SURFING Magazine, ASP, 2014 Hurley / Swatch Pro Trestles

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The 2014 Hurley Pro and Swatch Women’s Pro PHOTO: TARAS

Right track.

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Right turn.

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John John Florence. PHOTO: JIMMICANE

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CONTEST OVERVIEW

EARLY ROUNDS

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JORDY SM ITH VS JOH N JOH N FLORENC E

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WCT RANKINGS A FTER THE EN D OF TH E 2014 H URLEY/SWATC H LOWERS P RO 08

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THIS KID DOESN’T FALL. HE’S GOT GOOD TURNS, TRICKS, CONSISTENCY

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+ SIXTEEN PROBLEMS KALANI DAVID PROFILE

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EDITORIAL Editor | ZANDER MORTON Creative Director | CHATO AGANZA Photo Editor | PETER TARAS Managing Editor | LEO MAXAM Assistant Everything | JIMMY WILSON Art Director | NOA EMBERSON Online Editor | BRENDAN BUCKLEY Editor-at-Large | TAYLOR PAUL Editor-at-Large | BEAU FLEMISTER

PHOTOS Jimmicane, Peter Taras, Steve Sherman, Ryan Craig, Scotty Hammonds

WORDS BY Taylor Paul & Brendan Buckley

COVER PHOTO: JORDY SMITH

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BEFORE WE BEGIN...

THE VENU E Trestles gets its name from the small bridge — built as a trestle — that one must waltz under in order to arrive on the beach at Upper Trestles. Lower Trestles gets its name by being south of Uppers. Thanks geography! Whilst surfing either wave, you’ll quickly become accustomed to the sight and sound of trains roaring and whistling and choochyewwwwwwwing down the California coast.

AT STAKE Lowers marks the beginning of the business-end of the 2014 WCT for Kelly Slater, Gabriel Medina and Mick Fanning.

Medina entered the event with three wins, Fanning, two and Slater, zero. For Medina a win at Trestles — and an early loss

by Kelly and Mick — would nearly guarantee him (and Brazil) a maiden world title in France or Portugal. For Kelly or Fanning, an early exit by Medina at Trestles would mean… shit, who were we kidding? Medina was never going to lose out early at Lowers.

AN D WEREN ’ T T HE R E WO MEN TO (S)WATCH AS WELL? Yes. Thanks to Swatch the women competed right alongside the men at Lowers this year for the first time ever, and they did not disappoint.

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THE 2014 HURLEY / SWATCH WOMEN’S PRO SO DI D THE WAV ES SU C K L I K E LAST YEAR? Absolutely not. The Hurley Pro was kissed by the icy lips of a sleepy Pacific Ocean in 2013, but this year warm backto-back south swells came to play during the waiting period.

WAS T HE BAT HR O O M L IN E LONG?

H OW CO ME D I O N AT KI N SO N D I D N ’ T W I N ?

Ugh. Kind of. This was the biggest crowd Lowers has ever

Because the judges wanted to see a mix of air and

seen. Man, lady and child alike platooned the beach, which is

power, and because Julian Wilson gave ‘em just that

worth noting because the walk to Lowers is anything but cake.

in Round 2 against Dion. The Round 3 Adriano/Filipe

Sure isn’t park and play.

heat was an absolute blood match and came down to the surfer’s third wave score, with de Souza getting

DID FILIPE TO L E D O WIN ?

While we saw the most tail-high-tweaked-out-fully-rotated surfing of the year, the judges didn’t seem all too

the nod. Then, in Round 4, John John Florence surfed arguably the best heat in Lowers history, scoring five nine-point-plus rides in 30 minutes.

thrilled about it. Scores came and went, but it was quite clear that the wise men were keener to score the surfing

S O JO H N JO H N WO N , RI G H T ?

below the lip. As in: raging boners for backhand snaps.

You would think so watching the highlight reel, but no.

Jordy Smith muscled past John in the final on his very last wave.

A N D T H E LA DI ES ?

Ever watched a women’s ‘CT event and shrugged to yourself, I feel like I could’ve won that heat? Yeah, stop that. Steph Gilmore beat Sally Fitzgibbons in the Final and you’ve never, nor will ever, surf like that in your life. With the only perfect 10 of the event, Steph dropped multiple hammers on a Lowers right so radically, Carissa Moore, entertained her very first jealous thought. (It took 22 years.)

