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| Campeões Foto: Daniel Smorigo / WSL |
The São Paulo Filipe Toledo, 20, led the huge crowd that packed the beach on Sunday into a frenzy with his sensational air in Postinho waves to consolidate the great moment of Brazilian on Samsung Galaxy World Surfing Championship Tour League. He yanked his second score of 10 with the same air full rotation without hands on the board and did not give any chance for the Australian Bede Durbidge, 32, the decision of the Hi Pro Rio title. With the overwhelming victory of 19.87 20 possible in Barra da Tijuca, Philip earned 100 thousand dollars prize and decreased to 550 points difference to the leader of the ranking, Adriano de Souza. At the other end of Sunday, Courtney Conlogue, 22, hit the South African Bianca Buitendag, 21, to celebrate the first female US victory in Rio de Janeiro.
"It's all very bizarre and I'm not even still believing in everything that is happening. I have no words, I'm in shock," said Filipe Toledo, soon after crossing the crazed crowd to get into the event arena. "It is a moment that I never had in my life and I think even in our sport with this giant crowd. The crowd support was wonderful. After taking note 10, I heard the crowd screaming like a packed football stadium and it was good too. I just have to thank God for the wonderful week for the blessed week I had with my family and friends here and I want to offer this victory to all those thousands of people who came here to cheer for us Brazilians. This title is for you. "
The male end of the Hi River Pro began with Filipe Toledo catching the first wave of the heat and already showing its range of modern maneuvers. The Australian responded with a frontside air that won note 5.07, but also in Postinho the right, Philip soon send its air full rotation without hands on board that had been deadly to decimate your opponents until the final. The flight was very high and the perfect landing at the base of Philip wave to start his second note 10 unanimous of the five judges in Hi Rio Pro, repeating the feat achieved on Friday. Then he continued risking air and was increasing every wave edge, until a 9.87 score to overcome the premiere of 19.27 points Kelly Slater that no one had been able to hit from the first day of the Brazilian leg of the World Surfing League in Barra da Tijuca.
"It's amazing that, I'm 32 years old, Philip only 20, that is, they are 12 years apart and he has a totally different style of my surfing," said Bede Durbidge, who has won a World Surf step League in Brazil in 2008 in Vila Beach, Imbituba (SC). "I prefer more tubes, but also like to make border and air maneuvers. I try to use more force in maneuvers as he tries insane huge and more air, so the sea today (Sunday) was best for him. We styles different from surfing, but the judges appreciate both what is good for the sport, so I'm happy for the runner-up as well. "
GREEN YELLOW FIELD - After the unprecedented world title won by Gabriel Medina last year, Brazil has been consolidated with one of the greatest powers of the sport and dominating the season this year. Brazilians were finalists in four stages completed in Rio de Janeiro and won three. The year began with the very Filipe Toledo winning the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, after Adriano de Souza only lost the tiebreaker for the Australian Mick Fanning Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, but won the title of the Drug Aware Pro Margaret River, which closed the " Australian leg "of the Samsung Galaxy World Surfing Championship Tour League. Now Filipe Toledo winning his second win and Brazil leads the world rankings with Adriano de Souza adding 26,250 points from 25,700 to 20,950 Filipe Toledo and Mick Fanning, who fell from second to third place overall.
"I confess I'm shivering with excitement from the time I arrived at the beach today (Sunday)," said Filipe Toledo. "Since the battery with the Italo (Ferreira) has given to feel an incredible public vibration and every time I looked at guys all ruffled me, it was all very contagious. I'm happy to get another win and do not know if this will be my year, but I'm working hard for that. I just know it will be another year of Brazilians. We are fighting together, started the year very well and we will do everything to keep the world title in Brazil, can be assured that. "
SEMIFINALS - The decisive Sunday Hi Rio Pro began with the quarter-finals and women already with a full beach before 8 o'clock in the morning. The public was increasing and already lotava the Postinho sands when Filipe Toledo entered the sea to dispute the semifinal with Brazilian Renan Italo Ferreira, 21 years. Philip was inspired and has sent the air to drop in front and practically secured the win by 15.93 to 6.34 points in the first two waves surfed the battery. Italo makes his debut in the elite top-34 World Surf League this year and the third in Rio de Janeiro rose from 17th to 11th position in the ranking.
"I am very happy with this result. I would like to have gone further, but congratulations to Filipe (Toledo) who was surfing very well and managed to catch good waves at the beginning of the battery to beat me," said Italo Ferreira. "I'm stoked because I could surf well throughout the event, good air and hit other big maneuvers to get high marks, so I leave here happy and I thank everyone who supported me. Surely this result brings me more confidence to compete in the next steps and is now focusing on next in Fiji. "
In the other semifinal, Matt Wilkinson, 26, was the favorite. As Filipe Toledo, he had not lost any battery in Hi Rio Pro, but the experienced Bede Durbidge surfed the best to win the second place in the grand final by 14.63 to 8.23 points. Wilkinson shares the 11th place in the ranking with Italo Ferreira, while Bede rose from 21st to tenth position with the runner-up in the Rio stage, which won a prize of $ 40,000 and 8,000 points. Already the third place, Matt Wilkinson and Italo Ferreira, received $ 20,000 and 6,500 points.
