Kiwi’s Complete Long Day of Action
Monday, January 25, 2010
At the halfway mark of the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team have nine of their twelve surfers remaining in the event after a mammoth day of 51 heats in less than favourable conditions at Piha Beach New Zealand today (Sunday 24thJan).
Click for Day 4 Video Highlights from Piha
Piha continued to turn on adverse conditions for the best young surfers in the world with 1.0m – 1.5m waves and westerly winds. The decrease in swell did allow the Under 18 Girls Division to enter the water for the first time at the event. The New Zealand girls recorded some excellent heat wins with two of the four surfers moving through to the last 16 in the qualifying rounds.
New Zealand surfer Sarah Mason showing some form on her forehand in her qualifying round two under 18 girl’s heat at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in New Zealand today. Mason finished in fourth to be relegated to repechage round two. Photo: ISA /Cory Scott
Jayda Martin – Fitzharris (Gis) surfed to an 8.65 point heat total holding off the French surfer in the dying stages of the heat who scored a 4.0 point ride, 0.16 points short of the score required to progress.
“Yeah I am really stoked” said Martin – Fitzharris of her afternoon performance. “I didn’t have a good one this morning but I won the hard heat this afternoon which was great.”
The wait only put a “small amount of pressure” on the young Gisborne surfer but she is clearly more focused on her upcoming match up. “I was pretty nervous this morning but couldn’t wait to start – it has been three days of hanging around supporting the rest of the team. I have a solid heat tomorrow but I can’t wait to get back out there” said Martin - Fitzharris.
Alexis Poulter (Rag) was the other team member to progress clocking up 10.20 points to win her heat.
Both Sarah Mason and Grace Spiers (WGM) found the going tough with the incoming tide and were relegated to the repechage rounds late in the day.
The Under 18 Boys surfed to a mixed bag of results. JC Susan (Mnt) progressed through two heats – his last by a mere 0.05 points.
“Yeah the conditions are real hard, real rippy, a whole lot of close-outs. Everyone is hassling so it comes down to who gets the first waves and holds the lead” said Susan. “I can’t wait to get back on the [Piha] bar at the first podium – it is so much fun out there compared to the second podium.”
Johnny Hicks (Gis) also surfed to second place in a close heat, managing to progress through to Repechage Round 3. Hicks has a tight third round match up against David Brand (ZAF) and Wade Carmichel (AUS) which is likely to take place tomorrow. Hicks is another goofy foot surfer that will relish the move to the main podium on day 5.
Late in the day Tane Wallis surfed through to the third round of the Under 16 Boys Division scoring 13.25 to win his heat. Wallis, who is contesting the repechage rounds, will have a couple of big days ahead if he is to get through to the latter rounds of the event.
Unfortunately the Kiwi’s lost three surfers throughout the day. Blake Myers (WGM) placed third in his heat to Ezekiel Lau (Haw) and Santiago Muniz (ARG). Myers finished the event placed 37th overall.
Elliot Paerata – Reid (Piha) placed fourth in his last heat of the day and was also eliminated from the event. Paerata had a tough time in the poor conditions on the second podium and placed 46th overall. Adam Grimson (Gis) suffered the same fate in the previous round finishing third in his heat and 55th overall.
Day five of the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship will see all nine Kiwis in action. The order of events is as follows:
Podium 1
Under 18 Boys Qualify Round 3 (Alex Dive @ 8.20am)
Under 16 Boys Qualify Round 3 (Ben Poulter @ 10.30am)
Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 3 (JC Susan @ 1.00pm, Johnny Hicks @ 1.40pm)
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 3 (Tane Wallis @ 3.20pm)
Podium 2
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 1 (N/A)
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 2 (Grace Spiers @ 12.30pm, Sarah Mason @ 12.50pm)
Under 18 Girls Qualify Round 3 (Alexis Poulter @ 1.30pm, Jayda Martin Fitzharris @ 1.50pm)
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 3 (tbc)
Surfing will commence at 8.00am on both podiums and run through until 4.00pm in the afternoon.
Make sure you check out the action live on www.isaworldjuniors.com.
