Kanoa won it fairly and squarely by a country mile.Flores had one decent wave which simply wasn't enough. Congrats Kanoa,well deserved and very well done !
I'm really happy for Kanoa. This kid has lots of potencial. The entire event he looked like he got in sinc with himself. Worries free, just surf and enjoy. Beautiful. So beautiful. Congrats Kanoa.
Kanoa killed it, insane surfing, this is the type of final i like to see. jeremy surfed incredible aswell, stoked for the little grom tho, he deserved that
Honestly don't get why people are attacking Igarashi and the fact that he won. You don't have to agree but blame the judges not him. Plus, it's not like he was bad, he was kinda really good
Even though Slater had some sick barrel rides he just didn't catch enough waves to show the judges enough solid turns and carves. Kanoa was more consistent and caught more good rides and shredded more open face. I think Igarashi legitimately beat Slater but if those barrels rides were scored differently it could have gone the other way which I wouldn't agree with because Igarashi was more consistent throughout the whole heat.
Kanoa did a great job, I like how he did a careful approach, he’s precise in his moves he knows his wave and rather than being impulsive he’s more of a consistent type. He’s not as flashy as other top surfer but he does deserve the title and the hype and i really hope to see more of him in the future!
Kanoa was great in the final. Flores only had the one excellent wave. My overall complaint of the contest is they underscored barrels in general. Barrel riding is (and always will be) the most exciting part of surfing.
Flores'8.93 is by far the best wave of the heat. Those two turns are sick ! In what world Kanoa wins that final ??? Judges ask for critical turns but they give him a 9+ for a couple of floaters...
No doubt that Konoa's floaters were sick and his turns too ! But I agree that Jeremy was underscored in this heat. And I'm far from being the only one...
Flores made the same mistake as slater did, if he wasn’t sitting so deep waiting for those barrels that never were, a couple of Flores waves that he paddle into were begging for some big first turns. Too deep and wrong place wrong time.
Paulo Eclectik the judges were scoring big first moves on that section, followed by good combos not those kinda shallow barrels, what the women’s final and check out Steph Gilmore 10. And compare the differences to Kelly’s and Flores battle. All they had to do was change their tactics tho rail surfing.
Igarashi is the new kid in town. Flores' mistake was not connecting to the inside section, a big walled-off bowl, on his first wave. Igarashi is smart as well as hot.
Even Igarashi’s trainer admitted Flores’ first wave was better than Igarashi’s... and about that last tube... Great event anyway, Igarashi’s probably going to be a title contender right along with Medina Florence and co :-) and good to see Flores back, hope he won’t screw his season after that.
Nah!! Not really. Kanoa should have lost even against slater!! Slater found amazing barrels and tha was hard to do it... Kanoas surfing was cliche...just turns and snaps...i did not see one only barrel from kanoa...and to find a barrel was hard...just to magic surfers...flores and slater was the best of keramas...
Flores (like Slater) were robbed big time so a Japanese could win an Asian contest with the Tokyo Olympics on the horizon. Most veteran surfers like Slater and Flores were surfing for Sunny but WSL judges stopped most people's dream. It was so mesmerizing to watch them powersurf and gettin barrelled like they were posessed by Sunny's fighting spirit. Slater vs Flores should have been the final but judges screwed up pro surfers legacies again and again.
Very well said. It's funny, I don't "perform" when I surf, but I like dealing with changing waves and I was inspired by the way they were both responding to the individuality of their waves. Slater vs. Flores needed to happen.
Na Kanoa outsurfed him fair and square, also don't you think it's weird how Kanoa claims Japanese when hes spent his whole life in the states I find it a little dishonest and a bit gimmicky
I think Hawaiians are setting the tone to claiming your heritage. Tatiana WW is from Hawaii but chose to rep Brazil. Lets hope JJF doesnt feel like he needs to claim America or else the Hawaiian flag will never get another world title.
I love the surf community and definitely love when parents and other family members cheer on their surfer but my God was igarashis party laying it on thick
I thought he was American citizen but gets to ride for Japan maybe Kelly can ride for Syria and other surfers just pick a country to be fair to other surfers
Kanoa's surfing was quite safe. Essentially his board and fins did a lot of the work I believe, however Jeremy's surfing was extremely radical and always positioned at the most sucky part of the wave making each manoeuvre extremely difficult to pull off. It was close, however Jeremy was the rightful better surfer in those conditions on that day..and should have taken away that trophy.
@@natejohnson8684you You can not answer the reason. He has top techniques like John John and Kelly, and Clever and tough and Steadily growing.becanse willbe champion in this year
Kanoa won it fairly and squarely by a country mile.Flores had one decent wave which simply wasn't enough.
Congrats Kanoa,well deserved and very well done !
I'm here after vanity Fair
Girl same had to research them shoulders 😂
Same
Kanoa Killed that heat - super smooth surfing - clear winner, congrats!
I'm really happy for Kanoa. This kid has lots of potencial. The entire event he looked like he got in sinc with himself. Worries free, just surf and enjoy. Beautiful. So beautiful.
Congrats Kanoa.
