O'neill World Cup of Surfing, stop number 2 in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing runs November 24th - December 6th at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Stu Kennedy surfs in the round of 96 Ht 8 and Adam Melling starts in the round of 64 Ht 7. Good luck fellahs
Update November 26th
Lay day for Thanks Giving. Gobble gobble day
Update November 27th - December 1st
Another lay day. Update December 2nd
In the round of 96 Stu did enough to progress in very small conditions at Vals. Stu and Mello surfed in the same heat in the round of 64 at Kammies in tricky conditions. Mello led for entire heat and cruised into the final 32. Bad luck for Stu who was in second until the final 3 minutes when he was eliminated by 1.03 points. Adam surfs next in Ht 4 round 4.Update December 3rd
Mello was eliminated in round 4 and finished the event in 25th with 1253 points. Tyler Wright went one better than Haleiwa winning the O'Neill Womens World Cup. She comboed the finalists including 4x World Champ Steph Gilmore with a total of 17.24 ( 9.57 and 7.67 ). Look out for Tyler in 2011 on the Womens WCT. Congratulations Tyler.
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