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Podio Oakley Lower Pro 2015 Foto Sean Rowland / WSL[/caption]The São Paulo Filipe Toledo used the air to settle their opponents in waves of Lower Trestles and celebrate the third consecutive title in Brazil Qualifying Series steps in San Clemente, California, United States. The event was two years without being held back and now promoting the first QS 10000 World Surf League with Philip earning the top prize of $ 40,000 by defeating Frenchman Jeremy Flores in the decisive battery Saturday by 16.30 to 13.70 points . The second stage of 10,000 points for the WSL Qualifying Series ranking is in Brazil, the Quiksilver Saquarema Pro presented by Powerade, which begins Tuesday in powerful waves of Itauna Beach in the Region Surf City Lakes of Rio de Janeiro .
"I was definitely very excited this week to be able to stay with my friends and my family here in San Clemente," said Filipe Toledo. "I feel a very good energy when I'm with them and I think that made me more relaxed and peaceful to compete having fun, just trying to do my best in the waves. I felt very comfortable, confident to make maneuvers and my boards They were also amazing. It was all wonderful. "
This was the second victory of Philip Toledo in the four events he played this year. The first was the opening round of the Samsung Galaxy Surf League World Championship Tour in Gold Coast, Australia, when he led the world rankings for the first time. And with 10,000 points received by the title in San Clemente, he went straight to the second position in the ranking of WSL Qualifying Series, which is now led by Alejo Muniz. The Santa Catarina took the lead with 3,700 points he scored at ninth place with the loss to Hawaiian Dusty Payne in the second round. Philip currently lives in San Clemente and Brazil already was a championship in recent QS steps played at Trestles, with Miguel Pupo in 2011 and Gabriel Medina in 2012.
The waves of 2-4 feet that rolled this week at Lower Trestles, Philip used his vast repertoire of acrobatic air to win all batteries Oakley Pro Trestles he played. In deciding Saturday began the day dispatching Charles Martin, Guadalupe Island, in the quarterfinals. Once passed by Hawaiian Dusty Payne and the final won the two highest grades of battery against Frenchman Jeremy Flores, 8.30 and 7.83. He now returns to focus only on the Hi Pro Rio, the Brazilian stage of the World Surf League which starts on May 11 and runs until 22 in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Philip is already slated to debut in the tenth battery with fellow Brazilian Miguel Pupo and Australian Matt Banting.
"The world title is definitely what's on my mind this year and I can not wait to get the yellow jersey (leader of the ranking) back," said Filipe Toledo. "The championship in Brazil will certainly be amazing, with the general public to support us, especially after the world title Gabriel (Medina) last year. It'll be crazy and I can not wait to just get the event because it is very good compete in Brazil, next to our fans to ".
Philip chose not to participate in the Quiksilver Saquarema Pro presented by Powerade to stay focused only on Hi Pro Rio. Instead, the runner-up Oakley Lowers Pro, Jeremy Flores, and also a member of the elite top-34 World Surf League, Dusty Payne, who shared third place in California with Australian Wade Carmichael, will compete in the waves of Itauna Beach before the Brazilian stage of the CT in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. In fact, almost half of the current group contest the world title this year will participate in the QS 10,000 Saquarema, sixteen in total.
SIX CHANGES IN THE G-10 - The 10,000 points put into play in these steps with maximum status of WSL Qualifying Series are crucial in the fight by the ten seats to the select group of the 34 best surfers in the world. In California, the result of Oakley Lowers Pro modified ranking well with six changes in the names G-10. The only ones who remained on the list were Alejo Muniz, who will defend the lead in the ranking Quiksilver Saquarema Pro, the Australian Jack Freestone, who kept the third position, the American Kolohe Andino, who fell from first to fourth place and the Australian Stu Kennedy, who remained sixth.
The Filipe Toledo and Jeremy Flores finalists are the first new, but they are already among the top CT-22 are kept in the elite for the year and do not require classification by QS. Those who are now reflected in the G-10 were the American Michael Dunphy seventh in the ranking, the Australian Wade Carmichael eighth, the ninth Ceará Michael Rodrigues, the Hawaiian Dusty Payne in tenth, Charles Martin Guadeloupe Island 11 French Joan Duru .oeo in 12. They took three Brazilian classification zone, the Pernambuco Ian Gouveia, the São Paulo Deivid Silva and Pedro Henrique, plus Australian Ryan Callinan, the Tahitian Mateia Hiquily and the American Evan Geiselman.
