Argentina's Coco Cianciarulo and Peru's Raúl Ríos placed second in the highly competitive WSL JQS held last weekend on the waves of Joaquina, Florianópolis.

Cianciarulo went through three competitive heats against some of the best in South America until she met Brazilian Isabela Saldanha in the grand final, beating her by 8,65 to 6,75.

For his part, Raúl Ríos went through five series until he met the relatively unknown Brazilian, Heitor Muller, who beat him by 15,30 to 13,15.

“I tried to win until the end, I was super focused but there are things we can’t control, but I’m happy with this result,” Raúl Ríos told the WSL. “This was my first final this year and I know I can do more, so I’m going to work hard to achieve that in the next stages. The last stage is going to be in Máncora, which is a beach I know well, where I surf almost every day, so I’m going to try to win there at home.”

Cianciarulo commented: “Obviously I would have liked to have won the championship but Isabela surfed very well and what is important is that I was able to surf good waves and that was my first pro junior final at just 15 years old. So for me this is an incredible result that I am very happy about.”. There are still two stages left so I'm going all out, although the most important thing is to have fun, like I did here, that's how the results come."

Sol Aguirre also competed, finishing fifth and losing her second position in the rankings (which qualifies for the WSL Junior World Championships), which is now occupied by Brazilian Julia Duarte.

Men's Top 10 after Floripa:
01: Daniel Templar (BRA) – 2.440 points
02: Lucas Vicente (BRA) – 2.310
03: Mateus Sena (BRA) – 2.220
04: Daniel Adisaka (BRA) – 2.125
05: Raul Rios (PER) – 1.790
06: Leo Casal (BRA) – 1.780
07: Fernando Junior (BRA) – 1.775
08: Eduardo Motta (BRA) – 1.720
09: Uriel Sposaro (BRA) – 1.675
10: Cauã Costa (BRA) – 1.400

Topo 10 female after Floripa
01: Tainá Hinckel (BRA) – 3.560 points
02: Julia Duarte (BRA) – 2.760
03: Sol Aguirre (PER) – 2.685
04: Isabela Saldanha (BRA) – 2.630
05: Coco Cianciarulo (ARG) – 2.190
06: Maju Freitas (BRA) – 1.980
07: Daniella Rosas (PER) – 1.870
08: Pamella Mel (BRA) – 1.210
09: Alessia Moro (PER) – 1.180
10: Lara Barrios (PER) – 1.115