As if he were only good in front of his house at Pipe. Just saying...
JJ put on a clinic up the road the last two days, showing the world that North Shore knowledge is all encompassing. He kind of re-wrote the book, actually. With Futures teammate and Sunset kingpin Pancho Sullivan in his corner, John took his talent and Pancho's knowledge and let it rip. It was a beautiful display.
Bear in mind, last week in Haleiwa he made the Semi-finals at the Reef Hawaiian Pro, with a bag of tricks spawning from insane backside airs, that looked something like this. But, this week was different. It was classic. Late drops, long bottom turns, deep tubes and vicious hacks. The kind of stuff a purist's dreams are made of.
At the end of the day John had four of the Top 10 Heat Scores of the event, including the highest score of 18.40 in the Semi-finals. He had the 2nd and 3rd highest Waves Scores, with only Ola's perfect 10.0 scoring higher.
Enjoy it all via the Vans Heat Analyzer, as many times as you want.
Congrats John. See you at Pipe next week.
