| Caio Ibelli and Leila Hurst are the 2012 world junior surfing champions |
| Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:02 |
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Caio Ibelli and Leila Hurst have taken the ASP World Junior titles at the Billabong World Junior Championships, in the Gold Coast, Australia. The Men’s ASP World Junior Title race saw all the frontrunners bow out early today with Jack Freestone eliminated by Medi Veminardi and Ian Gouveia taken out by Wade Carmichael in the Quarterfinals.
"I’m so stoked to bring the ASP World Junior Title back to Brazil!" Ibelli said. "I feel so amazing now! I didn’t know I had another opportunity to win, I just found out this morning. Garrett (Parkes) is a good surfer and he’s at home in Australia so I knew I had to do my best." Leila Hurst was one of three surfers in the running for the ASP Women’s World Junior Title this morning, but was the last one standing after front-runner Joanne Defay lost her Quarterfinal clash. Then Philippa Anderson bowed out of the race when she finished runner-up in the event, as she needed to win the final to claim the crown. The Brazilian and Hawaiian surfers join a prestigious list of former ASP World Junior Champions, including: Adriano De Souza, Joel Parkinson, Andy Irons, Jessi Miley-Dyer and Sally Fitzgibbons. Wade Carmichael and Alessa Quizon were also amongst the winners today, taking out the third and final event of the ASP World Junior Title Series, the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships. |










