Johanne Defay and Griffin Colapinto win the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal – WSL

Johanne Defay and Griffin Colapinto win the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal

By João Carvalho | March 16, 2024 | news, main

SUPERTUBOS, Peniche / Portugal (Saturday, March 16) – The French Johanne Defay and the North American Griffin Colapinto won the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal titles, in the finals with Tyler Wright It is Ethan Ewing contested in waves of 4-6 feet at Supertubos, on Saturday in Peniche. Brazil stopped in the semifinals and the Australian prevented an unprecedented final between the Colapinto brothers, but not the Californian’s second victory in Portugal. Gabriel Medina stopped at the champion, after scoring the championship points record in the quarterfinals. Tatiana Weston-Webb lost to the runner-up also in the semifinals of the third challenge of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) 2024.

Supertubos beach was crowded on Saturday and Medina He put on a show in the third heat of the day. The three-time world champion scored two 9s, with his aerials on a right and his edge attack on a left. The 18 points went to the top of the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2024 record list. Griffin Colapinto, started better with a score of 7.83, compared to 7.17. The Californian surfed another wave well worth 7.67 and Gabriel Medina you would need an excellent grade to win, 8.33. He did his best on the last wave he surfed, but the score was 7.77 and Griffin Colapinto advanced to the final by a small advantage of 15.50 to 14.94 points.

MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal’s decision was worth the lead in the World Surf League ranking. The champion would take the Hawaiian’s yellow lycra John John Florence and Supertubos was pumping high waves. Griffin Colapinto surfed two tubes in a row worth 8.27 and 9.67, reaching 17.94 points against just 11.13 for the Australian Ethan Ewing. Griffin now joins the select group of two-time champions in the history of the CT in Peniche, equaling the achievements of Italo Ferreira in 2018 and 2019 and the Mick Fanning in 2009 and 2014. The Australian’s first victory was in 2022, against the current two-time world champion Filipe Toledo.

With the 10,000 points received for the title at MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Griffin Colapinto jumped from 11th to 1st position in the ranking of the 3 stages of the WSL Championship Tour 2024. The group of top-5 that will compete for the world title in WSL Finalsat the moment it is completed by the Hawaiians John John Florence It is Barron Mamiya and the Australians Ethan Ewing It is jack robinson. The best placed Brazilian continues to be Italo Ferreira in 12th place, now followed by Gabriel Medinawhich rose from 26th to 15th in the ranking.

In addition to them, there are Yago Dora in 17.ae Miguel Pupo closing the list of 22 who will continue competing in the CT, after the elite cut in the middle of the season in the two stages in Australia, in Bells Beach and Margaret River. The first 22 in the ranking of the 5 stages have already confirmed their names in CT 2025. The other five Brazilians are outside this group at the moment, Samuel Pupo, David Silva, Caio Ibell, João Chianca who is in recovery and the two-time world champion Filipe Toledowho asked the WSL for a World Tour license this year.

The women’s team is now complete among the top-10 that will be kept in the elite, also with their places guaranteed for CT 2025. They were tied for seventh place before the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal. Tatiana Weston-Webb lost in the semi-finals to Tyler Wright and rose to sixth position, while Luana Silva fell to eighth, having found the champion Johanne Defay in the quarterfinals. The Frenchwoman then took the tube on the right, threw water on the maneuvers on the left of Supertubos and collected the sixth victory of her career in CT stages, the first in Europe.

With the 10,000 victory points, which was worth the same prize of 80 thousand dollars as the Griffin Colapinto it received, Johanne Defay rose from sixth to second position in the ranking of the 3 stages completed in Portugal. The Australian Molly Picklum will continue wearing the number 1 yellow lycra of the World Surf League at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, which starts on the 26th in Australia. The Hawaiian Bettylou Sakura Johnson also remained in third place, followed by the Americans Caitlin Simmers It is Caroline Markswith Tatiana Weston-Webb already knocking on the door of the top-5.

DECISION IN AUSTRALIA – After starting in Hawaii and passing through Portugal, the World Surf League Championship Tour leaves with the best surfers in the world for Australia, where the first half of the 2024 season will end. The fifth stage in Margaret River will close the list of those who will remain competing in the CT, with a place already confirmed in the CT 2025.

