"I took off on that wave and I was going to go for a full rotation but I miss timed it and I kicked my board out a little too hard," said Moniz after his heat win. "I thought I lost my board mid-way. I felt it separate from my feet. As I was coming down I somehow caught my board with my feet. Sometimes when you land like that the white water pushes you off. But I don't know everything just came together on that one." - Seth Moniz
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