The state of Rio de Janeiro will become the world surfing capital from next week, with the Powerade presents Quiksilver Saquarema Pro starting on Tuesday in the "Surf City" in the Lakes Region of Rio de Janeiro.
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In all, 96 surfers from 19 countries will compete in the second phase 10,000 points of World Surf League Qualifying Series in 2015 on the beach of Itaúna, which is known as Maracanã by the power of the waves. The champion will be set until Sunday (August 10) and on Monday already starts the term of the Brazilian leg of the Samsung Galaxy Surf League World Championship Tour, the Hi Rio Pro, which runs until May 22 in the capital of Rio de Janeiro.
The Quiksilver Saquarema Pro will be the first international competition to be held in Brazil after the world title won by Gabriel Medina last year. The limit of 96 participants was quickly exhausted and more than thirty surfers are on the list of "alternates" to replace any absence. Most competitors to the title QS 10,000 Saquarema is Australia with 24 surfers, against 23 in Brazil. These two countries shared the top of the podium in the six year history of the event started in 2009. The São Paulo Dantas Wiggolly equaled this score last year, winning the most important result of their qualification for the elite top-34 World Surf League.
Guigui, is known as the surfer of Ubatuba, just with a number of Australian victories that lasted since 2011. Kai Otton was the one who ended a catarinense hegemony in the waves of Itauna, built by Neco Padaratz and Willian Cardoso, who won the first two editions of event in 2009 and 2010, respectively. After Kai Otton, Matt Wilkinson was the champion the following year and Mitch Coleborn repeated the feat in 2013. The defending champion, Wiggolly Dantas, is one of three members of the "national team" the WCT Quiksilver Pro confirmed in Saquarema presented by Powerade . The others are the potiguares Jadson André and Italo Ferreira.
Almost half of the elite top-34 Samsung Galaxy Surf League World Championship Tour will challenge the powerful lefts from Itaúna Beach, before competing in the Brazilian stage of the CT to be held in the week following the QS 10,000 Saquarema, 11-22 May in Barra da Tijuca Postinho in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. Are sixteen in total, the three Brazilians, the leader of the WSL Qualifying Series ranking, Kolohe Andino, fellow American Brett Simpson, Australian Adrian Buchan, Matt Wilkinson, Adam Melling and Matt Banting, Hawaiian Sebastian Zietz, Fredrick Patacchia , Keanu Asing and Dusty Payne, Frenchman Jeremy Flores, the Irish Glenn Hall and New Zealander Richard Christie.
NINETEEN COUNTRIES - The Quiksilver Saquarema Pro will further promote a major international confrontation between competitors from nineteen countries. The 23 Brazilians will try the fourth yellow-green title Itauna Beach against 73 foreigners, 24 from Australia, eleven of the United States, nine of Hawaii, seven of Portugal, four from France, two from Spain, two from Argentina, two Japan, two from New Zealand, two from Costa Rica, with eight other countries attending a representative each, Uruguay, South Africa, Ireland, Morocco, Tahiti and the Canary Islands, Guadeloupe and Reunion.
The 96 contestants are divided into 24 heats and the top two finishers in each advance to the second round of the competition. On the steps of QS 10,000 as of Saquarema until the last placed in the first phase confrontations receive a minimum of $ 750 and 550 points for participation, which increase every classification. The Quiksilver Saquarema Pro offers the highest award of the WSL Qualifying Series, $ 250,000, with earning $ 40,000 and 10,000 ranking points champion who can be decisive in the race by the ten places for the elite top-34 World Surf League .
Four Brazilians are part of this list after eight stages contested this year, Alejo Muniz second, Pernambuco Ian Gouveia fourth, Pedro Henrique eighth and the São Paulo Deivid Silva in the ninth and second from bottom in the G-10 WSL Qualifying Series. Others who are classified by the access ranking for the WCT are American Kolohe Andino (1) and Evan Geiselman (7), Australian Jack Freestone (3), Stu Kennedy (6 ), Ryan Callinan (10) and Tahitian Mateia Hiquily (5). This ratio could reach Saquarema highly modified because this week is happening the first QS 10,000 the year at Lower Trestles, California, United States.
The POWERADE presents QUIKSILVER PRO SAQUAREMA 2015 is organized by the Brazilian Association of Surfing Professionals (ABRASP), sponsored by the State Government of Rio de Janeiro - Law Sports Incentive, City of Saquarema. Support is the Surfing Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FESERJ) and Association of Surfing Saquarema (ASS). The event will be broadcast live by www.worldsurfleague.com.
QS CHAMPIONS IN SAQUAREMA
2014: Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) in the Quiksilver Saquarema Prime Powerade features
2013: Mitch Coleborn (AUS) in the Coca-Cola presents Quiksilver Saquarema Prime
2012: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) in the Coca-Cola presents Quiksilver Saquarema Prime
2011: Kai Otton (AUS) in the Coca-Cola presents Oakley Saquarema Prime
2010: William Cardoso (BRA) in ASP 6-Star Coca-Cola Saquarema Pro
2009: Neco Padaratz (BRA) in ASP 6-Star Coca-Cola Saquarema Pro
G-10 WORLD OF SURF LEAGUE QUALIFYING SERIES 2015-8 steps
1: Kolohe Andino (USA) - 8260 points
2: Alejo Muniz (BRA) - 7,550
3: Jack Freestone (AUS) - 6050
4: Ian Gouveia (BRA) - 5,030
5: Mateia Hiquily (TAH) - 4920
6: Stu Kennedy (AUS) - 4595
7: Evan Geiselman (USA) - 4265
8: Pedro Henrique (BRA) - 4,160
9: Deivid Silva (BRA) - 3,960
10: Ryan Callinan (AUS) - 3950
Next South Americans up to 100
12: Jesse Mendes (BRA) - 3,650 points
17: Michael Rodrigues (BRA) - 3,380
19: Miguel Tudela (PER) - 3,110
20: Luel Felipe (BRA) - 3,030
31: Thiago Camarao (BRA) - 2,530
33: Hizunomê Bettero (BRA) - 2,490
38: Lucas Silveira (BRA) - 2,245
42: Jean da Silva (BRA) - 2,060
43: Alan Donato (BRA) - 2,040
46: Victor Bernardo (BRA) - 1,955
47: Willian Cardoso (BRA) - 1,950
49: Rafael Teixeira (BRA) - 1,930
53: Caio Ibelli (BRA) - 1,750
60: Usuna Leandro (ARG) - 1,620
67: Robson Santos (BRA) - 1,500
68: Matheus Navarro (BRA) - 1,460
71: Marco Giorgi (URU) - 1,430
72: Alex Ribeiro (BRA) - 1,420
76: David do Carmo (BRA) - 1,400
83: Santiago Muniz (ARG) - 1,265
84: Francisco Bellorin (VEN) - 1,260
89: Thiago Guimaraes (BRA) - 1,200
93: Halley Batista (BRA) - 1,150
97: Tomas Hermes (BRA) - 1,100
