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Just a few minutes into the first elimination round heat on Day Two of the Rip Curl Rottnest Search at Strickland Bay, a shark was spotted in the water nearby, pausing the heat (1:36:30 in the video above). Griffin Colapinto, Jack Freestone, and Taj Burrow were competing for a spot in the round of 32 after losing in their respective seeding rounds, when the horn sounded and jet skis came whizzing in to collect the surfers.
As World Surf League Head of Competition Jessi Miley-Dyer explained, “We have a 200-meter radius that is an instant pull out for us… What we’re going to do now is have the plane and the drone sweep the area for us and when we’re absolutely sure [the shark] isn’t there we’ll restart.”
United States’ Carissa Moore eased through her heat at the World
Surf League Championship Tour in Rottnest Island, but Tatiana
Weston-Webb was forced into the elimination round.
Pyzel Teaches Koa Smith How to Make a Magic Surfboard Wednesday April 21, 2021 Staff
Pyzel makes a good surfboard. You know this because some of the world’s best surfers rely on his sticks to slide around on waves and do things that most surfers can’t fathom. He’s been making John John Florence’s surfboards forever. Also included in the list of people who have the little star logo on their boards are Jack Freestone, Tyler Wright, Koa Rothman, Nathan and Ivan Florence, Mark Healey, and a whole lot more.
With all that in mind, Koa Smith took a drive over to the Pyzel surfboards factory to figure out exactly what kind of magic Pyzel puts into his foam. The plan, at least initially, was for Koa to shape a board with Pyzel, but as you’ll see, Pyzel has hard time letting go of the reins when it comes to making a perfect surfboard. Which makes sense, because his are arguably the best on Earth.
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