13 May, 2013 13 May, 2013

Shaun Joubert & Team SA clinch gold at 2013 ISA World Surfing Games

Shaun, cranking to ISA World Surfing Games gold at Santa Catalina, Panama.

Shaun, cranking to ISA World Surfing Games gold at Santa Catalina, Panama.

Mossel Bay’s Shaun Joubert has won the 2013 ISA World Surfing Games in Panama. His team captain’s performance on the final day also helped lift the SA Surfing Team to ISA World Games gold – the first time South Africa have been crowned world champions since we last clinched the title in home waters in 2002 at North Beach – when Warwick Wright won the ISA World Junior title, and Travis Logie clinched the ISA World Men’s crown.

Shaun’s performance will take nothing away from the rest of the team who contributed to the team’s overall 11,102 points, which put us in first ahead of Australia (10,332pts) and Peru (9636pts).

Tanika Hoffman surfed strongly in the Women's Division to finish 11th.

Tanika Hoffman surfed strongly in the Women’s Division to finish 11th.

Mikey February, Davey Brand, Tanika Hoffman, Faye Zoetmulder and David Van Zyl were all still fighting it out on Day 7 of this marathon 8-day competition, which is a great team effort. Team Manager Etienne Venter’s behind-the-scenes graft made it easy for the team to perform, which Shaun mentioned in his victory speech, so it was a well-worked and deserved victory by all, with the team celebrating by singing, ‘Hier kom die Bokke…” during their post-victory interview.

Here comes South Africa indeed – with Jordy looking revved-up in Rio, and our team clinching a well-fought victory in Panama, it’s a great time to be a proudly South African surfer. You also can’t forget Greg Emslie and Chris Knutsen’s ISA World Masters gold medals from last month as well.

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Shaun, who’s been competing on this year’s ASP World Tour without the backing of a major sponsor, will look to gain confidence from this win and take it onto the next event on the WQS in his quest for a spot on the Dream Tour.

For all the results, photos and highlights from the 2013 ISA World Surfing Games go to: http://isawsg.com

Check out the official press release below:

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TEAM SOUTH AFRICA WINS THE 2013 REEF ISA WORLD SURFING GAMES IN PANAMA

Team South Africa, the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games Team Champions, holding the Fernando Aguerre World Team Champions Trophy and IOC President’s Trophy. Photo: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team South Africa, the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games Team Champions, holding the Fernando Aguerre World Team Champions Trophy and IOC President’s Trophy. Photo: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

South Africa’s Shaun Joubert Wins the Open Men’s and Australia’s Dimity Stoyle Wins the Open Women’s in Incredible Waves at Santa Catalina

Following an incredible Final Day of great waves and tremendous surfing performances, the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship officially closed.

Team South Africa is the new 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games Team Champion.  South Africans is the winner of the Fernando Aguerre World Team Champion Trophy, named and donated by the long-time ISA President who was first elected in 1994 and has been diligently working on fulfilling the ISA’s mission of developing the sport of surfing around the world.

Additionally, the Team Champion received the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President’s Trophy and the “Copa V Centenario Del Descubrimiento Del Oceano Pacifico,” or 5th Century Cup of the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean.

South Africa’s Shaun Joubert is the new Men’s Reef ISA World Surfing Games Champion. With powerful turns and aerial tactics, Joubert earned the Gold Medal.

Shaun Joubert from South Africa. Photo: ISA/ Michael Tweddle

Shaun Joubert from South Africa. Photo: ISA/ Michael Tweddle

Australia’s Dimity Stoyle is the new Women’s Reef ISA World Surfing Games Champion. Stoyle earned the Gold Medal with a high scoring wave in the last minutes of her heat.

Dimity Stoyle from Australia. Photo: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Dimity Stoyle from Australia. Photo: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

“This has been a very intense week of waves and hot weather in Panama along with the warmth from the Panamanian people who have welcomed us during this whole time,” remarked ISA President Fernando Aguerre. “I know that at times we didn’t have the waves that we wanted, but being patient with the waves is part of being a good surfer understanding that waves come and go just like in life we have to take the time so we can find the best.”

“To all of you that have come to Panama for this event, I give my warmest congratulations,” continued Aguerre. “Some of you are going to take home medals, most of you won’t, but all of you are champions for having made it to Panama as members of your National Surfing Teams. I hope that all of you will go home as friends of Santa Catalina, Soná and Panama and whenever you think of a surfing vacation in a good destination with warm water and good waves, you think of Panama.”

The swell predicted by Surfline, the official forecasters of the event, arrived with clean surf in the chest to head-high range. An onshore breeze picked up in the afternoon, but the waves remained consistent and pumping all day.

The perfect reef break of Santa Catalina allowed the world’s best surfers to compete at their highest potential and fight for the Team Championship and individual Gold Medals.

The Final Day started with a long way for the surfers in the Repechage who had to surf up to 3 different heats to make it to the Grand Final.

In the Women’s Repechage, Australia’s Codie Klein had a great start to the day earning 15.27 defeating Dominic Barona (ECU, 9.16) and Kelly Ann Laide (PUR, 5.24). Klein continued to the Grand Final were she got second place earning the Silver Medal.

The Women’s Final featured Australia’s Dimity Stoyle, teammate Klein, New Zealand’s Ella Williams and Brazil’s Suelen Naraisa.

