Master of the Ocean

1st Luciano Gonzalez
2nd Emmanual Rondon
3rd Oscar de la Cruz

The swell hit, the wind was perfect as the sun came up Saturday Morning for the Master of the Ocean Sup CUP. Glenn “Chico” Goodwin put the hammer down early and never let up. “…I had no choice I had to” said Goodwin. Goodwin began the day trailing Maui John and McLoven by 1 with only two days remaining. Pictured below, Glenn “Chico” Goodwin takes the wave from McLoven.

Surf is growing and glassing off, Event Producer Marcus Brohmn is leading the SUP “Best Shot” catagory. Marcus tucked in t0 a nice barrel briefly in Friday’s action. The swell is growing and glassing off, near perfect swell expected for Saturday Morning, with trade winds to follow!

La competencia que busca el atleta con mejor desempeño en las disciplinas de surf, kitesurf y windsurf se celebra en Cabarete hasta este domingo.

Ayer viernes el tiempo le jugó una mala pasada a la octava versión de Master of the Ocean. De las tres eliminatorias pautadas solamente los competidores de surf pudieron avanzar hacia la final que se celebrarán este fin de semana, en Playa Encuentro, Cabarete.

Stormy/rainy conditions to start
Swell building
Light cross shore wind swung to light offshore and then no wind.

Overall surfers only today. Making it into the next round are:

and surfers surfed on Friday at the Master of the Ocean. Clearing winds came from the West all night and into the am hours. Winds calmed as the surf grew. Friday had the biggest surf of the competition to date. Maui John battled heavy conditions for 10 waves to take the day and bring the SUP Cup to a tie at 1- 1 with Gordon Gannon. Thursday and Friday are the days that count so far for the SUP CUP.

Gordon “McLoven” Gannon takes commanding lead in the Master of the Ocean SUP Exhibition.

Gannon wins the first two SUP days by a narrow margin over John Holzhall (Maui John).

“…we count the best two days of surf…” said Gannon “so the first two days were small and fun, I won by percentage…they probably won’t count, but we will see”.

Large surf is predicted for the weekend.

Decenas de atletas participan en el popular triatlón acuático, tras grandes premios y el título de “amo de los mares”. La competencia inicia hoy miércoles.

Este martes un total de sesenta participantes acudieron a las inscripciones de la octava versión del “Master of the Ocean”, paso previo a las jornadas clasificatorias que tendrán lugar hoy miércoles y mañana jueves, rumbo a las finales del fin de semana.

La mítica comunidad turístico-deportiva de Cabarete, al norte de la República Dominicana, se convierte así en la protagonista absoluta de la actividad deportiva en el territorio quisqueyano. El poblado, que es universalmente conocido por las bondades naturales que ofrecen sus playas, es la cede del “Master of the Ocean”, evento anual en el que los mejores atletas del surf, kitesurf y windsurf que se dan cita en duras batallas acuáticas, para coronarse como el “Amo de los mares”.