Day 2 of the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search Portugal
Surfers can be an uncharitable bunch. Today, the world’s top 45 surfers were presented with the best waves they’d seen since Jeffreys Bay. Jeffreys Bay was a long time ago. Four whole events, in fact. But even though it was offshore and solid, the surfers were not stoked. To be fair, the backup wave, Lagido, is not exactly A+. You wouldn’t even give it a B. It’s a “must try harder”, a fat left wall, and the early free-surf session was full of three stage cutbacks. If the best surfers in the world are doing three stage cutbacks, you know you are not looking at a good wave.
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