After my win in Imperial Beach last week, I entered a few more local pro events to finish up the season of California events. At the end of week I competed in the America Pro Surfing Series at Huntington Beach with an epic combo swell running. I had alot of competitive heats and made the final (2nd place) with my good friend and Bodyglove team rider Nate Yeomans (4th place). Nate and I made our first final together at HB Pier 13 years ago in an local Pro Jr event which Nate ended up winning and since then we have a healthy competitive comradery through our careers. The next day I went down to Pacific Beach to compete in the Revolt Summer Series to keep my streak of pro events flowing and win my first Southern California Pro Championship Title (just made the title up, haha) . There was some waves around the PB area and the competition was exciting because of the Smith Grudge Match format. In the format, if you are the top seed, you pick the guy you want to surf against and go man-on-man (no priority). I picked somebody I didn’t know and surfed my way through to the final again and finished 3rd overall (four man final). I had a great time competing again after my back injury last year. It was an exciting challenge for myself to step back into the ring to compete to win. My results out of 6 events were two- 1st place finishes, two- 2nd place finishes, a 3rd and 5th to bring the So Cal Pro Title to Solana Beach. Thanks to my family, friends and sponsor for their support.
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