UNIQUE TITLE - In the women's category, Courtney Conlogue won his second consecutive victory in the Samsung Galaxy Surf League World Championship Tour and was the first surfer of the United States to lift the championship trophy in the thirteen steps valid for the world title disputed in Rio de Janeiro since 1977 to 2015. The South African Bianca Buitendag became the big surprise of the last day when barred the leader of the ranking and finalist of the three races who opened the season in Australia, the Hawaiian Carissa Moore, in the race for first place in the grand final. But the title of the decision, Courtney Conlogue caught the best waves into the battery to consecrate the unprecedented achievement for his country in Brazil by 14.50 to 11.10 points.
"This crowd here in Brazil is amazing and I'm very happy to win here in front of this impressive audience that packed the beach every day," said Courtney Conlogue. "It's almost unbelievable for me to win two consecutive steps, because the technical level of the girls is very high. I'm already looking forward to the next step and see what happens in the rest of the year. I and Bianca (Buitendag) are very friendly she is a great athlete and I am honored to be a final with her. I am very happy for the victory and I want to thank all who attended this public beach to watch the championship, congratulations to all. "
While the champion Courtney Conlogue consolidated its second position in the ranking, reducing the advantage of Hawaiian Carissa Moore to 2,800 points, the South African Bianca Buitendag entered the list of the ten surfers remaining in the elite top-17 World Surf League for next season. With the runner-up in Rio Pro Hi, Bianca just taking the Brazilian Silvana Lima the classification zone, with Ceará falling from the ninth to the 11th place in the ranking of the four stages completed in Rio de Janeiro. The next challenge for the girls will be in Fiji, with proof female starting on May 31 until June 5.
"This crowd is amazing, I have never seen so many people on the beach just a women's competition and I am happy for the result, it is very difficult to get a CT of the end," said Bianca Buitendag. "Certainly I would like the final heat was more disputed, but I could not find the waves he was finding the other times that I competed today (Sunday). Still, I leave here happy with my performance, I could surf well and is now pack up and go straight to Fiji, to already be training there until the start of the championship. "
NEXT STEP - After the big party that was the Hi Rio Pro, crowding the beach every day during the week of Brazilian stage in Rio de Janeiro, the Samsung Galaxy Surf League World Championship Tour now go to Fiji, where Brazilians continue It is the center of attention. This is because world champion Gabriel Medina will be defending the title won in Pro Fiji Cloudbreak tubes last year, and Adriano de Souza competing with yellow lycra Jeep number of Leaderboard 1 ranking and the deputy leader Filipe Toledo by be the one to compute two wins in the first four stages of the year. The men's competition takes place between 7 and 19 June, immediately after the female starting on May 31 and runs through June 6 also in Fiji.
Hi Rio Pro debuted the new sponsorship naming quota Hi with presentation of Corona and the Brazilian stage of the World Surf League was held sponsored by Hi, Samsung, Riotur, the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, State Government of Rio de Janeiro by the Department of Sport, Recreation and Youth, Sports Incentive Law, as well as Jeep, Go Pro, Coppertone and Guarana Antarctica. More information Hi Rio Pro in www.worldsurfleague.com
The HI AND SPORT - The Hi has a long history of supporting the sport, with sponsorship of major events, teams and athletes. The Hi was one of the official sponsors of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 and the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013, also bet on basketball sponsoring the Global NBA Games Rio 2014 and the NBA 3X tournament with Hi Guys, whose ambassador world champion Gabriel Medina. This year has sponsored the Summer Games and the Cariocas Hi Bowl Skate Jam and the encouragement of Hi sporting projects, especially extreme sports and urban, it is one of the marketing investment pillars of Hi. The company has great expertise in participation, whether sponsored or provision of telecommunications services in major competitions held in the country and the Brazilian stage of the World Surf League is more of them.
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.
