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Dave Winchester is in The 2012 IBA World Tour Title race up against Jeff Hubbard.
Can Winny claim his maiden first World Title? 

The Local Wildcards have been picked for the 2012 IBA NMD/VS FRONTON PRO.
They are Jonathan Vega, Elliot Morales, 
Nestor Perez, Dailos Rodriguez & Nelson Mora.

Sacha Specker (ZAF) has won the 2012 IBA Encanto Pro Trials, defeating Brazil’s Joao Zik in second, Trevor Kam(HAW) in 3rd and Heison Carrion (PR) in 4th place. The South African managed to rack up a combined score of 16.58 out of a possible 20 points to finish ahead of the other finalists.

The good conditions and high calibre of riding provided the full capacity beach crowd with endless entertainment throughout the day. The stakes were high, as the top eight riders of today’s trials earned themselves a slot into the main event and valuable points to qualify for the 2013 GSS (top 24).

The top 8 trialists are: 1 Sacha Specker (ZAF) 2 Joao Zik (BRA) 3 Trevor Kam (HAW) 4 Heison Carrion (PR) 5 Jacob Romero (HAW) 6 Renato Arellano (CHL) 7 Martin Mouradian (GLP) 8 Jones Russel (AUS)The clean conditions and low tide early in the day, provided Round 1 of the Mens GSS with high scoring barreling waves. Standouts of the Round included Magno Passos (BRA), Dave Winchester (AUS), Jeff Hubbard (HAW) and Jared Houston (ZAF) all holding a heat score of 16.00 or higher out of a possible 20 points. Passos had no trouble launching one huge ARS after another to collect the highest heat score of the day 17.28 points Winchester, Hubbard and Houston took to the sky with an array of high-flying inverts to win their heats.

The IBA Tour Makes a welcome return to Brazil in 2012 with the wedgey peaks of Itacoitaria hosting a Mens GSS event.
This place is perfect to showcase the sport to a large audience of dedicated fans and is close to the city of Rio.
Some boys are here already and have been getting some good waves in the wedgey peaks Brazil has to offer!!!
The last two days have been cooking check it out… 

IBA 2012 Stealth Arica Chilean Challenge presented by BSC

Event 3 of 8, Mens Grand Slam Series

Day 1 of the 2012 IBA Stealth Arica Chilean Challenge Grand Slam presented by BSC kicked off in solid 6-8 foot (2-3 meter) surf today. A slight bump in swell and offshore winds provided the GSS riders with heaving barrels and massive ramps. Standout of the day was local wildcard, Danton Correa who posted the highest heat score of 17.5 out of a possible 20 points. Correa managed to scoop into what seemed like a 10 foot close-out, which he somehow navigated through and exited the barrel only meters from the treacherous El Gringo rocks.

Correa commented, “Us chileans have been waiting all year for this event. This is our chance to compete against the worlds best at our very own world class wave. I am so happy I won my heat today”.

Other standouts of Round 1 included, Amaury Lavernhe (REU) and Pierre-Louis Costes (FRA) who both found big set waves that barreled across the entire El Gringo reef providing them with near perfect scores. Australians, Nick Gornall and Dave Winchester and Chilean powerhouse Alan Munoz took to the air in their Round 1 heats with high flying inverts. Gornall landing possibly the biggest air of the event so far, for which the judges rewarded him with an 8.25 out of a possible 10.

Event organizers have asked all GSS competitors to check in at 7:00 am tomorrow morning with a possible 7:30 am start.

For the full draw go to  http://results.ibaworldtour.com/draw.html

Athlete Nick Gornall surfs for a few hours around his newly located home of the South Coast in this ‘day before’ clip, and speaks about heading to Chile for the grand slam event.
Nick chose the song, we shot it and cut it.
Nice morning to lead up to some travel and the comp.

This film covers the bodyboarding lifestyle surrounding the 2011 Arica Chilean Challenge.
Featuring the best riders from all over the globe.

The first day of the Trials for the 2012 IBA Box Pro had bodyboarders from all around the globe.

Miguel Macias from the Canary Islands was the standout of the day with the highest wave and heat score of the day with two solid backflips.

Day 2 will determine who will make it through to the main event.

The 2012 IBA BOX PRO is just around the corner, all the IBA World Tour riders are ready to go big. Check out some of the riders thoughts about the upcoming event and last year’s event.

Two weeks to go before we get rolling with the first event of the 2012 IBA World Tour. I took the time to visit friend down in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. I made sure they were all going to be tuned in for the entire world tour. Plus, I found some gems of video clips on my hard drives. Jeff Hubbard reflects on Fronton and PLC talks about the future.

Refreshed and ready. 2012 IBA World Tour is going to be off the chains.