| Andy Irons came straight off the red-eye and four hours sleep to win his heat. "I've done it before and I think that these are the kind of conditions I love the most so if there was ever a time to do it this was the time," he explained. "I was able to go out there, feel pretty calm and surf a couple good waves. I didn't make a couple good waves which was frustrating, but once I got in a little rhythm there, I got a nice one in the end and pulled it." Photo: ASP/Covered Images/Rowland |