FALL IS TITLE SEASON… Sure is. With three events to go, Stephanie Gilmore, Carissa Moore and Sally Fitzgibbons each have two wins to their name. Tyler Wright has one. All four have a realistic shot at the title. On the men’s side, Medina has a 6,500-point lead over Slater and is 11,740 points ahead of Fanning (though Mick has two wins), meaning Kelly and Mick have no room for error.

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EARLY COULD GO EITHER WAY Kolohe (on right) and Miguel Pupo (on left), going halvsies on a Lowers triangle.

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GETS: 8.67 Filipe Toledo misses a Round 1 win by the hair of his chinny-chin-chin. PHOTO: TARAS

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(l to r) Tanner Gudauskas, Alana Blanchard, Kelly Slater, Owen Wright, Kolohe Andino, John John Florence,

CJ Hobgood, Adriano De Souza, Rosy Hodge, Kai Otton, Jadson Andre, Brett Simpson. ALL PHOTO: SHERM

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Alejo Muniz didn’t make it out of Round 2 at Lowers and now sits 27th in the rankings.

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CHEER-

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CAMP CARLOS PHOTO: JIMMICANE

LEADERS

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After winning Hurley’s video trials contest with a tsunami of support from his native Costa Rica, Carlos Munoz won his first heat against Adam Melling and ratings leader Gabriel Medina.

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Carlos Munoz, Costa Rica’s first WCT competitor.

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There’s that old saying, “Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.”

Kolohe Andino shows that it applies to things like tattoos and beards.

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Butt there’s a should. PHOTO: RYAN CRAIG

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Filipe Toledo’s backside-air to powerhack combo actually received a 9.83 from the judges, but we felt it was perfect.

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Miguel Pupo took out hometown hero and Hurley teammate Kolohe Andino in Round 3, then lost to fellow Hurley guy Ace Buchan in Round 5. (When a third of the tour is on the same squad, there’s bound to be some H-on-H violence.) PHOTO: JIMMICANE

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Everyone’s always talking about “12 o’clock,” but Ace Buchan reminds parents that nothing good happens after 9:30.

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Filipe Toledo’s dad is notoriously outspoken during his son’s heats.

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Here, Julian Wilson kindly asks he take it down a notch or leave the competitors area.

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Adriano De Souza surfed against Filipe Toledo in Round 3. Each surfer’s best waves were 8.77 and 7.9. Usually when there’s

BREAKER

a tie it goes to the highest single wave score, but in this case the surfer with the third-highest wave score — Adriano’s 7.8— won the heat.

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HEART

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DOOR Wilko

Filipe is left to wonder: Couldn’t the judges have added the .17 they forgot to give me for my Round 2 air?

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Filipe

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Kolohe Andino

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Malia Manuel

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John John Florence

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Mick Fanning

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WOMENS LOS I N G THE I R LOW E R S V I R G I NITY

When opportunity knocks, so do Stephanie Gilmore’s knees.

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Coco Ho

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Bianca Buitendag

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WELL HEL-LO, COCO. PHOTO: TARAS

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Footloose and fins free

Sally Fitzgibbons, so fancy. PHOTO: SCOTTY HAMMONDS 071

In one of the biggest upsets in the women’s event, Johanne Defay beat Tyler Wright in the quarters, 16.2 to 15.13. Tyler fell two spots to number four in the world rankings, Johanne moved up to number 10.

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Lakey Peterson and Tyler Wright. PHOTO: JIMMICANE

Laura Enever. PHOTO: TARAS

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Australian compatriots. Roxy teammates. The biggest smiles in the biz. Just a few similarities that are nowhere near the minds of Sally Fitzgibbons and Stephanie Gilmore. PHOTO: JIMMICANE

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+2 With her Lowers victory, Stephanie jumps two spots to second in the world rankings, just 1,951 points behind Sally Fitz. PHOTO: JIMMICANE

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PEEK-A-BOO (WORLD TITLE #6) I SEE YOU PHOTO: SHERMAN

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Gabriel Medina went left and left early‌for him. Flying to a quarterfinal finish. PHOTO: JIMMICANE

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“Bru, you like my floater?” Mick doesn’t give Jordy the affirmation he’s looking for.

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Don’t worry, Jords, it’ll come.

