Three Through

Facing elimination, surfers stepped up to the plate and brought their A-game to keep their Portuguese campaign alive towards the ultimate junior crown.

Earlier, Brand and Lightfoot had both won their Rd 1 heats emphaticaly, moving straight into Rd 3. Jordy Maree got 3rd in Rd 1 and had another chance in Round 2, but was eliminated yesterday. Matt Mcgillivray got a 2nd in Rd 1, also placing him in the tricky knockout round yesterday.

The same went for Slade Prestwich, Joshe Faulkner and Diran Zakarian, who all contested Rd 2 yesterday. Only Prestwich survived. He joins Brand and Lightfoot in Rd 3.

Noe Mar McGonagle (CRI) 18, talented regular-footer hailing from the iconic Pavones in Costa Rica, nailed the highest score of the event so far, a near-perfect 9.57 for a succession of big arching turns on the outside section of the wave, before pulling in a little inside barrel on his way in.

“It was just an incredible wave,” Mcgonagle said. “The outside was really fun and had a couple carves and snaps, and on the inside I got a little barrel.. This place is incredible, especially at low tide, and I’m super happy to advance and get a good heat under my belt !”

Kanoa Igarashi (USA) 17, refocused overnight and came alive in his round 2 matchup against Matthew McGillivray (ZAF) to post a solid 16.10 heat total and advance into the third round. The Californian phenom displayed multiple variations of his top turns game and freed his fins on occasion to please the judges panel

Joshua Moniz (HAW) 18, had come out firing on Day 1 and dominated the first heat of the men’s competition. The talented Hawaiian unleashed powerful gauges on his forehand and punctuated his best ride with a radical layback snap to collect a 9.00 point ride and the win.

This place is sick, it’s one of my favourite places I ever been to, food is good and there are crazy slabs everywhere so it’s been super fun.

“I was pretty happy with the waves, I pulled up this morning a little late and then I saw just perfect lines, so I was stoked to get a couple,” Moniz said. “It’s a lot like back home (Sunset), pretty tricky, you wanna keep going deep, hang wide and get those big open face waves that are a lot easier and smoother and allow you to do bigger carves. I’d be stoked to get a bit further, this is my last year in the World Juniors so I'm pretty psyched to get better than Round 4. This place is sick, it’s one of my favourite places I ever been to, food is good and there are crazy slabs everywhere so it’s been super fun.”

The Allianz ASP World Junior Championships is scheduled from October 25 - November 2, 2014 in playa de Ribeira d’Ilhas, Ericeira / PORTUGAL.

UPCOMING Allianz ASP World Junior Championships Men’s Rd 3 MATCHUPS:
Heat 1: Cooper Chapman (AUS) vs. Soli Bailey (AUS)  
Heat 2: Shun Murakami (JPN) vs. Kaito Kino (HAW)
Heat 3: Miguel Tudela (PER) vs. Tomas Fernandes (PRT)
Heat 4: Hiroto Ohhara (JPN) vs. Luan Wood (BRA)
Heat 5: Hiroto Arai (JPN) vs. Seth Moniz (HAW)
Heat 6: Noe Mar McGonagle (CRI) vs. Miguel Blanco (PRT)
Heat 7: Dylan Lightfoot (ZAF) vs. Parker Coffin (USA)
Heat 8: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. Luke Dillon (GBR)
Heat 9: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) vs. Benji Brand (ZAF)
Heat 10: Mateia Hiquily (PYF) vs. Kai Hing (AUS)
Heat 11: Lucas Silveira (BRA) vs. Tom Cloarec (FRA)
Heat 12: Deivid Silva (BRA) vs. Timothee Bisso (GLP)
Heat 13: Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) vs. Jake Marshall (USA)
Heat 14: Joshua Moniz (HAW) vs. Slade Prestwich (ZAF)
Heat 15: Kanoa Igarashi (USA) vs. Cam Richards (USA)
Heat 16: Takumi Nakamura (JPN) vs. Takumi Yasui (JPN)

