she’s trying to even the score tati trying to get to a third win over Joan

Def feay they have a lot of similar strengths and waves that they’d actually really excel in they both won the US Open when it was about 1ot small when it was a CT rated event Joan De Fe had a classic battle with her best friend in

The world Bianca beton at the time and then we had tati really frustrated that she lost early at Cloud break one year and then took all that energy into winning US Open when it was uh not even half the size it was really a cool transition and a learning moment for

Tati picking herself back up after a loss as we went to the Pacifico fan picks for this heat Joan De Fe favored in moving to the quarterfinals yeah it’s I mean they’re pretty Sim they’re pretty similar right 44 to 56% I don’t even know where I sit right

Now I think I think just got to Echo what you said they’re very very evenly matched obviously there’s that point of difference uh between goofy versus regular I think at the moment just based off performance throughout this event I would put my money on Joanne only because just haven’t seen TTI just sort

Of flick into that tati that we know you know where she’s so aggressive you know that she’s going to put it so critical in the pocket things are looking a little bit more promising in this heat for sure I feel like maybe after having that moment of of you know letting that

Frustration out letting that anger out being like you know what I’m just not feeling it yet and maybe just maybe she has reamed and we have seen positive things that 4.77 being the highest score of the Heat but yeah Joann’s looked very strong out here and on her forehand I I

Just think or even in her surfing in general obviously her backhand is very very strong coming from reunion but on her forehand her carve is definitely um one of the favorites TOA Fe qualified for the 2014 season and it was one of those cool stories that we’ve actually heard a

Couple times where she was doing the Qs one last year and whatever happened happened if she didn’t make it she was actually going to move on and do something different with her life that year everything came together it’s interesting how we’ve heard more than one Surfer kind of go through that of

Saying hey this is it and then all of a sudden when they make that statement official all of a sudden results come their way and you’re on tour and she’s been here ever since yeah back then that that qualifying series and you know Challenger Series now it’s it’s hard

Mentally and sometimes you have these Prodigy people that come through and you think yep no doubt they’re just going to get on there they’re going to Blitz it we’ll get back to that in a yeah just a quick in and out for Tyler but you just think yeah they’re going to get straight

On there they’re going to win they’re going to be on tour and sometimes it just doesn’t like it doesn’t crumble the way you think it’s going to right that Cookie doesn’t crumble the way you think it is and then you get people who are so unassuming right and you’re like hang on

A second you just qualified in a year where did you come from as we now see that roll in and just getting clipped a little bit on the back end Tatiana Western web going a long way for just a kick out you then get people that you

Know battle it out for years on the Challenger Series you mean or and the qualifying series I people like your Ramsey people like Jacob Wilcox and it takes a decade to finally get there and sort of Just A Real Testament to that resilience and that never give up

Attitude and I mean I can speak from experience it’s a heart log sometimes I mean it’s a long it’s a beautiful lifestyle don’t get don’t get me wrong and it’s a privileged one however I mean you do anything long enough and it does start to feel like a job you’re away

From family it’s a lot of sacrifice dedication and a lot of money and if financially you don’t have the backing to do it things get very very very tough when you start wondering hang on I like am I going backwards here or am I going forwards is this really worth it

Sometimes is a cool part of like the family lifestyle too is sing how connected you feel as a community especially if you come from the same place and yeah the financial burden of the tour is gnarly and Jeremy Flores was like Hey Joan deay you’re from Reunion

Island I’m going to help your rookie year on tour and he was able to help her travel and fund herself till she finally would get her prize money to trickle in and that helped her be calm and focus on for amazing job of being a pro Surfer

And she ended up being rookie of the year that season let’s catch up with the World Champ hanging out with AJ yeah Caroline coming into this event you were talking me with me about what you’re riding so walk us through the board that you’re riding how it impacted the way

You got this win yeah um this morning in the dark it’s always like hard to tell here in Hawaii like how big it is in the dark and it it looked kind of small but I think it’s just because it’s been so big lately um so I I wrote a pretty

Short board this morning and then I was like oh I need a ride bigger and I the swells picked up today and there’s wind wind and so many factors so um I actually rode this exact board in my first round Heat last year um so yeah

Haven’t ritten it since and and then my my heat this morning was my first time riding it and um yeah it took me to second to find my feet and then that heat I felt a lot better and just um felt like my my footing was better on

The board so a 62 my mapas and it’s working really nice well and you talked about last year right you rode your way all the way to a runnerup finish here at Sunset really helped kick things off for your 2023 what is it about this wave that you

Feel so confident on yeah sunset’s probably one of the trickiest venues we have on the tour I think you’ll probably hear a lot of people say that and um yeah last year it was so funny I had like a really bad ear infection and I

Was having a shocker I I was almost like borderline maybe going to pull out of the event and I was like I can’t do that we got to cut and I just I don’t want to do that but I was in a lot of pain and I

Ended up making the final and um this year I’m in a bit of a different scenario like feeling really good and healthy and um feeling really happy so I don’t know I mean yeah last year we made the final definitely like kick started my year so um I don’t know just guess

Good A little bit of good JuJu at this place but it’s definitely definitely challenging but um it feels really rewarding to do good out here certainly I can imagine that we’ll see you in the quarterfinals thanks AJ thank you AJ and Caroline as we still are enjoying Joan

Defay picking off a bomb out there that was the pace that she was looking for a wave that didn’t run off without her and she had some nice turns there well done for Joan deay and important wave in the context of heat number eight Strider yeah you know what watching that wave

Come in the way that it Apex the offshore winds and all the elements playing into it for Joan to be right in that perfect place to take off on that wave she had to do a lot of work but what a beautiful Drop probably blind on

It with all that air and the water in her face but then the beauty of that the ridden wave I mean look at these waves beautiful look at this thing wow big hack off the top right there beautiful work work out here it is gorgeous yeah Joan absolutely ripping as we see

Another angle of that huge takeoff weightless and then controls his first turn so well flick for sure uh straight away I’ve just got to say wow it’s it’s definitely picking up that that was a really sizey wave and Joan Sur that really really well three beautiful time

Turns and in the context of the heat like you said 6 and 1 half minutes left wa okay big turn from Isabella Nichols on a really really big section there just the one kind of got a little bit held up there at the top but back to Joann’s wave wow

That super super important wave for uh where we’re at in the heat right now you’ve got to be thinking that in my books that’s the best wave of the heat so far maybe totally agree with you yeah I think by Miles that was such a great read she have multiple sections to work

With just the wave itself was scorable even with nobody on it it just such a pretty wave so perfect timing and Rhythm for Jan to Fay and also a big committed section for Isabelle and Nichols which is probably a great time for us to check in with the

Top forecaster at Surfline Kevin Wallace Kevin gosh the ocean’s really coming to life this afternoon yeah you know I was uh I almost joked the other day on Sunset that or on Sunday that there wasn’t a drop of water out of place uh a lot of drops of water out of place on

Sunday although that was pretty doable and and pretty rippable but now you know that last set there there truly was going to drop of water out of place I can’t believe just how blue and big and beautiful it looks it’s it’s incredible to watch awesome and I always like

