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That was a shit ruling. If they were fair dinkum about denying him that wave then technically they should have given him 2 scores. A 1.5 for the fail. And maybe a 4.8 for the rest of the wave. Judges have NFI

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Overscored on his last wave

+david muñoz I agree, it was pretty low, though technically it wasn't a manoeuvre: he wasn't connected to his board and it wasn't under control. It was essentially a fucked manoeuvre, with a ridiculously crazy recovery.

Judges have rules for scoring. He lost control of his board so the move didn't add any value to the wavescore. But it looked awesome.

It was incomplete so there was no way it was gonna be high

How many people are going to reply with the same thing? Hey bros, why didnt that move get a higher score?

What about the other maneuvers?

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@@malonemalone6873 yeah i could punch ppl that say ur born with it or its talent. its years upon years of hard work that makes you pull stuff like that. raw experience and training. theres nothing spectacular about sth that you have since birth

It was an incomplete maneuver cause he had to pop back up

crooked judges

@@-spyguy-6307 i think even if you just pretended that flip did not happen it still should of been at least a 6

If you listen to the commentators they explain that. No points for that move because he lost control of his board but regained it.

It was an incomplete manoeuvre, so they cancelled it out

Maybe not a 10 , but come on , a four ?

+Colby Halter You mean the one he didn't land?

+Tim Blizzard you mean the one he rode out on?

But he didn’t land

unanamous.Kellys heat but the judges have final say

The commentators even say why the low score. He lost control of his board but regained it. That means no points for that move.

My only guess is that they got the impression it was a failed manoeuver with a freak landing based mainly on luck. Up for debate whether that regain was down to skill or luck I guess

a nothing carve, a lil 360, a nothing turn and a decent turn on a half foot section is a 7?

Freakishly good

That's what I'm bugged about. He completed that wave to the fullest and if they're that picky, score the first part and then score the second. It was only about 300 milliseconds that he was inactive during his recovery. IMHO 6 to 7 should have been fair and set Kelly's mind at ease as it's a good wave.

+Aint1S Dude I disagree on several points. 1) The air. Its ridiculous to say he was disconnected for a minuscule amount of time: his front foot left the board soon as it left the lip, his back foot lost the board after about 90 degrees of rotation, and when he and the board landed neither foot was on the board. As amazing as that recovery was, and trust me, I fount it mind-blowing that somehow he popped up again, that is an incomplete air any way you slice it. So the question is how do you score an incomplete air? And the judges have been very consistent with this: if its incomplete its basically not scored, which in my opinion is fair enough. Otherwise you are rewarding people for just doing crazy shit that is out of control. The rest of the wave looked like a 5 to me. It certainly wasn't as good as the 6 he got later. So the question is, how many points do you give for recovering a total fuck up, where you have to pop up again? Personally I'm not sure. But you think he should get a 7? Something approaching the excellent range? For an incomplete air, popping up twice and then some pretty average manoeuvres (in the context of the heat) on the inside? That seems absolutely ridiculous to me. 2) That airs should be worth more than turns. This just inst the way surfing is scored, never has been, never will be. If it was then professional surfing would be nothing more than an aerial contest; if that's what you are after they exist. In reality airs, rail-work and tube riding are generally not judged independently. It is the difficultly of manoeuvre that is scored, not simply the type. All of Kelly's airs (that he landed) were low difficulty air reverses on the last sections of the wave. In the scheme of airs, that's not a hard one. There's a dude at my local beach break who does air reverses like that in waste high slop all summer long. Look at the difficulty of mick's opening turns on his two best rides (kelly's too for that matter), that rail-work was outstanding; powerful, critical and precise. That's why it was scored higher. That being said the judges have also stated pretty clearly that at certain venues different types of surfing will be moderately preferred: at high performance waves like Bells/Winkipop JBay and Trestles the judges want to see high quality 'traditional' surfing, were at places like teaups, Pipeline and to a lesser extent Cloudbreak turns wont earn you a massive score, its all about a steep drop and deep barrel (the barrel is scored relatively low at Bells), and peaky beaches like Brasil airs are given priority. They have stated this publicly before. But even at a place like Bells, the home of traditional surfing on tour, you can still get a 10 for a single air if the difficulty is high enough (remember that infamous air that these very some judges gave to kelly???). Convenient how people forget... 3) Mick played it safe and won. You are being totally unfair to mick here. The only reason you think he was 'playing it safe' was because he executed his manoeuvres perfectly. Look at his turns for his two best scoring waves; he repeatedly blows the finns, controls the re-entry perfectly - which is extremely difficult - completed 360's and even that whip in the pocket isn't easy. Mick just makes it look easy because his flow, control and connection is so good. Yes kelly may have 'put more into' his turns, in terms of his upper body, but his flow wasn't as good as micks - he got caught between sections several times on his forehand. So why should that be scored higher? 4) That just because you disagree with the judges, there is a problem with professional surfing. I hear this all the time on places like YT from people who are generally just upset because their boy lost, and i'm usually pretty shocked by the level of arrogance people have without even knowing it. Those judges aren't simply some chumps who read a few surfing mags and decided they wanted to be a judge; they are all world class surfers. You remember Tahiti last year where teahups got a 12 foot swell and even pros like wilko were saying they were scared to surf? Well that morning before the contest started all of the judges for the event went out and surfed 8 to 10 foot teahupoo, just so they could have a personal understanding of just how difficult the drop was so they could score accurately. Can you surf 10 foot teahupoo????? No? I didnt think so. But you know how to score professional surfing better than them???? Right....

+Tim Blizzard '

you got it, I dont understand why there are so many people that dont see how great is Fanning style. He is so on point, fast, power, flow and precision.

as well as the fact that he completed the wave and all completion long you hear judges like waves to be finished off... he drained that wave and then some. Good comment...

+Russell Ignaciak He didn't pull off the air. A 9?????? you have to be fucking joking right? He didn't land it, his feet weren't even on the board!!! That air was fucked. Yes the recovery was amazing, but you think they should have scored that a 9, the highest score of the heat? Best display of surfing trestles would ever see? What a joke... If you want the best display of surfing trestles will ever see watch John John's 2014 heat with Kelly and Adriano. it was twice as impressive as anything anyone did in this heat. Fucking fanbois.......

Sum9 Iggy I agree 100%. everybody disagreeing are haters, probably from Brazil

Sum9 Iggy I know you are so right

Sum9 Iggy you are right!!

A fucking 15

Your a loser

Yes and he pulled off a 360 right after , not even fazed . I think politics had something to do with the low score.

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