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TEAM BRAZIL WINS THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

TEAM BRAZIL WINS THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

14/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15605868
 
 
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December 13, 2015
TEAM BRAZIL WINS THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Brazil celebrates after winning their third ISA World Bodyboard Championship Team Gold Medal in the contest's history. Photo: ISA/Pablo Jimenez

 

Individual Gold Medalists: Japan's Shiori Okazawa (Girls U-18), Venezuela's Luis Rodriguez (Dropknee), Chile's Yoshua Toledo (Boys U-18), France's Anne Cécile Lacoste (Open Women) and Brazil's Eder Luciano (Open Men)
 
 
Iquique, Chile, December 13, 2015 - After five days of intense competition at la Punta Uno, Team Brazil claimed the Team Gold Medal at the 2015 Iquique Para Todos ISA World Bodyboard Championship. Trailing Team Chile heading into the Final Day, Brazil was able to seize first place behind a strong team performance headed by Eder Luciano's Gold Medal.
 
Japan's Shiori Okazawa (Girls U-18), Venezuela's Luiz Rodriguez (Dropknee), Chile's Yoshua Toledo (Boys U-18), France's Anne Cécile Lacoste (Open Women) and Brazil's Eder Luciano (Open Men) prevailed with the individual Gold Medals after a string of nail-biting Finals. ISA World Championship experience proved to give some competitors an edge in the Finals, as four of the five champions were past ISA Gold Medalists.
 
ISA President Fernando Aguerre addressed the crowd at the Closing Ceremony following the competition:
 
"I want to send my warmest congratulations to the dear city of Iquique, Mayor Jorge Soria, Iquique's City Council and all the participants for the excellent competition this week with amazing waves. The ISA World Bodyboard Championship will say farewell to Iquique after two incredible years, but the ISA will return to Iquique, as the city leaders and the ISA have agreed on the hosting of the 2016 ISA World Master Surfing Championship. Not only did we make history here in Chile, but we made friendships, progressed the sport of Bodyboard and united the international Bodyboard community. Muchas gracias Iquique."
 
Sunday morning's action kicked off with clean, sunny conditions at Punta Uno as the Repechage Finals in each division decided who would move onto the Grand Final. In the Boys U-18 Repechage Final, France's Milo Delage scored the first 10-point wave of the day, getting spit out of one of the most solid barrels of the morning and earning a spot in the Grand Final.
 
DETERMINED TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE, TEAM CHILE OVERTAKES THE LEAD AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

DETERMINED TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE, TEAM CHILE OVERTAKES THE LEAD AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

13/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15590023
 
 
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December 12, 2015
DETERMINED TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE, TEAM CHILE OVERTAKES THE LEAD AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP
Portugal's Miguel Adâo finds a beautiful left in the ISA Aloha Cup Final at la Punta Uno. Photo: ISA/Pablo Jimenez

 

France Emerges Victorious in the ISA Aloha Cup, World Champions to be Crowned on Sunday
 
Iquique, Chile, December 12, 2015 - Team Chile jumped into the lead of the team point ranking on the fourth day of competition at the 2015 Iquique Para Todos ISA World Bodyboard Championship, determined to defend their 2014 title. Chile's potential point total of 6,310, put them out in front of second place Brazil, with 6,273 potential points, and third place France, with 5,913.
 
In the final heat of the day, Team France claimed the first Gold Medal of the competition in a tightly contested ISA Aloha Cup Final. The stage has been set for an epic day of Finals, as individual and team ISA World Champions will be crowned on Sunday.
 
Saturday morning got off to an electric start when the Under 18 Boys took to the water in the first Main Event heats of the Day. The defending Gold Medalist, Iquique's own Yoshua Toledo, continued to apply his local knowledge of la Punta Uno and lead the charge for Team Chile. Toledo combined two high scores of 7.33 and 8.67 to advance to the Grand Final along with Portugal's Stephanos Kokorelis. Toledo is one of three Chileans who have earned spots in their respective Grand Finals, with three other teammates battling through the Repechage Round. 
The competition proceeded with intense heats in the Open Men and Open Women Repechage Rounds. Portugal's Joanna Schenker earned the first female perfect score in the competition, sticking a go-for-broke aerial maneuver in the dying moments of the heat that propelled her into the lead. Schenker's last minute performance ended the run of the defending Women's U-18 Gold Medallist, Peru's Carolina Botteri, in her first year competing in the Open Women's Division. 
 
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INTENSE DAY OF CRITICAL HEATS BRINGS THE COMPETITION ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE FINALS

INTENSE DAY OF CRITICAL HEATS BRINGS THE COMPETITION ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE FINALS

12/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15576425
 
 
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December 11, 2015
INTENSE DAY OF CRITICAL HEATS BRINGS THE COMPETITION ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE FINALS AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP
Brazil's Helliton Loureiro drives through a Punta Uno barrel on day 3 of competition. Photo: ISA/Pablo Jimenez

 

Strong Team Performance Boosts Peru into the Lead of the Team Points Ranking, Host Chile Nipping at Their Heels
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Iquique, Chile, December 11, 2015 - An intense day of critical heats transpired on the third day of action at the 2015 Iquique Para Todos ISA World Bodyboard Championship, bringing the competition one step closer to the Finals set for Sunday.
 
