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May 21, 2011 at 5:48 pm | Spongercity America, Contests, International News
FRIDAY MAY 20 2011, ARICA CHILE: DAY ONE at the Arica Chilean Challenge is off to a cracking start with solid 2 mtr waves at the infamous powerful reef of El Gringo.
The first rounds of the trials saw some outstanding riding from the predominately Chilean contingent in front of a vocal local crowd.
Lucas Isnard (Brazil) and Danton Correa (Chile) were the two standouts of the day with consistent performances.
Joa Gabriel (Brazil) held the best two-wave combo (14.00) whilst the single highest score of the day belonged to Sebastian Siede (Chile) who blasted out of the gates in the first heat to post a solid 8 pointer for a deep tube to roll combo.
In the last heat of the day Kalani Latanzzi (Brazil) showed why he is one of the next big things coming out of South America with great wave selection and style.
The day included countless other highlights as El Gringo showed glimpses of brilliance by pumping out the occasional heaving slab that split in both directions. The forecast for the coming days looks promising with Sunday shaping up for the finish to the trails and a possible start for the main event.
By mid afternoon the “Brisa” or onshore breeze kicked in and organizers decided to postpone the last 4 heats of round 2 till tomorrow.
The town goes into celebratory mode tomorrow with a public holiday so an army of hardcore spectators is expected to roll up. The competitors are asked to check in at 7am for a 7.30 start.
The top 7 riders from these trials join the Top 23 riders in the world and two wildcards in the main event next week.
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April 24, 2011 at 1:37 pm | Spongercity Clips, Contests, General, International, Videos News
Massive congrats to Ryan who deserves this win more than anyone. Also massive congrats to Magno who has been ripping during this event, nailing one of the biggest invert we’ve seen in a contest lately !
Watch the final recap here: http://vimeo.com/22669621
Excerpt from the IBA site: In wild and dangerous five-metre plus waves, 31 year-old Hardy defeated Brazil’s Magno Oliveira (Guarapari) in a 30-minute final, earning himself 2,000 valuable Grand Slam Series ratings points and second place on the IBA World Ratings heading into event three scheduled for Arica, Chile beginning May 20th.
The attention of the world bodyboarding tour now turns to Arica, Chile, with a 10-day waiting period beginning May 20.
Go to Ibaworldtour.com for more info / vids etc.
IBA BOX PRO – Final Results
FINAL
1st Ryan Hardy (AUS) 15.15pts
2nd Magno Oliveira (BRA) 7.35pts
Semi-finals
SF1: Ryan Hardy (AUS) 14.85pts d Mark McCarthy (ZAF) 10.95
SF2: Magno Oliveira (BRA) 16.75pts d Amaury Lavernhe 12.35pts
April 12, 2011 at 3:47 pm | Spongercity Clips, Contests, General, International, Videos News
Follow the pros, the tour, the plot, the contests, the IBA… This year the IBA is as good as it gets – Great events on great spots are a big part of what makes the tour cool but there’s more than just this. One of the great things about the whole new tour is video coverage, interviews, webcasts and stuff. We’re stoked to be able to watch interviews before, during and after the events here on the IBA Tour vimeo channel: http://vimeo.com/ibaworldtour/videos/ Don’t miss this ! Lots of pros interviews before the BOX event !
March 30, 2011 at 9:09 pm | Spongercity Australia, Clips, Contests, International, Videos News
THE BOX – Event 2/8 – IBA World Tour 2011
Second event on the 2011 IBA Tour calendar – Starts on the 14th of April – Dont miss this and watch it live on RedBullTV !
Peep the teaser here: http://vimeo.com/21638552
Props to the IBA crew for editing such good teasers for all comps. We love the world map presenting the stops and all little details in the teaser – serious video / motion graphics talent ! Yewwww
February 23, 2011 at 2:19 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
Although the waves were probably not the best ones you can score at Pipe we’d like to congratulate the IBA and everyone who made this possible because the quality of the webcast, the commentators, the organisation, the clips, the recaps, the replays, the promotion of the event, the fact that Redbull was involved, the TV’s running the event live, the riders level: everything was as good as it gets !
The only issue we had was the live scoring not refreshing well enough. Other than that it’s simply the best webcast and the best promotion we’ve ever seen for an event and for bodyboarding in general.
Can’t wait to watch the next event at the Box, in Western Australia in April.
Will then follow the Peruvian Inka Challenge, the Arica Chilean Challenge, The Búzios Bodyboarding Festival, the Zicatela Pro, the Sopelana BBK, the Sintra Portugal Pro, the Ferrol Pro, the Campos Pro, the Knights Beach Pro, the Reunion Pro, the Confital Pro and the Fronton Showdown.
(In bold are the Grand Slam Series events)
February 23, 2011 at 2:06 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
Jeff Hubbard won the first stop of the all new revamped IBA tour for 2011. The Pipeline Pro was the 1st event in a series of GSS (Grand Slam Series) events for 2011. Congrats Jeff !
MEN’S GRAND SLAM SERIES #1 – Pipeline Pro
FINAL – IBA PIPELINE PRO
1st Jeff Hubbard (Haw) 2000pts $6,000
2nd Tom Rigby (AUS) 1720pts $3,800
3rd Jared Houston (ZAF) 1460pts $3,000
4th Dallas Singer (AUS) 1340pts $2,000
February 22, 2011 at 8:08 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
Ibaworldtour.com/live
February 21, 2011 at 8:02 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
Kim Feast wins the Pipeline Pro DK Division in a tight heat against Cesar Bauer (2nd) Winny (3rd) and Myles Kauhaahaa (4th). Congrats Kim !
Sick to see all those guys shredding on the knee and although the waves weren’t that good most of the riders managed to get barreled and throw some solid snaps & floats (including the so-called prone riders who actually got some skills and sometimes even more style than some of the DKriders…).
February 19, 2011 at 7:54 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
It’s ON now ! Watch it live here: Ibaworldtour.com/live
February 19, 2011 at 1:57 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
Congrats Neymara ! First stop of the 2011 tour and a solid result straight away ! Yewwww
Results – Women’s Final
1st Neymara Carvalho (BRA) 2000pts, US$3000
2nd Eunate Aguirre (ESP) 1720pts, US$1900
3rd Stephanie Pettersen (AUS) 1460pts, US$1400
4th Minami Hatekayama (JAP) 1349pts, US$1100
Mens’ contest is not over yet, stay tune and check the IBA site to watch it live later today if it’s ON ! Mens round 6, 7, 8, Semi and Finals to go ! Keep on eye open on the IBA site !
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