Michael Rodrigues was the only Brazilian to enter the G-10 in the United States, not to mention the new deputy leader, Filipe Toledo. The surveyor also specializes in air and waves of Lower Trestles were forming good ramps to fly all week. He also competed in Saturday's decisive Lowers Pro and Oakley narrowly lost to runner-up Jeremy Flores in the second round that opened the last day in California. The match finished in 16.77 to 16.50 points with Michael Rodrigues sharing ninth place with two other Brazilians, São Paulo Miguel Pupo barred by American Tanner Gudauskas and the new leader Alejo Muniz by Hawaiian Dusty Payne.
WORLD CAPITAL OF SURF - Now Brazil becomes the world capital of surfing with the two most important events of the World Surf League schedule being carried out in the coming weeks in Rio de Janeiro. The first is the QS 10000 Quiksilver Saquarema Pro presented by Powerade, which begins on Tuesday and runs through Sunday at Maracana Surf, as is known to Itauna Beach by the power of the waves. Then the Hi Rio Pro with the world's best surfers competing for the fourth challenge of the Samsung Galaxy Surf League World Championship Tour between 11 and 22 May in the Barra da Tijuca. The main stage is in Postinho waves and an alternative structure will be installed in the Middle of the bar, next to Posto 6, to be used if the waves are best.
ABOUT WORLD SURF LEAGUE - the World Surf League (WSL) organizes annual competitions of professional surfing and live broadcasts of each stage by worldsurfleague.com, with all the drama and adventure of competitive surfing anywhere and time to happen . The WSL sanctions are for the circuits: World Surf League Championship Tour (CT), which defines the world champions of the season, Qualifying Series (QS), Big Wave Tour, Longboard and Junior Pro. The organization of the WSL is based in Santa Monica, California, with offices in New York, as well as seven regional offices support the organization of events, in North America, Hawaii, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia.
G-10 DO WORLD SURF LEAGUE QUALIFYING SERIES 2015 - 9 etapas:
1.o: Alejo Muniz (BRA) - 11.250 pontos
2.o: Filipe Toledo (BRA) - 10.000
3.o: Jack Freestone (AUS) - 9.750
4.o: Kolohe Andino (EUA) - 9.360
5.o: Jeremy Flores (FRA) - 8.400
6.o: Stu Kennedy (AUS) - 8.295
7.o: Michael Dunphy (EUA) - 7.750
8.o: Wade Carmichael (AUS) - 7.705
9.o: Michael Rodrigues (BRA) - 7.080
10.o: Dusty Payne (HAV) - 7.055
11.o: Charles Martin (GLP) - 6.360
12.o: Joan Duru (FRA) - 6.180
----------próximos sul-americanos até 100:
17: Ian Gouveia (BRA) - 5.030 pontos
22: Jessé Mendes (BRA) - 4.750
25: Deivid Silva (BRA) - 4.560
27: Pedro Henrique (BRA) - 4.355
29: Miguel Pupo (BRA) - 4.100
34: Thiago Camarão (BRA) - 3.630
42: Lucas Silveira (BRA) - 3.125
43: Miguel Tudela (PER) - 3.110
