Tim Boal's Sushi Dinner
Well I've been thinking about the heat for a while, I mean I've
traveled along way for this event, so you know it's there. But I
suppose it was yesterday I really started focusing on in it. We went
out for a surf in the competition area last night before dark, in some
of the worst conditions you'll ever come across, and I was checking out
how my board feels and getting ready and so its only human to go over
what might happen in the heat the next day. And then I went out for dinner with the rest of the Red Bull guys to a sushi place up near Seal Beach - I may have ordered the biggest plate of food I've ever seen, the leftovers could feed an army, so anyway that was that, I went to sleep, trying not to think about it too much.
In the morning I just got up and got my boards ready and tried not to eat too much - just an orange and some water and then went down the to the comp. I was in the third heat, so I didn't have that long to wait, so I had a little 20 minute free surf on the other side of the pier. I actually felt pretty good in the free surf, I finally have a good board and I've been feeling pretty good in the last few days, so it was a confidence booster. I've had a some pretty bad results in the last few comps which affects your confidence, so it felt good to be surfing like that.
Then I just watched the conditions and came up with a strategy for the heat with the Red Bull coach Andy King. He'd been watching for a while and came up with a tip on where to sit and it ended up being the perfect strategy. Those lefts into the pier seemed to be the best bet and I was lucky enough to get one straight off. There was a load of close-outs so to get one and do two turns before I ended up on the pier was good, then I backed it up so it was enough, I was comfortable. When the hooter goes its a bit of a relief really, you know you haven't won the comp or anything, but to get through, especially after I've had a bit of a bad roll, so try and break that bad rhythm was important.
So that's done for the day - I received a text from my girlfriend and there'll be email from my parents who have been watching online as my dad can't work a mobile phone. I went back had some food, picked up some brand new sticks and then came back to the event to watch a few more heats, a few of the boys and just basically just try and not get too sunburnt. Tonight I think we are going out for dinner and I'll see if I can order about 10 kilos less food then I did last night, then get up and do it all again, hopefully with the same result. "
So that's done for the day - I received a text from my girlfriend and there'll be email from my parents who have been watching online as my dad can't work a mobile phone. I went back had some food, picked up some brand new sticks and then came back to the event to watch a few more heats, a few of the boys and just basically just try and not get too sunburnt. Tonight I think we are going out for dinner and I'll see if I can order about 10 kilos less food then I did last night, then get up and do it all again, hopefully with the same result. "
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