Kanoa killed it, insane surfing, this is the type of final i like to see. jeremy surfed incredible aswell, stoked for the little grom tho, he deserved that
Honestly don't get why people are attacking Igarashi and the fact that he won. You don't have to agree but blame the judges not him. Plus, it's not like he was bad, he was kinda really good
bruh he was nuking that place, gotta give it to him
Go Igarashi
They definitely give him a little extra help on the scores all event
Pranavmxp with a name like igerachi u realiy are asking for it
stay off the beach mr rainbow flag
Even though Slater had some sick barrel rides he just didn't catch enough waves to show the judges enough solid turns and carves. Kanoa was more consistent and caught more good rides and shredded more open face. I think Igarashi legitimately beat Slater but if those barrels rides were scored differently it could have gone the other way which I wouldn't agree with because Igarashi was more consistent throughout the whole heat.
Kanoa surfed so crisp and clean I don't care what anybody says I'm watching his vids on 0 x 25 new surf hero footage.. with fav tunes & blunt 🙏✌
Kanoa did a great job, I like how he did a careful approach, he’s precise in his moves he knows his wave and rather than being impulsive he’s more of a consistent type. He’s not as flashy as other top surfer but he does deserve the title and the hype and i really hope to see more of him in the future!
カノア選手！すごすぎ🔥
本当に感動🇯🇵🤙🏾
Yeahhh hahahaha
He’s American and we claim him first. After the Olympic we want him back under our flag
ドル君、
Kanoa was great in the final. Flores only had the one excellent wave. My overall complaint of the contest is they underscored barrels in general. Barrel riding is (and always will be) the most exciting part of surfing.
dudleyserious1 but the barrel rides we saw in that heat, werent really exciting.
I was very impressed with the crest pivots and trough stances. It was a most tasteful and excellent dance of competitive spirit.
おめでとう🎉
感動しました✨
やったー！！！！
カノアおめでとう！㊗️！
What amazing surfing, such an epic final
Liam Wray, I second that, right on.
Surfou muito no evento todo!! Parabéns Kanoa 🇧🇷🇧🇷
What an amazing final 😍
So intense. Love so much
Flores'8.93 is by far the best wave of the heat. Those two turns are sick ! In what world Kanoa wins that final ??? Judges ask for critical turns but they give him a 9+ for a couple of floaters...
No doubt that Konoa's floaters were sick and his turns too !
But I agree that Jeremy was underscored in this heat. And I'm far from being the only one...
Seriously the score tail flicks and floaters higher than those critical turns?
カノアくんすごい！！！おめでとう！！！！！
Congrats, Kanoa!!!! It is your deserved turn!!!
カノア五十嵐選手！日本より応援しています。優勝おめでとう！
カノア おめでとう㊗️
Tokyo olinpic 楽しみだなぁ！
Awesomeness yes
Flores made the same mistake as slater did, if he wasn’t sitting so deep waiting for those barrels that never were, a couple of Flores waves that he paddle into were begging for some big first turns. Too deep and wrong place wrong time.
GoKanoa!!CongratulationKanoa!!
@@aomamesanagi Felicitations Kanoa, excellent travail, Facon Aller USA!
Paulo Eclectik the judges were scoring big first moves on that section, followed by good combos not those kinda shallow barrels, what the women’s final and check out Steph Gilmore 10. And compare the differences to Kelly’s and Flores battle. All they had to do was change their tactics tho rail surfing.
Congrats kanoa!!👍👍👍
Parabéns Kanoa merecido surfou muito passando por feras. Surfou de board e não de canoa .
Igarashi is the new kid in town. Flores' mistake was not connecting to the inside section, a big walled-off bowl, on his first wave. Igarashi is smart as well as hot.
@@redpillpharmacy6877 You're a sad homophobe?
Uauu, que duelo sensacional !
カッコよすぎる
最高🔥
*Congrats* おめでとう御座います
*Go KI* イケメンカノア
Great job Kanoa!
Quebro intensamente todas as baterias parabens esta surfa do muito melhor qe ano passado evoluiu muiito
CONGRATULATIONS IGARASHI I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU
Go Kanoa, he deserved this win for superior surfing and I dont care what anybody says
GG! Konoa had the better waves and carves. Won this handily! Even Flores best wave was overscored to 8.9
2:06 wow
Omedetou Gozaimasu Kanoa san!!
カノアかっけーな！！
0:30 he said
Sugeeeee Igarashi kun👏👏👏👏👏
鳥肌たった！
Even Igarashi’s trainer admitted Flores’ first wave was better than Igarashi’s... and about that last tube... Great event anyway, Igarashi’s probably going to be a title contender right along with Medina Florence and co :-) and good to see Flores back, hope he won’t screw his season after that.
Kanoa is monster
I expect it for the achievement at the Olympics
Didn't KANOA win a comp in Cali last year or the year before?
QS 10,000 US Open of Surfing in HB. Not CT.
五十嵐カノア選手、優勝おめでとうございます。
Can someone explain to me why the whole RUclips has seen that vanity fair video and Igarashi is popping everywhere now.
