BILLABONG RIO PRO 2014 - May 8th, Thursday

MAY 08TH, 2014 - THURSDAY - BILLABONG RIO PRO 2014

 WOMEN'S COMPETITION

ON THURSDAY, I WOKE UP EARLY TOOK MY BACKBAG, AND LEFT... WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE HOTEL I SAW SOME BUSES GOING THROUGH. I TOLD THE RECEPTIONIST THAT DURING THE EVENTS WOULD BE BETTER TO STAY IN BARRA DA TIJUCA, BECAUSE THERE IS SO FAR WAY. BUT THE LODGING HOUSE AT BARRA IS SO EXPENSIVE. MY DREAM IS TO LIVE IN BARRA, RIO DE JANEIRO, RENT A STUDIO, CLOSE TO THE SHORE, WITH INTERNET ACCESS, AND WORK WITH PRIVATE ENGLISH CLASSES, BLOGS, SITES, TRANSLATIONS, VERSIONS. EVERYTHING WILL BE OK, BUT EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME, ITS RHYTHM.

I ARRIVED AT CENTRAL STATION, MAIN BUS, UNDERGROUND AND TRAIN TERMINAL IN RIO DE JANEIRO DOWNTOWN, THERE WERE NO BUSES TO BARRA AND NOWHERE. SO I HAD MY PURE COFFEE, AND SANDWICH, AT THE SAME PLACE.
SO, I WENT TO DOWNSTAIRS, BOUGHT A SUBWAY TICKET, AND I GOT THE SUBWAY. I THOUGHT THE COMPOSITION WOULD BE CROWDED, BUT FORTUNATELLY WAS NOT. A NICE DARK GIRL GAVE ME SOME INFORMATION, THE "CARIOCAS" LIKE TO HELP, BESIDES EVERYBODY REALIZES I AM NOT FROM RIO WITH THE THIS SOUTH ACCENT.
THE TRAIN ARRIVED IN IPANEMA, THE LAST STOP, I WENT UPSTAIRS THROUGH SCALATORS, TO GENERAL OSÓRIO SQUARE, TO WAIT THE LINE BUS 525, THAT WOULD GO TO BARRA. FIFTY MINUTES PASSED AWAY AND THE BUS DID NOT SHOW UP SO I DECIDED TO GO AWAY. SOME PEOPLE TOOK TAXI, SOME THE COLLEAGUE PICKED THEM UP, SOME GAVE UP.
SO I STARTED WALKING TO FOLLOW MY PLAN GO TO BARRA THROUGH VIDIGAL. I WENT WALKING TO LEBLON. IT STILL WAS EARLY, SO ASKED TO A MOTOBOY, HOW TO REACH BARRA, ABOUT THROUGH VIDIGAL???
HE ANSWERED - NO WAY, THAT WAY IS DANGEROUS, YOU HAVE TO WALK CLOSE TO THE WALL, AND SUDDENLY YOU CAN FALL DOWN IN THE WATER, IT WAS SO HIGH. HE SAID TO TURN RIGHT THE NEXT STREET AND FOLLOW THE PRUDENTE DE MORAIS ST. WHERE MANY BUSES CROOSED AWAY. THE MOTOBOY WAS SO RIGHT, I WAS GOING IN THIS STREET AND MANY BUSES SHOWED UP. BUT THE OPERATOR COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR, BECAUSE WAS SO CROWDED. CLOSE TO ALAH GARDEN, BEFORE LEBLON SHOPPING.
A LINE 332 BUS STOP AND OPENED THE DOOR. SO I PAYED DIRECTLY TO DRIVER, HE WAS ALONE, BUT THE BUS WAS SO CROWDED.
THIS LINE STOPS AT FOOTBRIDGE IN FRONT OF OLEGARIO MACIEL ST. SO IT IS JUST FOLLOW IN DIRECTION TO POSTINHO, WHERE WAS THE EVENT. THANKS GOD I ARRIVED! IN 2011 THE EVENT WAS "POSTO 4", CLOSE TO SHERATON HOTEL. IT WAS LOST FOR AT THE FIRST TIME IN RIO, BUT I TOOK ADRIANO DE SOUZA'S PHOTO, WHO WAS THE CHAMPION, IN ARPOADOR BEACH,FACING THE THREE TIMES CHAMPION IN BRAZIL, TAJ BURROW.
I ARRIVED AT EVENT AT 9:40 AM AND TOOK SOME BANNERS(BLOG/SITE) PICTURES, NOT ON THE SHORE, BUT FROM THE STREET VIEW; WITH MORE LIGHT, ENHANCING THE COLLORS, THE FLAGS, THE GREEN VEGETATION AND THE SAND.
I TOOK MANY PHOTOS, AND AFTER WENT TO RECEPTION TO LEAVE THE BANNER BAMBOO STICKS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, TO GO AROUND THE EVENT WITH THEM IN THE BACKBAG,SO I COMMENTED WITH THE NICE RECEPTION GIRL THAT I WAS LATE, DUE THE BUS STRIKE, AND SHE REPLAYED:
- DO NOT WORRY, EVERYBODY IS LATE TODAY.
SHE ALWAYS HAD THE RIGHT WORDS TO RIGHT MOMENTS SO I WENT TO THE SHORE, TO FOLLOW THE HEAT 5 OF ROUND 2 WOMEN'S COMPETIION.

