New Zealand Team - Image Cory/NZ Surfing Magazine

The Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team has finished tenth at the 2008 ISA World Surfing Games – two places high than the team finished in 2006 at the last event.  Daryn Mcbride (Mnt) placed ninth overall in the Longboard Division overnight (Saturday) as the last team member left in the event.  Maz Quinn (Gis), Zennor Wernham (Rag) and Luke Cederman (Rag) were eliminated from the Open Men’s Division overnight Friday.  Australia won the event for the third consecutive year followed by USA and Brazil.

The 2008 ISA World Surfing Games are being held at Costa Da Caparica, Portugal where small waves of 0.5-1.0m continue to greet competitors from the thirty nations attending.  The prestigious biennial event known as the Olympics of surfing takes place from the 11^th – 19^th of October.  From 2009 the event becomes an annual event on the surfing calendar.

Mcbride contested two heats on the penultimate day of the event and was eventually eliminated from the event by 2006 runner up Ben Skinner (UK) and Miguel Ruivo (POR) in Repercharge Round 4.  Mcbride placed third in his final heat scoring a total of 9.36 points (out of the possible 20).  Mcbride required a 4.52 point ride for progression and on his last wave scored 3.53 which was not enough to push him into second place for progression.

Quinn produced the best result of the three Open Men’s surfers but could not forge past Repercharge Round 6 where he placed third in his heat.  Charly Martin (FRA) and Klee Strachan (ZAF) got off to quick starts in the heat leaving Quinn to play catch up.  The small fickle conditions made this difficult for Quinn who finished with a total heat score of 10.16 (out of a possible 20).  Quinn required a 7.01 point ride for progression and the score ultimately proved insurmountable.  Quinn placed the highest of the Open Men’s team in 17^th place.

Zennor Wernham started day six in good style winning his first heat in Repercharge Round 4 with a score of 12.47 points to outpoint surfers from Portugal, Japan and England.  Wernham then went on to be eliminated in Round 5 when he placed third to Charly Martin (FRA) and Fredrico Morias (POR).  Wernham was unable to find any waves that offered up enough scoring potential to threaten the heat leaders and finished with a heat total of 7.47 points requiring a 6.01 point ride for progression.  Wernham finished the event placed 25^th which improved on his 41^st placing in 2006.

Luke Cederman (Rag) was the first Open Men’s surfer of day six to fall victim to the small waves.  The big built surfer who is well known for his explosive forehand surfing on lefthanders could not replicate any of that form in the smaller right hand waves on his backhand.  In an inconsistent heat for waves, Cederman found himself trailing the top two surfers and in fact stood on the rocks of the breakwater.  Standing there, holding down priority, Cederman waited out the final five minutes of the heat with not one decent wave passing him by.  Cederman finished the heat in third place and finished the event in 33^rd overall, the same placing he achieved in 2006.

Please see below for final results of the Quiksilver New Zealand team competing at the 2008 ISA World Surfing Games.

Open Men Repercharge Round 4
Heat 100
Dayyan Neve, AUS, 1, Matthew Kruger, ZAF, 2, Luke Cederman, NZL, 3, Rafael Pereira, VNZ,

Heat 103
Zennor Wernham, NZL, 1, David Raimundo, POR, 2, Yoji Oseto, JPN, 3, Mark Harris, UK, 4

Open Men’s Repercharge Round 5
Heat 107
Charly Martin, FRA, 1, Frederico Morais, POR, 2, Zennor Wernham, NZL, 3, Ryan Payne, ZAF, 4

Open Men’s Repercharge Round 6
Heat 115
Charly Martin, FRA, 1, Klee Strachan, ZAF, 2, Maz Quinn, NZL, 3, Jairo Perez, CRC, 4


Men’s Longboard Qualifying Round 3
Heat 24
Phil Rajzman, BRA, Daryn Mcbride, NZL, Matthew Moir, ZAF, Harley Ingleby, AUS

Longboard Repercharge Round 4
Heat 25
Ben Skinner, UK, 1, Miguel Ruivo, POR, 2, Daryn Mcbride, NZL, 3, Tsukasa Tsujishima, JAP, 4

Open Men’s Results
CJ Hobgood, USA, 1
Heath Joske, AUS, 2
Dayyan Neve, AUS, 3
Kai Otten, AUS, 4
Maz Quinn (NZL), 17
Zennor Wernham (NZL), 25
Luke Cederman (NZL), 33
Leon Santorik (NZL), 97

Open Women’s Results
Sally Fitzgibbons, AUS, 1
Marie Dejean, FRA, 2
Camila Cassia, BRA, 3
Lauren Sweeney, USA, 4
Daisy Thomas (NZL), 25
Jessica Santorik (NZL), 31

Men’s Bodyboard Results
Marcus Lima, BRA, 1
Manuel Centeno, POR, 2
Hugo Pinheiro, POR, 3
David Lee, ZAF, 4
Jarred Ferris (NZL), 22
Andrew Low (NZL), 25

Women’s Bodyboard Results
Natasha Sagardia, PRC, 1
Heloise Bourroux, FRA, 2
Rita Pires, POR, 3
Lilly Pollard, AUS, 4
Mihi Wells (NZL), 16

Longboard Results
Matthew Moir, ZAF, 1
Harley Ingleby, AUS, 2
Taylor Jensen, USA, 3
Phil Rajzman, BRA, 4
Daryn Mcbride (NZL), 9

The event is being broadcast live over the net via http://www.wsg2008.com/.  Media releases on the team’s performance will be distributed daily throughout the event.  For further information regarding the Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team please contact Ben Kennings at Surfing New Zealand 07 8250018, 0212278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.

About International Surfing Association (ISA)
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding.  It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running World Championships since 1964, and the Junior World Championships since 1980.

The 2008 Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team is stoked to have the support of Quiksilver, New Zealand Community Trust and New Zealand Surfing Magazine.

Surfing New Zealand are proudly partnered by

Corona

Hyundai

SPARC

Smokefree

Ends