[Sean] Against all odds, Kevin Cavey and the organizers had achieved their dream of hosting a major international surf competition.

[Harry] It's terrific because, first of all, we're a very young surfing nation, but I think mainly because of our participation and our support of the European Championships over the past number of years, we've got the honor this year.

[Vivienne] The weekend was planned to a T. My father was a brilliant organizer, and his years of working for Multinational certainly highlighted themselves in his abilities.

But as Saturday rolled around, a huge fear was developing because the water was flat.

It was like glass.

We kept assuming that the trade winds from the northwest would eventually come down, and what actually ensued was a catastrophic weekend of a completely flat ocean.