Zicatela Pro, July 31-August 2
Judges Tower
DAY 3:
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FROM MAGNO OLIVEIRA TAKING BOTH, THE HIGHEST WAVE SCORE 9.8 AND A TOTAL HEAT SCORE OF 19.20 POINTS.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (July 31st, 2010) – Zicatela Beach and all the spectators saw a lot of action from the men’s prone division. The second round was completed. All Mexican competitors advanced to the third round. Chuy Silva, Cesar Petroni, Gerardo Martinez, Jose Ramirez, Edwin Morales, Alexander Alvarez and Ulises Rodriguez.
The most exciting heat of the day had seeded number one Magno Oliveira, local Jesus Silva and Eduardo Carpinello from Chile. Magno took an early lead with a massive el Rollo and went back out straight into a perfect lefthander that would give him a 9.4 in the first five minutes. Illuminated by the gods, Magno was able to find a better score riding a double barrel wave ending with a smooth invert taking the highest score of the competition so far; a 9.8 and a total heat score of 19.20 to seal the deal. Local Jesus was in third place until the last few minutes where he found a little corner launching a clean ARS to take second place and move to the fourth round.
Bigger Waves Roll In
Waves are still picking up and it should be a great show for tomorrow morning. All round 3 will be running and all competitors are hungry for some big surf.
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s action!!
Babby Quiñones
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DAY 4:
SOLID LONG PERIOD SWELL (6-8 feet) ALLOWED ALL COMPETITORS A GREAT CHANCE TO SCORE EITHER A SICK BARREL OR A HUGE RAMP TO LAUNCH TO THE SKY.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (August 1st, 2010) – Nothing better than a long period swell for the best rounds of the contest. All third round was an amazing spectacle for everyone who witnessed the heats. Heavy barrels, epic ramps and beautiful weather.
The third round continued with Dave Hubbard and James Murdock advancing, leaving Spaniard Elosua in third. In heat 4 we saw a slow start but a strong finish from local kid Cesar Petroni taking the heat with a solid invert. Ardiel was able to find some corners and Giovanni Greco was unable to find a good score.
Cesar Petroni
Gregory Wonters and Cesar Bauer eliminated local big wave charger, Jose Ramirez in a tough heat. Jorge Colomer in heat 6, was feeling comfortable finding good barrels and air sections. In heat seven seeded #2 Hermano Pereira, was almost eliminated having a hard time finding the right wave. Barely made it in second moving to the next round with local Edwin Morales. Felipe Mendez and Jeremy Loebstock were the last to move into 4th round.
Forth round of action was the most anticipated moment of the day. With men on men heat format, the second heat had local Jesus Silva and argentine Emiliano Tabare. Conditions were changing and it was hard to find a good wave, but the local kid found a perfect and deep left barrel that would give him the victory to move into quarterfinals. Magno with a solid win over Puerto Rican Babby Quiñones will face local Jesus Silva in the most thrilling heat of the comp for all Mexican crowd!!
Stand by for more results.
James Murdock
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Day 5:
ZICATELA PRO 2010 SAW THE MOST THRILLING DAY OF THE CONTEST. ALL QUARTERFINALS WERE AS HOT AS THE WEATHER AND WE HAVE THE SEMIFINALS READY TO GO. SF1 MAGNO OLIVEIRA VS DAVE HUBBARD AND SF2 CESAR BAUER VS HERMANO CASTRO.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (August 2nd, 2010) – Zicatela had hell of a show this morning with the end of the fourth round. The first heat of the day started with local Edwin Morales and Jeremy Loefstok. Conditions were tough, but Morales was able to find a couple of scores to take the heat. The last heat of round 4 was between Brazilians Hermano Castro and Felipe Mendez. Mendez started strong, but Castro waited for the bigger set and got the scores to take a spot in the quarterfinals.
QF1 had local talent Jesus Silva and the wave magnet, Magno “Magneto” Oliveira. Oliveira took an early lead finding the bigger waves and going for massive Rollos. Silva was not able to find a good score during the whole heat, giving Magno the first spot in the semis. In qf2, good friends Hubbard and Murdock were having a good time in the water. Hubbard found a great hollow left, were he busted a huge invert. Murdock had a couple of scores but nothing impressive for the judges. Hubbard sealed the deal with another big invert on a clean Puerto right to take the heat.
The second half of the round saw a soft onshore breeze, but the conditions were fully contestable. QF3 was between Aruba’s standout Gregory Wonters and Peruvian Cesar Bauer. It was an intense heat and Bauer was able to find the good scores to take a place in SF2. The last heat of the day had the last Mexican in the contest, Edwin Morales vs. Hermano Castro from Brazil. Morales took an early lead with a couple of Rollos, but Castro’s strategy came to play in the last 4 minutes of the heat, finding the best wave of the heat, an 8.5 barrel to invert, taking the last spot in the semis.
SF1 Magno “Magneto” Oliveira vs. Dave Hubbard SF2 Cesar Bauer vs. Hermano Castro.
DK and women’s QF and SF will run tomorrow, leaving the men’s semis and all finals for Wednesday with a decent south swell.
Photo: Michelle Rozzen
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