Malibu Hyuga Pro 2 star WQS runs Oct 8th - 10th at Hyuga,Miyazaki, Japan. Dan Thomson and Stephen Walsh have stayed on in Japan after Walshy finished in 7th @ Billabong Tsurigasaki Pro. Good luck fellahs.
UPDATE October 8th
The event started today in 1' dribble. Walshy and Thomo wiggled enough to progress. Need another typhoon.
UPDATE October 9th
Some swell arrived for day 2 which ran in clean 3' peaks. Stephen Walsh scored another win with fast clean turns and moved into the final 16. Dan Thomson surfed well to survive a tough heat and joined Walshy in the top 16. UPDATE October 10th
The final day started in clean 2'-3' peaks. In the round of 16 Walshy finished 2nd with a score of 11.25 points and entered the quarters. Thomo squeaked through a tight heat on a countback and into the quarters.Walshy couldn't find the good waves in his quarter and finished the event in 5th place, 211Pts, U$1,100.
Thomo nailed an alley-oop but struggled to find quality waves in the dying swell. He also finished in 5th place, 211Pts, U$1,100. Well done fellahs.
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