Asking about the feedback you give yourself as far as what you predicted today how you feeling I feel pretty good yeah you know it’s it’s been nice to see the swell fill in a little bit this afternoon uh as watching this thing fill in on the

Buoys and it was a little sluggish uh but it filled in nicely overnight so I my my my heart uh slowed down a little bit this morning when I got up about 5: and started checking the boo so it’s yeah it’s been great to see expectations

For the rest of the day Kevin and what to expect first thing in the morning yeah you know we we’ve kind of plateaued on this swell I I I don’t anticipate much more of a build this afternoon we should probably hang right where we are now uh and then going to tomorrow it’s

Kind of same deal this should be a pretty long lasting swell you know it came from that distant source so that gives that gives it a chance to kind of spread out over a couple days when we’ve got those super close storms those swells come up super fast and drop super

Fast when you’ve got a more distant storm it it it allows it to build more slowly kind of peak and then come down more slowly so that’s what we should see the next couple days so tomorrow we should see very similar conditions to what we’re seeing this afternoon um you

Know both for swell swell consistency and then also the wind too wind’s beautiful right now offshore East even east Southeast oh say so Kevin we’ve got two days left in the waiting period tomorrow and then the day after is there one that’s really popping out at you for

A finals day yeah I I think it’s tomorrow you know you you want we should be kind of just hanging around around that peak of the swell going into Thursday it’s not going to drop off but it should slowly taper down swell Peri had come down a little bit so not quite

As much power so yeah hey dead had Fred tomorrow in my opinion I love it good man Kevin thanks so much for your time all right cheers Joe Kevin Wallace said forecaster at Surf line director of forecasting and does a great job he’s been there for a very long time he was

The right-hand man for the late Sean Collins who created surf line and it was cool to step in the office see them both at work uh special memories uh checking in with Shawn during the New York CT event that Owen won $300,000 and the code red swell were

Some of my favorites getting Sean’s reports and Kevin keeping it all going at Surf line as we got the backand of Tatiana West and web with a great connection super smooth there and now she’ll wrap it back in the pocket and those are those types of turns that we

Expect from tati when she’s got a big wall to work with got to get caught up with some important numbers defay got that jam of a right hand wall 723 so tati on now wave needs a 647 that that was really beautiful surfing from Tachi that was my favorite

Wave she surfed all day and it was super critical this first turn here really beautiful looking wave see just eyeing up this section that Bow’s really beautiful just touched the rail there on the bottom turn and comes back around belts it one more time it’s my favorite

Way that she surfed all all all morning all day and I’m not sure where it’s going to go if it’s going to be this 647 but yeah this this this turn here is the is the money right here she gets super low compress she just touches the rail

There and then cranks it back around on her back hand just super beautiful to watch right there that’s where she touches that rail just allows her to get super low on the bottom turn which then allows her to have maximum uh extension off the top there she goes straight up into this second

Turn and really really well served so tati feeling the pressure of trying to survive around a 16 matchup quarterfinals at pipeline where she’s always a favorite in that event and round of 16 she will not be satisfied as we have a score coming in it’s a 6.0 for Weston web not

Enough but her best so far needing a 524 now with 90 seconds yeah I I I was interested to see where that score was going to go I think most of those points came from that first turn um the second turn you know the section just kind of

Let her down she couldn’t get probably as vertical as she wanted as she wanted to if that second section had stood up a bit more and she was able to go a bit more Tighter and critical in the pocket I think she could have been looking at

The score uh but it’s going to be hard I mean Joanne’s out there she’s got that 723 and Joan’s also got priority with a minute left unless Tachi can create a bit of space between her and Joanne and there’s a two-wave set and think it’s her back’s up against the wall and it’s

Looking pretty challenging always a great heat when you’ve got defay and Weston web together they’ve had some entertaining matchups in the past it’s uh really cool to see what they’ve accomplished in their career but it’s down to 40 seconds and taking the air drop and being too deep is

Tatiana and she might be out of time now oh yeah 33 seconds on the clock I could kind of she just kind of had to roll the dice there I guess especially when Joanne wasn’t around you know Joanne wasn’t there to play defense so she

Wanted to roll the dice see if she could get a score but right now it’s not looking too good two Surfers that push each other and push the tour and they’ve done it for so many years Tatiana is not going to be able to get back out in time and she will be

Eliminated here in the round of 16 and Joan de feay will move on to another finals day here at the hurly pro Sunset Beach all came down to that big set the 723 Joann’s mom still with a smile but she always has her hands together hoping that everything will

Work out for all competitors on tour biting her nails at the end of that one she’s happy to get the in with Joan moving on to the next one for sure I mean there was definitely nervous times there for a while but Joanne just had that big beautiful perfect set she

Nailed those three turns in succession and she’s looking really strong TTI definitely had her best moments though in that heat that six-point ride that was more like the T that I know uh but yeah congrats to Joanne action continues here in the round of 16 Betty Lu Sakura Johnson’s

Going to hit the lineup with Sally Fitz Gibbons we’ll bring in kpo Jesse and a special guest I don’t want to spoil it ah it’s Conor o he’s coming In e We are back at the hurly pro Sunset Beach it is the round of 16 for the women and it’s a beautiful Hawaiian afternoon the swells filled in we got exciting action KY Guero here along with former Triple Crown winner Jesse Mendes as well as current CT Surfer and one of

Our favorite goofy foots Connor o thank you for joining us Connor good a thanks C thanks for having us waves are looking pretty good right now your thoughts on what’s going on in the on the playing field yeah I mean I was just saying to Jesse just then it’s probably the the

Best Sunset you can hope for you know in heat and I mean in a free Sur as well so yeah the girls are ripping and it’s good to say yeah well we got a new heat out in the water with Betty L Sakura Johnson coming up against Sally Fitz Gibbons so

Kind of a new school versus establishment setup here in this final heat of the round of 16 Jesse Yeah that’s a great match um as far as performance I I got to say um Betty Lou this morning was looking on pointer we see Bella here um on a replay at her last

Wave very nice down the line carve another one just very smooth she’s looking great in this heat she already started with a 7.3 three and um a three- turn combo right here last one the wave was kind of flat but first two turns were were very nice what do you thought

Conor yeah I mean I’m a huge fan of Bella surfing and have you know been fortunate enough to watch her for ages and you know I live pretty close by to where she is at um near the go C so yeah surf for the Rune you know we both have

The same board shaper you know Darren shaping our boards and um I feel like she’s just kind of getting better and better and once her confidence is out and she’s attacking I feel like that’s when she serves her best so it’s good to see yeah how’ your down boards how do

Your dhds feel out here at Sunset yeah I mean they’re they’re really good I feel like every year I I always get a few Toros and a few pangs um as well just to mix it up just to mix it up and um yeah I feel like every year the last few

Years they’ve been getting better and better and yeah I feel like next year I’ll probably be on them you know the whole season so it’s good see a vision here replay of Tyler Wright so we’re waiting for that score and then Sakura got in the in the mix too Jesse yeah and

