Maree and Lightfoot Keep Hopes Alive :: SA Women Drop into Repecharge rounds
South Africa’s Jordy Maree was the standout performer on Day 3 of the of the INS ISA World Surfing Games at Jaco Beach in Costa Rica, posting the highest single ride score and the fifth highest heat total of the event date yesterday. Competing in overcast conditions and solid 1- 1.5 metre waves, the Kalk Bay teenager and reigning South African U17 champion was awarded a near perfect 9.63 out of 10 for a ride in which he seamlessly executed a series of vertical backhand lip bashes with power and flow. Combined with his backup ride of 7.0, Maree’s 16.63 heat total left his opponents trailing in his spray as he advanced to Men’s Repecharge Round 2 along with heat runner-up Joaquin del Castillo (PER). Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffreys Bay) was similarly dominant in his Repercharge heat, winning with a total of 15.10, the 15th highest of the event, to claim a berth in the next round and keep his hopes of reaching the Men’s final via the torturous Repecharge route alive. The celebration of Women’s Day in South Africa was not kind to the team’s girls as they struggled in the early morning lumpy high tide conditions and both dropped into the Repercharge rounds after finishing fourth in their respective Women’s Main Event Round 2 heats. Faye Zoetmulder (Cape St Francis) could only muster a heat total of 7.0 as Latin Americans Emily Gussoni from hosts Costa Rica and Melanie Giunta (PER) tied for first with 11.33 points. USA’s Maddie Peterson joined SA’s team captain in the Repercharge rounds when she finished third with 9.67. In the next heat, Tanika Hoffman (Hout Bay) came up against an on-fire Anali Gomes (PER) who racked up a tally of 16.27 to win the encounter, with reigning ISA Women’s champ Tia Blanco (USA) grabbing second spot and the experienced Nao Omura (JAP) in third. For the second consecutive day France’s Pauline Ado recorded the highest heat total of both the men’s and women’s action. Yesterday’s total of 17.93, which included an outstanding 9.50, eclipsed the former WCT’s campaigner’s 17.77 on Monday and Ado now holds two of the top three heat tallies in the event. The completion of the first round of Repecharge rounds resulted in 24 men and 10 women being eliminated from the event after failing to place in the top two positions for a second time. South Africa, along with nine other nations, still has all six team members in contention with their respective finishing positions in the event counting towards the team’s total. Surfline, the official event forecaster, is predicting that a new South West swell will start to build on Wednesday, August 9, and fully materialize on Thursday, August 10. This South West swell will hold solid, providing 1 – 1.5 metre waves for the remainder of the contest period, which ends with the finals on Sunday. All six South Africans will be in action today at Jaco Beach. Shane Sykes (Salt Rock) and Matt McGillivray (Jeffreys Bay) are first up in Men’s Main Event Round 3 followed by Zoetmulder and Hoffman in Women’s Repecharge Round 2 and then Maree and Lightfoot in Men’s Repecharge Round 2. Schedule: Day 4 – Thursday 10 August (South African time & SA team member’s heat number) 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm: 6 heats Men’s Main Event Round 3 (Sykes H2; McGillivray H6) 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm: 6 heats Women’s Repecharge Round 2 (Zoetmulder H1; Hoffman H4) 7.30 pm – 11.30 pm: 12 heats Men’s Repecharge Round 2 (Maree H4; Lightfoot H9) All the action from the INS ISA World Surfing Games, including news, results, video footage, images and LIVE webcasts, can be found athttp://isaworlds.com/wsg/2016/en/ with results and news on www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za Article via Surfing South Africa
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All Four SA Surfers Advance in the Main Event
The South African surfing team completed a clean sweep of results on Day 2 of the INS ISA World Surfing Games at Jaco Beach in Costa Rica when all four team members in action on Monday finished in the top two in their respective heats and advanced to the next round of the Main Event. Organisers again completed 24 heats, 12 heats of Men’s Main Event Round 2 and 12 of Women’s Main Event Round 1, in slightly smaller waves, extreme tidal variations and conditions that varied from clean and sunny to gusty showers. Shane Sykes (Salt Rock) again led the South African surge, finishing second to Portugal’s Eduardo Fernandes but ahead of competitors from Puerto Rico and Canada in the first heat of the day to progress to the last 24 in Main Event Round 3. Competing in the last heat of the round, Matt McGillivray (Jeffreys Bay) utilised his aerial prowess to grab victory ahead of runner-up Jordy Lawler (AUS) as the pair relegated their opponents from Puerto Rico and Nicaragua to the Repecharge rounds and join Sykes in Round 3. Team captain Faye Zoetmulder (Cape St Francis) fought a gritty battle in the opening heat of the Women’s event, eventually taking second place and a berth in the next round of the Main Event. Zoetmulder ended the heat behind runaway heat winner Lucia Indurain (ARG) and just 0.13 of a point ahead of Christina Vargas (ECU). Tanika Hoffman (Hout Bay) completed South Africa’s Day 2 success story by posting a solid runner-up finish in her opening heat, challenging Ecuadorian star Dominic Barona for the lead and well clear of third placed Josefina Ane (ARG). France’s Pauline Ado was the standout performer of the day with a decisive victory in her Round 1 heat. Ado’s heat total of 17.77 and single wave score of 9.27 were the highest of the day for any man or woman. The host nation’s Carlos Muñoz continued his strong run, delivering the highest wave score (9.17) and heat total (16.50) in the Men’s division Although only two of eight days of competition have been completed, South Africa’s strong Day 2 performance will have raised their confidence in the chase for a team medal. Each