South Africa’s Shaun Joubert is the new Men’s Champion and Australia’s Dimity Stoyle is the Open Women’s Champion at the Reef ISA World Surfing Games. Photo: ISA/Rommel Gonazales

South Africa’s Shaun Joubert is the new Men’s Champion and Australia’s Dimity Stoyle is the Open Women’s Champion at the Reef ISA World Surfing Games. Photo: ISA/Rommel Gonazales

Stoyle was in third place until in the last few minutes of the heat, when she posted the heat’s highest single wave score of 9.50, to take the lead and the Gold Medal. In second place, earning the Silver Medal was Klein (AUS, 12.63), followed by Suelen Naraisa (BRA, 12.47) earning the Bronze Medal, and Ella Williams (NZL, 10.83) with the Copper Medal.

“It is a such an honor to be on the Australian Team; it means everything to all of us,” said the Gold Medalist, Stolye. “We came here and we just wanted to do it for the team more than for ourselves.”

The Men’s Repechage Final had a nerve-wracking fight for the final two spots in the Grand Final. Australia’s Russell Molony won with 13.37 points and in the last minute the local favorite Jean Carlos “Oli” Gonzalez managed to get a place in the Final earning 10.80 tying Chile’s Guillermo Satt (10.80) and defeating Argentina’s Leandro Usuna (9.97). Oli advanced to the final because he had the highest single wave score.

To finish the event, the Men’s Final featured Shaun Joubert (RSA), Cristobal de Col (PER), Russell Moloney (AUS) and the local hero, Gonzales. The South African, in the first minutes of the heat took the lead earning an impressive 9.33 points. He then backed it up 8.33 solidifying his lead. The Panamanian was the only one within reach, but was unable to find the right wave to get the necessary score to move up to first place.

In the end, Joubert (RSA, 17.66) earned the Gold Medal, Gonzalez (PAN, 14.90) earned the Silver Medal, Cristobal de Col (PER, 12.93) earned the Bronze Medal and Russell Molony (AUS, 6.93) earned the Copper Medal.

“I really enjoyed the waves in Panama, we had amazing waves all the event,” said the Gold Medalist Shaun Joubert. “It’s nice to come as a team and actually be at the beach cheering the other guys and you want your team to do well. It’s fun to see all the flags and people from other countries; it’s a special event.”

The local, “Oli,” made history by being the first Panamanian to win a medal in the ISA World Surfing Games.

When the surfing competition concluded, the Closing Ceremony took place to officially close the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games and award the team trophies and individual medals.

Team Panama and South Africa at the Closing Ceremony. Photo: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Panama and South Africa at the Closing Ceremony. Photo: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

OFFICIAL RESULTS:

Overall Team Results:
1. South Africa – 11,102 points and Winner of the Fernando Aguerre World Team Champion Trophy, The IOC President’s Trophy, the 5th Century Cup of the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Gold Medal
2. Australia – 10,332 points, Silver Medal
3. Peru – 9,636 points, Bronze Medal
4. Brazil – 9,146 points, Copper Medal
5. Panama – 7,946 points
6. Costa Rica – 7,678 points
7. Argentina – 7,422 points
8. Chile – 7,286 points
9. Venezuela – 7,000 points
10. Mexico – 6,752 points
11. Ecuador- 6,630 points
12. New Zealand – 6,620 points
13. Puerto Rico – 6,520 points
14. Japan – 6,116 points
15. Italy – 6,060 points
16. El Salvador – 5,400 points
17. Guatemala – 4,866 points
18. Switzerland – 4,504 points
19. Uruguay – 3,732 points
20. Jamaica – 3,096 points
21. Turkey – 1,152 points
22. Canada – 720 points
23. Sweden – 720 points
24. Russia – 576 points

The top 7 placing teams will qualify for the ISA China Cup, the ISA’s signature event that is held annually in January on Hainan Island in the South China Sea.

Open Men’s:
Shaun Joubert (RSA), Gold Medal
Jean Carlos “Oli” Gonzalez (PAN), Silver Medal
Cristobal de Col (PER), Bronze Medal
Russell Molony (AUS), Copper Medal

Open Women’s
Dimity Stoyle (AUS), Gold Medal
Codie Klein (AUS), Silver Medal
Suelen Naraisa (BRA), Bronze Medal
Ella Williams (NZL), Copper Medal

For a full list of results visit: http://isawsg.com/results/

For the full event coverage with daily videos and photo galleries visit – http://isawsg.com/

4 Comments

  1. Drew
    13 May, 2013 at 6:35 am · Reply

    Get that team a BELLS…… Brilliant, well done. Well done on the win Shaun J (hope this gets you a sponsor)

  2. Jonesy PE
    13 May, 2013 at 7:09 am · Reply

    Well done people !!!!
    Shaun make it happen bra smash the QS.

    Pretty close points wise to OZ .
    FLIP it must be lekka to rub it in Ozzie faces WHOOHAAA !!!!!

    Lovely.

  3. Azza
    13 May, 2013 at 8:31 am · Reply

    Lets not take this incredible Victory away from Team SA, but its shocking to hear that Shaun Joubert has no major sponsor!

  4. luke parr
    13 May, 2013 at 3:44 pm · Reply

    well done SA!!!!knew you guys would take the title!!

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