Team Peru put on a strong overall performance that boosted them into the overall lead in the Team Points Ranking with 6,335 potential points. Six of their seven athletes remain alive in the competition, including two, Miguel Rodriguez (Open Men) and Cesar Bauer (Dropknee) that have solidified their spots in the Grand Final of their respective divisions. Team Chile is nipping on the heels of Peru, in a very close second place with 6,310 potential points.
 
 
On the men's side of the action, heats in the Open, Junior and Dropknee Divisions ran at la Punta 1, with finalists being decided in Open and Dropknee. Peru's Miguel Rodriguez came out victorious of a tight Open Men Main Event Final with a heat total of 16.87, barely edging out the 16.57 heat total of the home team hero, Chile's Alan Muñoz. France's Amaury Lavernhe and Chile's Matias Diaz were relegated to the Repechage Round where they will try to scratch back into contention for a Gold Medal in the Grand Final.
 
Miguel Rodriguez ecstatically spoke about his performance that earned him a spot in the Grand Final.
 
"I am extremely happy. I was lucky enough to find some really good waves and make it to the Final. Competing against my idols, Amaury Lavernhe and Alan Muñoz, was incredible for me."
 
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SOLID SWELL AND HIGH SCORES DEFINE DAY 2 OF COMPETITION AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

SOLID SWELL AND HIGH SCORES DEFINE DAY 2 OF COMPETITION AT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

11/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15558884

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

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

10/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15524665
 
 
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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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2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIALLY DECLARED OPEN

2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIALLY DECLARED OPEN

08/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15459893
 
 
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December 7, 2015
2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIALLY DECLARED OPEN
The Mayor of Iquique, Jorge Soria (center), celebrates the sands of the world poured during the Opening Ceremony with representatives from every nation on stage. Photo: ISA/Pablo Jimenez

 

  
  
  
  
  
  
Athletes from 14 Nations Gather to Celebrate the Inauguration of Competition in Iquique's Historic Plaza Arturo Prat
 
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Iquique, Chile, December 7, 2015 - The 2015 Iquique Para Todos ISA World Bodyboard Championship was officially declared open in Iquique, Chile, marking the start of a week of intense competition to come.
 
In attendance were 69 athletes from 14 National Teams that travelled from around the world to compete for Gold Medals in the name of their nations. Dignitaries present at the ceremony included Jorge Soria, the Mayor of Iquique, Paula Muñoz, President of the Chilean Surfing Federation and the Iquique City Council, who welcomed the National Delegations to the opening of the competition. 
 
The ceremony began with the Parade of Nations, as each National Team marched down the colonial, picturesque streets of Iquique waving their flags and performing national chants in unison. The parade continued to Plaza Arturo Prat in downtown Iquique where the Chilean Anthem opened the festivities.
 
As all of the nations were seated in the plaza, the procession proceeded with the Sands of the World Ceremony. Two members from each team took to the main stage pouring sand from their local beach into a glass container while waving their national flag. This ceremony symbolizes the peaceful gathering nations of the world through Bodyboarding.
 
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POWERFUL TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

POWERFUL TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

07/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15414375

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2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE STREAMED LIVE!

2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE STREAMED LIVE!

04/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15322570

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10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP

04/12/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 15322422

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BODYBOARD TEAMS FROM EVERY CONTINENT TO CONVERGE IN CHILE

BODYBOARD TEAMS FROM EVERY CONTINENT TO CONVERGE IN CHILE

24/11/2015, Iquique (Chile), Surfing, ISA World Bodyboard Championships, Article # 14991331
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November 23, 2015
NATIONAL BODYBOARD TEAMS FROM EVERY CONTINENT TO CONVERGE IN CHILE FOR THE 2015 IQUIQUE PARA TODOS ISA WORLD 
BODYBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP
                             
The official event poster of the 2015 Iquique Para Todos ISA World Bodyboard Championship.

 

Athletes from More Than a Dozen Countries to Compete for Gold Medals December 6-13
 
La Jolla, California, November 23, 2015 - The 2015 Iquique Para Todos ISA World Bodyboard Championship is just two weeks away, as National Teams from every continent are set to converge in the ocean of Chile's wave-rich north coast.
 
From December 6 to 13, athletes from more than a dozen countries will compete for the Gold Medals and showcase their world-class skill sets at the hollow reef break of la Punta 1 in Iquique, Chile. 
 
Iquique will host the 2015 ISA World Bodyboard Championship for the second consecutive year, after the 2014 edition marked the first time an ISA World Championship took place in the country. The Chileans took advantage of the first chance to defend their home break and put on a historic performance, winning the ISA World Team Champion Trophy.
 
The world-class waves of la Punta 1 are attracting the world's best bodyboarders to the ISA World Championship, including many past ISA Gold Medalists. France's Amaury Lavernhe (Dropknee, 2014), Japan's Shiori Okazawa (Girls U-18, 2012), Brazil's Neymara Carvaljo (Open Women, 2013), Peru's Carolina Botteri (Girls U-18, 2014), Brazil's Eder Luciano (Open Men, 2012, 2013) and France's Pierre Louis Costes (Open Men, 2012) are among the ISA Gold Medalists who have confirmed their attendance and will look to return to the top of the podium this year in Chile.
 
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