Red Bull Unleashed


Red Bull Unleashed was a surfing competition held on 18/19 September 2015 at Surf Snowdonia in Dolgarrog, north Wales.
The artificial wave pool, owned by Conwy Adventure Leisure Ltd, is the world's first commercial artificial surfing lake and the United Kingdom's only artificial surfing lake. It opened in August 2015.
Red Bull Unleashed was the first major event to be held at Surf Snowdonia, and was the world's first-ever stadium surf contest.
Qualification for Red Bull Unleashed took place on the previous day, 17 September, when 24 competitors were seeded following surfing on 6 waves, and the 16 main finalists selected.
The event, attended by over 2000 spectations on the final day, was won by Hawaiian surfer Albee Layer, who beat New Zealander Billy Stairmand.

Results

The 16 international finalists comprised -
Friday 18 September
There were 8 heats, starting at midday, when surfers competed in match-play format, competing wave for wave in a best of five. A coin was tossed to see who surfed first. Points were given by the 3 judges for each wave.
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Saturday 19 September'''
The remaining 8 surfers competed in 4 quarter finals, starting at midday :
Semi-finals commenced at 14:30 :
The final was held at 3:30 :