Girls Shine On Day Four At Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
It was girl fever at the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Piha today, with the under 18 girl’s wetting their rails on day four in New Zealand.
With easing 3-4ft (1m) beach break conditions, contest organisers opted to run qualifying rounds one and two of the under 18 girls on the main event podium, along with repechage one and two of the under 16 boys and repechage two of the under 18 boys on podium two.
After three days off, the girls shredded the south Piha line-up to shreds, pushing the limit in the race for all-important qualifying round three berths.
Defending U/18 girls ISA World Junior champion Tyler Wright (Lennox Heads, Aus) kicked off her title defence in style, netting both the opening round’s highest individual wave score (8.5) and two-wave combined total (14.00).
The talented natural foot, who is the youngest surfer to ever win an ASP World Tour event, looked composed in the bumpy conditions to easily beat the Portugal pairing of Ana Sarmento and Maria Abecasis.
“I’m very happy with this result,” said Wright. “ There were some fun waves coming through and I’m glad about how I surfed. I had to wait for a good one, but it finally came and I got the score.”
But she wasn’t so dominant in her qualifying round two heat, outscored by USA’s Courntey Conlogue in one of the heats of the day.
Both surfers going head-to-head in the tight exchange, unleashing their full repertoire of manoeuvres to both progress into qualifying round three. Conlogue finishing just ahead of Wright – 12.00 to 11.25.
“Things went well for me today,” said Conlogue. “The waves were fun, probably the best since we got here and I gave my best.”
Conlogue added that defeating Wright was a confidence boost, but wasn’t her main focus.
“Beating Tyler (Wright) is positive, but I compete against myself,” she said. “In the heat I just went for the best waves and tried to do my best.”
Team USA has another successful day with Lakey Peterson and Taylor Pitz joining Conlogue as qualifying round two winners.
Also through to qualifying round three was Australian Phillipa Anderson (Merewether), who bested USA’s Kaleigh Gilchrist in a dominating performance.
Anderson accruing a 14.00 total to Gilchrist’s 7.80. Tahiti’s Popkke Karelle and South Africa’s Tanika Hoffman finished in third and fourth respectively.
But history was made at Piha today. 7-year old Gabriella Aguirre (Ecuador) became the youngest competitor to ever compete at an ISA World Junior Surfing Championship event, lining up against Hawaiian Nage Melamed (Haw) and Tahiti’s Maro Mauraii in round one of the U/18 girls.
Competing against girls over double her age, Aguiree made her country proud by finishing an honourable third.
Hawaiian Alessa Quizon set the standard for qualifying round two, upstaging New Zealand surfer Jayda Fitzharris (Gisborne) to breeze through to qualifying round three.
Despite finishing in second, Fitzharris progressed through to qualifying round three, along with fellow Kiwi surfer Alexis Poulter (Raglan), who took line honours in her round two heat.
New Zealand surfing sensation Sarah Mason failed to progress through her talent-packed, qualifying round two heat, finishing fourth against France’s Canelle Bulard, Hawaii’s Malia Manuel and Australia’s Ellie-Jean Coffey.
Earlier today, Mason was lucky to squeeze through to round two, amassing a 6.00 total to finish in second behind the USA’s Taylor Pittz’s (13.25 total).
Mason, who was born in New Zealand but lives on the Gold Coast, started the 20-minute heat in a shaky fashion. After a few low scores, Mason hit back nailing a 4.65 to eventually hold onto second place.
Mason will now line-up in repechage two when the Under 18 girl’s division recommences.
In the under 18 boy’s repecharge two, Hawaiian Tanner Hendrickson put his fellow competitors on notice, netting the highest individual wave score of the event so far (9.25) to storm into the next repechage round. Other winners in the division included fellow Hawaiian’s Keanu Aising, Ezekiel Lau and Kaimana Jacquias, as well as South African’s Michael February and David Brand, and USA’s Andrew Doheny and Peru’s Christobal De Col.
The under 16 boy’s repechage two was also completed with Portugal’s Vasco Ribeiro and Miquel Blanco taking wins, along with France’s Ugo Robin and Andy Criere. Martin Jeri (Peru), Jarred Veldhuis (South Africa) and Tane Wallis (NZL).
