Women
Oh man, I do not know what to do with these women’s picks! Not gunna lie, I just went back and watched my own video because I feel like there’s no obvious picks. And if I’m being honest, I’m still not sure after watching.
Tier A
I’m staying with Molly as my power surfer. She’s solid, has decent results here, and she’s due for a big result.
Tier B
I’m not confident about this at all, but I’ve switched out Tyler (rated “must have” in my video🤦♂️), in favor of Gabriela Bryan. I don’t love Tyler’s matchup with Tatiana. I could very easily see Tati take this one. I do however like Gabriela’s matchup with Isabella Nichols. If Gabi advances she’ll face the winner of Defay/Robinson which I also like. Sticking with Bettylou as my second Tier B surfer.
Tier C
This one also gives me headaches. On paper they all should lose, but you just know someone is going to make a run! In the end I’m going with Sally because I just like her better than everyone else and will be rooting for her anyways. Plus she gives me 2 surfers on each end of the bracket.
I’m sorry I don’t have all the answers here. I try to have some special insight anytime I do picks. But for transparency sake, I don’t know about this. Hopefully I score!
Men
For the men we’re looking at one of those situations where there’s no time between the elimination round and round of 32. Since we can’t see a bracket I’m mostly going on value. And these are the picks! It looks like we’ll have good conditions today so hopefully we see a lot of heats. And my picks reflect that. If we do get lucky and have a couple minutes between these rounds, check out the brackets, and look for opportunities.
Tier A
John Florence x2
Jack Robinson
Tier B
Italo Ferreira
Gabriel Medina
Liam O'Brien
Jordy Smith
Tier C
Caio Ibelli
Samuel Pupo
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