IBA Zicatela Pro, July 28th & 29th

David Hubbard

EPIC CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF ACTION OF ZICATELA PRO 2010. HEAT OF THE DAY WAS PERFORMED BY FORMER WORLD CHAMP CLAUDIA FERRARI AND BRAZIL’S STANDOUT MAIRA VIANA.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (July 29th, 2010) – First day of action was held in epic conditions. Perfect 2-4 feet barrels and great offshore winds. Once again Puerto Escondido delivers the best waves for all the competitors.

The best heat of the day had former world champ Claudia Ferrari and Maira Viana from Brazil. The heat started slowly with a long low, but as soon as the first set came, Maira Viana took the lead with a committed through the lip El Rollo and got a high score. Ferrari answered back with a couple of big El Rollos, but fell short to take 2nd place giving Maira the chance to move to the next round.

The other standout was the local Sol Fernandez defeating Keila Grodzen from USA. Lumar Guitard defeated Jade Robles from Hawaii and Venezuela’s Ruth Parra defeated Roxel Perez from Mexico in the last seconds of their heat.

Micah McMullin

The DK division had some action as well. The best wave of the day was for fellow Venezuelan bodyboarder David Velasquez taking of late and getting deep in a Puerto barrel and coming out to take one of the highest scores of the day. The second round was about to start, but the wind and the tide changed and the head judge, Chico Garritano decided to stop the comp until 4pm, waiting for the evening offshore Puerto gets some times during this time of the year.

Tomorrow round one of prone division. Stay tuned! Check www.zicatelapro.com for more info on the results.

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PLAYA ZICATELA SAW SOME ACTION DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMP RESUMED WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF DK WHERE WORLD CHAMP DAVE HUBBARD GAVE A SHOW TO ALL SPECTATORS.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAX – (July 29th, 2010) – At 4pm the comp. was resumed and had all the second round of DK. Dave Hubbard dominated the entire heat with solid snaps and great style. Dave defeated Yhonny Diaz in heat 2. Joe Grodzen was in fine shape taking the heat against local bodyboarder Jose Ramirez. Kim Feast did his thing and took heat four. Heat five was kind of slow, but had great rides from current DK World Champ Cesar Bauer from Peru defeating good friend David Velasquez. Heat 6 had another local, Chuy Silva who felt short against old school Manny Vargas. Ardiel Jimenez advanced as well as Micah McMullin.
The only local moving to round 3 was Jose Rutherford who showed up five minutes later and still made a good impression for the judges and defeating Pancho Galdos in heat 1.
The first round of Men’s Open will be running first ting in the morning. Stay tuned for more updates.

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