Basque surfer Aritz Aranburu placed fifth in the QS 6000 that concluded today Sunday in the waves of Cacimba do Padre, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. He added 2650 points, which translates into his best result on the world tour since September 2017, when he also placed fifth in the 6000 in the Azores.

The Zarautz native scored 9,93 and was unable to match an inspired Italo Ferreira who did an almost perfect series of 18,20.

With this, he jumped from 40th to seventh place in the QS ranking, which partially leaves him in the qualification zone, although, as is known, there is still a lot of water to go under the bridge.

It is, however, a result that could weigh heavily on a campaign to qualify for the CT, which requires around 17500 points in five stages at the end of the year.

Another who rose in the rankings was Miguel Tudela who, with the 1550 points of ninth place added to the 1180 of seventh place in the Volcom Pipe Pro, is now 12th in the ranking, also in the qualification zone.

The event was won by Jadson André, who was in tune with Noronha from the start and was the one who beat Gabriel Medina, who seemed unstoppable. In the semis he got rid of the last foreigner, Cam Richards, and in the final he won 16,46 vs 16,10 against Yago Dora.

This result leaves André with half a foot in the 2020 elite and first in the QS ranking.

Final results:
1st Jason Andre
2nd Iago Dora
3rd Italo Ferreira and Cam Richards
5th Aritz Aranburu, Reo Inaba, Adin Masencamp and Gabriel Medina
9th Miguel Tudela
25th Lucca Messinas
37th Thomas Tudela

This is how the top 8 of the ranking was: