Cold Water Classic 2009 Canada Day's 3, 4 & 6

Grab a cuppa and sit back and enjoy the daily highlights from days 3,4 & 6 of the Cold Water Classic Canada 2009.

The quarter finalists of the inaugural Cold Water Classic Canada were decided at Chesterman’s Bay, Tofino, in what can only be described as quintessentially Cold Water Classic Series conditions.

As the forecasted storm hadn’t quite materialized in the morning, the decision was made to get the round of 16 underway on what was still a blustery, wet and essentially wild Canadian day.
“It’s definitely wild out there,” said Nathan Hedge as he was sheltering from the winds and rain to put on his boots and gloves for the cold Pacifica waters ahead of his heat win against Jarrad Howse. ‘It’s not for the fainthearted,” he said.

But that did not seem to deter most of the surfers, with some incredible surfing from Cory Lopez and Hawaiian Dusty Payne, who now face each other in the quarterfinals, as well as from the Australian Irishman, Glenn Hall.

Glenn won his heat over the CWC South Africa winner Blake Thornton in spectacular style scoring a 9.5 and posting the highest heat score of the competition so far – an 18.10 out of 20.

“The conditions have definitely changed a lot since we got here,” said Glenn. “But I enjoyed the waves I had out there. Hopefully I can keep on going now,” he said.

Glenn will now face the local hero and Canadian wildcard, Peter Devries, who continues his incredible march through this competition into the quarterfinals.

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