Chile and Spain are first in the partial ranking by teams of the Vissla ISA youth world championship

After four days of competition, only 8 of the 44 teams that started the World Cup maintain the maximum scoring potential


October 31, 2018
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Team Chile and Team Spain, along with the teams from the United States, Japan, Australia, France, Brazil and Portugal, are in first place in the overall team rankings at the Vissla ISA Junior World Championships, with their entire combined 12 athletes still in the tournament.

Of the 44 nations that started the tournament, only eight have their entire teams still alive; the powerful teams of Peru and Costa Rica lost one surfer each at the end of day four, which was held with waves that were at times solid in Huntington Beach. Juan Diego Ríos and Kenneth Sandoval were unable to beat a surfer from Tahiti and another from Barbados in the same heat. The same happened to Argentina, which saw Bianca Schiapani fall in round 1 of the under-18 women's repechage.

It was another marathon day, with 80 heats completed; the competition started at 7:30 a.m. and ended literally as the sun set in Huntington.

New Zealand competitor Shane Kraus was the best surfer of the day, scoring 15,50 to win his heat. Meanwhile, Luke Thompson of South Africa came close with 15,26.

Among the ladies, Emma Cattlin of Australia (14,67) and Kirra Pinkerton (14,23) of the United States had the highest scores in the under 16 and under 18 categories respectively. Japan's Minami Nonaka surfed the best wave, an 8,17 in her under 18 heat.

The event continues today with another full day of competition with two podiums and 80 heats to be completed.

Venezuela returned to the World Cup and brought joy to the beaches of Huntington Beach. All photos: ISA/Reed/Evans
Flying like this, Raul Rios of Peru passed his round 2 series of the repechage and moved on.
Tao Rodriguez from Panama broke through in his repechage series and made it to the third phase.
Isauro Elizondo suffered an unexpected setback and fell to the repechage where he recovered and passed his round. Now he is in round 3 but through the round of those who lost once.
Diana Palacios from Mexico enjoying the good conditions yesterday in Huntington.
Costa Rica's Aaron Ramirez making it through his Round 2 playoff series.
Kenneth Sandoval of Costa Rica made it through his first round of playoff series but did not repeat in the last series of the day and became the first Costa Rican to be eliminated.
The largest competitor area in the history of an ISA youth event, with space for 44 countries.
Conditions were solid in Huntington. Hawaiian Leila Ricobbuano felt right at home.
Colombian Neo Escaler was on his way to making it through his first round of the repechage. The Colombian later fell in the second round and was eliminated from the tournament.
Jasmine Porter from Canada paying taxes.
The waves will continue to break well in Huntington today, the fifth day of competition.
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