Lay day in the 2009 Katherine Melo Bodyboarding Pro

Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:46

Katherine Melo Pro

A lay day has been called this Tuesday for the Katherine Melo Bodyboarding Pro 2009. A good swell was predicted and the organizers were expecting good waves for tomorrow.

Today, April 21st, the principal riders arrived in Balneário Camboriú to follow the second stage on IBA World Tour, Katherine Melo Bodyboarding Pro 2009. The current 2nd place on WWT, Eunate Aguirre, was impressed with the structure on Estaleirinhos Beach.

“The structure here is incredible, I’m so happy to be here again. I have good experiences here because the last year event was so great. I will do my best and try do improve my second place from Pipe”, said Aguirre.

This year event have 130 riders from 13 different countries. The Brazilians make up the majority and the local supporters will fill the beach on the next few days.

Event organizers will be set at 8:00 (local time) and the first round of men and women should happen.

More info: www.kmbodyboardpro.com.br

Katherine Melo Pro Men's draw

ROUND 1        (IBA seedings)    3rd = 49th Place. 286 points
            4th = 57th Place. 258 points

    Heat 1    Name    Info    P                Heat 2    Name    Info    P
Red    33    Diego Furiatti    Uruguay     Red    40    Felipe Mendes    Brazil
White 48    Gustavo Alba    Argentina    White 41    Ronaldo Figueiredo    Brazil
Blue   49    Darlan Vieira    Brazil           Blue   56    Tulio Germano    Brazil
                                                         Black 57    Alexandre Milazzo    Brazil

    Heat 3    Name    Info    P                Heat 4    Name    Info    P
Red    36    Marcus Lima    Brazil           Red    37    Joao Neiva    Portugal
White 45    Israel Salas    Brazil             White 44    Washington Lima    Brazil
Blue   52    Emanuel Poffal    Brazil        Blue    53    Angelo Freda    Venezuela

    Heat 5    Name    Info    P                Heat 6    Name    Info    P
Red    35    Bruno Invick    Brazil            Red    38    Dan Worley    USA
White 46    Nicolas Chiara    Argentina    White    43    Leonardo dos Reis    Brazil
Blue    51    Maikon de Almeida    Brazil   Blue    54    Ricardo Jorge Rico    Portugal
                                                          Black    59    Junior Silva    Brazil

    Heat 7    Name    Info    P                Heat 8    Name    Info    P
Red    34    David Mantellini    VNZ        Red    39    Sanderson Trevisan    Brazil
White 47    Gustavo Martins    Brazil     White    42    Leonardo Kale    Brazil
Blue    50    Jose Kelson    Brazil            Blue    55    Andrews Inacio    Brazil
                                                         Black    58    Thiago Abul Hosn    Brazil

ROUND 2        (IBA BACK 12 + 4 WC)    3rd = 33rd Place. 342 points
            4th = 41st Place. 313 points

    Heat 9    Name    Info    P                Heat 10    Name    Info    P
Red    17    Ivo Mochacho    Portugal                Red    24    Hermano Castro    Brazil
White 32 WC    Fernando Godoy    Brazil          White    25    Francirley Ferreira    Brazil


    Heat 11    Name    Info    P                Heat 12    Name    Info    P
Red    20    Leandro Duenas    Brazil                Red    21    Eder Luciano    Brazil
White    29 WC    Daniel Gustavo    Brazil         White 28    Alberto Colucci    Venezuela

    Heat 13    Name    Info    P                Heat 14    Name    Info    P
Red    19    Jon Lopez    Spain                Red    22    Fabio Rodrigues    Brazil
White 30 WC    Klaus Sechi    Brazil         White 27    Abner Scoppetta    Brazil


    Heat 15    Name    Info    P                Heat 16    Name    Info    P
Red    18    Erisberto Abrantes    Brazil                Red    23    Tainan Monte    Brazil
White    31 WC    Felipe Mormano    Brazil           White    26    Roberto Bruno    Brazil

ROUND 3        (IBA TOP 16)    3rd = 17th Place. 420 points $350
            4th = 25th Place. 378 points $200

    Heat 17    Name    Info    P                Heat 18    Name    Info    P
Red    1    Guilherme Tamega    Brazil                Red    8    Airem Cabrera    Canary Is
White 16    Francicso Aguilar    Spain                 White 9    Rene Xavier    Brazil


    Heat 19    Name    Info    P                Heat 20    Name    Info    P
Red    4    Mike Stewart    Hawaii                Red    5    Magno Oliveira    Brazil
White 13    Emiliano Tabare    Argentina      White 12    Stephan Stamm    Brazil


    Heat 21    Name    Info    P                Heat 22    Name    Info    P
Red    3    Paulo Barcellos    Brazil                Red    6    Luis Villar    Brazil
White 14    Rui Pereira    Portugal                White 11    Lucas Nogueira    Brazil

    Heat 23    Name    Info    P                Heat 24    Name    Info    P
Red    2    Uri Valadao    Brazil                Red    7    Gastao Entrudo    Portugal
White 15    Rui Ferreira    Portugal       White 10    Leonardo Costa    Brazil

WWT Grand Slam Draw

ROUND 1

    Heat 1    Name    Country    P            Heat 2    Name    Country    P
Rd    6    Natasha SAGARDIA    PRCO     Rd    3    Luz Marie GRAND PEREZ    PRCO
Wh    11    Lorraine LIMA    BRS             Wh    14    Juliana FREITAS    BRS
Ye    22    Joselaine AMORIM    BRS        Ye    19    Renata CAVALLEIRO    BRS
Bl    27    Yanary ROMERO    VNZ            Bl    30    Janaina SOUSA    PORT

    Heat 3    Name    Country    P            Heat 4    Name    Country    P
Rd    7    Catarina SOUSA    PORT            Rd    2    Eunate AGUIRRE    SPN
Wh    10    Rita PIRES    PORT                 Wh    15    Monica DUNN    PERU
Ye    23    Akemi SAITO    BRS                 Ye    18WC    Fabiana CORREIA    BRS
Bl    26    Suzanne DE OLIVEIRA    BRS     Bl    31    Meg DOS SANTOS    BRS

    Heat 5    Name    Country    P              Heat 6    Name    Country    P
Rd    1    Neymara CARVALHO    BRS        Rd    8    Lumar GUITTARD    VNZ
Wh    16    Annabelle GUITTARD    VNZ     Wh    9    Maira VIANA    BRS
Ye    17WC    Cristiane FONTOURA    BRS Ye    24    Marta LEITAO    PORT
Bl    32    Paola SIMAO    BRS                   Bl    25    Perola DE SOUSA    BRS

    Heat 7    Name    Country    P              Heat 8    Name    Country    P
Rd    4    Jessica BECKER    BRS               Rd    5    Isabella SOUSA    BRS
Wh    13    Neuza MOCHACHO    PORT      Wh    12    Izamar VIVAS    VNZ
Ye    20    Maria ALICE    BRS                   Ye    21    Nicole CALHEIROS    BRS
Bl    29    Adriana ALTURE    VNZ              Bl    28    Liege LAURENTINO    BRS

SOURCE: IBA World Tour

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