Zes topsurfers vanuit de hele wereld streden, in negen meter hoge golven en de meest harde windvlagen, om de vier finale tickets voor 'Mission 3' van de Red Bull Storm Chase. Dit gebeurde in Tasmania, Australië.

Tasmania had verbazende condities in zich. Vlagen tot 85 knots (157 km/h) en dubbelmast-hoge golven. Thomas Traversa, Dany Bruch, Leon Jamaer en Marcilio Browne hebben zich in deze condities kunnen kwalificeren voor de derde, en laatste 'mission'. Hier zal de 'Red Bull Storm Chase Champion' worden gekozen door de jury.

Duncan Coombs: "For storm conditions, this was as good as it gets. It's the best windsurfing I've ever seen. We came to Tasmania for a full-on 'out there' experience and the North West coast was always going to be about waves in the XXL range with some of the largest surf I've ever seen, which definitely made the journey more than worth it".

De man met de hoogste score, Thomas Traversa: "I'm super happy with this result. Coming here I could never have expected what we saw here in Tasmania. I've travelled all over Europe and the world for 10 years looking for amazing places and this was the best day and highest quality conditions for competition you could imagine. It was sick to sail with all these guys in such a cool place - I really couldn't ask for more".