Pistol River Wave Bash Day 1

The Pistol River Wave bash kicked off yesterday. The contest was once again blessed with good wind and waves as the Junior started things off. Conditions continued to build and were just blasting for the Pro class!

Morgan Noireaux was ripping from the first heat on as he took the youth single elimination against some stiff competition. Despite challenging wave riding conditions he was still able to get incredibly verticle lip-hits that always impress the judges.

Ingrid Larouche was back defending her Women’s title from last year and really put on a show, but now she really has to look back over her shoulder with 15-year-old Fiona Wylde charging hard.

In the amateur division Attila Tivadar was always on the best waves and making the most of them with “bucket-throwing” slashes and impressive airs. Tivadar took the Amateur single elimination and was narrowly beaten by Brian Caserio and Jeff Albright in the Masters.

Lots of exciting action in the Pro Division! The rider had to be Sean Aiken with his silky smooth style scoring some of the best waves taking him all the way to the final. Joining Sean in the Pro final are Levi Siver, Kai Katchadourian and Bernd Roediger, so it will be quite a show. Other highlights included Kevin Pritchard’s impressive Wave 360 in difficult conditions and Graham Ezzy losing half a tooth (OUCH!) to his boom in a heat!

The Pro Final was set to run this morning, more on that soon, with other results from today as soon as they are available!

day 1 results from 2012 Pistol River Wave Bash