LAST RESULTS OF HI RIO PRO DAY:
Champion: Filipe Toledo (BRA) by 19.87 points (notes 10.00 + 9.87) - $ 100,000 and 10,000 points
Runners-Up: Bede Durbidge (AUS) with 14.70 points (7.60 + 7.10) - $ 40,000 and 8,000 points
SEMIFINALS - 3rd place with 6,500 points and $ 20,000 prize:
1st: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 15.93 x 6:34 Italo Ferreira (BRA)
2nd: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.63 x 23.08 Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
FINAL WOMEN'S HI RIO PRO:
Champion: Courtney Conlogue (USA) by 14:50 points (notes 7:33 + 7:17) - $ 60,000 and 10,000 points
Runner-up: Bianca Buitendag (AFR) with 11.10 points (6.27 + 4.83) - $ 25,000 and 8,000 points
SEMIFINALS - 3rd place with 6500 points and US $ 16,250 prize:
1st: Bianca Buitendag (AFR) 13:50 x 10.84 Carissa Moore (HAW)
2nd: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 13:16 x 11:17 Tyler Wright (AUS)
END OF QUARTER - 5 place with 5,200 points and US $ 12,250 prize:
1st: Bianca Buitendag (AFR) 13:27 x 10:16 Lakey Peterson (USA)
2nd: Carissa Moore (HAW) 14.60 x 06.10 Keely Andrew (AUS)
3rd: Tyler Wright (AUS) 11.67 x 11:50 Coco Ho (HAW)
4th: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 11:50 x 10:20 Malia Manuel (HAW)
TOP-22 RANKING OF WORLD SURF LEAGUE - after the 4th stage in Rio de Janeiro:
1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) - 26,250 points
2: Filipe Toledo (BRA) - 25,700
3: Mick Fanning (AUS) - 20,950
4: Josh Kerr (AUS) - 17,450
5: Nat Young (USA) - 16,500
6: Owen Wright (AUS) - 16,150
7: John John Florence (HAW) - 15,500
8: Julian Wilson (AUS) - 15,450
9: Taj Burrow (AUS) - 15,200
10: Bede Durbidge (AUS) - 14,200
11: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) - 12,750
11: Italo Ferreira (BRA) - 12,750
13: Kelly Slater (USA) - 12,700
14: Jordy Smith (AFR) - 11,450
14: Jadson Andre (BRA) - 11,450
16: Jeremy Flores (FRA) - 10,250
17: Miguel Pupo (BRA) - 9,250
17: Sebastian Zietz (HAV) - 9,250
19: Gabriel Medina (BRA) - 9,200
20: Joel Parkinson (AUS) - 8000
20: Matt Banting (AUS) - 8000
22: Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) - 7,950
TOP-10'S JEEP TOPS LEADERBOARD - 4 steps:
1st: Carissa Moore (HAW) - 34,500 points
2nd: Courtney Conlogue (USA) - 31,700
3rd: Tyler Wright (AUS) - 23,400
4th: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) - 21,050
5th: Lakey Peterson (USA) - 20,800
6th: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) - 19,600
7th: Malia Manuel (HAW) - 18650
8th: Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAV) - 18,300
9th: Bianca Buitendag (AFR) - 18,250
10th: Coco Ho (HAW) - 17,000
11th: Silvana Lima (BRA) - 15,100
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD STAGE OF SURF IN BRAZIL RIO DE JANEIRO:
WSL 2015 - Filipe Toledo (BRA) - Postinho of Barra da Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2014 - Michel Bourez (TAH) - Postinho of Barra da Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2013 - Jordy Smith (AFR) - Postinho of Barra da Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2012 - John John Florence (HAW) - Postinho da Barra and Arpoador - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2011 - Adriano de Souza (BRA) - Barra da Tijuca and Arpoador - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2002 - Taj Burrow (AUS) - Itauna Beach, Saquarema (RJ)
WCT 2001 - Trent Munro (AUS) - Mobile in Rio de Janeiro and end in Arpoador (RJ)
WCT 2000 - Kalani Robb (HAW) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1999 - Taj Burrow (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1998 - Peterson Rosa (BRA) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1997 - Kelly Slater (USA) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1996 - Taylor Knox (USA) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1995 - Barton Lynch (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1994 - Shane Powell (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1993 - Dave Macaulay (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1992 - Damien Hardman (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
ASP 1991 - Flavio Padaratz (BRA) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
ASP 1990 - Brad Gerlach (USA) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
ASP 1989 - Dave Macaulay (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
ASP 1988 - Dave Macaulay (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
IPS 1982 - Terry Richardson (AUS) - Arpoador Beach, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
IPS 1981 - Cheyne Horan (AUS) - Arpoador Beach, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
IPS 1980 - Joey Buran (USA) - Arpoador Beach, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
IPS 1978 - Cheyne Horan (AUS) - Arpoador Beach, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
IPS 1977 - Daniel Friedman (BRA) - Arpoador Beach, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
IPS 1976 - Pepe Lopes (BRA) - Arpoador Beach, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
CHAMPIONS OF STEPS WOMEN'S SURF WORLD IN RIO DE JANEIRO:
WSL 2015 - Courtney Conlogue (USA) - Barra da Tijuca Postinho, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2014 - Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca Postinho, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2013 - Tyler Wright (AUS) - Postinho of Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2012 - Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) - Postinho da Barra and Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2011 - Carissa Moore (HAW) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 2008 - Melanie Bartels (HAW) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1999 - Andrea Lopes (BRA) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1998 - Pauline Menzer (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1997 - Pauline Menczer (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1994 - Pauline Menczer (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1993 - Neridah Falconer (AUS) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
WCT 1992 - Wendy Botha (AFR) - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
IPS 1977 - Margo Oberg (AUS) - Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)