Just got back from an amazing little getaway to good old Ventura,Left Friday for the 2nd stop of the WSA Gatorade Surf Tour www.surfwsa.org.
We headed up with clear skies knowing there would be some surf which is always a good thing.Arrived Friday afternoon and got to the hotel and relaxed for a little while before going to the contest site to check heats and waves and low an behold there was super fun waves.Got my heat times and headed to downtown for some fun the rest of the night,There are a few really good restaurants so we ate a great meal went and checked out the cool shops met some great people and had an amazing night before heading back to the hotel for the night.
Woke up at 7 am sat got ready and headed to the contest ,arrived super amped and ready to win :). Waves were 2-4 and super clean sun was blazing already .I knew it was going to be a great day.Saw all the boys chatted about the comp and what we had been up to in the month and a half break we had.
Time to check in for my 1st heat i was so ready and focused,Horn buzzed i paddled out got my 1st wave and scored a 7.5 out of 10 and caught a bunch more good waves and ripped the hell out of the them ,finished that heat and they announced Paul with the heat win.I surfed 6 other heats and won everyone of them by a good margin.I was so amped and so focused,i could tell all the training i have been doing was really paying off.
3:15 and it was time for the final.I grabbed my jersey and was getting ready to paddle out for the final its a little hard when most of the guys are ur good buddies but i got my head in the game to win and not worry about them,
I started off with an okay wave scored a 4 not good.waited for a good set wave paddled hard and got it did some nice linking outside turns and a last good tail slide to get an 8 .Now i just needed another decent score waited out the back for 1 more set wave with 3 Min's to go,The other guys all got some great waves but i wanted that 1 good wave.a set was approaching and i let the 1st 2 waves go .I paddled for the last wave of the set and got a 6.5 and after that i knew i had won the final.
I was still a little nervous as they announced the results but when i heard i had won a sense of relief and excitement had come over me and i knew it was back to back wins.after that we went and celebrated down town that night before heading back to the hotel for the night.
Left Sunday morning to head back .It was a great weekend.Thanks to all my sponsors for the support and keeping me looking so good at all the events.
Next one is Oct 22-23 in Pismo Beach.
A big thanks :
CloudKicker www.cloudkicker.com
Flojos www.flojos.com
Hotbuttered www.hotbutteredusa.com
KlenLaundry www.klenlaundry.com
Equalibryum www.equalibryum.com
ZionicHawaii www.zionichawaii.com
Estrada SurfBoards www.estradasurfboards.com
Zinka www.zinka.com
BNRG www.bnrg.com
1onOne Trainning
WSA www.surfwsa.org
JimbosWax www.jimbossurf.com
Shawna
Isabella
More photos coming soon,
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