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.
The course was around 13km
As described by Connor Baxter (footage by Onit Pro)
and by Zane Schweitzer (footage by Onit Pro)
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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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