Canadians competing in Round of 96
Heat #17 Round of 96 Oct/12/2010
Black 4th place 4.43 Isaac Radish CAN
Heat #20 Round of 96 Oct/12/2010
Black 2nd place 8.13 Benn Murphy CAN - advances to Round of 48
Heat #21 Round of 96 Oct/12/2010
Black 2nd place 9.66 Sepp Bruhwiler CAN - advances to Round of 48
Heat #24 Round of 96 Oct/12/2010
Black Jaime Lowe CAN
Canadians competing in Round of 48
Heat # 2 Round of 48 Oct/12/2010
White 1st place 13.07 Peter Devries CAN - advances to Round of 24
Peter Devries keeps expectant crowds happy as day two of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic heat produces shock exits
Tofino, Canada – October 12, 2010 – It was a day of both highs and lows, as the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada returned once again to North Chestermans beach in clean 4 feet conditions to get stuck into the round of 48 here in Tofino.
The highs came for the gathering crowds on the beach as the local boys put on an impressive show. Sepp Bruhwiler came through the round of 96 before Peter Devries got into the water and stormed through his heat and into the round of 24 in a form reminiscent of his victory last year.
"I got a wave in the first couple of seconds," said Peter. "It was nice to get that start going and feel comfortable right away. Local knowledge definitely helps," he said. "Drawing Kekoa (Bacalso) on mushy beach break is probably a little easier than drawing him on big waves - and Stu (Kennedy) too."
Former World Tour competitor Kekoa Bacalso as well as CWC Tasmania winner and current frontrunner in the CWC Series rankings, Stuart Kennedy, were just two shock exits at this stage in the competition.
Joining them was another former World Tour surfer, Tim Reyes, as well as Yadin Nicol, Dion Atkinson, Tim Curren and 2009 CWC California runner up Heath Joske.
On a more positive note, there was plenty of impressive action heating up the water today as the 6 Star ASP competition soared through to heat 8 in the round of 48. However whilst water temperatures are higher this year than last – around 13 degrees centigrade - Florida native Cory Lopez was taking no chances, dressed head to toe in rubber. "There is no way the cold water is going to touch me," said Cory who advanced to the round of 24. "I have boots gloves, a hat – I cannot feel the water at all and I am definitely warm right now."
His attire was in stark contrast to that of Julian Wilson who downsized his suit to a 3.2 and removed his gloves. "I’m not cold out there," said Julian. "But I am catching loads of waves to keep warm, and I got that good wave out there because of that."
Tomorrow all eyes will be on Shaun Cansdell. Shaun is the only surfer in the top 5 of the CWC Series rankings left in this competition and will be looking to make his mark and move towards that $50,000 prize money.
"I was just paddling out there thinking, wow. $50,000!" said Shaun after his first round heat this morning. "It puts a bit of pressure on, but it’s like in every comp. I just go out there and do my best and see what happens."
The next call will be tomorrow October 13th at 7.30am for Heat 9 in the Round of 48
Photos by lunchtime
