Red Bull Heavy Water – What We Know 24 Hours After The Event

20th October 2016

Tagged: Casper Steinfath, Connor Baxter, Dave Boehne, Jake Jensen, James Casey, John Handley, Kai Lenny, Leonard Nika, Red Bull Heavy Water, Ryan Funk, Slater Trout, Zane Schweitzer

In the absence of a live stream, video summary or press release (we expect them to appear in the coming hours), here is all the info that TotalSUP has managed to gather for our readers about the Red Bull Heavy Water event that took place in San Francisco yesterday.

Red Bull Heavy Water Results:

1. Conner Baxter

2. Kai Lenny
3. Zane Schweitzer
4. Casper Steinfath
5. Jake Jensen

6. Ryan Funk
7. James Casey
8. Leonard Nika

9. Slater Trout

10. John Handley

DNF Dave Boehne (due apparently to a broken leash)

Connor Baxter, Stand Up World Series Champion 2016

A win at the Red Bull Heavy Water was what Connor Baxter needed to comfort and increase his lead over the competition to win the world title.

Attendance

Close to 100 at the beach start, 50-60 at the finish and a lot of people watching around the course

Atmosphere

“Good vibe good local support and generally everyone was stoked” according to James Casey

Event set-up

It wasn’t the huge set-up you would usually expect from Red Bull. Red Bull was there with a few Red Bull girls distributing drinks but no big scaffolding in sight or anything like that. There were, however, helicopters and drones and heaps of photographers around the course.

Distance

The course was around 13km

Conditions

As described by Connor Baxter (footage by Onit Pro)

#sanfrancisco #onitpro #redbull #heavywater Red Bull Heavy Water @onitpro

Une vidéo publiée par OnIt Pro (@onitpro) le 19 Oct. 2016 à 17h13 PDT

and by Zane Schweitzer (footage by Onit Pro)

#sanfrancisco #onitpro #redbull #heavywater Red Bull Heavy Water @onitpro

Une vidéo publiée par OnIt Pro (@onitpro) le 19 Oct. 2016 à 17h25 PDT

The Start

The shore break at the start was overhead heavy and relentless with not many gaps. Leonard Nika for instance got stuck for several minutes. (footage: @bolliwoods)

@cj_steinfath killing the start, #1 here we come #redbullheavywater #champ

Une vidéo publiée par Woods Buckley (@bolliwoods) le 19 Oct. 2016 à 13h10 PDT