HALEʻIWA, OʻAHU. Vaihitimahana Inso and Barron Mamiya won the HTA Haleʻiwa Pro Presented by Hurley on Thursday, November 12. The World Surf League QS 2,000 wrapped up in 10- to 12-foot faces at Aliʻi Beach Park.
Inso earned her fourth career QS win and her first on the North Shore. She put together a 6.50 and a 6.00 on her backhand for a 12.50 total. Tahiti’s Miliani Simon posted the highest single wave of the women’s final, a 7.75, and finished half a point behind Inso. The win moved Inso to No. 1 in the Hawaiʻi/Tahiti Nui QS rankings.
Nalu Deodato put Mamiya under pressure with a 9.40 and a 7.50 in the all-Hawaiʻi men’s final. Mamiya answered with a 9.25, then found an 8.00 in the closing minutes to win 17.25 to 16.90. It was his first WSL win at Haleʻiwa, adding to his North Shore victories at Pipeline and Sunset Beach. Earlier in the day, Kiron Jabour scored a perfect 10 in the quarterfinals.
Women’s QS Final
- Vaihitimahana Inso, 12.50
- Miliani Simon, 12.00
- Alyssa Spencer, 10.95
- Zoie Zietz, 9.65
Men’s QS Final
- Barron Mamiya, 17.25
- Nalu Deodato, 16.90
- Brodi Sale, 14.90
- Luke Swanson, 12.95
