Could you "feel the love" radiating around the world from frosty 6-Star Prime final in Scotland yesterday?

No? Well there was a lot going round!

First, there was Aussie winner, Adam Melling, who "had a great event and was feeling good the whole time" and was "just so happy"

Then there was fellow Aussie finalist, Luke Munro, who said he was just so "relaxed and enjoying (his) time out there the whole event."

And even Joan Duru, who got clocked by Munners in the dying seconds of their semi, (they dont call em "dying" for nothing!) was “happy with (his) run"

Everyone was just sooooooo happy! It could have been the Oscars!!

But let me ask you this…

Did their great results make them happy? Or did they get their results because they were happy?

Well, of course their results made them happy, but they also got their results because they were happy.

So what was it that made them happy in the first place?

Well, they all found reasons to be happy… Let me explain…

Now I’ve never personally had the pleasure of a Thurso East ice-cream rush, but apparently the wave is an icy Snapper Rocks. So when Melling (from Le-Ba Boardriders, just down the road from Snapper) hit the water in the early rounds he would have immediately found a very good reason to feel confident and relaxed – why, cause he’s surfed a wave just like this a thousand times before.

As Melling said “this wave of Thurso East is similar to what I have at home except for the water temperature” and as a consequence he felt ”pretty comfortable throughout the day” of the final – and that’s a nice way to be feeling on the last day, right?

So, Adam liked the wave. Munners he liked the place (and probably the wave, seeing he’s a Snapper regular too!) – “Scotland really suits me, I almost feel at home here” And so how did feeling just about at home effect his competition performance?

Well as you read earlier he said he “was relaxed and enjoying (his) time out there the whole event," and "being relaxed is definitely good to make the right decisions” Amen to that Munners!

And what about Joan…

Well, he didn’t say that he liked the wave or the place, but he liked that his surfing was on a roll. He “felt relaxed and confident and after winning the event in France and getting a 9th last week” He already felt like a winner before he even got into Scotland’s icy brine - and I’m sure that his T3 will further add to his self belief and composure for his next QS outing.

So, can you see what’s happening here, three guys, two tactics, but one strategy.

Finding reasons to be cheerful about surfing an event is a powerful strategy – you can see what results it can bring!

And these guys, whether consciously or not, went down that path of finding reasons to be cheerful and confident.

So next time you turn up at an event in a town you don’t like, to surf waves you don’t like, after a string of bad results; then you better get to work and find some reasons to be cheerful, if you want to end up at the sharp end of town.

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