Dunedin surfer JC Susan goes through his paces at the World Surfing Games in Biarritz in France this week. Photo: ISA.
Susan made a very slow start to his heat just outside Biarritz yesterday, waiting for any wave that had a little more size and enough power to move his big frame.
The low heat totals had Susan only just holding down second place near the end of the heat when he finally caught the right wave to post a seven, which moved him into first place.
''I bumped up my board volume before the event as I heard it is often small at this time of the year,'' he said.
''Normally, I don't surf waves this small but I have had a fair bit of training at the Mount,'' he added of his original home town Mount Maunganui.
