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Basque surfer Nadia Erostarbe won the women's division of the Héroes de Mayo Iquique Pro today on perfect four to six foot waves breaking at La Punta beach.

The 1500 points from her victory gave her a cumulative total of 5030, which will catapult her from 21st to 15th place.

Throughout the tournament the Basque surfer was quite inconsistent, falling quite a lot, but when she found the sections and attacked them, the judges gave her the best scores.

The final against the American Meah Collins was a clear example, Nadia chose the wrong waves and fell in others. Meanwhile, the Californian surfed one wave after another, completing the courses. The difference was that one was surfed softly and the other hard.

Nadia landed a right hander where she did one move and didn't complete the second and still scored higher than both of Collins' waves (4,6 versus a 4,5 and a 4,47).

After 20 minutes, a good right hand came in and she was able to connect with the powerful maneuvers that she knows how to do. The judges gave her 6,83 and with that she closed the series and took the victory.

“I feel very, very good. It was a very good bet to come here, you never know what will happen because the level is very high,” said Erostarbe after getting out of the water. “It is very difficult to win an event, and being the first year I am doing the tour, I had no idea of ​​winning one, two, I don’t even want to tell you,” added the surfer.

Del Castillo and the best result of his life
Joaquín del Castillo started the day with an incredible series against the defending champion, Jack Robinson. While the Australian put in a good fight and combined several maneuvers, the Peruvian attacked hard and flew with good right hands. The judges liked it and awarded him the victory and a pass to the semis.

Then, he came up against an inspired Joao Chianca who gave him no chance. In addition, Joaquín was out of rhythm in the heat, which he finished with 13,83 versus 7,77.

The result catapults del Castillo to position 100 in the ranking, climbing 176 positions.

Miguel Tudela finished fifth, adding 1260 points and with this result he went from 14 to 13. The Punta Hermosa native could not beat Dean Bowen in his series.

Daniella was runner-up in junior ladies
Daniella Rosas placed second in the pro youth event, but was unable to beat Hawaiian Gabriela Bryan, who had another series to remember, adding 10,20 (4,73 + 5,47) versus 8,10 (3,9 + 4,20).

With this result and Sol Aguirre's third, the two Peruvians are tied for second place on the list.

Complete results and updated South American rankings
Men
Champion: João Chianca (BRA) by 17,74 points (9,57+8,17) – 3.000 points in QS and 1.000 in South American
Vice: Dean Bowen (AUS) with 13,27 points (6,90+6,37) – 2.250 non-QS points

Semis - 3rd place with 1.680 non-QS points and 560 in the South American:
1st: João Chianca (BRA) 13.83 x 7.77 Joaquin del Castillo (PER)
2nd: Dean Bowen (AUS) 14.33 x 13.50 Matthew McGillivray (AFR)

Quarterfinals – 5th place with 1.260 non-QS points and 420 non-South American points:
1st: João Chianca (BRA) 8.03 x 7.96 Billy Stairmand (NZL)
2nd: Joaquin del Castillo (PER) 14.87 x 13.87 Jack Robinson (AUS)
3rd: Matthew McGillivray (AFR) 10.03 x 9.04 Ian Gentil (HAV)
4th: Dean Bowen (AUS) 10.37 x 8.54 Miguel Tudela (PER)

Female
Champion: Nadia Erostarbe (ESP) by 11,43 points (6,83+4,60) – 1.500 non-QS points
Vice: Meah Collins (USA) with 8,97 points (4,50+4,47) – 1.125 non-QS points

SEMIS – 3rd place with 840 non-QS points and 560 non-South American points:
1st: Nadia Erostarbe (ESP) 10.67 x 7.67 Gabriela Bryan (HAV)
2nd: Meah Collins (USA) 6.73 x 6.33 Julie Nishimoto (JPN)

Pro Junior
Champion: Leo Casal by 12,20 points (6,17+6,03) – 1.000 non-South American points
Vice: Lucas Vicente (BRA) with 10,36 points (5,33+5,03) – 750 non-South American

Pro junior women
Champion: Gabriela Bryan (HAV) by 10,20 points (5,47+4,73)
Vice: Daniella Rosas (PER) with 8,10 points (4,20+3,90) – 750 non-South American points

WSL South American Ranking
01: João Chianca (BRA) – 1.265 points
02: Lucas Vicente (BRA) – 1.255
03: Matheus Navarro (BRA) – 1.055
04: Jadson André (BRA) – 1.000
05: Samuel Pupo (BRA) – 780
05: Igor Moraes (BRA) – 780
07: Yago Dora (BRA) – 750
08: Marcos Correa (BRA) – 745
09: Ian Gouveia (BRA) – 740
09: Leandro Usuna (ARG) – 740

South American professional ranking
01: Daniella Rosas (PER) – 1.280 points
02: Lorena Fica (CHL) – 950
03: Dominic Barona (ECU) – 860
04: Tainá Hinckel (BRA) – 840
05: Lucia Indurain (ARG) – 720
06: Jessica Anderson (CHL) – 580
07: Julia Duarte (BRA) – 480
08: Josefina Ané (ARG) – 465
08: Lucia Cosoleto (ARG) – 465
10: Monik Santos (BRA) – 420
10: Camila Cassia (BRA) – 420
10: Karol Ribeiro (BRA) – 420

South American pro junior men's ranking
01: Leo Casal (BRA) – 1.200 points
02: Daniel Adisaka (BRA) – 1.145
03: Daniel Templar (BRA) – 1.120
04: Lucas Vicente (BRA) – 1.030
05: Mateus Herdy (BRA) – 1.000
06: Raul Rios (PER) – 760
07: Fernando Junior (BRA) – 605
08: Eduardo Motta (BRA) – 600
09: Luan Hanada (BRA) – 595
10: Leonardo Barcelos (BRA) – 580

South American pro junior women's ranking
01: Tainá Hinckel (BRA) – 1.560 points
02: Sol Aguirre (PER) – 1.310
02: Daniella Rosas (PER) – 1.310
04: Isabela Saldanha (BRA) – 790
05: Coco Cianciarulo (ARG) – 720
05: Lara Barrios (PER) – 720
07: Julia Duarte (BRA) – 700
08: Alessia Moro (PER) – 600
09: Julia Camargo (BRA) – 560
09: Bruna Carderelli (BRA) – 560