Lowers Pro- R2 Wrap Up
I hate R2.
In the end Davo nipped Dan, and I think thats for the best, as he looks like he could actually win a couple more heats if he puts it al together. He rode a 5'11 whiplash in that heat and liked it better than the F1stub from R1. Kieran P beat out Tiago in a battle of old school, traditional surfing. Kieran really loves that little Driver and I was inpressed with him poping some tail out the back with his turns. He's a competitor for sure. Dusty got smashed by Jadson. He doesn't look right just yet and has been out of the water since he got smashed in Tahiti. I bet he's still hurting. At least he has a 6 pack of new Mayhems....in addition to all the boards he has from other shapers, to take to Europe. Travis Logie got welcomed back to the WT with big Slice of Gabriel Medina and went down fighting. The difference between their two bags of tricks is just too big. The real highlight of the day for me was Mick coming to the factory and ordering a couple boards. He grabbed one of Kolohes old Magic Sub Drivers out of the shaping room, cleaned it up and went down last night and ripped the bags outta it.Micks boards are about the same length as KAs, but Kolohes board is over 1/2" wider and has about 2 full liters more volume. He posted a shot of the board on his Twitter and calIed it the "Kalohe fanning " model. I dont expect him to be using it in heats or anything , but its fun to see guys like him take your board for a spin.
Today is R3 and we get to see Julian and Brett back in action and hope for the best.
Matt Biolos mayhembiolos.posterous.com
Its the grave yard of a WT event.
I didn't go down there and opted to sort of watch online while shaping all day.
In the end Davo nipped Dan, and I think thats for the best, as he looks like he could actually win a couple more heats if he puts it al together. He rode a 5'11 whiplash in that heat and liked it better than the F1stub from R1. Kieran P beat out Tiago in a battle of old school, traditional surfing. Kieran really loves that little Driver and I was inpressed with him poping some tail out the back with his turns. He's a competitor for sure. Dusty got smashed by Jadson. He doesn't look right just yet and has been out of the water since he got smashed in Tahiti. I bet he's still hurting. At least he has a 6 pack of new Mayhems....in addition to all the boards he has from other shapers, to take to Europe. Travis Logie got welcomed back to the WT with big Slice of Gabriel Medina and went down fighting. The difference between their two bags of tricks is just too big. The real highlight of the day for me was Mick coming to the factory and ordering a couple boards. He grabbed one of Kolohes old Magic Sub Drivers out of the shaping room, cleaned it up and went down last night and ripped the bags outta it.Micks boards are about the same length as KAs, but Kolohes board is over 1/2" wider and has about 2 full liters more volume. He posted a shot of the board on his Twitter and calIed it the "Kalohe fanning " model. I dont expect him to be using it in heats or anything , but its fun to see guys like him take your board for a spin.
Today is R3 and we get to see Julian and Brett back in action and hope for the best.
Matt Biolos mayhembiolos.posterous.com
