The surfing champion who learned from the merman [rebirth]

The preliminaries of the second group took about an hour and a half in total.

During the period, the most promising seed player missed the semi-finals after making two mistakes.

The last one to enter the final was Rick from Maple Leaf Country.

Rick, the world ranking is about within the top five.

Sometimes there will be fluctuations to a certain extent, but the overall score is very stable and there will be no change.

After the end of the second group of games, it was almost noon.

The competition group arranges for the players to go to eat first, and then continue with the preliminaries at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Shiman followed the Huaguo surfing team and went to the restaurant for dinner.

There were no Hua Guo players participating in the morning competition, so everyone was not that nervous.

But after lunch, the next two groups had players from Huaguo participating, and the tense atmosphere instantly enveloped the surfing team.

After two years of development, the Huaguo surfing team has also absorbed a lot of young blood.

Especially the members of the youth group, they are all around 13 years old.

It was the first time for the team members to participate in the Olympic Games, and they were still so excited that they chattered non-stop while watching the opening ceremony.

At this time, after watching the preliminaries, their expressions obviously changed.

One of the team members picked the food on the plate and said absently, "I think the first two groups of players are very good."

"Of course, there is Xu Shen in the first group, he is the ceiling of the surfing world." The person next to the team responded.

ceiling?

Shi Man's eyes flashed a gleam, and he nodded in agreement.

In his opinion, Xu Mu is indeed the ceiling of the surfing world.

Every time the opponent competes, there will be various scores and records that are difficult to break through.

Even after Xu Mu retired, his legend still spread in the surfing world for a long time.

Shiman has always regarded Xu Mu as an idol. He once felt a pity because of Xu Mu's retirement.

But now, he can compete with the opponent in the same game.

This feeling is unmatched by anything.

He wants to be recognized by idols, everyone's approval.

He wants to surpass his idol, and wants to go higher and farther than him.

After a short rest after eating, the preliminaries of the third and fourth groups will start immediately.

After receiving the notification, the contestants from various countries went to the registration area to make final preparations.

Shi Man hugged his surfboard and said to the other two, "Let's go."

Ying Yuhua and Phil nodded and followed Shiman's pace.

Unknowingly, Shiman has become the backbone of the surfing team.

The team members will involuntarily obey his arrangements and orders.

Maybe even Shiman himself didn't realize this.

Coach Su looked at the backs of the three of them and called out.

When he saw the three of them looking back at him, he said, "Have a good time."

After the three of them heard this sentence, their reactions were different.

The rhythm of Ying Yuhua's breathing was a little messed up, while Phil just silently clenched the surfboard in his hand.

Standing at the forefront, Shi Man responded with a slight hook of the corner of his mouth, "Of course."

The scene of the game.

The narrator began an enthusiastic introduction: "Hi everyone, this is the competition site of the Tokyo Olympics. Our current location is the wave-level beach in Chiba Prefecture. It is 10:[-] in the afternoon. The third group of surfing events will be held in [-] minutes. It's about to start."

"The third group: Luka from the flag country, Lata from Russia, Xiaojun Chiba from the island country, Shi Man from the Hua country, Gilles from the Eagle country, and Han Tiancheng from the Gao country."

At the same time as the on-site commentator introduced, the live broadcast of the sports channel was also in progress.

CCTV sports commentator Li Bin’s expression was very calm, but his tone changed slightly: “Hello everyone, this is the live broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics for you on the sports channel, and now it is the live broadcast of the second half of the surfing preliminaries. , Ying Yuhua and Phil participated in the competition."

Wang Bo then said: "Shiman, a first-class athlete in Huaguo, has won four gold medals in the Surfing World Championships, Masters, Tournament and other competitions. If he wins the gold medal in this Olympic Games, it will be the first time in his life. a grand slam."

Following the narrator's words, many barrages appeared on the live broadcast screen.

[Shiman has already won four gold medals?I remember that he was still an unknown young player at the World Championships two years ago. 】

[He has been accumulating points for the past two years and participated in many large-scale competitions, such as last year's Masters in Las Vegas and Junzhou]

[Shiman worked very hard and was very serious. I remember that he was ranked among the top ten in the world. 】

[And Shiman is also a signed athlete of XGAME, which is really very good. 】

These barrages pushed the atmosphere of the game even more intensely.

But Shiman didn't know these things, he sat on the bench in the waiting area and stared at the sea in a daze.

But outsiders think that Shi Man is in a daze, but in fact he is thinking about a problem.

That's why the waves are a little smaller this time.

Shiman has always longed for a huge wave of more than ten meters, or even a stormy sea of ​​more than 30 meters.

