The world's best surfers have kicked off the SATA Airlines Azores
Pro 2014, at Praia de Santa Barbara, on Sao Miguel Island, Azores.
The decisive Prime event opened with excellent four-to-six foot
hollow waves, offering deep barrels and perfect wave faces for
high-performance maneuvers. Caio Ibelli impressed with the highest heat
score of the day.
"I've been here five days already, and yesterday the waves got big
and I broke all my board. I was kind of bummed, but I went out there and
looked for the barrels cause I don't feel comfortable doing turns on
this board. There's nothing better to get barreled like that early in
the morning, I'm stoked to be here in the Azores," says Ibelli.
Vasco Ribeiro, the event wildcard, lacks experience in Azores, but he
clearly dominated his heat against current QS leader Matt Banting.
I'm really happy, I think I got a little bit too excited with the
waves, so I'm stoked that I got a couple. I've been watching the
previous heats closely, and I knew I could get the scores with turns,
but yes when the occasional barrel came across I went for it,"
underlines Ribeiro.
Hiroto Ohhara, from Japan, turned the heat in the last minutes with a
fast right-hander, as he came flying out of the barrel to collect an
8.67. Seconds later, he backed it up with several carving maneuvers to
turn the lead and advance in first.
"I almost fell in the barrel but thankfully my board ...more
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