With the world title race heating up in Europe, the worlds top 45 surfers have commenced competition on day one of the Billabong Pro at Mundaka.
The magical left hand river mouth delivered mindless 1.5m tube rides on the first day of play and while the 16 top seeds were given a direct berth into round two, the bottom half of the seed list contested the man on man first round.
Eight heats were completed before the high tide filled in the sand bar and the ocean went flat.