But he knew that it was impossible to have such a huge wave in an official competition.

The players in the third group played one by one.

The young man was still staring at the sea in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

He didn't raise his eyes slightly until he heard the staff call his number plate.

"Player No. [-], it's your turn to play." The staff member said.

Shiman nodded, and walked forward with the surfboard in his arms.

The July sun scorched the beach.

When the bare feet sink into the fine sand, the heat also follows.

The audience saw a young man in a red surfing suit appearing on the beach with a white surfboard between them.

On the bottom of the white surfboard, a golden Hua Guolong was painted.

The Huaguo dragon and the foreign dragon are completely different manifestations.

Bull head, deer antlers, snake neck, phoenix claws, tiger palms, eyes like gongs, beards on the mouth, and pearls on the chin.

There used to be a saying that Huaguo had totem worship during the tribal period, and the Yellow Emperor combined the totems of all the tribes after he unified the tribes.

This is how totem creatures like dragons were born.

The golden dragon on the surfboard bared its teeth and claws, trying to rush out of it.

People can't help but sigh, the artist's uncanny workmanship.

On the surfing forum, there is also a tall building specially built for surfboards.

Subject post: [Let's discuss the surfboards of each player, I think Huaguo's is the most prestigious! 】

1l: [I saw Shiman's surfboard, and the painting is a majestic golden dragon. In the sea, the dragon symbolizes the king. It really fits the occasion! 】

5l: 【Actually, I just saw the painting under Xu Mu's surfboard. It's a fire phoenix ready to fly. It feels like it can be paired with the time-man's golden dragon. 】

7l: [Qiguo's surfboards have Grim Reaper and scythes on them, they look a bit hideous! 】

15l: [Island players have the most beautiful surfboards!I also saw cartoon characters such as cute Pikachu and cherry blossoms. 】

5l: [Crooked, do you know who made Shiman's surfboard?I saw the signature above, it's Master Xu! 】

17l: [Oh my God, Master Xu?I remember that he only produces a few surfboards a year, and many people can't get their hands on custom-made surfboards from him. Shiman was able to get the customized version of Master Xu! 】

25l: [It's not just this competition, I've watched Shiman's other competitions, and all his surfboards are made by Master Xu himself. 】

If you want to do good things, you must first sharpen your tools.

This statement also applies to the field of surfing.

Master Xu is a craftsman who has popped up suddenly in the past two years.

The surfboards he makes are very similar to 'Flying Fish' Phip's shark suit.

The shark suit of 'Flying Fish' is disposable and can only be used six times.

But Master Xu's surfboard can only be used four times.

Master Xu said that surfboards will wear to a certain extent after being impacted by waves, and the center of gravity and pedaling feeling will deviate, so he is only responsible for the first four times of handmade surfboards.

In addition, Master Xu's surfboards are extremely expensive and disposable, so most people can't afford it.

Even so, there are still many people who find Master Xu to customize surfboards.

Shi Man came to the competition area.

He lowered the surfboard into the water and lay on his stomach ready to start paddling.

The sun at noon in summer is burning hot on the back of the young man.

Although most of the skin was covered by the surfing suit, the exposed ears and the back of the neck were still burnt red.

The shark looked at the other party with distress, and murmured, "I don't know if you have applied sunscreen?"

In the distance, waves push towards the shore.

As for the young man lying on the surfboard, his eyes were slightly fixed, and his body tensed up.

coming!

This time the waves did not come in one direction, but formed an angle of about 130 degrees and gradually converged before surging again.

The coastline of the island country is extremely complex, located in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean.

The tide here is also extremely complicated, and the drop caused by the ebb and flow of the tide is very large.

The waves chosen by Shiman do not look high.

But when it comes together in front of the athletes, it will at least form a wave height of about two to three meters.

This wave height is perfect for surfing.

It will not be too dangerous to shoot people into the sea, nor will it affect the completion of the combined action because the wave height is too low.

The judges stared at the sea with concern, and after seeing the player paddling and starting to ride, they said with emotion: "This player has really solid basic skills, and he doesn't look like an athlete who has only surfed for three or four years."

"He used to be in the windsurfing team and has been in the sea for at least ten years." Another judge corrected: "Tongzi's skills are actually quite solid."

"No wonder, I am already very familiar with the sea." The judge who had just spoken suddenly realized.

in the audience.

People holding red flags cheered and jumped for joy.

During the game, the most important thing is morale!

Even though this is not Huaguo, Huaguo international students formed a special team to cheer for Huaguo players.

International students are not professional surf fans, and they may not understand this kind of competition.

But this does not hinder their voices.

Because this is the pride of China.