Billabong Pro Mundaka 08 - Third day of competition - Kelly Slater wins the world title
I thinks that lead in "Kelly Slater wins the world title" sums up the day. This long expected event came and went with his 3rd round win over Eneko Acero. Its a points thing, so Kelly didn't need to win the event, just his round 3 heat, to clinch the title, and in fact he lost his round 4 heat to Tom Whitaker, whose 10 point ride was loudly cheered by the rest of the contestants. Kelly was more bummed about his loss than happy about the world title. The event was kind of boring actually, and Kelly knew it. The media thronged him, carrying the story even if Kelly didn't seem to care. He's very disconnected from the whole thing, I guess even winning world titles gets mundane at some point (9 and counting). I think most will go home tomorrow, and watch the remainder of the event via webcast from the warmth and comfort of their high speed internet connections.
It rained hard last night, and the morning continued in the same vein. It hailed dramatically as we drove to the contest, we slept through our dawn patrol and thus missed out on our favorite parking spot down by the harbor. We were drenched by the time we got to the event, and it didn't get any dryer as the day wore on. There were glimpses of sun throug
h the clouds and some nice rainbows. Resorted to the old plastic bag over the camera trick again and tuffed it out.
We paddled out at the closing horn and got some fun mundaka. I actually like the wave a lot, even on the high tide its pretty awesome, although it will probably get a little crowded once the contest finishes up. The air is suddenly cold, and its been raining, but the water is still around 67 or so. I'm wearing a 2/2 short sleeve suit with booties.
After the contest we will probably stick around and surf Mundaka for a couple days, there's supposed to be a swell coming in on monday and Tuesday, so hopefully that will spice up our lives.
Been shopping in town, found a good tabac, panaderia, and butcher. Everyone is very personable. People here are open and happy to see us.
Right now I'm hanging out in the Portuondo restaurant sucking down as much wifi as I can while Lewis finishes off his Surfline coverage of the day. I'm sipping my San Miguel and answering mail, paying bills, and blogging my life. If you are reading this write me and tell me what's going on in your life. I've been hanging out with Lewis and the rest of the surf crew too much. I need a little variety.
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