ITALO FERREIRA PUTS ON A SHOW FOR DAY THREE OF THE SURF OPEN ACAPULCO
Translation: Heido Sundstrom
Without a doubt, Brazilian surfer, Italo Ferreira, at just 18 years old, shined on the third day of the Surf Open Acapulco, presented by Vans and the Guerrero State Government.
As we approach the final day of competition, the action heats up and in Round 64 of Day Three (which the announcer dubbed the “Revolcadero Battle”), it was truly a battle to pass to Round 32 for following day.
In Heat 11, Italo Ferriera earned the best scores of the event, with a 9.47 and 9.07 for several spectacular aerials (like a flying fish plowing through the waves at Playa Revolcadero).
“It was a good competitive series because there were a lot of good surfers in this round,” commented Ferreira. “The waves were a little smaller and I was a little nervous in the beginning because I didn’t really get the waves at first, but soon I started to feel more confident and caught some big aerials.”
Meanwhile, the defending champion, Hawaiian surfer, Tanner Hendrickson, really had to struggle to stay in the game and ended up finishing second in his heat behind fellow Hawaiian, Alex Smith.
Heat 14 saw a bit of controversy regarding second place, while first place went to Hawaiian competitor, Dylan Goodale. Second place was between Wesley Santos from Brazil and Mexican surfer, Dylan Southworth. Santos ended up taking first place, forcing Southworth out of the competition even though it was clear that Santos went after Southworth and made it hard for him to catch any waves. They even called interference on him, but in the end the judges declared otherwise.
With the elimination of Dylan Southworth and Diego Cadena, the only Mexican surfers left remaining for the fourth day is Jose Manuel “Yuco” Trujillo, a local from Playa Revolcadero who enjoyed a good day of competition with intense tricks and aerials.
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