Noah Schweizer, Nathaniel Curran and Keanu Asing look solid during Round 2 at Coastal Edge ECSC
America’s Noah Schweizer, his fellow countryperson Nathaniel Curran and Hawaii’s Keanu Asing advanced to the third round (Round of 48) at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Coastal Edge ECSC presented by Vans after claiming top honours
in their respective Round 2 (Round of 96) heats that went down at Virginia Beach in Virginia, America, on Friday, August 24.
Brazil’s Hizunome, Hawaii’s Granger Larsen and America’s Luke Davis successfully secured their place in the third round of the competition after clinching runner-up place in their respective Round 2 heats.
The latest day of the event saw shifty two-to-three foot waves arriving at the primary event site, raising expectations for a series of intense battles between the surfing talent from all corners of the world.
The 19th heat pitted Schweizer against his fellow countryperson Jeffrey Lukasik, Brazil’s Bettero and Hawaii’s Kiron Jabour in a four-man battle for the Round 3 spot.
The battle turned out to be an exciting affair with both Schweizer and Bettero putting on determined performances to reach out for victory. Once the dust settled, the American surfer stood victorious with a heat-total of 14.96 points, which included a couple
of scores in the seven point range, whereas Bettero had to settle for runner-up place, courtesy of a heat-total of 13.80 points.
Jabour was nothing short of impressive, but failed to make the next round after failing to go beyond a heat-total of 13.67 points. He was accompanied on to the elimination list by Lukasik, who finished with a heat-total of 6.23 points.
The 20th heat featured yet another intense battle, this time between Curran and Larsen. The crowd got to witness an exciting contest as the two surfers kept each other under pressure throughout the course of the heat. In the end, however, the
American surfer however managed to get the better of his Hawaiian rival through a heat-total of 14.67 points against Larsen’s two-wave total of 13.83 points.
Peru’s Cristobal De Col and America’s Jeremy Carter got eliminated from the competition after finishing in third and fourth place with a heat-total of 8.57 and 6.63 points respectively.
Asing claimed victory in the 21st heat after putting on an impressive performance to finish above Davis and his compatriots Nils Schweizer and PJ Raia.
The Hawaiian surfer posted an impressive 8.00 on the score-board halfway through the heat and backed it up with a 5.33-point ride in the dying minutes of the heat to finish with a two-wave total of 13.33 points.
Davis made the Round 3 cut as well following his heat-total of 11.83 points, which proved sufficient to earn him runner-up place.
Schweizer and Raia failed to survive the heat after finishing in bottom-two place with a two-wave total of 8.10 and 7.20 points respectively.
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