Hawaiians Dominate Day 5 In The Maldives

With six Hawaiian surfers left in competition at the Sri Lankan Airlines Pro at Pasta Point in the Maldives, five of them went on to the next round.  They will be fighting for valuable points for the ASP World Qualifying Series 6-Star event. 

Only Sunny Garcia was eliminated who went up against fellow Hawaiian Makua Rothman and was the most exciting match up the entire day.  They both surfed their very best as the lead switched from surfer to surfer several times.  As Garcia was trailing in points in the last minute, he was able to catch a medium sized wave and he needed an 8.33 but just fell short and Rothman scored the win. 

“It was such a pleasure to surf against Sunny who I have so much respect for and to win the heat was great for me today,” Rothman said. “The Hawaiians are doing good here because the waves are so good. We know how to surf good waves, powerful full bottom-to-top turns. This is an event that delivers waves so we expect to do well. We’re here as a team and hopefully we can win.”

The surf is definitely expected to remain ideal for tomorrow’s action.