Billabong Rio Pro begins 8 May

[billie_morini]

http://www.wctbrasil.com/rio13

Use the link above to check the news and watch the event.

Bombshell: Defending champ, John John Florence, is out due to ankle injury!

[surf patrol]

thanks billie

[surf patrol]

It's just started. The webcast is running and the first heat is underway.
Josh Kerr has opened the scoring with a 0.23 - hopefully things will improve for him

[kitesurfer]

Tum te tum. Its gonna ber a very busy afternoon at work for me i think!

KS

[kitesurfer]

Womens round 1 is in the water!

http://wctbrasil.com/rio13/live-gb

Perhaps this should be in babe of the day too?

KS

[billie_morini]

Women's division final complete. Ms. Tyler Wright (AUS) won it. Our local Santa Barbara, competitor, young Lakey Peterson, didn't get through the quarter finals.

All of these female competitors surf very well. Sometimes it is an inspiration. Other times it is depressing because they surf better than I ever will.

I would have liked to surf today to try and improve, but we're going on two weeks with no surf. It's warm and sunny, but there are no waves.

[billie_morini]

Mens' division final today. Today's champion is Jordy Smith from South Africa. Brazilians De Sousa and Medina faced each other in the quarter finals. De Souza advanced to the semi-finals. Oz's Mick Fanning advanced to semi-finals. Stater did not get passed the quarter finals.