Jordy Smith breaking Brazilian hearts in Rio.
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Rio Highlights
The conditons finally improve in Rio. If you want to see some high performance surfing in tricky surf then stay tuned today. The comp has to finish today and the quarter finals are heading in at 11am GMT (ish).
Rio Sshmio
If the prospect of watching the world best surfers struggling to break trim in 2 second wave-period windswell at the Rio Pro isn’t quite as exciting as you’d hoped then stare slack-jawed in amazement at this raw footage from Teahuppo, Tahiti filmed a couple of days ago.
Rio Pro is ON!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3yV4EWe-xR4
After what seams like an age the Rio Pro is finally heading in for their second round heats. The surf ain’t pretty but it’s probably better than we will see at Gwithian today.
Whack the kettle on and put your feet up. You’ve earnt it.
The Next Wave – ASI Level 1 Surf Instructors
Another group of ASI surf instructors has been released into the waves and unsuspecting public after they successfully passed last weekends Level 1 Surf Coach Award.
Adam Bayfield, Sam Benstead, David Oyler and Giacommo Tilli were ably guided by Ian Gabbitas, our resident ASI Level 3 Surf Coach and Trainer, and all achieved their Level 1 coaching certificate. Now all they have to do is complete 25 hours of supervised coaching practise and achieve a lifeguard qualification before they embark on a rewarding summer, and hopefully career, of surf coaching.
Keep an eye out for them this summer. They’ll be the ones with the big grins who are having almost as much fun as their student surfers.
