Events ISA World Bodyboard Championship 2011

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In a tight finish, the new ISA Open World Bodyboard Champion Pierre Louis Costes and Runner-Up Amaury Laverhne from France gave the victory to its country

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Sportzone ISA World Bodyboard Championship
Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain
November 5, 2011

Team France won the Sportzone ISA World Bodyboard Championship yesterday, Sunday, November 4, in Galdar, Spain. The hollow waves of La Guancha offered solid 6 feet conditions, perfect for the world's best bodyboarders to show their arsenal of moves.

In what was looking like it was going to be a Spanish party, with a perfect performance in the last heat of the event, the French team took the lead out of local hands and went back home with the trophy.

After doing a set of backflips and clean air moves, Pierre Louis Costes reached a combined score of 19.00 (out of possible 20) to win the Gold Medal of the Open Men division. His fellow team mate, 2010 IBA World Champion, Amaury Laverhne, placed second scoring 17.77.

Seventeen year-old Australian Lachlan Cramsie delivered a great performance, placing third with a combined score of 15.77, while local Yeray Martínez couldn't deliver and placed fourth with 8.16 on his best two waves.

The grand final had the best possible result for the French Team and the worst possible for the Spanish. In a day that started with Spain as a leader, Costes and Laverhne flipped the results in their favor and gave the Team Trophy to France.

ISA President Fernando Aguerre commented, "Congratulations to France for their Team Gold Medal performance, and to each of the athletes who won the individual Gold Medals. I would also like to extend my congratulations to all the bodyboarders who participated in the event representing their countries. A special thank you to the Spanish Surfing Federation (FES) for hosting this great event."

Final results
Open Men
Gold: Pierre Louis Costes (FRA)
Silver: Amaury Laverhne (FRA)
Bronze: Lachlan Cramsie (AUS)
Copper: Yeray Martínez (SPA)

Open Women
Gold: Isabela Sousa (BRA)
Silver: Anne Cécile Lacoste (FRA)
Bronze: Alexandra Rinder (GER)
Copper: Ruth Parra (VEN)

Drop Knee
Gold: Ardiel Jiménez (SPA)
Silver: Dylan Van Tonder (RSA)
Bronze: Amaury Laverhne (FRA)
Copper: Luis Pereira (POR)

Junior
Gold: Eduardo Rodríguez (SPA)
Silver: Anass Haddar (MOR)
Bronze: Oliver Rinder (GER)
Copper: Matías Díaz (CHI)

Final Team Standings
Gold: France
Silver: Spain
Bronze: Chile
Copper: Morocco

Final Team Standings
1 France
2 Spain
3 Chile
4 Morocco
5 Australia
6 Portugal
7 Puerto Rico
8 Japan
9 Brazil
10 Germany
11 Venezuela
12 Peru
13 South Africa
14 Great Britain
15 Ireland
16 Aruba
17 Mexico
18 Italy
19 Israel
20 Cape Verde

Media Contacts:
Pablo Zanocchi
Media Manager
International Surfing Association
Pablo@isasurf.org

Héctor Bango
Media
Spanish Surfing Federation
infosurf@fesurf.net
+34 665593066

About the International Surfing Association
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running Open Division World Championships since 1964, Junior World Championships since 1980, and Masters World Championships since 2007. The ISA also sanctions the World Kneeboard Titles and the Tandem Surfing World Title, and will hold the World Bodyboard Championship in 2011, and the first ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship in 2012.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 70 countries on five continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA's three Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (AUS), Karín Sierralta (PER) and Debbie Beacham (USA).

PLC photo Sportzone ISA WBC

Report courtesy http://www.isasurf.org/newsletter/breaking-news/153.html

Gallery pics courtesy Danny Bycroft