Vans US Open of Surfing
Kolohe Andino (San Clemente, CA/USA) won through Round 2 of the Vans US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach today. Andino was one of the day's top performers, netting an 8.33 and a 7.60 for fast and fins free turns and whips. Andino will now face Garrett Parkes (AUS) and Peterson Crisanto (BRA) in Round 3 when competition resumes. Day five of the 2014 Vans US Open of Surfing ran through Rounds 2 & 3 of the ASP Women's World Championship Tour event and half of Round 2 of the men's Prime competition, in peaky one-to-three foot waves at Huntington Beach Pier. Photo: ASP/ Rowland
The Vans US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach is a carnival. It’s not really about surfing – it’s more about the scene, which is pretty awesome, even though it sometimes involves a riot or two. The surfing just acts as a catalyst, of sorts. People show up. People party. People surf. But most of all, people party. And while Huntington doesn’t normally get amazing waves (it’s a surf contest in California in mid-summer), it does get amazing surfers, and they do pretty amazing things on not-so-amazing waves. See proof above. One-to-three foot slop doesn’t usually equal gouging turns and big-ass boosts, but somehow, amid the Huntington cacophony, those were both accomplished.