This group will be made up of the top 22 in the men’s ranking and the top 10 in the women’s ranking, computing the results of the five stages. Next up is the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Bonsoy from March 26th to April 5th. And the fifth is from April 11th to 21st, the Western Australia Margaret River Pro, an event that Gabriel Medina won last year and Tatiana Weston-Webb in 2021, along with Filipe Toledo.

All stages of the WSL Championship Tour are broadcast live on Sportv and Globoplay, WSL’s media partners in Brazil. This year, the broadcast in Portuguese on the World Surf League channels, for the first time is being produced in Brazil and with a new team of commentators. Also via WorldSurfLeague.com and the WSL Application and Channel on YouTube, an unprecedented broadcast in Spanish can be accessed.

MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal presented by Corona promoted the third stage of the World Surf League Championship Tour 2024, with sponsorship from MEO, Rip Curl, Corona, YETI, SHISEIDO, Eventbrite, Red Bull, Apple Watch, Bonsoy, True Surf, Surfline, Oeste Portugal, EDP, Millennium BCP, Hertz, Portugal Tourism and Municipality of Peniche.

RESULTS FROM THE LAST DAY OF MEO RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL:
Champion: Griffin Colapinto (USA) for 17.94 pts (9.67+8.27) – US$ 80,000 and 10,000 pts
2nd place: Ethan Ewing (AUS) with 11.13 pts (7.40+3.73) – US$50,000 and 7,800 pts

SEMIFINALS – 3rd place with US$32,000 and 6,085 points:
1.a: Ethan Ewing (AUS) 13.00 x 10.97 Crosby Colapinto (USA)
2.a: Griffin Colapinto (USA) 15.50 x 14.94 Gabriel Medina (BRA)

QUARTER FINALS – 5th place with US$21,500 and 4,745 points:
1st: Crosby Colapinto (USA) 12.27 x 9.00 Jake Marshall (USA)
2.a: Ethan Ewing (AUS) 14.17 x 7.67 Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR)
3.a: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 18.00 x 14.13 Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA)
4.a: Griffin Colapinto (USA) 13.43 x 7.46 Joan Duru (FRA)

WOMEN’S TITLE DECISION:
Champion: Johanne Defay (FRA) for 10.83 pts (5.50+5.33) – US$ 80,000 and 10,000 pts
2nd place: Tyler Wright (AUS) with 5.50 pts (3.33+2.17) – US$50,000 and 7,800 pts

SEMIFINALS – 3rd place with US$32,000 and 6,085 points:
1st: Tyler Wright (AUS) 13.36 x 11.30 Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA)
2nd: Johanne Defay (FRA) 14.54 x 11.93 Lakey Peterson (USA)

WORLD SURF LEAGUE RANKING – after 3 stages:

TOP-10 MEN’S RANKING:
1st: Griffin Colapinto (USA) – 16,640 points
2nd: John John Florence (HAV) – 15,865
3rd: Ethan Ewing (AUS) – 15,865
4th: Jack Robinson (AUS) – 14,650
5th: Barron Mamiya (HAV) – 12,660
6th: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) – 12,450
7th: Jordy Smith (AFR) – 12,160
8th: Jake Marhsall (USA) – 11,385
9th: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) – 10,820
10th: Crosby Colapinto (USA) – 10,735
——-positions of Brazilians:
12th: Italo Ferreira (RN) – 9,395 points
15th: Gabriel Medina (SP) – 8,745
17th: Yago Dora (SC) – 7,970
22nd: Miguel Pupo (SP) – 5,980
28th: ​​Samuel Pupo (SP) – 3,990
30th: Deivid Silva (SP) – 3,990
32nd: Caio Ibelli (SP) – 2,925
34th: João Chianca (RJ) – 795
35th: Filipe Toledo (SP) – 265

TOP-10 OF THE WOMEN’S RANKING:
1.a: Molly Picklum (AUS) – 20,410 points
2nd: Johanne Defay (FRA) – 19,490
3rd: Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAV) – 18,630
4.a: Caitlin Simmers (USA) – 17,355
5.a: Caroline Marks (USA) – 15,575
6.a: Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) – 13,440
7.a: Brisa Hennessy (CRC) – 13,215
8.a: Tyler Wright (AUS) – 13,020
9.a: Luana Silva (BRA) – 12,100
10.a: Lakey Peterson (USA) – 11,875

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João Carvalho – WSL Latin America Media Manager – [email protected]

Gabriel Gontijo – WSL Latin America Communications – [email protected]

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