In the first heat of the day at the Puerto Escondido Challenge -- the first event of the 2017 Big Wave Tour season to run -- Trevor Carlson did some "textbook barrel-riding" at to advance out of the heat and knock out defending champion Grant "Twiggy" Baker.
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