Finals-World Surf Comp!

October 31, 2005

Dear Friends,
I had a great comp in finals with two rides with steep
green wave take offs and tricks on both. One trick
was a cartwheels way on the outside break on a super
fast wave in a 9 foot boat. The other was a drop on
to another wave I connected with. About a three foot
drop! From there I am not sure what other wave was my
best, maybe the one I did a tail slash and stayed in a
back surf ripping down the line. Backwards in the
ocean add a lot of excitement to surfing. Three
waves count in your score. I am pretty confident I
moved up but…we do not find out until the awards
ceremony tomorrow at 4 pm. I just cannot wait! In
the meantime I am going to go out and surf my new
kayaks donated to me from James Hawker. One is white
with purple spalshes and the other is orange with a
white line around it. James’s boats are called Future
Kayaks… Going along with the high and low theory my
video camera, that I am using for work for the month
of November, is on the fritz and they boat I broke is
up to $2000. Lovely! Two more hours to wait!
It is 11:11 and I just arrived in San Jose after my
transfer from Jaco. 4 pm finally came and I can tell
you WC does not stand for Water Closet this time; it
stand for World Champion. I was sitting with Wayne
and Jessica as they announced 4th, 3rd, and when they
announced 2nd Wayne turned to me and said, "You were
in IC right?" At the same time Jessica was jumping up
and down with her camera as they announced Devon
Barker form the USA!

Enjoy the photos and I hope to have some surfing photos
to share soon. The Basque team threw me in the pool after the photo of
us here. The party was perfect. USA West one the team event and USA East
was third. There were tons of amazing tricks from all the surfers. I am
very impressed with kayak surfing in the ocean. Full results are at http://puravidaworlds.blogspot.com

Devon Barker