He’s a cool guy and people want to see more of him
thats wat im talking about. still won even with flores ridiculous over scored 8.9.
Flores 8.9 was way underscored compared to Igarashi's best you one eyed moron
Flores last two waves were with out a doubt 6+
Why did he start whaling on his board?
There's no one alive who would not prefer to see JJF in waves like this. Fuck this shit seriously
2019: Corona Bali
2020: Corona Virus
Nippon!
What a Final.
Flores has such a tidy Style, beauty WSL
How does someone do such FLAT turns? It’s weird. Does his board ever knife or is it always like that?
Biased video showing very little of Kanoa's waves in replay, really only Jeremy's
the Japanese broke everything ... well deserved! congratulations
He's actually Japanese American :)
I shocked hear "corona" word 😂😂
Please book all the commentators, bar Strider on a Lion Air 737 8 max on the way home. 🙏
Jackson Esq solid diss, I’m assuming English isn’t your first language moron.
@@alexanderturl Is this Joe Trupel? Has to be...
Nah!! Not really. Kanoa should have lost even against slater!! Slater found amazing barrels and tha was hard to do it... Kanoas surfing was cliche...just turns and snaps...i did not see one only barrel from kanoa...and to find a barrel was hard...just to magic surfers...flores and slater was the best of keramas...
Flores (like Slater) were robbed big time so a Japanese could win an Asian contest with the Tokyo Olympics on the horizon. Most veteran surfers like Slater and Flores were surfing for Sunny but WSL judges stopped most people's dream. It was so mesmerizing to watch them powersurf and gettin barrelled like they were posessed by Sunny's fighting spirit. Slater vs Flores should have been the final but judges screwed up pro surfers legacies again and again.
Very well said. It's funny, I don't "perform" when I surf, but I like dealing with changing waves and I was inspired by the way they were both responding to the individuality of their waves. Slater vs. Flores needed to happen.
Na Kanoa outsurfed him fair and square, also don't you think it's weird how Kanoa claims Japanese when hes spent his whole life in the states I find it a little dishonest and a bit gimmicky
@@berniedmj1 at no point in his comment was he 'hating on japanese' kook. And what he said is right.
I think Hawaiians are setting the tone to claiming your heritage. Tatiana WW is from Hawaii but chose to rep Brazil. Lets hope JJF doesnt feel like he needs to claim America or else the Hawaiian flag will never get another world title.
@@Nofishnoclue He's angling for the Olympics probably.
Kanoe is annoya
I like Kanoa but Jordy surfs every single wave better than that & gets 6-7 pts every time... Really sad.
I love the surf community and definitely love when parents and other family members cheer on their surfer but my God was igarashis party laying it on thick
WAY TO REPRESENT ASIA!!!!!!
WaterBucket he’s American
blake gasca he’s representing japan though...
Anyone else wondering why Kanoa was bitch slapping his board at the end? Like I thought the guy won the heat. Jeez bruh
k igetashi licks
Igarashi overscored doing cutbacks. Flores and especially Slater with more critical turns and sick barrels
Is he Japanese or American? Confusing
Japanese American
kanoa surf really good but is like exiting picachu and the claims are very bad haahahshahaha good job i guess..... saved by finals day
I thought he was American citizen but gets to ride for Japan maybe Kelly can ride for Syria and other surfers just pick a country to be fair to other surfers
Kanoa's surfing was quite safe. Essentially his board and fins did a lot of the work I believe, however Jeremy's surfing was extremely radical and always positioned at the most sucky part of the wave making each manoeuvre extremely difficult to pull off. It was close, however Jeremy was the rightful better surfer in those conditions on that day..and should have taken away that trophy.
Dam Flores surfs way better than Kanoa!! Those turns were sick..
Kanoa obviously better in the air
Goat won!
So disappointed that turns gives more points than tubes...
tubes are much easier than killer turns.
@@kayu7845 not Kelly's deep barrels
Is Kanoa Japanese or American? WSL promoting divisiveness!
I dont know if it's funny or sad how igarashi got overscored the hole Event with never doing a critical turn or some kind of special move
Leon Cummins he probably never has done a critical turn in his life but he’s the expert. 🤦♂️ SMH
Kolja Jäkel those asswholes
Kanoa wasnt bad in the final but should have been Kelly instead
Kanoa is better then kelly
Kanoa will be world champion in this year.
maybe of the QS
@@natejohnson8684 reason please
2020 TOKYO well... for the someone who has the name 2020 Tokyo, I can see the reason you would think so. For anyone else, it’s common fuken sense.
@@natejohnson8684you You can not answer the reason. He has top techniques like John John and Kelly, and Clever and tough and Steadily growing.becanse willbe champion in this year
@@natejohnson8684 Hahahahahahh
igarashi actually deserved the win, but the show boating is not something that asians do well.
Flores was destroyed
He is a kook and trader. Haha
dumbass
Pranavmxp blowass
Weak turns by Kanoa. Rather watch real turns by grown men.
Agree Kanoa needs to work on his rail game. I think his equipment could be a little better.
Kelly > Konoa
Konoa??? Haahahah
So bs