The Women’s Hurley Pro Sunset Beach, the second event on the Championship Tour (CT), is underway, with a marathon of surfing done on Thursday to reach the semi-finals stage. The Hawaiians dominated the day in the over-head plus conditions, sealing up three of the semi-final spots. The first semi will be all Hawaiian, more specifically all Kauaian, as Malia Manuel takes on Gabriela Bryan, while the second will see 16-year-old Bettylou Sakura Johnson of O’ahu up against Costa Rican Brisa Hennesy. The highest scorer of the finalists so far is Bryan, with a 15.27 in her quarter-final win over fellow Hawaiian Luana Silva. Both girls scored 8-point rides in what was a tight heat, but Bryan performed her bottom turns to perfection to set up each manoeuvre, narrowly edging out Silva. Interestingly, she had to take the route of the elimination round, but won convincingly, and has looked dominant ever …