Rachel Presti and Karelle Poppke post the biggest scores of the entire event so far.

Competitors get back to work post lay-day and take on a windy lineup.

Tahitian surfers dominate the opening day of women's competition.

The Japanese competitor kept the event trophy on home soil.

An important day of competition witnessed some of Japan's emerging surfers tip the scale and lock in Semifinal match ups.

The competition is one day away from crowning two new event winners