Surfing: Erostarbe (ESP) and Weston-Webb (BRA) make quarter-finals
Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil has turned in the best performance of the day so far. In one of the most anticipated heats of Round 3, Weston-Webb (BRA) took on current World #1 Caitlin Simmers of the United States and dominated from begining to end.
Surfing in heat #6, the regular foot scored two different 6.17s to earn the highest heat total of the day. The first came by linking three powerful rail turns, sharply timed with the pocket and throwing buckets of spray over the back of the wave. It was text book power surfing from the 28-year-old. The second came a few minutes later thanks to a clean tube ride followed by a big, committed carve to close out the wave.
Simmers (USA) never found her flow and finished with a total score of 1.93.
Surfing smooth and strong, Nadia Erostarbe of Spain advanced from Heat #5, stacking several decent scoring waves before her opponent, Matusuda Shino of Japan, managed to catch her first. In the end, Erostarbe (ESP) made it through with a total of 8.34 to Matsuda’s (JPN) 5.84.
Weston-Webb (BRA) and Erostarbe (ESP) will face eachother in the quarter finals later today.