Been in Hawaii for a while now, waves have been pumping as usual for this time of the year, and the action from all the riders has been amazing to see, id rattle a couple of names off but there really are too many to mention, even standup’s are giving it a go on the foam!! Been working on a Podcast eppy with Chad Waldron while over here which is coming along great so far, i attached a couple of framies to have a peep at. Couple of days back Pipe had a solid swell roll over it, Tom Rigby recounted to me his first true 2nd reef clean up, ” I seen it coming and I just turned to Bunting and asked what do we do now??” haha, he admits he’s all the wiser for the experience and has also turned many heads this season so with some outstanding riding so far.
The contest began yesterday with a groomed 6ft swell with the occasional larger set. I started off in the 3rd round and managed to surf a couple of heats that i was happy with to progress to the next day of competition in round 5. Not quite sure when they’ll run the next day as every second person’s surf prediction vary between flat and 6-8ft offshore, so stay tuned into ibatour.com/live and support the aussie competitive push!!!!

Aloha,
Dall.