That’s what I’m saying she just looks so comfortable out there her her board looks great and she’s attacking the wave pretty well which is hard out here um when you have th those big of waves Sally Fitz Gibbons oh takes that to the Noggin Conor yeah I mean s looked

Unbelievable in her first round hit this morning I was fortunate enough to watch um watch gab she was in the first hit and S was in the next one so yeah it was good to see how confident she looks at Sunset it’s it’s pretty hard to do I

Mean I I struggle a lot to to find a lot of confidence out there and she looks uh pretty comfortable so um yeah I mean throwing herself in the pit and hoping for the best yeah and then you and though you’ve ridden a couple of those

Glen pangs she’s on uh Glen Pang boards as well so it’s there’s something maybe some secret sauce with that rocker right there cuz she looked like she had a lot of control out there where other Surfers you could see that that that some of the warbles the lumps and the bumps and all

The stuff that you don’t see out here at Sunset we’re affecting their bottom turns and their top turns yeah for sure I always for some reason um you know last few years for Sunset especially I I always lean towards the pangs um they’ve just got such a good balance between

Stability and kind of being able to Pivot especially as being on your back end you kind of you’re really looking for that that pivot and and that hold so yeah the pang’s kind of They Ride like shortboards when they’re you know 66s 68 so um um yeah I always always seem to to

Go back to the pangs especially here at Sunset and yeah I did this year as well and um you know probably for the next few years awesome well I think Strider wants to get in h hold the hold the phone we got Tyler Wright taking off right here here goes

Tyler big snap there for right waves increasing in size wind offshore and really good and Tyler hangs on but not through that last jumbled second ction 6.5 was the previous score for Tyler Wright 6.77 Isabella Nichols went on top Tyler she now needs a 7.6 as we wait for

That score let’s check in with Strider walosi thank you kypo yeah you know what just catching up with Sally as she came by still had a big smile on her face but she just looked right at me she goes I just got so lipped in the head but it

Woke me up now I’m ready to get back on the rail again so it was it was a wakeup call she said you know it looks beautiful from the beach but there’s a lot going on in the lineup and you can take some donuts out here the sunset bakery’s

Open yeah I mean you can speak to that Connor I mean actually both of you guys but it’s easy to mind surf out there isn’t it but in the raw elements Conor very difficult yeah I mean I’ve got a crazy love hack relationship with this

Wave and um yeah it’s it’s very easy to to watch waves from the beach and go I reckon I can rip them and then you go out and you can barely even bottom turn so um yeah love hate and Sally looks like she’s loving it just as we were saying that Sally

Fitz Gibbons uh on her second wave making it look easy we’re talking about the Rockers we’re talking about how good her boards look but not just to mention that is that s is just so she’s a tenacious competitor that has a has so much um so much history already in

Surfing and on thean Championship tour and she’s just calm in some hectic situations like this Jesse yeah nice um wave selection for her nice setup card right here and this is what I love about this wave just engaging that inside Rail and just holding it for so much time

That was beautiful wave from her and straight back in the channel barely lost any time yeah 15 years on tour for Sally Fitz gibin so we’ll wait for that number we still need a score for Tyler Wright as well and sakur so those are the scores that we’re waiting for in the

Priority heat 11 minutes and 35 seconds remaining with Isabella Nichols currently holding the lead in that heat let hear from Joan the she’s into the quarterfinals Joanne one thing that we keep hearing from people who come in from the water is that it looks beautiful but it is really tricky to

Navigate those conditions how did you do it yeah well I didn’t really do it properly to to be honest um I was um kind of stressed out there I guess to my mind couldn’t choose where to sit I wasn’t sure um and um I kind of like get

A little bit lost actually fell a couple times I was in a hurry I felt and um and love the caddy he was like okay next time you just wait you just wait for a good one CU you just keep getting the one so um so I kind of like just exactly

Just be patient and trust that one was going to come and I also make a a take off on my belly I couldn’t stand up so I was when the bigger one came I was like okay not scared to go high and to paddle into the wave because um I felt like I

Was scared not catching them with that offshore win but it’s so powerful that it’s easy so anyway my man just went well whatever happened out there it worked cuz you on to finals day what is the biggest lesson you’re going to carry from this round of 16 into the

Quarterfinals to try and get that critical semi-final appearance yeah well we’ll see the conditions I think it’s going to be the similar and um maybe a little bit less wi in the morning which makes it I think a little bit easier because the wind gives a little texture

And you never really know if the leav is going to come or not so um yeah be patient finding that balance between like you know keep busy and be patient so yeah I don’t have the recipe I’ll find one you’ll find one anything you want to say to friends and family welome

All right Javan deay finals day for Jojo she made the quarterfinals back in uh 2022 so she’s had a pretty good track record out here at at Sunset hoping to go one better Jesse uh and get into the semifinals finals or maybe even a win for Jan

Totally and this very important for you to come out here with good results because um as the mid season cut approaches um you don’t want to be with that low seed you don’t want to be with the your back against the wall it doesn’t feel that good so if you can

Capitalize as much as you can in this first two events you’ll be stoked speaking of these these first two events Conor pretty good start for you this season I mean third place over at pipe which was great and then a you know friendly yet the friendly fire out here

Uh with arow for equal ninth out of sunset but you got to be happy with your Hawaii leg Yeah I’m stoked I mean last year I came came out of Hawaii with a a 17th and a dead last so um you know to start the year off at Pip with a third

Was you know I was super happy and uh just kind of just happy to get a few Heats under the belt out there which is which is nice here we go with Isabella Nichols in the priority heat uses her priority against Tyler Wright Bella looking strong here little bit of a

Indecision and she’s looking to better Upon A 6.77 she’s in the lead over Tyler she just handed over priority however to Tyler Wright and if she did not improve upon her situation there she did not improve upon her number that goes into a party era column Tyler Wright Jesse

Needs a 7.33 7 minutes she’s got on the clock and she’s got priority well she has the whole lineup to herself she can position herself whatever she want um out sayage she already had the opportunity for um getting that 733 sh she had a massive layback in the first f

Um part of the heat that she ended up not making it but now Betty L up and right Sakura smooth on rail nice hack off the top double pump bottom turn oh and just has to bail out of that one looked like it was going to be a barrel opportunity for Sakura

Johnson and and we’re at 27 minutes and 10 seconds on the non priority heat for fans watching on YouTube and Facebook live I just want to give you a heads up for the finals day fans in Brazil finals day coverage will be exclusively on worlds Surf le.com and Global pay for

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But in Brazil you’ll also catch it on global play and in the US we’re glad to be partnering with ESPN plus with 6 minutes remaining and the score coming in for Isabella Nichols as a 3o 27 does not change the situation in the water for the priority heat other than

Conor that Tyler needs a good score of a 7.33 she’s got priority she’s got time on the clock Coach Connor or ly what would you tell Tyler right right now she’s kind of got no choice apart from uh sit and wait and wait for an obvious

Looking wave you know once it gets into the sevens it kind of becomes a little bit more simple in a way cuz you kind of okay well now I just need to wait for a good wave you know when it goes when it’s going to the fours and the threes

