LATIN AMERICAN AND POLYNESIAN SURFERS STAND OUT ON DAY 3 OF QUIKSILVER ISA WORLD JUNIOR SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Surfers from Latin America and Polynesia stood out today at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships at Costa de Caparica, Portugal.
08 MAY 2007 -- Francisco Bellorin (Caracas, Venezuela) was at his giant killing best again this morning – less than a day after upsetting the current European Junior champion, Joan Duru (Capbreton, France). Bellorin, surfing in Round 3 of the Under 18 division, took out touted surfers Charles Martin (France), who posted the highest scores of day 1, and Cory Arrambide (Ventura, USA.)
“I went to the water really focused, listening to some Venezuelan music and watching the waves,” said Bellorin. “I’m happy because I’m surfing against the best in the world and I’m beating them. My intention is to win this contest because this is my last year as a junior.”
Tamaroa McComb is (Tahiti) another young surfer with tremendous confidence who has traveled a long way to get here. He dominated a stacked heat in the Under 16 division against PV Laborde (France), Shaun Joubert (South
África) and Dylan Goodale (Hawaii). McComb’s opponents all have amazing ability but today they were no match for the rampaging Tahitian.
“The waves are tricky so I moved around a lot to find the best ones,” said the soft-spoken McComb in French.
Garret Parkes (Byron Bay, Australia) is another Under 16 surfer to watch.
Like McComb he is featured in the highly anticipated DVD “Young Guns 3”
and he’s definitely taken the experience with him to this event. “I’ve still got the scars on my feet from G-land,” said Parkes.
Parkes had an easy time again in his heat today and gave out shout out to his parents after it was over. “I’m so stoked that me mum and dad are watching me online back home, he said.
On the girls side, one of the few bright spots on a tough day for team USA was the performance of Sage Erickson (Oxnard, USA). In heat dominated by Hawaii’s Monyca Byrne-Wickey, Erickson posted a dramatic come from behind second place finish over Bruna Schmitz (Brazil) in the last seconds of their Round 2 heat.
“I was so far behind that I almost gave up,” said a beaming Erickson.
“Something just told me to turn it around and somehow I got the score. I saw my whole team on the beach and they were clapping. You feel so good when you make a heat here.”
The first round of the Under 16 Boys Repechage ran at the second podium today. 12 year-old Martin Jeri (Lima, Peru) thrilled his supporters by performing aerials and fin free reverses in his heat.
The size of the waves held steady at the 2-3 foot (.5-1 meter) and stayed clean all day. It was a warm, beautiful day in Portugal and the beach was packed with spectators enjoying the surfing, the waves, the skate ramp and an inflatable soccer field.
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About International Surfing Association (ISA):
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980.
ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California.
It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since. The ISA's four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Maile Aguerre (Hawaii) and Mike Gerard (USA).
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Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE:ZQK) is the world's leading outdoor sports lifestyle company, which designs, produces and distributes a diversified mix of branded apparel, wintersports and golf equipment, footwear, accessories and related products. The Company's apparel and footwear brands represent a casual lifestyle for young-minded people that connect with its boardriding culture and heritage, while its wintersports and golf brands symbolize a long standing commitment to technical expertise and competitive success on the mountains and on the links.
The reputation of Quiksilver's brands is based on different outdoor sports. The Company's Quiksilver, Roxy, DC Shoes and Hawk brands are synonymous with the heritage and culture of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding, and its beach and water oriented swimwear brands include Raisins, Radio Fiji and Leilani. The Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange, Look and Kerma brands are leaders in the alpine ski market, and the Company makes snowboarding equipment under its Rossignol, Dynastar, DC Shoes, Roxy, Lib Technologies, Gnu and Bent Metal labels. The Company's golf business includes Cleveland Golf, as well as Never Compromise putters and Fidra apparel. Gotcha is the Company's surf-based European brand addressing street fashion.
The Company's products are sold in over 90 countries in a wide range of distribution, including surf shops, ski shops, skateboard shops, snowboard shops, its proprietary Boardriders Club shops, other specialty stores and select department stores.
The Company's corporate and Americas' headquarters are in Huntington Beach, California, while its European headquarters are in St. Jean de Luz and Moirans, France, and its Asia/Pacific headquarters are in Torquay, Australia.
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