INTERNATIONAL NEWS - It was an impressive start at Playa Revolcadero on opening day of the Men's Qualifying Series (QS) Vans Surf Acapulco Men's QS1000.
Beautiful, four-to-five waves were graced with offshore conditions throughout the day as Round One and Round Two were completed. Breakout performances and local talents put on a showcase of impressive surfing -- posting a handful of excellent scores and last-second drama.
Adam Lambert (USA) has been away from the competitive scene for nearly a year after sustaining an injury, but is back in brilliant form. The Santa Barbara, Calif., native led the field over to the north bank sandbar after doing his research leading up to the event and found some gems to obtain the day's highest heat total, a 15.43 (out of a possible 20).
"I was watching it early and everyone was surfing away from it but I kept seeing these rights in that zone, so I just thought I'd get away from everybody and get those waves to myself," Lambert said.
"It's pretty funny because our hotel room just lines up with it so I've been using that as a position marker out in the water. It really paid off, I couldn't believe how consistent it was in that heat."
"Parker and Conner Coffin are fellow Santa Barbara boys and my good friends who have been a source of pushing me to get back into a jersey so it felt good to get some scores in my first heat," Lambert added.
"I really didn't have any expectations coming here. I make trips to Mexico a bunch for freesurf trips and heard really good things about it here -- it's been nothing short of amazing."
Fellow American Jacob Szekely (USA) went for it all on a full rotation that earned him the day's highest single-scoring wave of an 8.50 (out of a possible 10). Representing La Jolla, Calif., in terrific fashion, Szekely turned heads with the maneuver on his opening wave and was in rhythm with the ocean throughout his heat.