That’s when you start kind of having to select and and let either let go or or go some mediocre waves but yeah when you’re in the sevens there’s only one uh one job that you got to do and there’s catch a good wave so yeah I’m guessing that’s what she’s going to

Do and the tricky part too on you’re in that mid-range like with the slow conditions kind of like how we have here we do have a lot of sets coming but the in between win is pretty slow like when do you pull the trigger right like you

Need a four-point ride do I get a four-point ride and leave someone with priority needing a small score and it’s just like you mentioned it gets confusing you don’t really know what you do 100% especially when it’s like this you know you can go up the point do I go

Up the point do I wait on the ball do I sit in between there’s so many things that go through your mind um especially when it’s slow like this so yeah I mean she needs a seven and it’s it’s obvious that she needs a good wave so um yeah

Just sitting wi and hope hope one comes yeah watching those two is interesting between Isabelle Nichols and Tyler Wright you talk about the Hawaii Le and leaving Hawaii with a good feeling both Surfers there uh Ninth Place equal ninths over at pipeline so in the women’s context that’s not a keep when

The men you know to make the cut a ninth is a ninth can be a keeper right sure for for women ninth is not yeah nin is not going to get the job done so even between the the points played between these two Surfers really important on

Who’s going to make it to finals day who’s going to get those quarterfinals maybe semi-final points you know um so the plot thickens and there’s a lot at stake in these final four minutes between Isabella Nichols and Tyler Wright Jesse yeah definitely and um those Surfers some of them are thinking

About that as well you know they know what they kind of need um we’ve seen on the men’s side the last few years that the cut kind of was two NES a couple of nines and a couple of 17s the woman’s side most likely 3 fths so they have a a

More stacked um compact group of female Surfers and it makes it um a little trickier so Jesse in comparison this is a 733 for Isabella Nichols this is the kind of performance that Tyler is going to need to match the number totally and um that turn right there was just what

Was impressive the size of the wave I think that was the biggest section someone um hit it today and how she was able to keep that turn and drive throughout the lip line and make it look very big I know that angle doesn’t have helps so much for you to see how

Extended the turn was but if you look at front angle you can really it really impresses the judges so that’s why she get that big of a score and that turn would have felt so big from her you know doing doing stuff like that at Sunset you just think you’re just falling out

From like a 6ot story apartment building so it would have felt so good for Bella to come out of that and not get uh demolished on the IDE yeah Conor I’ve seen you take some six foot drops out there the giant backhand floaters to destruction I mean you can speak of that

Firsthand yeah I think I’ve still got Trauma from it uh two years ago like yeah crazy Went to went oh the the round before actually I I did the same thing but I made it oh my gosh and then we had the the round of 16 hit against Jake uh

Marshall and tried to do the same thing and just absolutely lit me up and you I got knocked out and I came up my rashy was on my hand and I um got dragged to the dragged to the channel and dog couldn’t see that he couldn’t see the

Turn like he didn’t see the turn I did so he’s just going how you going you’re all right like get out there you only need a two and and I was kind of like cuz you know when you kind of go get knocked out it’s all glare like lights

Really sensitive and I couldn’t really see and the ski got ski driver’s going how many fingers have I got fingers up like yeah three and I could kind of see them but dog’s going get out there and then wow by the time I got out the back

I couldn’t even look up cuz my neck was all seized up and stuff like that but um after the day he went back and watched the wave and he came up to me and said I’m so sorry that you made you go out there I didn’t even know that you got

Absolutely annihilated I sawed and you know we have the luxure of playing that back in slow motion and it’s crazy my man oh it was it was the worst wipe out I’ve ever had in my life Wow hands down yeah how it twisted me and you know just

Kind of whiplashed cuz it twisted me and I was facing the Wave as I you know lifted back and yeah it was it was one for the books that’s for sure Sunset it’s interesting to see how many people actually mention that they wor Ty part

Of their life at that sunset in such a deep water usually have places like Pipeline and um Chu whatever but here is just shows how much raw elements there are in the ocean right there just a lot of water moving bumps everywhere and he just yeah it’s perfect for you stuck on

The LI yeah it’s it’s uh it’s Sneaky out here sneaky powerful we’re down to 35 seconds on the clock and Isabella Nicholls is hoping for a flat spell right now she’s on top of Tyler right Tyler needs a 7.33 Tyler pretty much has two more waves that are going

To pass under her with these 20 seconds remaining to try to even have a chance at that score what do we see Connor any chance for Tyler when you look at the Horizon no it doesn’t look like there’s too much out there you know time is the enemy

Especially at Sunset out of you know most places so yeah it doesn’t look like there’s too much going on well Isabella Nicholls is on to the quarterfinals and finals day Tyler Wright with the equal 9th takeaway here at Sunset it was a hard fought match between these two as

You can see the numbers here and it will be Isabella moving on we’re going to finish off the day with Betty Lu Sakura Johnson Sally Fitz given the conclusion of that heat after this check this out Isabella e we’re back at Sunset and there’s been action all all day long for the women and we’re going to wrap all that action up at the 805 post show our quarterfinals will be set we’ll talk quarterfinals we’ll talk today’s best Heats and of course the cup

Noodle wave of the day who’s going to score that wave of the day Saka Johnson looks like she’s in the running right now with that performance right there Betty Lou out in the water here in the final 17 minutes with her matchup against Sally fitzg up KY along with

Jesse Mendes and Conor oir our special guest on the set and this is uh now you when we talk about overlapping Heats some Surfers get busy at the beginning of the overlapping Heats Connor some just wait for the 20-minute heat right now when it’s priority time it seems

Like these two um are going to have a 17-minute heat for a win yeah I mean some for some reason sometimes I guess with the rhythm of of the sets and and if the guys guys girls in the priority here to are kind of trading off waves

You can kind of scrap into to getting lucking into a few and I guess these guys have got enough to have a backup within the to get within the non priority heat to now sit and wait and be a bit more selective so I mean it’s

Coming into an exciting part of the Heat and um now they’ve got priority and you know they’re just going to sit and wait and wait for the best one would that be pretty much the minimum goal is just is to get a backup in your in the first 20

Minutes of a non priority Heat for sure I mean for me I feel like if I’m getting you know five Sixers within the non priority heat you’re kind of happy with the that’s a good backup and then you’re kind of building off that and um yeah I

Mean Betty Lou’s got a 543 it’s that’s a half decent backup to to build and um you know two of them now not four so yeah got a lot of space and a lot of time and um hopefully there’s a few more Wes oh I got a hot off the press got

Some news for you uh Betty l Kura Johnson has been trying some new boards she’s actually out there in this heat on a pisel she’s on a 60 ghost so John’s been making some boards for Sakura um looks like it’s been working good she got 9.17 at the opening round this

Morning Jesse so um so so far she has the high Mark of the day yeah and that way was great like just kind of back oning that first section got barreled and came out and just really um made the most of that um close out section she had and that was

Incredible um wave reading from her and wave selecting is not easy to get barreled out here and Conor we can also talk about BTY L over at pipeline epic day quarterfinals B got a 9.7 semi-finals up against Molly picklum at 8.33 what was your impression of what

