Battling Pier Pressure
This year’s Pier Pressure event attracted some serious talent. Besides top national talent, juniors from Hawaii and Australia, touched down in Huntington Beach to compete for $20,000 cash prize and to score valuable points in the four star event.
Day One’s most anticipated round, featured two capable Hawaiians: Kai Barger and Kiron Jabour against Julian Wilson of Australia, and Bruno Rodrigus from CA. The action went down with wind-affected conditions and some messy but decent swell rolling through.
Kai surfed aggressively, slashing his frontside turns and getting vertical. Kiron and Kai flirted with elimination, switching between 2nd and 3nd place down to the last few minutes. Kai stuck a solid wave, impressing the judges enough to move into 2nd behind Julian Wilson. Both Kai and Julian will progress to the next round.
Watch the live webcast at http://www.nike6pierpressure.com/