Riptide Magazine

Fruitful Lay-days in Reunion

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The organisers of the Reunion Pro were forced to call off the event on Saturday as the large swell that was pounding the nearby harbour was blocking the Navy shark protection boat from making it to the event location - Les Archers. As soon as the call was made the various car loads of riders departed to breaks further north to make the most of the swell. As the Australian's put on "how-to-link-moves" clinic at the long, reeling lefts of St Leu (Hardy timed one of his waves at about a minute and a half!), a second group of riders that included Amaury, Mike, Jeff, Dubb, PLC and Charly set about launching off the bowls of "****", another reef just two minutes down the road. This is a clip of that session.

Today (Tuesday) was the second lay-day of the event and, as the wind was light, the organisers decided to run a DK event. Damian King was victor, beating Amaury, Sacha "Spex" Specker and local Yves Delapelin in the final. Ryan Hardy was unfortunately bundled out in the semi final, as was Dave Hubbard. Kingy had only got an entry into the event after taking Dave Winchesters spot. Winny takes a cool 25% of the Kingy's winnings, which isn't too shabby for a quiet lay-day.

Enjoy!