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Text by Jose Madalengoitia, the author of the shots from the water.

Every day I go into the sea at around 5-6 in the morning and the conditions have always been good. But today, I knew that the sea was going to improve, it turned out really good, really good!

Little by little, as the tide went out, the tubes were getting better, much more intense.

But the competitors were surfing the waves more at the point, they weren't looking for those tubes until Lolo Bellorin's heat, when a Salvadoran kid got into the spot and got a backside tube, really good, nice. And then the others went looking for those waves.

Why? Because if you put in a tube with an output you are already at a grade of around six points.

From then on the game changed and the 10s and 9s were used and the performances were great.

From my perspective, what I can say is that the running factor should be considered because in a stadium as big as Las Flores, using the jet ski could be key to having a much bigger show with less delay to the line up. That means having a happier audience and happier cameramen, like me.