here we go
first round of the pros - oliver smalley (K50) strides out in front, steve thorp (K4) hot on his heels, while johann examines his mastfoot.

the wind was pretty light so the boys were in luck since they both had freestyle boards...

steve takes it easy throwing a trademark one-handed 360...

on the right we see the now familiar figure of K50 spiralling downwind as Oliver Smalley unleashes a power forward off the rolling swells.

steve and olly both make it through to the second round - so I thought I'd immortalise this by filming the scoreboard

though steve's still doesn't show it he got to sail against Josh Stone in his heat.

despite his best efforts (the picture shows a valiant vulcan effort in the closing seconds of the heat) steve thorp did not advance to the finals.

mr. smalley however backwinded and vulcaned his way through his heat to face the world champion in his first ever contest, and his first ever pro final...