Olympic Heat Draws Announced
Exactly two weeks out from the start date for the waiting period, the ISA has released the Men's and Women's draw for the inaugural Olympic event.
What was originally billed as all sudden death now has a repechage round installed at the beginning, meaning the sudden death begins at Round 2.
For both Men's and Women's the surfers will begin with a four-person heat in Rd 1. Winning surfers will jump to Rd 3 while losing surfers will then contest a five-person heat in Rd 2. Then from Rd 3 to the final all surfers will be contesting man-on-man heats.
See the draws below to see who is surfing against who in Round 1.
Also, see final image for the surf forecast on the first day of the waiting period. The event needs four days to run within an eight day window - 25th July to 1st August.
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Sounds contestable.
I'm keen to see Rio Waida surf.
he's electric.
I hope he wins it. Indo deserves a big standing ovation for services rendered to surfing over the past 50 years. If any nation has perpetuated the overall good vibes and spirit of surfing it’s Indonesia. The hosts with the most!
Compare and contrast with the Canary Islands for effect.
Pretty sure it’d be the death knell for local -free sessions throughout Indo though, as it’d inspire a wave of Indo surfers which would dwarf all that went before it in sheer numbers.
Plus…Rio rips.
Let them start on the 25th - forecast only 15-18 foot
imagine if they fluked it and it actually pumped......
https://ibb.co/80qgLY6
Olympics are coming....
where's Jordy Smith?
Out. Bung knee I think.
Leonardo replaces him.
https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/478893/this-is-the-wave-that-blew-...
Has Anyone seen John John surf since his injury ? What about Me Andino ?
Any of star WSL surfers in Japan yet practising ?
Anyone seen anyone practicing say the site ?
Do the substitutes like Kelly head over and wait ?
so lost atm
JJF appears in this vid released today, looking very subdued and not pushing it at all
Thanks Jono. Amazing that he is surfing at all so early post surgery - hats off to him and his team. Sadly though none of that’s going win at Chiba. Hard to tell the difference between Fletchers in those clips.
I'd be pretty happy with surfing at the "subdued" level.
Some more here, looking closer to "normal"...
Surfing / Skateboard spectators are banned for life & the $40 ticket never covered the refund charges.
Boycott - China Oops! Japan Oops! Anna's 2032 Olympic Games...Qldurrz banned that one as well.
After the Japanese roast the IOC on the Cauldron, China's Cold War extinguishes the Olympic Flame.
Barbie's Olympic Games playset gets remoulded into a Musk toy rocket that explodes on Take Off.
Now we're all once again free to indulge in boundless unbridled amateur athleticism!
Gold Medal Dopey Olympian: "That's a rather poor idea! Already exhausted just thinking about it!"
Never fear! IOC will still be rewarded bonus yearly salaries even without the Olympics...
Ok! So the crew knew that much already...well durr!
Get Well soon Japan!
Following a bunch on IG, I hope it's Rio but I my money is on Italo..... the guy is an animal and has the full suite of skills dialed to maximum output on like, every single fucken wave.