Syked Up!

With huge, stormy surf and adverse winds at the main site of Ribeira D’Ilhas, the backup venue of Praia dos Pescadores in southern Portugal delivered unruly 3-5' surf as Lightfoot defeated Costa Rican standout Noe Mar McGonagle and fellow South African Jody Maree (Kalk Bay) in the first heat of the day yesterday. 

The event determines the annual men’s and women’s world junior champions (U20). McGillivray posted a pair of high seven point rides in the day’s last heat to dispatch Victor Bernardo (BRA) and Imaikalani Devault (HAW) to the cutthroat Round 2 elimination heats.

The balance of the South African contingent all placed second or third in their opening encounters and will contest Round 2 heats.

WSL Africa women’s junior champion Nicole Pallet (La Lucia) will be up against Hawaiian Dax McGill while Gina Smith (Jeffreys Bay) takes on Portugal’s Camilla Kemp in Round 2 today. Round 3 of the women’s event is on standby to run later this afternoon, conditions permitting.

Maree, Shane Sykes (Salt Rock), Adin Masencamp (Strand) and Bevan Willis (Durban), along with Benji Brand (Kommetjie) who is representing Hawaii at the event, will be in action against opponents yet to be determined when men’s Round 2 man-on-man heats get underway.

The Ericeira World Junior Championships is webcast LIVE on worldsurfleague.com and via the WSL app, starting at approximately 10am daily.

The Ericeira World Junior Championships are supported by Ericeira, Billabong, Portuguese Waves, Moche and Hertz among others.

UPCOMING ERICEIRA WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN'S RD2 MATCHUPS:
Heat 1: Carol Henrique (PRT) vs. Minori Kawai (JPN)
Heat 2: Camilla Kemp (PRT) vs. Gina Smith (ZAF)
Heat 3: Tia Blanco (USA) vs. Miluska Tello (PER)
Heat 4: Natsuki Suda (JPN) vs. Juliette Brice (FRA)
Heat 5: Dax McGill (HAW) vs. Nicole Pallet (ZAF)
Heat 6: Melanie Giunta (PER) vs. Ariane Ochoa (EUK)

ERICEIRA WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’S RD1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Joshua Moniz (HAW) 13.40, Gatien Delahaye (GLP) 10.33, Charly Quivront (FRA) 7.70
Heat 2: Timothee Bisso (GLP) 11.00, Reo Inaba (JPN) 10.17, Harry Bryant (AUS) 7.07
Heat 3: Natxo Gonzalez (EUK) 13.50, Nelson Cloarec (FRA) 10.40, Nomme Mignot (FRA) 7.83
Heat 4: Mateia Hiquily (PYF) 16.37, Benji Brand (HAW) 14.00, Momoto Tsuzuki (JPN) 11.04
Heat 5: Dylan Lightfoot (ZAF) 10.87, Noe Mar McGonagle (CRI) 10.50, Jordan Maree (ZAF) 8.83
Heat 6: Hiroto Ohhara (JPN) 14.17, Shane Sykes (ZAF) 8.50, Parker Coffin (USA) 5.40
Heat 7: Soli Bailey (AUS) 16.10, Griffin Colapinto (USA) 12.30, Adin Masencamp (ZAF) 5.46
Heat 8: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 15.83, Deivid Silva (BRA) 10.34, Yuji Mori (JPN) 10.23
Heat 9: Tomas Fernandes (PRT) 14.23, Takumi Yasui (JPN) 13.07, Juninho Urcia (PER) 10.36
Heat 10: Kanoa Igarashi (USA) 14.16, Bevan Willis (ZAF) 13.70, Mihimana Braye (PYF) 9.53
Heat 11: Jacob Willcox (AUS) 16.50, Lucas Silveira (BRA) 16.04, Kan Watanabe (JPN) 13.93
Heat 12: Hiroto Arai (JPN) 14.13, Luan Wood (BRA) 14.00, Alonso Correa (PER) 10.73
Heat 13: Matthew McGillivray (ZAF) 15.60, Victor Bernardo (BRA) 12.10, Imaikalani Devault (HAW) 9.86

REMAINING ERICEIRA WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’S RD1 MATCHUPS:
Heat 14: Noah Schweizer (USA), Elijah Gates (HAW), Yago Dora (BRA)
Heat 15: Kalani David (HAW), Kai Hing (AUS), O'Neill Massin (PYF)
Heat 16: Seth Moniz (HAW), Alcides Neto (BRA), Daniel Glenn (USA)

ERICEIRA WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S RD1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Brissa Hennessy (HAW) 16.17, Minori Kawai (JPN) 7.33, Dax McGill (HAW) 4.83
Heat 2: Teresa Bonvalot (PRT) 16.10, Tia Blanco (USA) 9.33, Gina Smith (ZAF) 4.23
Heat 3: Mahina Maeda (HAW) 13.33, Miluska Tello (PER) 6.57, Melanie Giunta (PER) 6.53
Heat 4: Chelsea Tuach (BRB) 13.23, Juliette Brice (FRA) 7.93, Carol Henrique (PRT) 4.84
Heat 5: Isabella Nichols (AUS) 10.34, Camilla Kemp (PRT) 9.50, Nicole Pallet (ZAF) 5.00
Heat 6: Holly Wawn (AUS) 8.54, Natsuki Suda (JPN) 6.17, Ariane Ochoa (EUK) 3.27

ENDS