Reunion Pro (Sept 30 - Oct 9)

[adam.s]

Haha yea, that was so funny.

Shaggy: "So what do you think of Reunion Island?"
Sam Bennett: "Yea. It's okay."
Shaggy: 'Tell us about your flip then, to win the heat?"
Sam Bennett: "It just sorta bowled and I did a flip. Pretty rank."
Shaggy: "..."

Hahahaha

[adam.s]

Amuary Lavernhe's invert in the last minute to drop Dave Hubbard back into the "bubble" and nearly knock him out of the top 16

[riptideslave]

Not sure what Rawlins is up to.
There's a fair few guys that didn't bother with Reunion this year at all which is a bit weird. That's why there are so many Reunion rider wildcards.

Money became an issue for a couple of guys. A couple of the Brazilian riders are not getting the support they'd hope for, hence couldn't fly over to Reunion. Guessing/hoping you'll be seeing them in Puerto Rico in a couple of weeks time. The local riders have taken a wrecking ball to the contest today - shattering a lot of pros dreams!

Mitch was busy setting up his factory so that he could start creating Found custom boards. Last we heard, he's looking set to be in PR too. As all the riders drop a couple of their worst results, he can still be sitting pretty at the end of the year if he goes well in PR and the Canaries.

[adam.s]

Magno Oliveira's ARS which got him an 8.05 and put himself into the prime position to make the cut off.


Pierre's reverse off the top, which was missed in live action but was shown in the replay, IMO is the most stylish move I've seen all comp!

[adam.s]

Top 16 are:
Amaury Lavernhe - Moves into the quarter final by beating Dave Hubbard
Dave Winchester - Moves into the quarter final by beating Magno Oliveira
Alex Uranga - Moves into the quarter final by beating Guilherme Tamega
Jeff Hubbard - Jeff has been knocked out in Round 4 by Ben Player
Pierre Louis-Costes - Moves into the quarter final by beating Ryan Hardy
Jared Houston - Jared has been knocked out in Round 4 by Michael Novy
Yoan Florentin - Moves into the quarter final by beating Dallas Singer
Jake Stone - Moves into the quarter final by beating Mike Stewart
Mike Stewart - Mike has been knocked out in Round 4 by Jake Stone
Dallas Singer - Dallas has been knocked out in Round 4 by Yoan Florentin
Michael Novy - Moves into the quarter final by beating Jared Houston
Ryan Hardy - Ryan has been knocked out in Round 4 by Pierre Louis-Costes
Ben Player - Moves into the quarter final by beating Jeff Hubbard
Guilherme Tamega - Guilherme has been knocked out in Round 4 by Alex Uranga
Magno Oliveira - Magno has been knocked out in Round 4 by Dave Winchester
Dave Hubbard - Dave has been knocked out in Round 4 by Amaury Lavernhe

Round 4 heat draw is:
Heat 1: Amaury Lavernhe v Dave Hubbard
Heat 2: Jake Stone v Mike Stewart
Heat 3: Jeff Hubbard v Ben Player
Heat 4: Pierre Louis-Costes v Ryan Hardy
Heat 5: Alex Uranga v Guilherme Tamega
Heat 6: Jared Houston v Michael Novy
Heat 7: Dave Winchester v Magno Oliveira
Heat 8: Yoan Florentin v Dallas Singer

[savage flame]

Hubb vs Ben Player is gonna be a cracker of a heat.

[adam.s]

All the heats are nuts!
PLC v Hardy, Jerry v Novy!

[c.r]

from IBA facebook page

[adam.s]

What is Hubb and claiming waves?
He has claimed every wave of the heat, including his wave just then which was just a roll.
Even Ben just claimed his air revo.


Jeff Hubbard doing another ARS, his 9018759126582 for the year.
Round 4 heat 2


Ben Player's winning backflip in the last 30 seconds to get a 9.1. The framie doesn't show how big it was.
Round 4 heat 2

[c.r]

Such a bullshit flip from Ben and Pierre's just now.

[savage flame]

Can't believe Benny took the win right on the buzzer. That was an insane heat! Was a nice flip, granted.

[savage flame]

Adam, I take it your not a fan of Hubb?

[adam.s]

Not really.
Don't get me wrong, he boosts to the stars but he just does ARS after ARS. And claims them.
Like I loved watching him at the Zicatela, but here it just isn't good to watch.

[savage flame]

Haha fair call. I'm stoked Player won, but a little shattered Hubb got knocked. I put money on Jeff since the Box comp to win the whole World Tour. At this stage he's leading the tour by heaps, chances are looking pretty good at this stage.

[c.r]

ARS after ARS

and these arent graceful ARS's either haha.
Hows pierres last three waves have all been single move waves with flips