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Jinzun Harbour under a large swell.
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Jack Entwhistle (AUS)… off the bottom.
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Nick Farago (AUS)... looking for cover.
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Kathryn Hughes (AUS)… cracking the lip.
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The lay back as done by Nick Farago (AUS).
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Nic Jones (AUS) ... speeding off the top.
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Small clean inside one at Jinzun Harbour.
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Thomas Kibblewhite (NZ) ... Pit of the day. Looking more like Indo than Taiwan.
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Thomas Kibblewhite (NZ) ... setting one up.
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Malaya Tsukamoto (JPN) cranking it around.
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Crystal Dzigas Walsh (HAW)... styling on the nose.
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Committed nose riding from Crystal Dzigas Walsh (HAW).
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Nick Farago (AUS)... pulling in.
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Georgia Young (AUS)... slowing it down looking for cover.
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Masaya (JPN)... on the nose.
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It breaks both ways. Kathryn Hughes (AUS) and Georgia Young (AUS) split the peak.
The WSL Taiwan Open of Surfing was cancelled for the day due to strong wind and large surf from an approaching typhoon. On the other side of the wall at Jinzun Harbour, Taitung, though, there is a wave normally ridden by learners–a small, splitting, moderate peak. When there is a typhoon swell and the pro longboarders are in town, however, things change.
Taiwan wasn’t at all what I expected, and on this day it appeared more like Samoa or Indonesia with beautiful mountains, open barrels, and great waves.