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

20th October 2016

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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.

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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

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and by Zane Schweitzer (footage by Onit Pro)

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

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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

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Une vidéo publiée par OnIt Pro (@onitpro) le


Prize money

1. Conner Baxter: $20,000
2. Kai Lenny: $10,000
3. Zane Schweitzer: $7,500
4. Casper Steinfath: $5,000
5. Jake Jensen: $3,000
6. Ryan Funk: $1,500
7. James Casey: $1,000
8. Leonard Nika: $800
9. Slater Trout: $650
10. John Handley: $500
There was no entry fee for the participants
Red bull is wiring the money apparently.

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About the Author

Mathieu Astier

Mathieu is the hyper-active founder of TotalSUP and a multilingual online marketing veteran with more than 20 years of experience working for top international internet companies. His love-at-first-sight for Stand Up Paddling in 2013 led him to build one of the leading online media dedicated to SUP in English and French and to turn his family lifestyle towards the ocean.

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