Went down for the women that day at pipeline oh it was you know it was a a I guess generational shift of women surfing right you know it was so good to see how much they were charging and how much they were pushing themselves and I

Was actually I paddled out I was in the heat after the heat Betty Lou and Molly had and watching a scrap into that last wave that she needed an aid and you know got the crazy pipe wave and everyone was screaming and and all that it was just

So good to see for women surfing and you know women surfing’s progressed so much in the last 2 or 3 years and this is just stepping up to enough level to keep progressing further so it’s super exciting to see you know the ktie Molly final was crazy you know as sketchy and

And all that back door was they’re making it look so easy so exciting stuff and it’s good to be a fan of Surfing and a fan of women surfing for sure yeah I think February 10th 2024 will go down as a pivotal moment in women’s surfing when

We look back at that saw Betty Lou get up there and something went wrong Jesse she just got caught up oh right behind her Sally Fitz Gibbons Fitz Gibbons nurse is a bottom turn swoops through a car mid face setting her line slash off the top a paced controlled approach for

S as she kicks out she just needs a mid-range score to turn the heat of 4.94 smart surfing solid surfing what do you think Jess yeah I think it was both smart and solid she looked solid in her foot um didn’t push more than she needed that last section is very

Tricky on the other hand Betty went the polar her OPP it she really pushed she went as hard as you could go in a section um nice kind of layback snap and just got caught a little bit the wind might have not helped her so much and

Held her up but yeah sometimes you got to risk it sometimes you get it sometimes you don’t it’s so cool to see Betty uh like try a bunch of different boards as well I’ve seen her on a few different brands over the past month since I’ve been here um I think she had

Some CIS she had some P L’s um I feel like that’s going to be so good for her progression and the growth of her you know career and um I went through a similar thing a few years ago riding a few different boards and it it I guess

Gets you so in tune with boards um when you’re riding different stuff instead of uh you know riding that that one person or that one brand for for a long time so it’s good to see we can see the Heat winning percentage where we talk about

Sunset for Sakura 71% so pretty good uh Heat winning percentage where we look at the analytics today she got her best wave a 9.17 that was her best single wave score uh out of three times here at Sunset so here we go a replay what went wrong Jess yeah I think

I mean what went wrong she caught her inside rail that’s about it but it it wasn’t really like a unforced mistake right there she pushed as hard as you could that turn would have been insane if she had landed um on on the other hand here just Sally being very smart

Selective um nice carve right there to set up and she finish it strong right here as you going to see the section approaches and she perfectly places the board on the right time and style it out for us and solid yeah solid effort for her let’s go out to the water Strider W

Lui what do you got oh just checking in uh you know Sally had a big mistake just now with a a priority mistake she paddled for a wave and missed it which gave Betty that nice beautiful set that you saw take off on and go hard into the

Lip but she fell wave number two happened to be the better wave and you know what it was kind of dumb luck but it played out in her favor that a priority mistake became her you know kind of success and you saw her catch that wave nice beautiful surfing on that

Wave so sometimes that happens in heat uh Connor does that happen a lot you make a mistake and then it pays off in your favor that would be the the greatest thing ever all the time if if that happened every time but um uh I mean yeah yeah it sometimes works it

Sometimes uh is the reason why you lose so um yeah that’s a hard question to sometimes I guess it’s like the tide you know sometimes the Tide’s going high sometimes it’s coming down it’s always moving you never know yeah and I feel like for Sunset there’s just always

Strange things happening out there you know you you think you’re onto a wave and you miss it and you know I feel like it’s the the most humbling wave uh as a pro Surfer to make you feel like an absolute um I’ve had a lot of uh crazy bad

Experiences out there and um also great ones so yeah it’s super humbling to to always paddle out there and kind of start from scratch all right well again I want to make an announcement uh for all the fans watching on YouTube or Facebook I just

Want to give you a heads up that uh fans in Brazil finals day coverage will be on worldsurfleague.com as well as Global pit play fans in the US coverage will be exclusively on world Surf le.com and ESPN plus discover every way to watch the CT live go to Worlds surf le.com

For/ waves to watch and we’ll see you on finals day as we are seeing some big waves move through the lineup right now in our final heat of the day Sakura Johnson with priority and needing just the mid-range 5.18 to turn this heat so it looks like there’s going to be opportunity

For Sakura uh with this multiple waves coming through in the set what you saying Jesse yeah there was actually a big set in M Corner we eyon and down right here but he came way on top of the reef and he was kind of northy so he was just didn’t have too

Much opportunity right there unfortunately for them but there hasn’t been many of those all day and this was a pretty solid um wave set that came she is in priority though she gots 9 minutes and 10 seconds like um she does have that average type of score that

She’s looking for which sometimes it’s hard to pull the trigger like we mentioned in the heat before um sometimes a seven is more clear than a five out there well she needs to make it happen one Surfer that made it happen was Isabella Nichols she’s onto the

Quarterfinals in finals day AJ yeah kypo and of course we talked about that one turn that you had in that heat Bella that really set you up for success and you told me you’re walking back watching it and you realized oh that was a very

Big wave what did it feel like in the moment yeah did the walk back along the road so I could save my carbs for tomorrow um and obviously W have been really quick on like posting the videos of the wave so I was watching on the

Phone I was like oh my gosh that was actually a really big wave if I didn’t land that I was snapping some ankles so I’m stoked I landed it um and stoked with the the score I got too so um yeah I knew Tyler was going to be a really

Tough opponent cuzz her open face carves like growing up watching her in waves like this it’s like I tried to Surf like her her and Steph and Carissa and so um I was excited to have a heat with Ty she’s um she’s a legend she’s surfing so

Well and I knew it was going to be a battle of the pink boards so um yeah I’m just stoked to make my first uh finals day for a while yeah speaking of how long it’s been since you made it to finals day how do you put that aside and

Just focus on surfing the next Heat um for me now everything’s a bonus like I feel like my surfing’s there I just got to you know keep my head together and just enjoy it cuz like I had so much fun out there and the waves are firing this

Is like the most fun Sunset I’ve had in a long time and um yeah just wake up and treat it as if it’s another day well we’ll see you then congratulations thank you yeah Isabella I mean looking at that one big turn that reminds me of her

Final over in uh Margaret River where she was ended up being a winner in 2022 and she did just that that just went for it didn’t hold back at all during that interview we saw Sakura Johnson get a wave she just needs a 5.18 and we are

Still waiting for that score it was one turn pretty aggressive turn your thoughts Conor feel like she needed another one kpo I I feel like that she was on her way and then it just kind of just ran off uh without her so yeah it will just

Come short I think but um you know we things have happened well here it is Jesse yeah um it was an amazing turn right there but just I feel like he needed a little bit more momentum and steepness on the wave to get a 518 it’s

A big score for a one turn she did all she could have done but yeah right there as you see the wave is not as steep as you’re hoping for to see that um score com in like just for one turn a 5.18 so I mean she still got time probably to