WOMEN'S - ROUND 2 RESULTS:
HEAT 1- ALESSA QUIZON(HAW)13.77 x 11.07 DIMITY STOYLE(AUS)
HEAT 2- COCO HO(HAW) 14.10 x 13.87 JOANNE DEFAY(FRA)
HEAT 3- SILVANA LIMA(BRA)15.43 x 15.10 STEPHANIE GILMORE(AUS)
HEAT 4- TATIANA WESTON-WEBB(HAW) 15.00 x 8.17 BIANCA BUITENDAG(SAF)
HEAT 5- MALIA MANUEL(HAW)12.43 x 10.00 ALANA BLANCHARD(HAW)
HEAT 6- PAULINE ADO(FRA)14.07 x 13.13 PAIGE HAREB(NZL)

AROUND MIDDAY THE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED AN AUSTRALIAN AUTHOGRAP SESSION AT SAMSUNG GALAXY SPACE AT EVENT, WHERE ANYBODY COULD PARTICIPATE IN SAMSUNG CIRCUIT OF THE NEW CELL S5 AND RECEIVE BALLS, ECOBAGS, OR TOWELS - SAMSUNG ON THE BEACH.
THE HEAT WAS FINISHING AND MALIA MANUEL(HAW) WON HIS COUNTRYWOMAN ALANA BLANCHARD(HAW).
AND PAULINE ADO(FRA) AND PAGE HAREB(NZL) WERE ENTERING THE WATER TO THE LAST HEAT OF ROUND 2. IN THIS HEAT PAULINE DEFEATED PAGE.
IN ROUND 3
HEAT 1
LAKE PETERSON(USA) x SILVANA LIMA(BRA) x MALIA MANUEL(HAW)
LAKE(USA) SURFED WITH A LOT CONCENTRATION AND POWER AND WON THIS HEAT.
HEAT 2
CARISSA MOORE(HAW) X ALESSA QUIZON(HAW) X PAULINE ADO(FRA)
THE HAWAIIAN WOMEN'S CHAMPION CARISSA MOORE WON THE HEAT OVER ALESSA, AND PAULINE AND WENT DIRECTLY TO QUARTERFINALS .
HEAT 3
TYLER WRIGHT(AUS) X NIKKI VAN DIJK(AUS) X LAURA ENEVER(AUS)
TYLER, THE COLGATE PLAX RIO PRO 2013 WOMEN'S CHAMPION DEFEATED LAURA ENEVER(AUS) AND NIKKI, ALSO WOULD BE IN QUARTERFINALS.
LAST HEAT 4
SALLY FITZGIBBONS(AUS) X COCO HO(HAW) X TATIANA WESTON WEBB(HAW)
SALLY,THE WOMEN'S BILLABONG RIO PRO 2012 CHAMPION AT BARRA DEFEATED COCO AND TATIANA AND WAS THE LAST CLASSIFIED TO THE QUARTERS.
WOMEN'S ROUND 3 RESULTS:
HEAT 1. L. PETERSON(USA)17.13 X S. LIMA(BRA) 14.73 X M. MANUEL(HAW)12.03
HEAT 2. C. MOORE(HAW) 13.23 x A. QUIZON(HAW)11.83 X PAULINE ADO(FRA) 8.67
HEAT 3. T. WRIGHT(AUS)12.60 X N. VAN DIJK(AUS)10.77 X LAURA ENEVER(AUS) 10.20
HEAT 4. S. FITZGIBBONS(AUS)13.03 X COCO HO(HAW)12.46 X T.WESTON-WEBB(HAW)10.20

