A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Late ride knocks out Christie
Gisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie suffered a pipped-at-the-post elimination from the latest World Surf League Qualifying Series 10,000 contest.
Christie was on track to advance from his round 3 heat the Hawaiian Pro only for Brazilian Luel Felipe to deny him with a late wave.
Felipe’s
4.30 ride promoted him to second and pushed Christie back to third. The top two advanced to round 4.
The heat was won by South African Matthew McGillivray with a score of 14.07 (6.67, 7.40) for his two best waves. Felipe was second on 11.47 (7.17, 4.30), Christie third on 10.97 (5.50, 5.47) and American Conner Coffin fourth on 10.73 (4.50, 6.23).
