Rob Machado looking hungry. |
Tom Whitaker and Jarrad Howse tell Bede Durbidge how they'd do it out there. |
Kelly Slater and his surfboard. Two very sought after things throughout the Hurley Pro. |
Internet hate mail. |
Kekoa Bacalso and Kelly prior to their round 4 matchup. |
"I just filmed the best episode of all time for Fish Tales," Paul Fisher said to us today. We can only imagine. (see for yourself at www.followthefish.tv) |
Imagine coming up against this in a heat. Heitor Alves prepares for his quarterfinal with Kelly Slater. |
Michel Bourez and his girlfriend pash out post-heat. |
Jason and Benji Weatherley. "Bud Light said to come hang out and drink a beer," Benji said about why he was at the contest, which is the same reason we were there. |
The iconic Taylor Steele in town for publicity for The Drifter and Modern Collective, both Poor Specimen Prodcutions out soon. |
Talking shit in the shitter with Lewis Samuels. |
Courtney applying Vitamin C we suppose. |
Kolohe Andino shined in the all-locals heat, even with Chris Ward getting all What's Really Going Wrong doing board transfers. |
Mick drinks plenty of water pre-heat... |
...while Dane likes his coffee. Getting an IV before the final from dehydration. |
"Yep, it's $105,000 Pat reassures Mick before the final. |
Dane tosses one into the dumpster. |
$105,000 richer and loving it. Mick Fanning. |
Australia gets another one. |
Adriano De Souza in Round 4. |
See, winning heats isn't so bad. Dane bringing the fun back. |
They carve. They punt. They go left. They go right. Chalk one up for the little guy. Dane on a "Dumpster Diver." |
Heitor Alves proved he's the real deal, yet again with an impressive run to the quarters. |
Surfing's modern savior. |
Kelly Slater and another alternative shape and construction. He switched boards often throughout the event. |
Kelly Slater |
Mick trots down to start the final. |
Mick Fanning en-route to winning $105,000. |
Fanning in form and read to chase the injured Parko now. |
Mick on the turn of the final. |
To the tune of an 8.9. |
Dane Reynolds alone. |
Mick Fanning, summoning Eugene. |
Australians are getting really good at this contest stuff. |
This month's 7 Days subject: Adriano De Souza. |
Josh Kerr getting modern. |
Taylor Knox could have filmed a new segment of Arc throughout the event. He's always sharp at Lowers. |
Rob Machado took down Taj and Parko, but fell short to Dane Reynolds in his wildcard run. |
A lot of little crafts are about to sprout up in a lineup near you thanks to how fun dane made them look this week. |
You still probably won't see many people doing these yet though. |
The mob for Kelly post-heat. |
"What do you call that one?" Judging modern surfing can be tricky. They're getting there though. |