Brazil went from having one quarter-finalist in Margaret to four this year
Including Bells makes eight green and yellows among the top 16 in both tournaments, versus one last year
Photo: WSL/Ryder
Despite what specialists have said about the possible end of the Brazilian storm, there are no signs of it weakening; quite the contrary.
While the early-year stages were Pipe and Abu Dhabi, a comparison with the exact same stages later in the year showed only one Brazilian reaching the quarterfinals of both tournaments. None at Margaret, and one at Bells: Samuel Pupo.
This year, the same two stages have eight Brazilians, four and four.
In Bells it was Miguel and Samuel Pupo, Yago Dora and Gabriel Medina and for Margaret you have to remove Miguel and put Italo in, the other three repeat.
Both events have half of the Brazilians in the draw.
Margaret
SERIES 1: Samuel Pupo (BRA) vs. Joel Vaughan (AUS)
SERIES 2: Crosby Colapinto (USA) vs. Gabriel Medina (BRA)
SERIES 3: Yago Dora (BRA) vs. George Pittar (AUS)
SERIES 4: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. Ethan Ewing (AUS)
Bells
SERIES 1: Miguel Pupo (BRA) vs. Barron Mamiya (HAW)
SERIES 2: Griffin Colapinto (USA) vs. Kanoa Igarashi (JPN)
SERIES 3: Yago Dora (BRA) vs. Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA)
SERIES 4: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Samuel Pupo (BRA)
While in 2025, Margaret's rooms were these:
And Bells's, these:
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Alan is teaming up with Medina again, Marco with Crosby, Alejo against Ewing, Nadia versus Vahine, and Brisa against Yolanda.
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With Griffin Colapinto, Caio Ibelli, Filipe Toledo, Matthew McGillivray, John John Florence, Joao Chianca, Nathan Hedge, Kelly Slater, Kanoa Igarashi, Jordy Smith, Ethan Ewing, Seth Moniz, Carissa Moore and Yago Dora