Get back out there and get a few more waves but maybe we could be wrong as well uh let’s go out to the water and there was some chatter on the way back out Strider there definitely was Ross Williams you know uh shadowing Betty luur Johnson on the way out telling her

You’re probably going to need the score still if back on that Reef you need to get up you know you got seven minutes left on the clock you got plenty of time all you got to do is two turns nothing too crazy kind of basically told her to

Pull back a little bit on the aggression of the turns but just get those two turns in to get that score Strider tell Ross he’s wrong cuz Betty L just got a 5.57 and has turned the heat so maybe you could relay that information out

There oh he heard it he’s got a big smile on his face right behind the camera that’s the kind of wrong that he that he likes right there so Betty L did enough on that wave to turn the heat a 5.57 one judge went as high as a

Six so love all of the intale coming out of the water and maybe even surprise for for Sakura Johnson going well I’ll take it yeah I mean it was such a good turn um yeah I guess I just thought it might have been just a bit short but he it’s

That it’s always good when you think maybe it’s not the score and then it comes just over and yeah on your way you know what’s always good too is a take heat Jesse because this this one’s going to go back and forth we got five minutes remaining to take the lead back Fitz

Gibbons only needs a five-point ride and she’s got priority in plenty of time just can switch in an instant totally and I I know she didn’t see um sako’s wave she probably saw it from the back she saw that she did one turn if she can

Put it in her head that she’s only one solid turn away yeah it makes things way more simple you know if she gets a big section and do a big turn that’s all she needs right now how how hard is it Connor as a competitor in the moment to

Make those adjustments on the fly like to know okay do I have to 100% go for it or can I kind of pull back and make sure I just get the number if it’s a mid-range score yeah yeah I think out here especially it’s it’s more a lot of

Simple surfing gets pretty highly rewarded and um you know here she goes maybe um on a noive here we go Sally Fitz nice turn there to start off more opportunity in front of her eases through a cut back nice cut back to a soft rebound there and just needs a 5.07 two turns

Finished off on her feet in the channel your thoughts Jesse yeah I don’t think it was critical enough um but I was wrong in the last one as well but I think the wave died out pretty quick right there her first car was nice but I almost felt like she was needing a

Little bit more steepness on that second section Conor talk us through the replay AR it’s going to be pretty close you know it was such a big wave and she’s just gone so hard off the bottom a pretty nice off the top oh I think it’s going to be pretty

Close um who’s to say you know I said Betty lose scores just under before and um I was wrong so um yeah I mean it was a nice first turn if it just was steep enough to let her do something a little bit more critical on the second it would

Have guaranteed be the score but I guess we’ll just leave that uh one up to the professionals upstairs yeah I feel also that Saka is going to have to go under the assumption that she’s going to need another score right now so uh I feel like it’s time for Betty Lu

Sakura Johnson to really activate the score comes in however at a 4.8 so maybe the softness there Jesse that you were saying came into figuring into that score so Sally Fitz is now still chasing a 5.07 and heat control to Sakura Johnson Sakura with the lead Sakura has priority Conor she can really

Control the the tempo of this heat but she’s going to not play defense she’s going to play offense here she goes Betty L drops into this one snaps under the lip for the first turn wants a little bit more comes through here arcing second turn that was beautiful for Sakura Johnson looking to

Ditch a 5.43 and and extend her lead over Sally Fitz Gibbons did she better the 5.43 we’re going to find out what do you think Jess yeah I I think so I think that was two critical turns I almost thought it was kind of a mistake because

Sally wasn’t near that wave but as she take off she almost didn’t catch it and right there um kind of air dropped and this first turn was very critical kind of lost her foot but regained balance and right here she finish it very well um lot of power in her back foot um

Pushed through it and she’s bettering my opinion yeah I think she she did she was it was very smart of her to to identify that wave you know there’s those certain ones that come in and under and just hug that Reef enough that you could just do

Two turns before it goes into the deep water and I guess she saw that and went I’m going to roll and and give it a go and be on the the attacking instead of the defending and kind of put her in a pretty good spot I think I kind of like

That personality wise cuz there’s certain competitors that would say hey I got heat control I’m going to defend the peak right now but I like the the attitude with Sakura going for it Jesse yeah and that was 50/50 gut from her because those smaller waves they can get

Into the deep water pretty quick and you’re only able to do one one turn and then they disappear um we see the score she did the job a 5.83 she did better her score now she put Sally Fitz up against the ropes needing a 5.47 for Sally Fitz gibons 20 seconds

Remaining Sally’s way up on the point she’s going to have one more chance for a wave coming through right here clock is ticking down can Sally track down a wave as she’s P paddling deep on this one oh she might get that here she is oh

She doesn’t take that that wave and the clock’s going to go down the horn sounds and Sakura Betty L Sakura Johnson so good they named her four times onto the quarterfinals yeah not I mean it’s it’s hard to see Sally and um Tyler both having equal NS in the first

Two events you don’t usually see that let just show how much the level has improved from the womans this year and it’s very competitive super competitive great surfing though from Sally Fitz Gibbons but it will be Sakura who is going to move on into the quarterfinals thank you Jesse as always always great

Calling keys for you thank you Connor for spending your time with us and uh we’ll see you finals day and we’ll also see you at Super two Us in Portugal yeah thanks for having us and yeah hopefully uh we go to Portugal and get absolutely ConEd off our heads that’s the hope all

Right we got more coming your way the 805 post show on its way to unwrap all of today’s happenings Joe Jesse and flick will talk you through that post Show E [Applause] [Applause] hi everybody Welcome to the 80 five post show what a big day for pro surfing kicking off opening day for the women at stop number two the season at the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach it’s been magic look at the sky look at the waves that we had it

Was an Allstar day here at Sunset clean conditions the trades came up the swell got bigger all in all it was a win for sure thanks for being with us on the 805 post show Joe Trel Felicity paler and Jesse Mendes I ran into Luke Egan earlier his incentive to Caroline marks

Get out of her opening round heat and skip the elimination round he’s like hey if you don’t you’re going to be surfing Heats for 100 minutes today and he that’s a lot of time in a Jersey especially at Sunset how demanding that was I looked at the elimination round no

One survived you know who had to Surf that extra heat today and none of them are in the quarterfinals so that was a big deal for sure really big deal uh but today was just a beautiful day of Surfing we had so much action the conditions were dreamy all day long we

Saw that swell slowly start to push in and we still got some really high seeds left in this draw so true flick Jesse any one standout for you from today or is there kind of a few contenders for finals day tomorrow I think there’s a few contenders I think the biggest

Standouts for me was actually losing Tyler and Sally that early like in both events like Ninth Place for um doesn’t translate to their surfing usually and that’s just how it rolls sometimes surfing yeah big upsets Tatiana Western web surprising for me as well that she didn’t get into the quarterfinals her

Her backand didn’t really fire in the first round and then she got herself into gear and the the trouble continued in that last Heat so moving forward to Portugal the title race is getting really serious yeah it is and with you know number one and two seeds still left

