Action Continues At The Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro

After a long break at the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro in Imbituba in Brazil, action continued for Round 2.  ASP World Tour surfer Heitor Alves (BRA) was one of five Brazilian surfers finding their way out of Round 2 and into Round 3 today. Fifteen of the 16 heats held today featured Brazilians. Five Brazilian surfers advanced to Round 3 directly from Round 1.

Alves surfed an inspired heat to send South Africa’s Ricky Basnett home with his tenth 33rd place finish in 10 events. Alves’ 15.83 heat total was the day’s highest.

“It was a good heat,” Alves said. “Ricky is a great surfer, he is always good in the lefts and the rights so I just tried to complete radical maneuvers to get the high scores.”

Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro Round 2 Heat Draw:
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Carybean Heleodoro (BRA)
Heat 2: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
Heat 3: Luke Stedman (AUS) vs. Alejo Muniz (BRA)
Heat 4: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Jano Belo (BRA)
Heat 5: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Peterson Rosa (BRA)
Heat 6: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Gustavo Fernandes (BRA)
Heat 7: Dayyan Neve (AUS) vs. Tanio Barreto (BRA)
Heat 8: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Fabio Gouveia (BRA)
Heat 9: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Pedro Henrique (BRA)
Heat 10: Roy Powers (HAW) vs. William Cardoso (BRA)
Heat 11: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Simao Romao (BRA)
Heat 12: Tiago Pires (PRT) vs. Bruno Santos (BRA)
Heat 13: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Ricky Basnett (ZAF)
Heat 14: Jay Thompson (AUS) vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA)
Heat 15: Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) vs. Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 16: Royden Bryson (ZAF) vs. Ben Bourgeois (USA)