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Peruvians Gabriel Villarán and Adrián García managed to pass their round 2 heats of the Volcom Pipe Pro, which today contested its first day of the event in small, blown waves that improved throughout the day.

Villarán was solid in his series, strategic when it came to finding the waves that opened and executing good maneuvers. He added 9,23 and left the local Danny Fuller behind.  and Elijah Gates outside, was beaten by just 0,04 by Ian Gentil.

Adrian Garcia's performance was impressive, the young Peruvian showed no signs of intimidation in the big arena and started his series by blasting from the backside and finished it the same way. The announcers talked about Peru and the strength of the Inka Team, but they had no idea who the goofy footer was.

He scored 9,77 to put Noah Beschen in second place, Nate Yeomans in third place and Colombian Giorgio Gomez in fourth place. In the interview after his victory he was composed and friendly, admitting that surfing Pipe with three other people was a dream.

Now the two Peruvians will meet in round 3, facing each other in the same series with Californian Nolan Rapoza and young local Wyatt McHale.

 

The one who did not have the pace of his compatriots was Sebastián Correa, who needed the sea to be gigantic to be able to pass his series, the first of round 2.

It was teased on the webcast that things could get interesting at Banzai tomorrow, with waves breaking between 6 and 10 feet and a good wind direction.

The challenge was then to get through the day of relatively bad waves to be able to enjoy the dream Pipe with three other people in the water.

The best performance of the day was by Sheldon Paishon in the last series of the day, 15,10 which he obtained for landing two tubes. Another who broke the mark was Shayden Pacarro, who found the best tube of the day.

The action continues tomorrow in what is expected to be a good Pipe.