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News Costa Rica's Open competitors show strength in Portugal
[Jason Torres]
Costa Rican National Surf Team comes to Portugal with an arsenal of its strongest weapons
by Ellen Zoe Golden
14/10/2008:// Jason Torres, Gilbert Brown, Luis Vindas and Jairo Pérez entered the water today, and by closing all but Brown—who surfs tomorrow in repercharge—were still in the main show.
To start the day, when Torres, Brown, Vindas, and Pérez competed in Round 1, every single one of these surfers won 1st place in their respective Heats.
Torres was first to compete this morning, when he went out in front of the main podium. He obtained the second best combination of the Round with more than 16 points in his dominate presentation. Next up for Costa Rica was Brown, and in an equal manner, he showed why he is a left riding specialist, two of these showed remarkable advantage toward a calm finish.
Then, Vindas at Podium 2 demonstrated his talent and security from the start; he’s always sure of his game. Later, Pérez, took on confidence transmitted from his teammates and did not let them down when he obtained another top Heat win, and a pass to Round 2.
For this second day of competition in the 2008 World Surfing Games, Round 2 of the Open category saw the Costa Rica National Surf Team as the Latin American country with its four competitors again surfing with extraordinary results. Torres, who came in 2nd place behind 1st place Brazilian Marco Fernandez, scored an excellent second wave, and was applauded wildly by the public. Vindas’ Heat was a tough one, but he pulled it out to 2nd place with two fast waves in the first minutes behind the United States World Championship Tour (WCT) competitor Ben Bourgeois, and in front of 3rd place German champion Nicolaus von Rupp.
The challenge was rigourous for Gilbert Brown, who had a talent-packed Heat. He opposed the World Champion of the WCT, CJ Hobgood from the United States, who surfed right to 1st place. The local from Portugal, Frederico Morais, at home in the water here, snatched 2nd from Brown, who placed 3rd, in last minutes of the Heat, and Gilbert could do nothing to recover. Brown will see the rest of the World Surfing Games action in the repercharge rounds.
Finally, Pérez at Podium 2 in his Round 2 Heat, scored 2nd place behind the 1st place surfer Dillon Perillo from the United States. It was reported that Pérez’s technique was very accurate for the conditions of the waves, and therefore Jairo obtained a very important position for the Tico Team in their first representation in the Open division.
“The team is very united,” reported José Ureña, Technical Director and Coach of the Costa Rica National Surf Team. “They support one another all the time, they are very motivated to continue fighting, and they cheer each other on, which, of course, facilitates the work all in the right direction.
Tomorrow morning, the Costa Rica National Surf Team will see more action in the Open category with Round 3, and Repercharge 1. All four of the Open surfers will be competing: Gibert Brown, Luis Vindas, Jason Torres, Jairo Pérez.
In addition, the Women’s division will surf in Rounds 1 and 2. This means that Lisbeth Vindas and Nataly Bernold will run waves.
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