44: Hizunomê Bettero (BRA) - 3.090
45: Willian Cardoso (BRA) - 3.050
46: Luel Felipe (BRA) - 3.030
52: Jean da Silva (BRA) - 2.610
56: Alex Ribeiro (BRA) - 2.420
57: David do Carmo (BRA) - 2.400
59: Caio Ibelli (BRA) - 2.300
71: Alan Donato (BRA) - 2.040
72: Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) - 2.000
74: Victor Bernardo (BRA) - 1.955
76: Rafael Teixeira (BRA) - 1.930
79: Heitor Alves (BRA) - 1.870
81: Santiago Muniz (ARG) - 1.815
82: Krystian Kymerson (BRA) - 1.800
85: Tomas Hermes (BRA) - 1.700
88: Leandro Usuna (ARG) - 1.620
96: Robson Santos (BRA) - 1.500
98: Matheus Navarro (BRA) - 1.460
101: Marco Giorgi (URU) - 1.430
FINAL DO QS 10000 OAKLEY LOWERS PRO:
Campeão: Filipe Toledo (BRA) por 16,13 pontos (notas 8,30+7,83) - US$ 40.000 e 10.000 pontos
Vice-campeão: Jeremy Flores (FRA) com 13,70 pontos (7,20+6,50) - US$ 20.000 e 8.000 pontos
SEMIFINAIS - 3.o lugar com 6.500 pontos e US$ 11.000 de prêmio:
1.a: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 17.24 x 13.27 Dusty Payne (HAV)
2.a: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.77 x 11.30 Wade Carmichael (AUS)
QUARTAS DE FINAL - 5.o lugar com 5.200 pontos e US$ 7.000:
1.a: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 15.00 x 13.30 Charles Martin (GLP)
2.a: Dusty Payne (HAV) 17.67 x 9.66 Yadin Nicol (AUS)
3.a: Wade Carmichael (AUS) 15.73 x 14.50 Tanner Gudauskas (EUA)
4.a: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 16.37 x 14.23 Michael Dunphy (EUA)
OITAVAS DE FINAL - 9.o lugar com 3.700 pontos e US$ 4.300:
1.a: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 16.94 x 14.90 Conner Coffin (EUA)
2.a: Charles Martin (GLP) 16.63 x 11.73 Stu Kennedy (AUS)
3.a: Dusty Payne (HAV) 17.14 x 16.90 Alejo Muniz (BRA)
4.a: Yadin Nicol (AUS) 13.16 x 7.47 Joan Duru (FRA)
5.a: Wade Carmichael (AUS) 14.67 x 13.34 Jack Freestone (AUS)
6.a: Tanner Gudauskas (EUA) 14.77 x 11.83 Miguel Pupo (BRA)
7.a: Michael Dunphy (EUA) 12.33 x 12.03 Adam Melling (AUS)
8.a: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 16.77 x 16.50 Michael Rodrigues (BRA)
BATERIAS DOS SUL-AMERICANOS NAS PRIMEIRAS FASES DO QS 10000 OAKLEY LOWERS PRO:
TERCEIRA FASE - 1.o e 2.o=Oitavas de Final / 3.o=17.o lugar com US$ 2.700 e 2.200 pontos:
1.a: 1-Filipe Toledo (BRA)=16.13, 2-Charles Martin (GLP)=13.60, 3-Tanner Hendrickson (HAV)=11.23
3.a: 1-Alejo Muniz (BRA)=17.26, 2-Joan Duru (FRA)=14.16, 3-Ezekiel Lau (HAV)=13.43
5.a: 1-Jack Freestone (AUS)=17.54, 2-Miguel Pupo (BRA)=15.47, 3-Patrick Gudauskas (EUA)=13.50
7.a: 1-Adam Melling (AUS)=15.00, 2-Jeremy Flores=13.24, 3-Kelly Slater (EUA)=12.97
8.a: 1-Michael Rodrigues (BRA)=14.24, 2-Michael Dunphy (EUA)=11.00, 3-Ryan Callinan (AUS)=9.00
SEGUNDA FASE - Round of 48 - 3.o=25.o lugar (US$ 1.900 e 1.100 pts) / 4.o=37.o lugar (US$ 1.600 e 1.000 pts):
---------------realizada até a 10.a bateria na quinta-feira:
