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Tricky Conditions At Subway Surf Series
Tricky Conditions At Subway Surf Series
"My whole tactic originally was to just catch the best waves I possibly could, but because it was quite slow, I had to get busy to put some scores on the board," said Heazlewood. "That heat was definitely the prime example of how priority can work for-or-against you as you tend to stay busy when you don't have it, but when you hold first priority, you tend to sit and be a bit pickier." Mikey McDonagh of Lennox Head, New South Wales, managed to just hang onto a quarterfinal berth, following an intense to-and-fro battle in the third round of competition. McDonagh appeared to be in the box seat to take the heat convincingly, but had an uncharacteristic fall on one of the waves on the day and had to rely on smaller waves to notch up scores to take the runner-up position.
"That was a nail-biter that heat," said McDonagh. "I had to change my boards around to suit the conditions and rode an epoxy, which felt a bit more sparky. Whichever way that heat went, I think I would have been happy following the result I got at Bells but it's definitely nice to back it up here."