Surfing ISA World Games 2021

[NearPup 3,496]

43 minutes ago, Fran-UDA said:

But by repechage, the countries could also obtain the Olympic Quota, right?

Correct. Nobody has been eliminated on the women’s side yet. The 16 women in round 4 are only guaranteed a top 24 finish, and if they make it to round 5 they are only guaranteed a top 12 finish.

 

Making it all the way from the first round of the repechage is a really long road, however.

[Griff88 2,008]

8 hours ago, Laraja said:

Round 4 defined for men.

 

 are still on main round and close to the quotas.

 

 is the favorite to get at least one quota so far. 2 surfers on this round and if Shun Murakami  qualifies again, Rio Waida will take it.

Murakami, please show some kindness to your fellow Japanese...

[Laraja 1,498]

Only repechage rounds scheduled for today. We may have some surfers confirming their quotas from 2019 and favorites getting out of it.

[Laraja 1,498]

Angelo Bonomelli  is out. I was betting in him to get one quota. He was the third best european surfer on ISA 2019.

 

He still can get it, if Fedrerico Morais  and Leon Glatzer  qualify in El Salvador

[dcro 10,210]

What are the chances for ?

[MHSN 3,777]

the only sport in the 2020 Olympic program that I know absolutely nothing about is Surfing. so I wanted to watch some of the competition today to learn a bit about the sport before the Olympics.

 

to my huge surprise I saw two Iranians in the start list (I don't even know which organization is responsible for this sport here) one of them is already eliminated and the other guy is in repechage 2 ! (and will be eliminated soon) the name "Tom Rezvan" doesn't sound Iranian at all. but I assume they are both Americans with Iranian heritage.

 

I learned the competition format. that was easy. but my question is about the number of events. I see only shortboard events will be at the Olympics. are there any other events in Surfing competitions ? longboard for example (sorry if this question sounds dumb )

[Laraja 1,498]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

What are the chances for ?

Costa Rica have a good chance on women's side with Leilani. The men are all of them on repechage.

 

Panama have a surfer on main round 4, amazing performance so far.

 

El Salvador the best surfer is Bryan Perez, but, if I am not wrong, all surfers are in repechage rounds...

 

Nicaragua has two sisters still fighting for quota, and it is a big surprise for me. Candelaria on main round 4 and Valentina on repechage round 4.

[Laraja 1,498]

1 minute ago, MHSN said:

the only sport in the 2020 Olympic program that I know absolutely nothing about is Sailing. so I wanted to watch some of the competition today to learn a bit about the sport before the Olympics.

 

to my huge surprise I saw two Iranians in the start list (I don't even know which organization is responsible for this sport here) one of them is already eliminated and the other guy is in repechage 2 ! (and will be eliminated soon) the name "Tom Rezvan" doesn't sound Iranian at all. but I assume they are both Americans with Iranian heritage.

 

I learned the competition format. that was easy. but my question is about the number of events. I see only shortboard events will be at the Olympics. are there any other events in Surfing competitions ? longboard for example (sorry if this question sounds dumb )

There are 4 disciplines.

 

Shortboard, Longboard, Stand up Race, and Stand up Surf

[MHSN 3,777]

37 minutes ago, Laraja said:

There are 4 disciplines.

 

Shortboard, Longboard, Stand up Race, and Stand up Surf

and may I ask what's the difference ? except the board being longer or shorter

[Laraja 1,498]

2 minutes ago, MHSN said:

and may I ask what's the difference ? except the board being longer or shorter

So, Longboard, as you said, the board is longer 

 

But there are different tricks and different ways to rate the surfers on the waves. For example, there is a maneuver where the surfers put all the fingers of their feet outside of the board. This counts a lot for juries.

 

Stand Up Surf is basically the same of shortboard, but they use paddle.

 

Stand Up Race is just a race