Courtesy of WSL – World Surf League
Lay day Called for Target Maui Pro
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Caption: The Boys and Girls’ Club of Maui enjoying a tour of the Target Maui Pro on another lay day.
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| Location: | Honolua Bay, Maui/Hawaii |
| Event window: | November 21 – December 4, 2015 |
| Today’s call: | Lay Day |
| Conditions: | Small |
HONOLUA BAY, Maui/Hawaii (Tuesday, December 1, 2015) – Small surf continues to trickle into Honolua Bay, prompting event organizers to call the Target Maui Pro off for the day. The world’s best are ready for more but will have to wait for the incoming swell to get competition back underway and crown a 2015 World Champion.
“We arrived early this morning and the bay is completely silent so we’ll have to go on a lay day today and come back tomorrow with hopes of a rising swell,” WSL Women’s Commissioner Jessi Miley-Dyer said. “We’re keeping our eye on the forecast and it’s still looking like great conditions are coming for deciding a World Champion. The anticipation is brutal but we know it will be well worth the wait once more.”
Lakey Peterson (USA) and Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) will battle for elimination in the opening heat of Round 4 when competition resumes.
Surfline, the official forecaster for the World Surf League (WSL), are calling for:
Smaller leftovers from the NNW prevail Tuesday. New, shadowed WNW/NW swell wrap builds in on Wednesday, with a possible continued build in surf size specifically for Honolua Bay into Thursday as reinforcements from the NNW fill in. Friday will ease in size. Breezy trades prevail through the week.
The Target Maui Pro webcast is LIVE on www.worldsurfleague.com and via the WSL app.
The world’s best surfing will also be broadcast LIVE on Fox Sports in Australia, MCS Extreme in France, EDGE Sports in China, South Korea, Malaysia and other territories and on Globo TV in Brazil.
UPCOMING TARGET MAUI PRO ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Lakey Peterson (USA), Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW)
Heat 2: Malia Manuel (HAW), Tyler Wright (AUS)
Heat 3: Courtney Conlogue (USA), Coco Ho (HAW)
Heat 4: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), Johanne Defay (FRA)
TARGET MAUI PRO ROUND 3 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Alessa Quizon (HAW) 15.37, Lakey Peterson (USA) 8.83, Tyler Wright (AUS) 6.83
Heat 2: Carissa Moore (HAW) 14.93, Malia Manuel (HAW) 11.83, Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) 7.30
Heat 3: Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) 14.10, Courtney Conlogue (USA) 13.44, Johanne Defay (FRA) 10.34
Heat 4: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 16.60, Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 11.67, Coco Ho (HAW) 11.50
The mission of the WSL is simple: to inspire positive change for surfing, our fans and the environment. Formerly the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the WSL has been championing the world’s best surfing since 1976, running global products across the Samsung Galaxy men’s and women’s Championship Tours, Big Wave Tour, Qualifying Series, Junior and Longboard Championships, as well as the WSL Big Wave Awards. The League possesses a deep appreciation for the sport’s rich heritage while promoting progression, innovation and performance at the highest levels; it strives to put the world’s best surfers on the world’s best waves.
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