10 moments from the event that marked the return of WSL competitive surfing

What happened yesterday in Lemoore is in this gallery


August 10 2020
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WSL competitive surfing resumed yesterday at Kelly's Ranch with Filipe Toledo and Coco Ho as the champion team.

A compact four-hour event timed for a television broadcast had the best of the best feeling the pressure that they had to win with one right and one left per set.

Toledo fell on his right-handers in the quarterfinals and semi-finals, but in the grand final he brought out the best of his surfing and made the best wave of the event: a 9,5.

The full results were as follows:

Final
1: Coco Ho and Filipe Toledo (16.24)
2: Tatiana Weston-Webb and Kanoa Igarashi (14.63)

Semifinal
SF 1: Coco Ho and Filipe Toledo (15.96) defeated Sage Erickson and Kelly Slater (10.33)
SF 2: Tatiana Weston-Webb and Kanoa Igarashi (16.50) defeated Caroline Marks and Adriano de Souza (16.17)

Quarter finals
CF 1: Coco Ho and Filipe Toledo (14.07) defeated Alyssa Spencer and Kolohe Yino (11.34)
CF 2: Sage Erickson and Kelly Slater (14.32) defeated Carissa Moore and Seth Moniz (13.70)
CF 3: Caroline Marks and Adriano de Souza (15.60) defeated Kirra Pinkerton and Conner Coffin (10.20)
CF 4: Tatiana Weston-Webb and Kanoa Igarashi (16.03) defeated Lakey Peterson and Griffin Colapinto (15.87)

Kolohe Andino surfed well but his partner in the event, young Alyssa Spencer, did not do her part. Photo: WSL/Kenny Morris
The sharpest of the whole event was Adriano de Souza. He was motivated to get back to competition and surfing very well. He lost in one of the most contested heats of the day, in the semis to Kanoa and Tatiana. Photo: WSL/Kenny Morris
Sage Erickson felt the pressure of surfing with Kelly and couldn't bring out his best surfing. His best wave was a 6,8 left in the semis when they fell to Toledo and Ho. Photo: WSL/Kenny Morris
Coco Ho proved she has the talent to be among the best. Filipe pulled away, but she remained consistent throughout the event. Photo: WSL/Kenny Morris
Kanoa Igarashi is sharp and ready for whatever comes next, handling the pressure like a beast. In the semis he needed a nine on his final wave, went for it and got it. Photo: WSL/Kenny Morris
Carissa Moore broke but her partner, Seth Moniz, was not on the same level. Photo: Kenny Morris/World Surf League
Lakey Peterson surfed very well and lost the closest heat of round 1, which was decided by 16 to 15,8 between her and Griffin Colapinto who lost to Kanoa and Tatiana Weston-Webb. Photo: WSL/Morris
Kirra Pinkerton had a performance to forget. She fell at the beginning of both waves she surfed. Photo: Kenny Morris/World Surf League
"On the left I can't do more than a six," Kelly said after losing in the semis trying two consecutive 360s. On the right he is one of the best, or the best in the pool he invented. Photo: WSL/Morris
FRESNO, CA - AUGUST 9: Filipe Toledo of Brazil surfing winning the final of the Michelob PURE Ultra Rumble at The Ranch at The Surf Ranch with team mate Coco Ho of Hawaii on August 9, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kenny Morris/World Surf League via Getty Images)
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