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New Zealand Surfers Fight Back In Repecharge Rounds |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Thursday, 19 April 2012 |
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| Korbin Hutchings - Image ISA/Parkin |
Day four of the 2012 DaKine ISA World Junior Surfing Championship held at Playa Venao, Panama saw the New Zealand surfers fight back in the repecharge rounds where the first surfers were eliminated from the event.
The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team had six surfers in action with
four progressing through to the fifth day of competition while two exited the
event.
The World Junior Surfing Championship is being held from the 14-22 April and
includes over 300 surfers from 31 countries.
In sometimes inconsistent waves in the 1.0m range, Ben Poulter (Rag), Tane
Wallis (Piha), Korbin Hutchings (Gis) and Alethea Lock (Chch) progressed
through their must-win heats.
Korbin Hutchings left his run late in the shortened 15 minute heats scoring a
6.0 with a few minutes to go in the heat.
The wave elevated him from fourth to first and progression alongside the
surfer from Jamaica.
“I got an average wave early and tried to keep busy but it was hard out there
and the waves didn’t come my way” said Hutchings. “I had to move closer in at the end and try
get a second score and that left-hander popped up and I was pretty lucky that
it ran all the way to the beach and I got a six” he added in regards to how the
final minutes of the heat unfolded.
It is the first time that Hutchings has attended the event and he now moves
through to the third round where he faces surfers from Barbados, Portugal
and Peru.
In the Under 18 Boys Division Ben Poulter and Tane Wallis progressed via two
completely different pathways.
Poulter raced out to the lead in his heat with a near excellent 7.17 point ride
on a long right-hander. He caught the
wave in the opening minutes of the heat and then immediately backed it up with
a 4.0. From that point Poulter put the
pressure on his opponents who could not catch up in the short time frame
allocated.
“I got
off to a good start with a long right that scored 7.17 then backed it up with a
4 straight away which took the pressure off. 15 minute heats are hard, it is so
crucial to start strong which I was able to do today” Poulter said.
The
team captain will now face off against surfers from Italy,
Hawaii and Guatemala in the third round.
Wallis
on the other hand left his run late after sitting on a couple of low scoring
two point rides until the dying stages of the heat. Sitting in third place, Wallis squeezed out a
3.77 point ride which pushed him up into progression by a mere 0.03 points.
Yet to
fire a decent shot at the event, Wallis is through to the third round and due
for a strong performance. He will need a
solid result tomorrow (Friday NZT) in the third round when he fronts up to
surfers from Peru, Portugal and Barbados.
Alethea
Lock was the fourth of the Kiwi surfers to move through her repecharge
round. The Christchurch surfer did herself no favours
early in the heat when she incurred an interference with another surfer. However that made her more determine in her
performance as she bounced back with a 7.33 point ride to finish her heat with
an 8.23 point heat total.
Lock
now meets up with her two team mates Jayda Martin – Fitzharris (Gis) and
Jasmine Smith (Gis) in the second repecharge round.
Falling
short of progression today were Paul Moretti (Mimiwhangata) and Harrison
Whiteside (Chch). The surfers both
finished the event in 65th place.
Both
surfers got off to slow starts in their heats which were held over the full
tide. Moretti needed a meagre 2.07 point
ride and went hunting for it late in the heat only to come up short with a 1.93
point ride finishing in third behind surfers from Brazil
and El Salvador.
Whiteside
had to contend with a heat practically void of waves, the young South Island surfer left requiring a 3.0 point ride for
progression but he was unable to get it.
The swell is expected to build over the next two days and ease for the final
day of the event. Please see below for New Zealand
results from day four of the 2012 DaKine ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
presented by Billabong.
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 2
Heat 5
1 Matheus Navarro (BRA), 2 Marco Alvarez (SAL), 3 Paul Moretti (NZL), 4
Francisco Barbot (URU)
Heat 12
1 Franwill Vento (Ven), 2 Tane
Wallis (NZL), 3 Garren Price (JAM) , 4 Jose Gonzalez (SAL)
Heat 13
1 Ben Poulter (NZL), 2 Segundo Vargas (URU), 3 Francis Curren (PAN), 4 Paddy Daniel (UK)
Under 16 Boys Repecharge Round 2
Heat 6
1 Korbin Hutchings (NZL), 2 Elishama Beckford (JAM), 3 Kleiver Izquiel
(VEN), 4 Joaquin Juarez (ARG)
Heat 14
1 Derek Gomez (VEN), 2 Orlando Ortega (PAN), 3 Harrison Whiteside (NZL), 4 Matias
Nobrega (URU)
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 1
Heat 8
1 Alethea Lock (NZL), 2 Gabriela Rubi Velez (PRU), M Garcia Sanchez (ECU)
Day five will see a mix of qualifying and repecharge rounds with nine New
Zealand surfers in action, some potentially more than once. The only surfer to have a lay day will be
Jordan Griffin (Mnt). Surfing kicks off each day at 1:00am New Zealand time. Approximate times for Kiwi heats are
below. All qualifying round heats are 20
minutes and all repecharge heats 15 minutes.
Podium 1 (Webcast and
live scores)
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 3
Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 4
Under 16 Boys Qualifying Round 4
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 4
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 4
1:40am Ella Williams
4:20am Elliot Paerata – Reid
6:40am Mackenzie Christie
Potentially more surfers subject to progression by Ella Williams, Tane Wallis
and Ben Poulter
Podium 2 (Live scores only)
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 2
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 3
Under 16 Boys Repecharge Round 3
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 3
1:30am Jayda Martin – Fitzharris
2:15am Jasmine Smith
2:45am Alethea Lock
5:00am Tane Wallis
5:30am Ben Poulter
6:45am Korbin Hutchings
Potentially more surfers subject to progression from Jayda Martin – Fitzharris,
Jasmine Smith and Alethea Lock
You can check out the live event website for up
to date information, images, video and live action.
You can also follow the progress of the team through the eyes of team coach
Jason Ruddell and his blog.
The World Junior Surfing Championship is an annual event having been held since
2003. New Zealand has competed at the event since its inception as well as competing at
the World Grommet Titles as it was formerly known since 1989. In 2011 the New
Zealand team placed tenth at the event when it was held
in Peru.
Further
Information
For further information on the Rip Curl New Zealand
Junior Surfing Team please contact Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings on 021
2278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
Imagery
High resolution action images of the event will be available to media free of
charge upon request.
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