THIS THURSDAY THE EVENT FINISHED SO EARLY, AROUND 2:00 PM OR BEFORE... I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE "QUEBRA MAR", SO I TOOK THIS DAY FOR. I WENT THERE WALKING 10 OR 15 MINUTES BY PEPÊ AVENUE, TILL TO ARRIVE AT QUEBRA MAR, MANY BIG ROCKS ON THE OCEAN, AND THE CHANNEL TO BARRA, BEAUTIFUL PLACE, WITH THE WAVES SEEMED HIGHER THAN POSTINHO. WHEN I WAS GOING TO QUEBRA MAR I MET GABRIEL MEDINA(BRA) AND HIS FRIENDS. THEY WERE LEAVING A HOTEL AT BARRA.
I SAID -"VAMOS GANHAR! -LET'S WIN!
AND HE ANSWERED - BELEZA! (WONDERFULL!).
THE QUEBRA MAR IS AN ENERGY PLACE, THE BOATS ENTRANCE TO BARRA CHANNEL, SORROUND BY MOUNTAINS AND HILLS. THE PLACE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND DIFFERENT.
FROM QUEBRA MAR WE MAY SEE THE EVENT AT "POSTO 2" A LITTLE FAR. THE WCT EVENT SPEAKERS ALWAYS USED THE QUEBRA MAR LIKE REFERENCE.THE QUEBRA MAR RECEIVED THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR IN 1989. THE SPEAKERS SAY IN QUEBRA MAR DIRECTION OR RECREIO DIRECTION.NOW I FINALLY UNDERSTAND BETTER THE QUEBRA MAR, THE CHANNEL, THE BARRA, MY LOVELY "BARRA" WHICH I KNEW ON MAY 11, 2011(TWO ELEVENS) COMING FROM "ALTO DA BOA VISTA".
I LIKE TO KNOW NEW THINGS EVERY DAY MAINLY RELATED WHAT I LIKE MORE AS SURFING, TRIPS, TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC, ETC.




AFTER ON I CAUGHT A BUS TO DOWNTOWN, THE 360 LINE BUS TO COPACABANA STOPPED, AND THAN I GOT IN BECAUSE FROM COPACABANA I KNOW HOW TO REACH THE HOTEL BY WALKING, IS SO FAR AWAY BUT DEPENDING THE WAY IS NICE WALKING. THIS BUS 360 WENT TO " LARGO DA CARIOCA", WHAT WAS EXCELENT FOR ME..
SO I WENT TO HOTEL TO REST FOR WHILE, AND LATER ON WENT OUT TO PICK UP A HAMBURGUER AND FRIES.
FORTUNATELLY THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BUS STRIKE THE NEXT DAY. I THOUGHT THE EVENT MIGHT BE OFF -LAY DAY. FOR ME DID NOT MATTER, BECAUSE I JUST CAME FROM PORTO ALEGRE TO THE EVENT, SO I WOULD GO ANYWAY. MAYBE TO WATCH SOME SURF SESSION, I WAS THERE FOR THE EVENT, SO THERE IS NO WAY "NOT GO" TO MY FAVORITE BEACH, BARRA DA TIJUCA, A NICE SURFING BEACH IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.