Should big waves score higher than small waves?
A. Last night I watched video of Kelly Slater’s win at a Billabong contest in J-Bay South Africa. The waves were great and his rides were awesome. A couple of things came to my mind as I watched. First, the person in each heat who got the best set waves almost always won their heat. This is because everyone is so good that the difference between surfers is in wave selection. Second, I believe that to be true in our world level contests as well. At the top level of surf kayaking competition, you don’t see many people taking a big wave and riding it straight. We are all trying to rip turns on big waves as well as small waves. Thus, bigger waves should count more because moves are tougher to make on bigger waves. I think our philosophy says it well: “A surfer must execute the most radical controlled maneuvers in the critical section of a wave with speed and power throughout. The surfer who executes such maneuvers on the biggest and or best waves for the longest functional distance shall b
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