| Hawaiian South Shore surfers win the Red Bull Rivals |
| Tuesday, 02 August 2011 16:19 |
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The best Hawaiian surfers have fought for their pride in the Red Bull Rivals, a unique challenge between North Shore and South Shore wave riders. In 2-3 foot waves with occasional bigger sets, the boys from the South took the top honours for the second consecutive time. To keep things fair, the event was held on the Eastside of Oahu at Sandy Beach - neutral territory for the two teams. This was the second year the contest was held, and before the Red Bull Rivals 2009 competition, no surf event had been held at Sandy Beach since the early '80s. The 22 participating surfers had a choice to surf the Half Point or Full Point breaks for the 12-minute heats. The contest kicked off with a roshambo between team captains Jamie O’Brien for the North and Jun Jo for the South. J.O.B. won and chose TJ Barron to surf against South Shore’s Ezekiel Lau. Watch the video highlights, here. After each heat, the winning team’s captain had honors to pick the next heat’s match-up. As one of the most exciting heats, the eighth pitted North Shore’s Alessa Quizon against South Shore’s Kelia Moniz. Goofy-footed shortboarder Quizon took to Half Point, while Moniz paddled her longboard to the Full Point break. Moniz pulled out all of the stops and wowed the crowd while dominating Quizon. North Shore
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| Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 August 2011 16:31 |