Competition is expected to continue tomorrow with improved conditions forecasted for the prestigious tournament.
Click for Day 4 Video Highlights from Piha
Piha continued to turn on adverse conditions for the best young surfers in the world with 1.0m – 1.5m waves and westerly winds. The decrease in swell did allow the Under 18 Girls Division to enter the water for the first time at the event. The New Zealand girls recorded some excellent heat wins with two of the four surfers moving through to the last 16 in the qualifying rounds.
New Zealand surfer Sarah Mason showing some form on her forehand in her qualifying round two under 18 girl’s heat at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in New Zealand today. Mason finished in fourth to be relegated to repechage round two. Photo: ISA /Cory Scott
Jayda Martin – Fitzharris (Gis) surfed to an 8.65 point heat total holding off the French surfer in the dying stages of the heat who scored a 4.0 point ride, 0.16 points short of the score required to progress.
“Yeah I am really stoked” said Martin – Fitzharris of her afternoon performance. “I didn’t have a good one this morning but I won the hard heat this afternoon which was great.”
The wait only put a “small amount of pressure” on the young Gisborne surfer but she is clearly more focused on her upcoming match up. “I was pretty nervous this morning but couldn’t wait to start – it has been three days of hanging around supporting the rest of the team. I have a solid heat tomorrow but I can’t wait to get back out there” said Martin - Fitzharris.
Alexis Poulter (Rag) was the other team member to progress clocking up 10.20 points to win her heat.
Both Sarah Mason and Grace Spiers (WGM) found the going tough with the incoming tide and were relegated to the repechage rounds late in the day.
The Under 18 Boys surfed to a mixed bag of results. JC Susan (Mnt) progressed through two heats – his last by a mere 0.05 points.
“Yeah the conditions are real hard, real rippy, a whole lot of close-outs. Everyone is hassling so it comes down to who gets the first waves and holds the lead” said Susan. “I can’t wait to get back on the [Piha] bar at the first podium – it is so much fun out there compared to the second podium.”
Johnny Hicks (Gis) also surfed to second place in a close heat, managing to progress through to Repechage Round 3. Hicks has a tight third round match up against David Brand (ZAF) and Wade Carmichel (AUS) which is likely to take place tomorrow. Hicks is another goofy foot surfer that will relish the move to the main podium on day 5.
Late in the day Tane Wallis surfed through to the third round of the Under 16 Boys Division scoring 13.25 to win his heat. Wallis, who is contesting the repechage rounds, will have a couple of big days ahead if he is to get through to the latter rounds of the event.
Unfortunately the Kiwi’s lost three surfers throughout the day. Blake Myers (WGM) placed third in his heat to Ezekiel Lau (Haw) and Santiago Muniz (ARG). Myers finished the event placed 37th overall.
Elliot Paerata – Reid (Piha) placed fourth in his last heat of the day and was also eliminated from the event. Paerata had a tough time in the poor conditions on the second podium and placed 46th overall. Adam Grimson (Gis) suffered the same fate in the previous round finishing third in his heat and 55th overall.
Day five of the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship will see all nine Kiwis in action. The order of events is as follows:
Podium 1
Under 18 Boys Qualify Round 3 (Alex Dive @ 8.20am)
Under 16 Boys Qualify Round 3 (Ben Poulter @ 10.30am)
Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 3 (JC Susan @ 1.00pm, Johnny Hicks @ 1.40pm)
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 3 (Tane Wallis @ 3.20pm)
Podium 2
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 1 (N/A)
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 2 (Grace Spiers @ 12.30pm, Sarah Mason @ 12.50pm)
Under 18 Girls Qualify Round 3 (Alexis Poulter @ 1.30pm, Jayda Martin Fitzharris @ 1.50pm)
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 3 (tbc)
Surfing will commence at 8.00am on both podiums and run through until 4.00pm in the afternoon.
Make sure you check out the action live on www.isaworldjuniors.com.
Girls Shine On Day Four At Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
It was girl fever at the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Piha today, with the under 18 girl’s wetting their rails on day four in New Zealand.