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The day before the contest began, Kelly Slater announced the name of his new company, Outerknown.

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Speculation circulated as to whether or not we’d see a new logo on Slater’s kit, but the king kept things black and white, just how we like him.

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In his best heat since his semis in Tahiti, John John Florence builds a house we’d all like to live in. Nines to spare during his Round 4 heat against Slater and De Souza.

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While we may expect this kind of stuff from world-title front runner Gabriel Medina, it’s important to keep things in perspective. Think: What if Parko did this?

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Ace Buchan does turns like this in his sleep,

and he did, all the way to a third place finish.

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THIS

Round 5, Heat 4. Taj Burrow vs. Kelly Slater. Taj (pictured) owns the heat for the first 29 minutes and 40 seconds.

Then Kelly shakes his hand and slowly paddles to the inside, catching a wave under Taj’s priority. He needed a 7.23… PHOTO: TARAS

FEELS

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HE (Kelly) GOT IT. PHOTO: SHERMAN

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Same ol’ soup, just reheated. Kelly and the turn that’s made him hundreds of thousands of dollars at Lowers.

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THE ENEMY

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OF MY ENEMY… John John beats Kelly, Kelly helps Jordy beat John John. PHOTO: SHERMAN

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FIN VS JORDY SMITH

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NAL JOHN JOHN FLORENCE

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John John, Jordy and Julian are three surfers whose results don’t match their ability. Was good to see two of them break that streak at Lowers. John John, nose poking toward his potential in the final. PHOTO: RYAN CRAIG

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Jordy took an early lead in the final, then lost it, then got a buzzer beater needing a 6.54. PHOTO: JIMMICANE

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Jordy orders a John John on the rocks, shaken.

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8th TIMES A CHARM (Hey. we told you it was his turn)

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WCT R A NKI N GS A F T E R T H E E N D O F T H E 2 0 1 4 H U R L E Y/ S WAT C H W O M E N ’ S P R O

M EN ’ S 01 GA BRI EL M ED I N A 02 KE LLY S LAT ER 03 JOE L PA RK I N S O N 04 M I C K FAN N I N G 05 M I C H EL B O U REZ 06 TAJ B U RROW 07 A D R IA N O D E S O U ZA 08 JOHN J O H N F LO REN CE 09 KOLO H E A N D I N O 10 N AT YO U N G 11 JOR DY S M I T H 11 OWEN W RI G H T 13 JOS H K ERR 14 BE DE D U RB I D G E 15 A D R IA N B U CH AN 16 M I GU EL P U PO 17 JU LI AN W I LS O N 18 C . J . H O B G O O D

WOME N’ S 1 9 FR E D DY PATAC C H IA JR. 2 0 SE BAST IA N Z IETZ 2 1 FILIPE TO LE D O 2 2 KA I OT TO N 2 3 MAT T W ILKINS O N 2 3 T IAG O PIR ES 2 5 A DA M ME LLING 2 5 MITC H C R EWS 2 7 A LEJ O MU NIZ 2 7 D IO N AT KINSO N 2 9 JA D S O N A ND R E 2 9 A R ITZ A R A NB U R U 31 T R AVIS LO G IE 32 B R ET T SIMPSO N 33 J E R E MY FLO R ES 34 G LE NN H A LL 35 R AO NI MO NT E IR O 36 MITC H C O LE B O R N

BIGGEST JUMPS John J o h n Fl o re n ce : 4 Migu el P u p o : 4 A dr ia n Bu ch a n : 3 Jord y S m i th : 3 112

01 SALLY FITZGIBBONS 02 STEP HANIE GILMORE 03 CARISSA MOORE 04 TY LER WRIGHT 05 MALIA MANUEL 06 LAK EY P ETERSON 07 BIANCA BUITENDAG 08 LAURA ENEVER 09 DIMITY STOY LE 10 COCO HO 10 JOHANNE DEFAY 12 COURTNEY CONLOGUE 12 NIK K I VAN DIJK 14 ALESSA QUIZON 15 PAULINE ADO 16 PAIGE HAREB 17 ALANA BLANCHARD 18 TATIANA WESTON-WEBB

BIGGEST SLUMPS places places places places

Josh Kerr: 2 Julian W ilson: 2 CJ Hobgood: 2 Freddy Patacchia Jr.: 2

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