In that draw I think it’s uh going to be a really exciting finals day and I feel like Molly’s hungry to get one back on Katie that was a interesting heat for Molly wasn’t it Molly Molly and India Robinson spent the first like 10 minutes maybe more Jesse just kind of paddling

Up the point point they kind of made mistakes with priority Molly actually F missed her first wave it was kind of a wild start it was very wild like that’s how it kind of is when it’s slow like people tend to push themselves until the priority um rolls in but yeah Molly’s

Just looking great she looks on rail she’s just clean surfing and solid wave selecting just yeah very good look great 75 717 once she got engaged in it India Robinson got up to a 65 so kept yourself the heat for sure India definitely kept herself in the Heat this wave obviously

Really similar to the bell’s bow which she’s so used to but yeah wasn’t a match for Molly she dropped two sevens after all that you know hustle and bustle in the first half you know in their non priority heed and few little mistakes made but I think both women were just

Really hungry to beat each other too and really assertive and that’s why they were so slow in that opening part of that heat Pickin was really good and just turning the page once she missed the wave I talked to her after she’s like what can I do I just got to move on

And she was able to let a wave go with priority India didn’t get the score and then she closed it out one turn section 717 I mean that’s what she’s capable of out here totally yeah um She’s So Good In capitalizing in those moments she’s very Progressive for women surfing and

That layback was very critical was Indiana of the heat he had already made it pretty much I think it was like 5 seconds left and India wasn’t um riding any waves so she had a little bit of freedom but you can’t take it from her that was critical yeah and also coming

Off success at pipeline into Sunset and when she kind of when you have a role on winning sometimes it doesn’t matter what it looks like you know even if with mistakes in the first half she still has that winning type momentum and she’s into another finals day for sure and I

Think Molly’s just continuing on that momentum that she had at pipe and for me she was the standout Surfer all event she just couldn’t convert in the final she had that higher score but it was Katie’s day I think she’s continuing with that momentum here at Sunset and

She’s obviously W out here before she’s getting her first uh to a victory so she’s going to be super dangerous we were all on the edge of our seats watching this last matchup of the day round of 16 Heat number eight with Betty L Sakura Johnson and Sally Fitz gibons

And we’re really focused cuz Sally’s a weapon out here one of the Vets back on tour and Betty L had that 917 earlier Jesse Yeah Betty’s been a standout on the event and Sally is just a veteran doesn’t commit many mistakes um Saka I think on this wave right here no wasn’t

Wasn’t this wave yeah that’s the way if she turned the heat around um just a one big turn just solid surfing and right here I thought was very gutsy from her she had priority Sally wasn’t near this wave and she just wanted to better her second score and she did that right here

She finished it off very strong and bringing it home for sure it was it was really close heat I mean There Was You Know less than a point sort of separating the heat totals and uh yeah unfortunate for S I mean she’s got so much experience up here you can see

She’s got that crease in the board but I mean I think she’s been surfing out here as early as like 9 right so when you add up all that experience it just feels weird to say that she’s already out of the draw because I think she was looking

Uh really on fire this morning and you check out the numbers there you know she didn’t get smoked by any means she was in the mix it was very competitive even had that high single score by a touch in the matchup and Betty Lou was able to

Hang on with some good decision making and move on into finals day jumping on some pels for this event as we focus in on the finals day brackets which Kevin W from surf line saying probably tomorrow Molly Pam versus Lakey Peterson that’s a little jbay final rematch from last year

World number one Katie simmers has a former Sunset Champion Bria Hennessy then the backa of the draw reigning world champ Caroline marks last year’s runner up at sunset has Joan de feay who made some veteran type moves just finding a seven plus ride when it was really challenging to get good ones and

Then Isabella Nichols getting on a roll but she’s going to have to deal with the local standout with Betty Lura Johnson let’s really focus on quarterfinal number one Molly picklum taking on LY Peterson what what are your thoughts on that one flick oh it’s it’s you know

These women are both really really good friends they’ve you know spent a lot of time together and in the water together traveling through America last year after the end of the season and I mean Molly is she’s obviously got that momentum she’s won out here before but

Today Lakey was looking on fire she scored I think it was Eight Point ride for two turns so Lakey is going it’s going to be a really really good heat and I try not to get too ahead of myself but the next Heat has Kad in and if

Molly was to win this it would be a rematch of the final at pipe um which would be exciting but you can’t count ly out so you’re allowed to get excited about things that may or may not happen yeah the draws looking great then Quarter Two we’ve got Katie simmers

Taking on Bria Hennessy this is a big one here Jesse yeah that is a big one and as far as experience and power I have to pick br on this side um I think what she’s done here in the past and what she actually did today she just

Looks solid had um informed Gabby Bryant which is probably one of the toughest draws to go against and yeah she’s scaring some momentum that was one big shock for me today that Gabby Bryan’s out of the event two previous semifinals Bria got the jump on Gabby Katie simmers

Had a very close heat with her long time childhood rival Sawyer Lim blad and it was a very clo it was like less than 9. total on both sides so I think Katie’s got more to show heading into finers there as well definitely we got a few

Words out of her in the channel from Strider and uh she you could tell that she was a little bit disappointed she didn’t really feel like she got to show her true surfing out there and well Katie made quarterfinals out here last year I think she’s got a lot more to

Give but I think I’ve got to go with Jesse on this one I think brie is just looking so strong her wave selection out here is on point and the heat she had with Gabby could have easily have been a final she has a LIF time of experience

Getting pushed out of her Comfort Zone by local Legends like AA Hart put in so much time out here about 12 years of age it made sense that Sunset was the very first CT win for Bria Hennessee yes and also for the Hawaiian Surfers um they have the advantage to grow up surfing

This wave mostly on the woman’s side the man’s side you have the whole qest you kind of prepare yourself for this moment but on the woman’s side we never really had um events so all most of the girls barely surfed any Heats out here or barely even served out here so

Have the advantage of Surfing Junior Pros growing up and yeah all the time spending the water it’s plays into your favor very true we had a very special moment for the rising Tides program presented by pavita where local girls got to watch their favorite Surfers up close at

Pipeline Kaitlyn simers in back door simmering boiling on the stove and coming out hoow this is such a cool experience for these girls because a lot of times for Rising ties they get a chance to be in the water but today they’re going behind the scenes how are you guys they get the

All access pass to how these women prepare for their heat to what they walk down to to all the media that is down here all the things that you never really take into consideration when you’re trying to figure out what do I need to do to become a pro Surfer

They’re getting to see that first hand today they’re rooting on the Surfers cheering them back in it’s an awesome moment for these young girls yeah we Sur small pip yeah we small pipe surf like 3ft pipe of Moana she does a thing called the Moana Surf Club and we

Go different places usually every time and one time I think it was kind of big and we went to pipe down over there and it was so fun and Wana is such a great teacher she’s one of the best Surfers and queen of pipe Rising Tides it’s all

In the name a rising tide raises All Ships and that’s what we’re trying to do is create more access for these young girls to see that there is an opportunity for them to chase their dreams become Pro Surfers this is the moment for these girls where they can

