| The Vissla Central Coast Pro and Sisstrevolution Central Coast Pro saw a massive day of exciting surfing today with male and female competitors exchanging blows in pumping four-to-six foot surf. Brisa Hennessy (Costa Rica) kept charging through the event, smashing apart the solid sections on offer throughout her round four and five heats. The natural-footer, who has been training on the Central Coast for the last fortnight, executed a solid chain of snaps and carves across her respective heats to cement her spot into tomorrow’s finals. “I felt like my last two heats haven’t been smooth sailing,” said Hennessy. “I had a buzzer-beater in my round four heat and in my round five heat things didn’t really go to plan at the beginning, but I think that’s when you’re tested as a competitor and you really need work for it.” Daniella Rosas (Peru) joined the contingent of international standouts at Avoca, putting on a solid and rounded performance over the duration of her round five heat. Rosas put on an impressive display of surfing in the heat to post a decent 13.50 two-wave heat total to get the nod over Keala Tomoda-Bannert (Hawaii), Dimity Stoyle (Sunshine Coast, Qld) and Leilani McGonagle (Costa Rica) who finished in second, third and fourth respectively. Rosas will meet northern beaches surfer Cedar Leigh-Jones (Avalon, NSW) in tomorrow’s quarterfinals. “That was a super hard heat against Leilani, Dimity and Keala as all those girls surf so well, so I’m really happy to make it,” said Rosas. “I was a bit nervous before that heat because it’s round five and one round before the final, so I felt a bit anxious before I went out, but I felt comfortable in the conditions and I think I’m gaining more confidence with every heat.” Kirra Pinkerton (USA) showed why she was a former World Junior Champion, nailing some of the biggest turns all event throughout her round four and five heats. The powerful natural-footer notched up a variety of near-perfect scores in excess of nine-points to get victories in both her heats and earn her spot into tomorrow’s quarterfinals. “I’m super excited to make finals day,” said Pinkerton. “I kept looking for those lefts with the glassy faces that allow you to do one or two big turns. I noticed the rights were really fast, so I wanted waves that slowed down a little bit which I think the lefts did. When I hear that I get scores like that it makes me want to surf more and hopefully get another one in my scoreline.” Adrian Buchan (Avoca, NSW) showed the same skills that won him the event in its inaugural year back in 2016. The WSL World Championship Tour surfer used his backhand attack to his advantage in the heat, smashing out a handful of sizeable backhand maneuvers to get the edge over his opposition and earn his position into the quarterfinals where he’ll face Jacob Willcox (WA). “It feels awesome to be surfing an event on home turf and I think it gives me a bit more motivation to compete,” said Buchan. “It was awesome to see everyone turn up earlier in the week and see all the different competitors from different countries surfing here at Avoca. I tried to stay away from it a little bit because I knew it would use up a lot physical and mental energy, but I feel like I’m beginning to clicking into gear a bit and I’m improving every heat.” The elite six-day WSL QS 3000 rated event will form the third and final stop on the Vissla NSW Pro Surf Series and will take place at Avoca from February 25 – March 1, 2020. A live broadcast can be viewed at worldsurfleague.com All event news, images and highlight clips will be housed at nswprosurfseries.com 2020 Vissla NSW Pro Surf Series Event Schedule Event 1: Carve Pro QS1,000, Maroubra – January 29 – 1 Feb Event 2: Mothernest Great Lakes Pro, Boomerang Beach – February 19 – 23 Event 3: Vissla Central Coast Pro, Avoca Beach – February 25 – March 1 The 2020 Vissla Central Coast Pro will be proudly supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW. The event will also be proudly supported by Vissla, Sisstrevolution, Central Coast Council, Avoca Beach Hotel, Hit 101.3, Mad Mex, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Mothernest, AirAsia, WSL, and Surfing NSW. |
Champions Crowned at the Ryde Central Coast Pro
Macy Callaghan (North Shelly, NSW) and Jarvis Earle (Cronulla, NSW) have claimed victory at the second stop of the NSW Pro Surf Series 2024, the Ryde Central Coast Pro World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying...
