The wait was worth it

North Point provided spacious, long tubes and taught the world's best. A few, like Jack Robinson and John John, mastered


April 13
|EN News
|POR DUKE

The third stage of the World Champions Circuit (TC) made half the world wait to get started, but the wait was worth it, at least for the seven series that had epic moments.

North Point doesn't offer a lot of consistency, there are several minutes where nobody catches a wave, and even when the wave comes, it may not be the right angle, or everyone may hit each other. The thing is that when the good wave comes and a heavyweight comes across, the wave is incredible.

Jack Robinson, John John Florence, Jordy Smith, Gabriel Medina and Julian Wilson put on a tremendous show. The best was the two-time world champion and current defending champion, John John Florence, who scored 14,6 to get revenge on Mikey Wright (who surfed a bomb) and Wade Carmichael.

Heavy-footed surfers like Jordy Smith (pictured) managed to win their heat (and talents like JJF and Robinson). Photo: WSL/Cestari

He was followed by Robinson, who had missed his chance to be part of the event after finishing third at the trials, got his chance after Caio Ibelli's injury, won the tiebreaker in the first heat of the day against Jerome Forest and then added the best score to beat Miguel Pupo and Owen Wright.

Now everything indicates that the event will continue at North Point since the swell has just arrived. We will see what happens.

In the first heat of the day, in which everyone is somewhat dislocated, Hawaiian Keanu Asing beat two locals: Connor O'Leary and Matt Wilkinson. Photo: WSL/Cestari

The full results of the day were as follows:

Round 1
Series 1: Keanu Asing (HAW) 10.70, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 5.33, Connor O'Leary (AUS) 4.64
Series 2: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 12.17, Ian Gouveia (BRA) 10.67, Tomas Hermes (BRA) 2.54
Series 3: Jack Robinson (AUS) 13.94, Owen Wright (AUS) 4.03, Miguel Pupo (BRA) 2.40
Series 4: John John Florence (HAW) 14.60, Mikey Wright (AUS) 11.87, Wade Carmichael (AUS) 8.50
Series 5: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 10.16, Kael Walsh (AUS) 8.96, Joan Duru (FRA) 1.97
Series 6: Julian Wilson (AUS) 10.56, Jesse Mendes (BRA) 10.00, Dave Delroy-Carr (AUS) 3.40
Series 7: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 6.14, Conner Coffin (USA) 5.87, Michael February (ZAF) 2.57

These series remained to be played
Series 8: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Kanoa Igarashi (JPN), Yago Dora (BRA)
Series 9: Adrian Buchan (AUS), Griffin Colapinto (USA), Willian Cardoso (BRA)
Series 10: Italo Ferreira (BRA), Sebastian Zietz (HAW), Michael Rodrigues (BRA)
Series 11: Kolohe Andino (USA), Frederico Morais (PRT), Ezekiel Lau (HAW)
Series 12: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Michel Bourez (PYF), Patrick Gudauskas (USA)

Round 1 ladies
Series 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Silvana Lima (BRA), Coco Ho (HAW)
Series 2: Carissa Moore (HAW), Sage Erickson (USA), Bronte Macaulay (AUS)
Series 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Keely Andrew (AUS), Mikaela Greene (AUS)
Series 4: Lakey Peterson (USA), Caroline Marks (USA), Paige Hareb (NZL)
Series 5: Tyler Wright (AUS), Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW), Macy Callaghan (AUS)
Series 6: Johanne Defay (FRA), Nikki Van Dijk (AUS), Malia Manuel (HAW)

The bombs were present in North Point. Miguel Pupo got some off, but he wasted them, adding a measly 2,40 in his series against Wright and Robinson. Photo: WSL/Cestari
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