The upper echelon sent competition to new heights with the men's race toward the Final 5. Italo Ferreira fired up the crowd once more with the event's best performance in soaring fashion, Gabriel Medina got one back on rookie sensation Cole Houshmand, and Yago Dora keeps his event title defense alive with the country of Brazil backing the trio the whole way. The first stunner for men's Top 5 picture arrived from Connor O'Leary pushing Jack Robinson in a testy bout. John John Florence continues his unfathomable run, Griffin Colapinto inches closer and now sits at No. 2, plus Ethan Ewing makes it look easy to set up season-defining Quarterfinal matchups.
