I won't stop saying his fellow Q-ey grinder Ramzi Boukhiam's name because I know WSL higher-ups read these wraps and no-one deserves an injury wildcard and shot at the CT more than Boukhiam. Maxime has alternated between looking like a deer in the headlights (heat totals: 1.96, 8.27, 7.44, 4.50) and on the wrong end of bad luck (heat totals: 12.14, 10.44). 99 out of a 100 surfers would not have made it to the bottom of that wave. ![]() Insane skills and courage to get the job done by successfully riding it. Luck of the draw for Cal to be in the right place at the right time. In this instance a demonic bomb defused by Callum Robson for the year's first 10. Maxime Huscenot, who makes his debut at 30 after a decade of trouble and toil on the Q-ey, also out.įor the second time this year, just pipped into last place. Getting stranded in huge closeouts looking for a corner almost felt like a biblical punishment for his indiscretions. Everything about the pre-cut events suits a big body like Zeke, including and especially the Hawaiian opening, and he butchered it by overcooking the alpha male aggression. Almost impossible to overstate how much of a worst case scenario has unfolded after a podium finish at the Eddie and the wave of the day award had him on top of the world. Back to the bush leagues after a nightmare start to the Year. Almost certainly will not make the cut after three failed results. More on that in a sec.īriefly: Andino, out. Imagine how sick that would have been with a reef or point handling that energy? Apart from Cal-tex's perfect 10, of course. ![]() In the end though, after watching twelve surfers, including the GOAT, scramble around dodging wave after wave of massive sand sucking closeouts, it was impossible to escape the obvious conclusion. ![]() There are those who thought I was being slanderous in condemning closeout beachbreaks and I have to admit the four Elimination Round heats held overnight in, let’s call it 8-10ft close-outs, were almost entertaining enough to turn me.
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