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Plus, honestly, the chance of a drowning is greater at 8 feet on the south than the north shores. There are sim- ply far more less-experienced ocean enthusiasts who want to give it their best shot. Most of us like a challenge. So, we dip our toes so to speak, but end up dipping our heads — up, down and all around.
Rio Waida of Indonesia is the winner of the Ballito Pro, presented by O’Neill.
PHOTO COURTESY WSL/TOSTEE
On a roll and winning was Rio Waida from Bali, Indone- sia. He’s in the No. 1 slot and looks to be a near shoe-in for the CT in 2023. This guy is bold but humble and has all it takes to make even more his- tory for Indonesia. Good luck!
An Aussie talent named Molly Picklum won it for the women. She had her rookie WCT year last year but didn’t make the mid season cut, so she’s getting the points back on her ledger in hopes of re- joining the WCT 2023. She’s jumped up into the No. 2 spot on the CS Challenger Series rankings.
The ocean is unique, ev- er-changing and has a way of luring you into situations you’re not capable of han- dling. I’ve fallen for it, and, this even happens to the best surfers in the world. Thank God for our lifeguards.
umentary Big Wave Guard- ians, do it!
finished its third out of eight contests this season at the
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Speaking of lifeguards, if OK, onto the comp scene. you have not seen the doc- The Challenger Series just
“I’m so happy to be rep- resenting Indonesia,” Waida says. “We never qualified a surfer for the Championship Tour so it would be good if I made it to show all the groms
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Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
Whoa, did you see how fast July caught up to May and June?
It was a slow start surfwise for this month — averaging 3 feet — but then big swells from the land down under re- ally kicked into gear. Surf hit 4-6 feet or advisory levels. Plus, Mother Nature wasn’t done. She followed up by delivering one of the biggest south swells of the year on July 16-17. Top sets reached the high surf warning thresh- old of 15 feet crest to trough — 8 feet Hawai‘i scale. There were some large and in charge, thick and heavy waves steam- rolling the lineups. Long “corduroy” lines stacked to the horizon and those mysto reefs were pinging and pong-
ing. Plenty of our usual recre- ational reefs couldn’t handle this size swell. Other focal reefs magnified the swell to extreme levels that were for experts only.
Ballito Pro in South Africa. This second tier is just below the first or top tier, the Elite Championship Tour.
back there that we can do it. I’ve been working very hard for this and I can’t wait to get back home and see everyone.”
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