The Point Hunters
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The World Qualifying Series is made up of just over 1000 surfers all applying for the same 10 available positions on the Championship Tour. Their applications take them all round the globe, often to the ass end of nowhere in search of points which will see their CV’s accepted and find full-time gainful employment with the world’s elite on the Championship Tour. They’re pretty much global point hunters, with each contest adding to that golden cumulative number! So as the hordes of championship tour hopefuls (and the WCT bubblers, needing to shore up their QS plan-b for re-qualification in 2018) descend onto the shores of Ballito for the first QS 10 000 event of the year in search of further points, here’s a cheeky list of contenders to watch out for… Hiroto Ohhara “Tryna get a drivers license and buy some cars!” – anybody remember when Hiroto Ohhara took out the US Open of Surfing in 2015? When asked what he was ganna do with the US $100 000 he calmly stated the above… buy some cars! Yep Hiroto is surfing’s very own young thug. But check his small wave game and you’ll understand what a threat he is. And […]