Heat 6: USA’s John John Florence advances over Andy Criere and Alan Cleland
Team USA’s John John Florence took the win in the most competitive heat of the day, catching wave after wave, even finding a few west bowls on his paddle back out. The two-time world champion posted both the highest wave score of the day (9.33) and the highest heat total of the day (17.33).
Mexico’s Alan Cleland Quinonez found his way out of a pair of deep barrels for a combined score of 14.14. And Spain’s Andy Criere but he too put on a show with one of the best waves of the day, an 8.50 earned for standing tall in a deep and dangerous tube.
Heat 7: USA’s Griffin Colapinto advances over Kauli Vaast and Lucca Mesinas
Team USA’s Griffin Colapinto, the number two ranked surfer in the world, displayed near perfect techincal tube riding including a 9.53 single-wave score, the highest single wave score of the day’s competition, to finish with a combined score of 17.03.
Tahitian local Kauli Vaast of France put together one of the longest tube rides of the competition, earning a 7.80 to finish with a 13.63 while Peru’s Lucca Mesinas finished with a heat total of 11.10.
Heat 8: Japan’s Inaba Reo advances over Rio Waida and Leonardo Fioravanti
Japan’s Inaba Reo surfed strategically, maximizing wave selection throughout the heat and earning a wave score of 7.33 along the way to a total combined score of 12.76.
Second place went to Italy’s Leonardo Fioravanti with a total score of 8.87 while Indonesia’s Rio Waida was the third-place finisher with a combined score of 5.74.