Wie schon zu erwarten fiel letzte Nacht der Startschuss zum Vans World Cup of Surfing 2013 in Sunset Beach. Der Spot gehört zu den schwierigsten an der North Shore. Umso größer war die Überraschung, dass gerade die Youngsters den Tag dominierten. Es war der Australier Cooper Chapman und der 16-jährige Hawaiianer Seth Moniz (Bruder von Kelia Moniz) die ihre Heats dominierten und so machen abgebrühten Pro blass aussehen ließen.

Noch steht nicht fest ob der Contest direkt weitergeht, da der Swell über Nacht massiv schrumpfen wird, oder ob man bis Freitag auf den neuen großen Swell warten wird. 

Hier die Ergebnisse:

Round of 128 (1st & 2nd advance; 3rd=97th; 4th=113th)
H1: Ian Walsh (HAW) 12.00pts ; Makai McNamara (HAW) 9.26pts ; Thomas Woods (AUS) 9.17pts ; Evan Geiselman (USA) 7.44pts
H2: Makuakai Rothman 14.83pts ; Hodei Collazo (EUK) 14.20pts ; Evan Valiere (HAW) 12.20pts ; Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 11.04pts
H3: Hank Gaskell (HAW) 14.10pts ; Ian Gentil (HAW) 13.50pts ; Santiago Muniz 13.37pts ; Jean Da Silva (BRA) 11.64pts
H4: Kalani David (HAW) 9.67pts ; Ryan Callinan (AUS) 7.60pts ; Nic Von Rupp (PRT) 5.57pts ; Tanner Hendrickson (HAW) 3.56pts
H5: Frederico Morais (PRT) 14.00pts ; Joshua Moniz (HAW) 11.24pts ; Felix Messias (BRA) 8.77pts ; Sunny Garcia (HAW) 6.34pts
H6: Seth Moniz (HAW) 14.83pts ; Yadin Nicol (AUS) 11.36pts ; Jack Freestone (AUS) 9.94pts ; Kaito Ohashi (JPN) 6.03pts
H7: Cooper Champman (AUS) 15.77pts ; Gavin Gillette (HAW) 13.33pts ; Masatoshi Ohno (JPN) 9.24pts
H8: Chris Ward (USA) 14.93pts ; Kaimana Jaquias (HAW) 13.60 ; Kahea Hart (HAW) 11.74pts ; Nathaniel Curran (USA) 5.56pts
H9: Heitor Alves (BRA) 18.37pts ; Alex Smith (HAW) 11.77pts ; Vicente Romero (ESP) 10.47pts ; Kaoliopuwai Kahokula (HAW) 6.10pts
H10: Torrey Meister (HAW) 13.90pts ; Dale Staples (ZAF) 13.10pts ; Isaiah Moniz (HAW) 11.06pts ; Bino Lopes (BRA) 10.67pts
H11: Ezekiel Lau (HAW) 18.10pts ; Marcus Hickman (HAW) 10.34pts ; Dylan Goodale (HAW) 9.94pts ; Cory Arrambide (USA) 9.63pts
H12: Davey Cathels (AUS) 14.40pts ; Thiago Camarao (BRA) 12.03pts ; Billy Stairmand (NZL) 10.74pts ; Eala Stewart (HAW) 5.43pts
H13: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 15.10pts ; Olamana Eleogram (HAW) 14.26pts ; Steven Pierson (PFY) 10.76pts ; Kevin Sullivan (HAW) 2.17pts
H14: Tim Reyes (USA) 12.73pts ; Koa Smith (HAW) 11.07pts ; Kai Barger (HAW) 10.66pts ; Gabriel Villaran (PER) 10.60pts
H15: Ian Gouveia (BRA) 12.13pts ; Nathan Yeomans (USA) 10.23pts ; Gabe King (USA) 9.33pts ; Gregg Nakamura (HAW) 8.33pts
H16: Ricardo Christie (NZL) 17.44pts ; Joel Centeio (HAW) 15.93pts ; Kylen Yamakawa (HAW) 12.66pts ; Hizunome Bettero (BRA) 8.00pts