Third day of competition at the Walker Bay Pro promised to be a very important as it had the potential to crown the 2022 IBC Women’s World Champion – for the first time ever on African soil. The 4 contenders, Isabela Sousa, Alex Rinder, Neymara and Sari Ohara were all in the running. Athletes were…
Athletes were treated to epic 3-4ft waves at Onrus Beach with a fun bowl offering lots of scoring potential. First up were the women.
Isabela Sousa, who also had a slow heat at the start of the day, got two technical waves to the beach to get the highest Women’s total heat score advancing through to the semi finals and keeping her world title hopes alive.
Juniors riders finished off the day with Hugo Naude, Brayden Hewitt, Aaron Gimpel and Janco van Noordwyck all moving through to the next round.
Final day of competition is set to resume either Friday, Saturday or on the final day of the event holding period, Sunday. Next check in will be announced as soon as possible.
Words by Angelo Ackerman
TOP SINGLE WAVE SCORES
- Men: Alan Munoz – 7.15
- Women : isabela Sousa and Pamela Bowren – 7.00
- Juniors: Hugo Naude and Brayden Hewitt – 6.00
TOP TOTAL HEAT SCORES
- Men: Alan Munoz – 14:15
- Women: isabela Sousa – 13:00
- Juniors: Hugo Naude – 11.25
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