Allianz ASP World Junior Championships Men’s Rd 2 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Italo Ferreira (BRA) 15.93 def. Jordan Maree (ZAF) 9.43
Heat 2: Hiroto Ohhara (JPN) 13.44 def. Kaulana Apo (HAW) 9.20
Heat 3: Kanoa Igarashi (USA) 16.10 def. Matthew McGillivray (ZAF) 10.00
Heat 4: Noe Mar McGonagle (CRI) 17.74 def. Barron Mamiya (HAW) 10.17
Heat 5: Luke Dillon (GBR) 13.10 def. Matheus Navarro (BRA) 11.90
Heat 6: Miguel Tudela (PER) 14.67 def. Diran Zakarian (ZAF) 11.67
Heat 7: Kai Hing (AUS) 12.50 def. Joshe Faulkner (ZAF) 4.00
Heat 8: Slade Prestwich (ZAF) 11.60 def. Juninho Urcia (PER) 8.06
Heat 9: Kaito Kino (HAW) 12.97 def. O’Neill Massin (PYF) 12.93
Heat 10: Timothee Bisso (GLP) 13.67 def. Natxo Gonzalez (EUK) 9.50
Heat 11: Miguel Blanco (PRT) 15.00 def. Joao Kopke (PRT) 7.17
Heat 12: Seth Moniz (HAW) 9.66 def. Kalani Ball (AUS) 9.17
Heat 13: Tom Cloarec (FRA) 11.50 def. Kelly Norris (AUS) 9.94
Heat 14: Cam Richards (USA) 10.00 def. Jacob Willcox (AUS) 9.33
Heat 15: Jake Marshall (USA) 10.17 def. Joshua Burke (BRB) 7.60
Heat 16: Luan Wood (BRA) 7.43 def. Yuta Tsukamoto (JPN) 6.93
 
Allianz ASP World Junior Championships Men’s Rd 1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Joshua Moniz (HAW) 17.33, Kalani Ball (AUS) 10.97, Yuta Tsukamoto (JPN) 10.50
Heat 2: Soli Bailey (AUS) 14.77, Miguel Tudela (PER) 12.50, Joao Kopke (PRT) 8.67
Heat 3: Takumi Nakamura (JPN) 13.30, Cam Richards (USA) 11.60, O'Neill Massin (PYF) 11.50
Heat 4: Shun Murakami (JPN) 14.64, Joshua Burke (BRB) 14.33, Natxo Gonzalez (EUK) 9.23
Heat 5: Takumi Yasui (JPN) 12.00, Kanoa Igarashi (USA) 10.00, Luke Dillon (GBR) 9.10
Heat 6: Cooper Chapman (AUS) 13.00, Barron Mamiya (HAW) 9.76, Kaito Kino (HAW) 8.93
Heat 7: Tomas Fernandes (PRT) 12.74, Matthew McGillivray (ZAF) 11.47, Hiroto Ohhara (JPN) 10.50
Heat 8: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 11.83, Kai Hing (AUS) 6.43, Kaulana Apo (HAW) 3.40
Heat 9: Parker Coffin (USA) 12.20, Italo Ferreira (BRA) 11.77, Jordan Maree (ZAF) 8.93
Heat 10: Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) 14.60, Slade Prestwich (ZAF) 12.00, Matheus Navarro (BRA) 10.67
Heat 11: Hiroto Arai (JPN) 11.70, Miguel Blanco (PRT) 10.67, Joshe Faulkner (ZAF) 5.87
Heat 12: Lucas Silveira (BRA) 13.50, Diran Zakarian (ZAF) 12.13, Timothee Bisso (GLP) 11.33
Heat 13: Benji Brand (HAW) 14.57, Seth Moniz (HAW) 12.57, Noe Mar McGonagle (CRI) 9.50
Heat 14: Deivid Silva (BRA) 15.23, Tom Cloarec (FRA) 12.06, Juninho Urcia (PER) 5.94
Heat 15: Mateia Hiquily (PYF) 13.67, Luan Wood (BRA) 11.37, Kelly Norris (AUS) 10.80
Heat 16: Dylan Lightfoot (ZAF) 15.93, Jake Marshall (USA) 12.33, Jacob Willcox (AUS) 8.34