Roxy Pro and Quicksilver Pro Gold Coast starting

[oldmansurfer]

here it is
http://www.aspworldtour.com/events/wct/640/roxy-pro-gold-coast/live

[oldmansurfer]

the link to the asp is above

[drowningbitbybit]

That's just down the road from me!

I could go and watch it, but I'm not sure my ego could take a whole new level of someone being better than me

[oldmansurfer]

Gabriel Medina won the mens contest and Stephanie Gilmore won the womens. I was a little surprised Steph beat Carissa. I am happy that Gabriel won. He was one of my favorite surfers from last year although his performance was hampered by injuries. I was disappointed he didn't do better last year and glad he is starting off with a win. I am really bummed John John Florence got eliminated early and Sebastian Zeitz, I love watching those guys surf.

[drowningbitbybit]

What is astonishing about watching the pro over the last couple of days is how the surfers make the waves look. They look great! A perfect clean barelling point break! Utter perfection!
Actually... no... the swell has been large and lumpy for the last few days, with the wind getting into it, and a vast amount of water moving around on the points. I've been out in it (not at snapper, but just up the road) and really had a hard time. Most of the time, I've ended up being swept off the point and down to the beachie a mile down the coast (that's not exaggeration).

So the guys and girls at the pro making it look so easy, well... it's just astonishing!

[oldmansurfer]

I would love to surf waves like that but it wasn't perfect. I never thought it was perfect but maybe the commentators were trying to say it was. The level of surfing from the pro circuit is so amazing. If someone was a pro surfer 30 years ago and lost touch with surfing they would have trouble believing what they are doing now....probably think it was some kind of gimmick. I love to watch them surf. Even the women on the pro tour are amazing. They can make average waves look fantastic.