The Late Arvo Sesh...: July 2008

Well, Slater has taken out 4 out of the last 5 events!!! It seems to be a run away season for the 8x world champ. We all know who is on everyone's team at the moment!!! Tavarua was Slater's from the get go. CJ put a up a good fight in a repeat of the 06' event final. Only instead of pumping Restaurants it was funky Cloudbreak. Many of the other contenders seemed to drop the ball. Especially Taj, Mick and Parko. All three are going to be the only ones with a chance of challenging Slater. AI has gone absent. He's consistent. But consistently making quarters and thats it. Expect him to shine at the Rip Curl Event in Indo. Then it was on to J-Bay where Slater just walked all over the competition. The only person to come clost to taking Slater down was Parko! He was the form surfer of the event. It was unfortunate that the conditions deteriorated to windy mush by the semis. Fanning was surfing smooth but not on. He never really seemed to be the standout surfer and the final was embarrassing for him. How many times did he fall in that final. The Slater voodoo worked. The surfer everyone needs to keep a close eye on this year is Adriano de Souza. This kid's surfing has finally started to mature and you can see the improvement in waves of consequences. He may still have a stink bug stance but he backhand barrel riding is just filth. He ran into Kelly again at Jeffries in the quarters. A rematch of their heat last year. Slater yet again proved to be just a bit too much for the young Brazilian. Everyone should be picking this guy for the Brazil Event. Now, onto the next event, the Rip Curl Somewhere event which will be in Indo. Everyone should be thinking goofyfooters! I think Martinez and the Hobgoods are going to break out in this event. AI will be gunning for his third Rip Curl Search win. And I bet Slater is now thinking of trying to breka the record for the most wins in a season, now shared by Damien Hardman, Tom Curren and Kelly Slater with 7 wins. Slater is going for 8 wins. The one person who I reckon will be a good buy is Bruno Santos. He's the only other surfer to have won an event this year other than Slater. He's a good cheap buy and he charges left hand barrels. This event should be interesting and all we know is that the contest is being held at a left hander that is notorious for being hard on the backhand. And now for the Sundown Fantasy Surf Club winner. Yup that is right! Coastal Conviction has been on a roll, claiming the last two events and is now climbing the ratings. Coastal just squeeked out a win in the last event at J-bay with 764 points. Firesurf was next with 763. How close is that!!! Coastal Conviction needs to email me @ sundownskisurf@gmail.com in order to receive their prize from Sundown. Good luck to Everyone with the Rip Curl Event. Cheers, Tyler Breuer Sundown Ski and Surf 516-796-1565 www.sundownsurf.com, www.sundownsurf.blogspot.com sundownskisurf@gmail.com