| Women show impressive bodyboarding at the Zicatela Pro 2010 |
| Wednesday, 04 August 2010 09:02 |
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The quarterfinal action was very intense during the whole morning. The first heat of the morning was between Maira Viana and Luz Marie Grand. Luz Marie didn’t find the rhythm and ended up taking only one wave. On the other hand Maira was in full rhythm with the ocean and got a great barrel to roll and one of the biggest bombs of the day to take the heat and moving to the semi 1. The next heat had the last Mexican in the competition. Local girl Sol Fernandez was up against the seeded number two, Eunate Aguirre. Fernandez started with a couple of low scores, but Eunate’s strategy was to wait for the biggest waves. Aguirre found a perfect left and combined spinners on the outside and connected the reform all the way to the inside finishing with a clean stylish Rollo to win the heat. Eunate will face Maira in semifinal #1. The third heat of the day saw seeded number one Maylla Venturim and the underdog Ruth Parra from Venezuela. Maylla was taking a lot of waves trying to get the best score, but Ruth was patiently waiting for the set and got a good right pulling a clean reverse and regaining speed to hit the lip with a strong Rollo winning the heat. The last heat was the most exciting one with Karla Costa Taylor and Lumar Guittard. It was all about Karla since the beginning of the heat. Having a great rhythm, stayed in the right place to get the highest score of the event for the female division. A perfect deep and thick Puerto barrel that would give her a 9.8 in the first eight minutes. Lumar didn’t not find ay good waves and felt short giving the last spot in the semis to Karla who will face Ruth Parra in semi #2. The DK division was also in action today and the local kid Jose Rutherford was up against former World Champ Dave Hubbard. Dave was feeling comfortable during the whole heat finding a great backside barrel ride and a sick floater to take the heat. In heat 2 the Aussie Kim Feast found a couple of barrels leaving Joe Grodzen behind. The third heat was an exciting one. Manny Vargas vs. current world champ Cesar Bauer. Bauer took an early lead with a sick floater, but Manny answered back with a great barrel to snap. Unfortunately Vargas didn’t find another score leaving the door open for Bauer who seal the victory with a great ride. The last heat of the day was between Micah Mc Mullin and Ardiel Jimenez. Ardiel was leading the heat most of the time but McMullin got a clean right whacking it of the top and ending the wave with a sick floater to take the last spot in the DK semis. All semifinals will be running tomorrow and of course the exciting finals in another epic day!
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