So Mick just nailed his second World Tour victory in just as many weeks! He is on form and blitzed the 3ft French surf yesterday. It was a great day with thousands on the beach and as always Quiksilver put on an incredible show.
The surf didn’t quite live up to the usual expectations, but nevertheless the action did. Other stand out performances included Patrick Bevan and Tiago Pires, taking down the crowd favourite Kelly and number one seed Parko. Some really tight heats came down to the wire and as ever the judges had their work cut out. Tricky for those guys and as always only a few competitors leave the contest happy with their results.
Night time action included Kelly Slater presenting an evening on the big screen at Rock Food in front of 1000’s of fans. It started with the screening of ‘Cloud 9’ written by my wife Lauren and directed by Daz. Followed up by singer songwriter Ben Howard strutting his guitar stuff, with India on Cello and Fabian on Drums backing up his good time vibe. It was a pretty epic night.
Last night The Aussie crew went huge at Café de Paris and then Rock Food, whilst Quiksilver hosted VIP’s with a Poker night. Great stuff, great fun and a whole week of events is still being laid on for the Quiksilver staff and clients, whilst in the water only the King of the Groms World Finals is yet to run.
Surf Forecast is small and clean so it’ll likely the surfing action will be finished up Tuesday Morning!
Cheers Gabe