of the 26 national teams in Costa Rica already have at least one team member in the grueling Repecharge rounds. Much will depend on the performances of Jordy Maree (Kalk Bay) and Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffreys Bay) as they start their long and arduous campaign through the Repecharge rounds after failing to make the cut in their opening heats on Day 1. The talented pair face what appears on paper to be relatively easy Repecharge heats in Round 1 against rivals from Russia, Switzerland, Guatamala, Nicaragua and Peru today. But with the vagaries of waves, tides and wind to contend with, and the fact that they face elimination from the event if they do not finish in the top two in every heat from here on, they will have to be supremely focused throughout every match-up. Four South Africans will again be in action today at Jaco Beach with Sykes and McGillivray having earned a day off. Surfline, the official forecaster, is predicting that one metre South West swell will continue with some reinforcements on Tuesday, August 8. On Wednesday, August 9, a new South West swell will begin to creep in and fill in fully on Thursday, August 10, providing some testing bigger waves. Schedule: Day 3 – Wednesday 9 August (South African time & SA team members heat number) 3:30 pm: 6 heats Women Main Event Round 2: (Faye Zoetmulder Heat1, Tanika Hoffman H3) 5:30 pm: 12 heats Men Repecharge Round 1: (Jordy Maree H4, Dylan Lightfoot H9) 9:30 pm: 6 heats Women Repecharge Round 1: (N/A) All the action from the INS ISA World Surfing Games, including news, results, video footage, images and LIVE webcasts, can be found athttp://isaworlds.com/wsg/2016/en/ with results and news on www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za Article from Surfing South Africa Sykes & McGillivray advance, Maree & Lightfoot into Repecharge Rounds
The South African challenge for honours at the INS ISA World Surfing Games in Costa Rica got off to a mixed start yesterday when two members of the team advanced directly to the next round of the Main Event and the other two were relegated to the grueling Repecharge rounds. Organisers completed all 24 heats of Men’s Round 1 in rippable one metre waves at Jaco Beach with South Africa getting off to a good start when Shane Sykes (Salt Rock) posted one of the top 10 heat totals of the day’s action – 13.34 out of 20 – to win his opening encounter. Including an excellent 8.27 (the day’s seventh highest score for a single ride) in his tally, Sykes finished just ahead of Francisco Bellorin (VEN) as the pair banished third and fourth placed Jeames Young from perennial contenders Australia and WSG veteran Matt-Lewis Hewitt (NZL) to the Repecharge stream. Jordy Maree (Kalk Bay) was next up but, despite looking in good form, the replacement in the team for an injured Michael February was unable to find the waves that offered high scoring potential and finished fourth in a heat won by 2014 ISA champion Leandro Usuna (ARG). Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffreys Bay) joined Maree in the Repecharge stream when he was narrowly pipped for second place in a closely contested, high scoring heat where all four competitors were separated by less than two points. Fellow Jeffreys Bay resident Matt McGillivray ensured that the team finished the day in good spirits. Using his trademark aerial skills, McGillivray completed a high flying air-reverse that earned an excellent 8.60 from the judges, the third highest score of the day, to grab second place and advance to Round 2 of the Main event. While competitors in the Repecharge stream can still make their way to the final of their division, they need to compete in almost twice as many heats as those in the Main event stream and cannot afford to finish outside of the top two in any subsequent heat. Costa Rica, the defending team champions and event hosts, along with USA and the powerful French team saw all four of their men advance directly into Round 2 of the Main event on Day 1. All of the other 23 teams in the event have at least one team member facing the cutthroat Repecharge rounds. All the action from the INS ISA World Surfing Games, including news, results, video footage, images and LIVE webcasts, can be found athttp://isaworlds.com/wsg/2016/en/ with results and news on http://www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za/ins-isa-world-surfing-games-2016/ The NMBS Executive committee we would like to congratulate the following surfers on being selected to represent NMBS at SA Champs to be held in the Western Cape from the 24th – 27th August.
2016 NMBS Open Team U20 Girls Britney Linder Crystal Hulett U 20 Boys Alex Van Rijswijck Joshe Faulkner Rewaldo Abersalie Stefano Jantjies Open Ladies Faye Zoetmulder Emma Smith Open Men Grant Beck Josh Enslin Daniel Jeggels Cyle Meyers Manager and Coach Etienne Venter Bruce Campbell takes us through the 2nd CYOH Surf OFF Series for 2016: "The day started off with small, but super fun rippable conditions. The call was made to hold off the surf off and we began the first heat shortly after 09h30 with the tide starting to push, it brought in some more swell and some really contestable, high performance waves. Throughout the day, the waves grew and the light onshore winds picked up with the occasional shower of rain just to keep the judges on the edge of their seats. We had a long day of competition surfing through five divisions, namely; Open, Junior, Ballies, Ladies and the development Komodo division for young juniors. The surfing was really good and we had a great day on the beach helping bringing PE’s surfing community together for a fun day at the beach. Everyone who entered were spoilt with Red Bulls all day long and boerie rolls, the finalists were stoked with great prizes from our amazing supporters; Billabong, Dakine, VonZipper, The Boardroom, Kinetic Racing and Red Bull. The guys were also surfing really hard as Red Bull put up a R1000 for the best maneuver throughout the whole comp."
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