With easing 3-4ft (1m) beach break conditions, contest organisers opted to run qualifying rounds one and two of the under 18 girls on the main event podium, along with repechage one and two of the under 16 boys and repechage two of the under 18 boys on podium two.
After three days off, the girls shredded the south Piha line-up to shreds, pushing the limit in the race for all-important qualifying round three berths.
Defending U/18 girls ISA World Junior champion Tyler Wright (Lennox Heads, Aus) kicked off her title defence in style, netting both the opening round’s highest individual wave score (8.5) and two-wave combined total (14.00).
The talented natural foot, who is the youngest surfer to ever win an ASP World Tour event, looked composed in the bumpy conditions to easily beat the Portugal pairing of Ana Sarmento and Maria Abecasis.
“I’m very happy with this result,” said Wright. “ There were some fun waves coming through and I’m glad about how I surfed. I had to wait for a good one, but it finally came and I got the score.”
But she wasn’t so dominant in her qualifying round two heat, outscored by USA’s Courntey Conlogue in one of the heats of the day.
Both surfers going head-to-head in the tight exchange, unleashing their full repertoire of manoeuvres to both progress into qualifying round three. Conlogue finishing just ahead of Wright – 12.00 to 11.25.
“Things went well for me today,” said Conlogue. “The waves were fun, probably the best since we got here and I gave my best.”
Conlogue added that defeating Wright was a confidence boost, but wasn’t her main focus.
“Beating Tyler (Wright) is positive, but I compete against myself,” she said. “In the heat I just went for the best waves and tried to do my best.”
Team USA has another successful day with Lakey Peterson and Taylor Pitz joining Conlogue as qualifying round two winners.
Also through to qualifying round three was Australian Phillipa Anderson (Merewether), who bested USA’s Kaleigh Gilchrist in a dominating performance.
Anderson accruing a 14.00 total to Gilchrist’s 7.80. Tahiti’s Popkke Karelle and South Africa’s Tanika Hoffman finished in third and fourth respectively.
But history was made at Piha today. 7-year old Gabriella Aguirre (Ecuador) became the youngest competitor to ever compete at an ISA World Junior Surfing Championship event, lining up against Hawaiian Nage Melamed (Haw) and Tahiti’s Maro Mauraii in round one of the U/18 girls.
Competing against girls over double her age, Aguiree made her country proud by finishing an honourable third.
Hawaiian Alessa Quizon set the standard for qualifying round two, upstaging New Zealand surfer Jayda Fitzharris (Gisborne) to breeze through to qualifying round three.
Despite finishing in second, Fitzharris progressed through to qualifying round three, along with fellow Kiwi surfer Alexis Poulter (Raglan), who took line honours in her round two heat.
New Zealand surfing sensation Sarah Mason failed to progress through her talent-packed, qualifying round two heat, finishing fourth against France’s Canelle Bulard, Hawaii’s Malia Manuel and Australia’s Ellie-Jean Coffey.
Earlier today, Mason was lucky to squeeze through to round two, amassing a 6.00 total to finish in second behind the USA’s Taylor Pittz’s (13.25 total).
Mason, who was born in New Zealand but lives on the Gold Coast, started the 20-minute heat in a shaky fashion. After a few low scores, Mason hit back nailing a 4.65 to eventually hold onto second place.
Mason will now line-up in repechage two when the Under 18 girl’s division recommences.
In the under 18 boy’s repecharge two, Hawaiian Tanner Hendrickson put his fellow competitors on notice, netting the highest individual wave score of the event so far (9.25) to storm into the next repechage round. Other winners in the division included fellow Hawaiian’s Keanu Aising, Ezekiel Lau and Kaimana Jacquias, as well as South African’s Michael February and David Brand, and USA’s Andrew Doheny and Peru’s Christobal De Col.
The under 16 boy’s repechage two was also completed with Portugal’s Vasco Ribeiro and Miquel Blanco taking wins, along with France’s Ugo Robin and Andy Criere. Martin Jeri (Peru), Jarred Veldhuis (South Africa) and Tane Wallis (NZL).
Competition is expected to continue tomorrow with improved conditions forecasted for the prestigious tournament.
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