The first event of the 2015 World Tour is in the books, and for those who didn’t watch every minute of the Quiksilver Gold Coast Pro webcast, it was kind of a strange one. First, you had the current world champ drop an F-bomb in a live interview. Then you had Hawaiian vet Freddy Patacchiamaneuver all the way to the inside after a heat, just to hop his board up onto a rock in frustration. Then Josh Kerr, who has had some great results at this event, went sparring with his surfboard.
By World Tour standards, this was not an epic event for waves.
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