Harish P's sensational performance was the pick of Day three of the Asian Surfing Championships on Wednesday. The 11-year-old local boy finished with an impressive 7.97 points in the U18 category, earning a spot in round three. He finished second to Lucas Santiago of Malaysia (10.57 pts). Meanwhile, under 16 national champion Tayin Arun scored 9.23 points to qualify to the third round. He finished behind Tinn Johnson of Thailand (9.60 pts).Prahlad Sriram, however, failed to qualify for the third round. He finished third in the heat round with 4.94 points. He will now get another chance in the repechage round.
China's Shidong Wu of China was the highest scorer of the day with 17.34 points. He bettered Kanoa Heejae of Korea (13.10 pts) and Aydin Kayani of Singapore (4.94 pts) in the heat round.On Thursday, the repechage rounds will take place across both the Open and U18 categories. With conditions set to be more challenging in the shore, it remains to be seen whether that would bring the best out of these surfers.