1.a: 1-Filipe Toledo (BRA), 2-Stu Kennedy (AUS), 3-Jadson André (BRA), 4-Lucas Silveira (BRA)
3.a: 1-Conner Coffin (EUA), 2-Tanner Hendrickson (HAV), 3-Heitor Alves (BRA), 4-Krystian Kymerson (BRA)
5.a: 1-Ezekiel Lau (HAV), 2-Yadin Nicol (AUS), 3-Jessé Mendes (BRA), 4-Granger Larsen (HAV)
6.a: 1-Davey Cathels (AUS), 2-Alejo Muniz (BRA), 3-Fredrick Patacchia (HAV), 4-Vasco Ribeiro (PRT)
7.a: 1-Jack Freestone (AUS), 2-Nathan Hedge (AUS), 3-Thiago Camarão (BRA), 4-Tim Reyes (EUA)
8.a: 1-Tanner Gudauskas (EUA), 2-Patrick Gudauskas (EUA), 3-Adrian Buchan (AUS), 4-Wiggolly Dantas (BRA)
9.a: 1-Wade Carmichael (AUS), 2-Miguel Pupo (BRA), 3-Kolohe Andino (EUA), 4-David do Carmo (BRA)
10.a: 1-Adam Melling (AUS), 2-Michael Rodrigues (BRA), 3-Marc Lacomare (FRA), 4-Frederico Morais (PRT)
---------------baterias que abriram a sexta-feira:
11.a: 1-Kelly Slater (EUA), 2-Michael Dunphy (EUA), 3-Willian Cardoso (BRA), 4-Alex Ribeiro (BRA)
PRIMEIRA FASE - Round of 96 - 3.o=49.o lugar (US$ 1.000 e 600 pts) / 4.o=73.o lugar (US$ 750 e 550 pts):
---------------realizada até a 17.a bateria na quarta-feira:
1.a: 1-Filipe Toledo (BRA), 2-Tiago Pires (PRT), 3-Dion Atkinson (AUS), 4-Soli Bailey (AUS)
3.a: 1-Charles Martin (GLP), 2-Lucas Silveira (BRA), 3-Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 4-Luke Davis (EUA)
4.a: 1-Brent Dorrington (AUS), 2-Jadson André (BRA), 3-Deivid Silva (BRA), 4-Cahill Bell-Warren (AUS)
5.a: 1-Heitor Alves (BRA), 2-Marlon Lipke (PRT), 3-Sebastian Zietz (HAV), 4-Beyrick De Vries (AFR)
7.a: 1-Dusty Payne (HAV), 2-Krystian Kymerson (BRA), 3-Tomas Hermes (BRA), 4-Chris Ward (EUA)
9.a: 1-Yadin Nicol (AUS), 2-Davey Cathels (AUS), 3-Bino Lopes (BRA), 4-Glenn Hall (IRL)
11: 1-Alejo Muniz (BRA), 2-Jessé Mendes (BRA), 3-Tom Whitaker (AUS), 4-Ian Walsh (HAV)
12: 1-Vasco Ribeiro (PRT), 2-Ezekiel Lau (HAV), 3-Hizunomê Bettero (BRA), 4-Caio Ibelli (BRA)
13: 1-Thiago Camarão (BRA), 2-Patrick Gudauskas (EUA), 3-Thomas Woods (AUS), 4-Torrey Meister (HAV)
15: 1-Wiggolly Dantas (BRA), 2-Nathan Hedge (AUS), 3-Noe Mar McGonagle (CRI), 4-José Ferreira (PRT)
16: 1-Adrian Buchan (AUS), 2-Tim Reyes (EUA), 3-Nathan Yeomans (EUA), 4-Santiago Muniz (ARG)
17: 1-Kolohe Andino (EUA), 2-Michael Rodrigues (BRA), 3-Mason Ho (HAV), 4-Takumi Yasui (JPN)
---------------baterias que abriram a quinta-feira:
18: 1-David do Carmo (BRA), 2-Adam Melling (AUS), 3-Carlos Munoz (CRI), 4-Marco Fernandez (BRA)
20: 1-Frederico Morais (PRT), 2-Miguel Pupo (BRA), 3-Connor O´Leary (AUS), 4-Sunny Garcia (HAV)
21: 1-Alex Ribeiro (BRA), 2-Jeremy Flores (FRA), 3-Kanoa Igarashi (EUA), 4-Ian Gouveia (BRA)
22: 1-Willian Cardoso (BRA), 2-Perth Standlick (AUS), 3-Italo Ferreira (BRA), 4-Gony Zubizareta (ESP)
23: 1-Ricardo Christie (NZL), 2-Michael Dunphy (EUA), 3-Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR), 4-Jean da Silva (BRA)