Some of the planet's best surfers are shredding next to the Huntington Beach pier this week as the 2022 World Surfing Games advances toward the finals on Saturday 🏄🏻♂
LAUSD Ended Remote Work Despite ‘Serious Concerns’ About COVID In Its Headquarters. Now There’s An OutbreakI love watching good surfers catch waves that make my stomach drop and do tricks that would send me to the chiropractor. But I did not know how to watch, and understand, an actual surf competition. Until now.
Here's what I learned about how the World Surfing Games — and Olympic surfing, which goes by the same rules — works:Even though surfing is an individual sport, men and women compete at the World Surfing Games as a team representing their country. They are vying for medals but also for a third spot for their country's team at the 2024 Paris games, beyond the two spots for men and two for women under Olympic rules.There are also medals for the top four male and female surfers.
Heats usually last 20 minutes each, though semi-final and final heats often go longer. Competition organizers decide each morning how long the heats will last depending on ocean conditions .Within the heats, surfers rotate who has priority over an incoming wave, a relatively new rule designed to"avoid hustling or friction in the water," said Aguerre.The losers get a second chance , called"repechage" .
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