Start to put those pieces together so that someday it’s them running out here for their finals day at Pipeline and the next generation of young girls rooting them oning such an incredible program we love watching the next generation first of all get to meet their Heroes but it’s

Going to happen sooner than later they’re going to be in the finals at pipe at Sunset and really enjoying their life on the dream tour as we’ve gotten to a really cool part of the 805 post show it’s time for the cup noodles wave of the day Betty Lou how you feeling

Barrel the hack combination here flick ah this was absolutely mental I loved it just pulled in got shacked and then belted that last section really reminded me of Griff in uh that heat with Cade just really similar pulled into a barrel didn’t know she was going to make it out

And then really put it all on the line there for that last maneuver that last maneuver was really tricky too she came down with the explosion and yeah what a what a wave 9.17 oh such a solid performance you know she’s just happy because she’s filled with adrenaline

That’s the kind of Surfing that she brings to the top 17 speaking of Betty Lou and that cup noodles wave of the day let’s hear from her right now with AJ Joe the only thing better than taking home the cup noodles wave of the day is taking home another Heat win for Benny

Luur Johnson moving on to quarterfinals yet again walk us through for this heat how you stuck to your strategy to get your ticket into the quarterfinals yes I mean with the overlapping Heats U me and maros were just disgusting like trying to stay busy in the beginning half um

And then really capitalize on you know your priority time out there and yeah ended up working out was pretty grindy out there me and Sally are kind of close in scores and I couldn’t really find that great of a wave um the beginning half but um thankfully I got one and it

Ended up being a backup so happy to move forward well and when you have a strategy like that how important is it for you to see yourself succeed in multiple ways right you had this massive wave in the first heat today and then this one was more of a grinded out but

The end result was the same how important is that for you yeah super important I mean either way a Heat wins a Heat win um no matter if you surf like really good you got nines and eights or you know you could even make a heat with

Two fours even so yeah just happy to get through um usually the gry ones are the ones that uh keep you on your toes but um yeah once you get through those it makes you feel really good and you just got to keep that confidence going to the

Next round how do you move on from this one get ready for quarterfinals tomorrow yes I’m super excited to be back into finals day um that’s my goal this year for every event really just to make finals day and uh get those good results but other than that yeah just keep

Improving my surfing surf the way I Surf and try not to let um you know Heats and everything competing toct take the way I surf so yeah I’m excited sounds good we’ll see you then thank you wow she’s still a Grom and she’s dominating learning so much originally fell off at

The mid-season cut last year had a whole year on tour Miss Tahiti with the shoulders surgery and she’s obviously better than ever a huge performance at pipe into finals day at Sunset what more could you say about Betty Lou right now well she looks determined to me and I

Think she’s going to be very very dangerous again she’s dropping really high scores just like what we saw down the road at Pipeline and yeah another person that’s going to have just continuing with that momentum that’s what I’m seeing she has Bella Nichols in the quarter finals on finals day but

She’s also winning in different ways like she mentioned getting nines when they’re there and also a adapting when the conditions change yeah and that’s what it takes for you to um be in a top five or be a war title Contender like you got to scratch to those weird Heats

We saw John a few days ago going through the two only like two fives and you expect so much more from him out here but he just got the job done sometimes that’s just how it rolls and also Betty L free agent for surfboards Channel Islands at pipe pisel so far at Sunset

If you could shave great boards try to get in there what if you get signed with Betty L that’d be a huge deal let’s check out the Surfline forecast Kevin Wallace told us in person that he’s thinking it’s tomorrow where we’re crowning Champions we have two days left

In the waiting period flick yeah for sure currently now you’re looking at this satellite image you got that big storm and that’s um what was showing that cleaner midsize Northwest swell um which is building and it’s going to hold to Wednesday and so they start to ease

Through to Thursday so I I’ve got to Echo what uh Kevin Wallace is I can we could be on tomorrow Jesse yeah I’m with you flick like it’s looking promising for tomorrow um the winds are favorable as well east Southeast it’s straight offshore and the wavs we firing today and tomorrow looks

Very similar if it stays the way it’s saying it’s going to be fireworks look at that two great choices tomorrow and one will be for the world’s best the other will be given to these amazing locals that live here on the North Shore of aahu it’s actually really uncrowded

Right now believe it or not surprisingly there’s like bar it’s super clean and really fun as we’ve gotten to another great part of the five post show the top five of the day and this is a big one number five on the list rookie Sawyer ly blad survives after getting that

Interference called on her low score cut in half still made the heat yeah this was super impressive you can see how confused she is I got to hear her after she came up from this hit she didn’t even know that that was a rule and that you could get an interference doing this

So to convert and change your mindset and come back with a score like this and still get rid of heat with an interference really impressed with this rookie that was so impressive number four Bria Hennessy on a roll Jesse yeah bria’s definitely on a roll um just her

Surfing out here suits so well you see the second turn just so much power leaning into that Rail and just able to identify good waves as well which is half of the job done out here at sunet and just yeah very clean and amazing surfing from brua overall so powerful

Trusty Glen pangs have helped her earn a lot of points in her career at Sunset Beach as she’s looking looking for her second event title as she’s moving on into finals day also coming to number three on the daily top five Molly picklum moves into the quarterfinals for

Sure I mean she’s the defending champ out here she got a win last year and proving that she can do it and in sort of any kind of heat obviously this heat here was a bit slow in the beginning in the non priority heat couple of little fumbles with priority against India

Robinson but she still got to work made it happen and dropped a couple of sevens a 7.5 and a 7. 17 just for that single turn right there so yeah on a roll special performance number two Gabby Bryan was aggressive today Jesse Yeah that’s um the turn of the day so far for

Me together it with Bella um seven points um 33 I think right here as you see her leaning into that so powerful and putting 20% extra on that thing that was amazing from her so aggressive so on rail big nine-point ride from Gabby Bryan winning the post show Betty loose

C Johnson 917 domination today yeah th this wave was just so beautiful there was only one way through it and that was through the barrel she wasn’t going to get around that section if she didn’t pull in backs it up with that cracking carve off the top there comes down with

The foone ball and yeah I mean she loved it I love the hair Fleek I love the claim it’s good got to create like a trophy when you win the post show right Jesse of course she won the post show she won wave of the day that was just an

Amazing day for and a big day you know so how do you settle in and start all over tomorrow cuz we talked about the marathon today if you surfed in every round but if you’re starting from quarters tomorrow semifinals and final I mean that’s a marathon it’s another big

Day I think you drink a lot of water I think you drink some electrolytes and I think you get a lot of slate what do you recommend Jesse yeah I’m with flick on this one like there’s nothing it’s pretty simple just hydrate yourself have a very good rest and because tomorrow

Starts fresh it’s anyone’s game anyone’s game hope you guys enjoyed the show today prepare for finals day tomorrow as you check in with us local time 7:45 in the morning we’ll leave you with some highlights and we’ll see you bright and early take Care oh yeah No This copyrighted event broadcast is produced by the world surf league for broadcast around the world and may not be retransmitted reproduced rebroadcast or otherwise distributed or used in any form without the written consent of the world surf League