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FIERCE HEATS UNFOLD ON FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

10/12/2015
 
 
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December 9, 2015
FIERCE HEATS UNFOLD ON FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP
France's Pierre Louis Costes finds a critical section to perform a backflip at la Punta 1. Photo: ISA/Sean Evans

 

Open Men, Junior Boys, Junior Girls and ISA Aloha Cup Run in the Powerful Waves of la Punta 1
 
 
Iquique, Chile, December 9, 2015 - The world's best bodyboarders took to the water on Day 2 of the 2015 Iquique Para Todos ISA World Bodyboard Championship, marking the first day of competition after a lay day on Tuesday. Day Two featured improved conditions with increasing pulses from an incoming swell, but a morning high tide and lulls between sets made for fierce, hard-fought heats as the athletes battled for position to find the waves with the highest scoring potential.
 
On Wednesday, heats in the Open Men, Junior Boys, Junior Girls and the ISA Aloha Cup Semifinals ran in the powerful waves of la Punta 1. The international contingent of competitors, reigning from 14 countries, showed the crowd that formed at Playa Cavancha the world-class talent that they possess.
 
The morning kicked off with the Junior U-18 Girls, who faced some of the toughest conditions due to the morning high tide. Japan's Shiori Okazawa was able to find the best waves and connect multiple maneuvers before the waves washed over the exposed reef, notching the highest women's heat total with 14.20 and highest women's scoring wave of 7.27.
 
Following the Junior U-18 Girls, the men took to the water starting with Round 1 of the Junior Boys U-18 Main Event. The first men's heat exemplified the level of competition present at this world championship, as Brazil's Socrates Santana scored a heat total of 14.20 narrowly edging out France's Mil Delage's score of 13.27 for first in the heat. In the following heat the defending ISA Junior Bodyboard Champion, Iquique's Yoshua Toledo, reminded the competition that he intends to repeat his title by finishing on top of his heat with a two wave total of 10.20 over Yazdanny Castro's (CRI) 9.16 and Luis Zambrano's (VEN) 4.40. 
 

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