The best surfer on the second day of the Gold Coast Pro 2024 was Deivid Silva. The Brazilian destroyed the Australian right hands of Snapper Rocks with powerful backside maneuvers, scored two marks in the excellent criteria and won the heat valid for the second phase. This Sunday (28/4) the WSL held all 16 heats of the round and Deivid was one of 9 Brazilians who advanced in the competition. Duels were held in waves of about 1 meter in long series.
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Deivid debuted on drums at 6 of the 30 minutes. He opened the presentation with two strong and vertical hits, then the right hit fell a little, but he still made three more attacks to leave with 5.67 points. Two minutes later he hit and tore hard in a performance of six maneuvers to win 8.00 points. With 3 minutes to go, leader and with priority, the Brazilian performed again and was even better to score 8.60 after performing eight maneuvers. The total of 16.60 points is the highest of the stage so far.
The return of João Chianca – The first Brazilian to compete this Sunday was João Chianca. He debuted at the event in the second heat. This is the athlete’s first participation in a stage since the accident suffered at Pipeline last December. João and the American Levi Slawson were active, but were unable to get very far on the scoreboard. South African Luke Slijpen and United States surfer Nolan Rapoza only played after the 24th minute of the contest.
The Brazilian opened the duel after 10 minutes in a wave that was a little crowded, but he knew how to make the most of it. João started with 5.17 points. Eight minutes later he added another 4.73 to the total, after surfing a right with a more upright wall, but making small mistakes when executing some maneuvers.
The heat arrived in the final 6 minutes with João in front and Levi in second place. At that moment Nolan made his first appearance in the dispute. He scored 5.30 and was close to taking second place from his fellow countryman. Luke acted soon after and did better, achieving 5.87 and going on to get 2.30 to advance. Luke also made two attempts at small right hands and came close on both occasions with scores of 2.13 and 2.17 points. Nolan also surfed two more waves, but didn’t reach 1 point and was eliminated along with Luke (3rd). Levi used priority in the last minute, scored 4.87 and took first place from the Brazilian. He advanced with João (2nd) to the second phase.
Two Brazilian doubles – The day also had two Brazilian doubles. The current stage champion, Samuel Pupo, and Alejo Muniz faced the Australians Joel Vaughan and Sheldon Simkus in clash number 9. The dispute reached the final 5 minutes with Joel in front and Alejo in second. Pupo, in third, had a best score of 7.50 and needed 4.07 points to advance.
Alejo used priority with 2 minutes remaining and took the lead with a score of 5.83 points. Pupo went on to chase 4.66 to take second place. The other three contestants also saw action in the same series. Everyone got out of the water and waited for the final result on the beach. Samuel achieved 5.67 and went to first position. Joel didn’t change his score and was eliminated in third place. Sheldon managed to improve his total, but he didn’t leave the last position and also said goodbye to the stage.
The other Brazilian double takes place in the 12th heat. Jadson André was active in the drums and won. Lucas started strong, with the highest score of the match (7.27) and only surfed two other waves. In the second performance he used priority, but only entered and left the wave (0.60). He was in last place, but needed just 1.86 to advance. He took the third two minutes later, worth 4.00 and first place. But Jadson still had time to carry out new backside attacks, achieve 6.00 and win the duel. Lucas advanced in second place. Australian Winter Vincent (3rd) and Hawaiian Eli Hanneman (4th) were eliminated.
In addition to Deivid, João, Samuel, Alejo, Jadson and Lucas, Brazilians Mateus Herdy, Ian Gouveia and Michael Rodrigues also passed the stage this Sunday in Australia.
Brazilian casualties – Brazil lost 5 surfers on the day. Caio Ibelli, Miguel Pupo, Edgard Groggia, Rafael Teixeira and Leo Casal did not finish in the first two positions in their disputes and said goodbye to the stage.
Highest score of the day – The author of the highest score of the stage so far was Nat Young. The North American made several fierce attacks from the backside and won 9.33 points in the sixth heat of the second men’s phase.
Next call – The next call for the Gold Coast Pro 2024 takes place on Monday morning (4/29) in Australia, early Sunday evening in Brazil due to the time difference, at 6:45 pm (Brasília time). The forecast indicates conditions similar to this Saturday, with Snapper Rocks operating with around 1 meter of waves in the series.
Gold Coast Pro 2024
Round 2 Men
1 Josh Burke (BAR) 14.33 x Mihimana Braye (TAI) 11.77 x Adin Masencamp (AFR) 10.10 x Caio Ibelli (BRA) 7.77
2 Levi Slawson (USA) 10.44 x João Chianca (BRA) 9.90 x Luke Slijpen (AFR) 8.04 x Nolan Rapoza (USA) 5.77
3 Deivid Silva (BRA) 16.60 x Tiago Carrique (FRA) 12.00 x Taro Watanabe (USA) 11.50 x Reef Heazlewood (AUS) 10.10
4 Jarvis Earle (AUS) 11.63 x Jackson Bunch (HAV) 9.63 x Shion Crawford (HAV) 8.80 x Miguel Pupo (BRA)7.90
5 Charly Quivront (FRA) 15.00 x Maxime Huscenot (FRA) 13.56 x Frederico Morais (POR) 12.77 x Edgard Groggia (BRA) 12.67
6 Nat Young (USA) 14.00 x Callum Robson (AUS) 12.10 x Alister Reginato (AUS) 11.00 x Rafael Teixeira (BRA) 9.70
7 Hiroto Ohhara (JAP) 14.40 x Marco Mignot (FRA) 11.23 x Jett Schilling (USA) 11.00 x Gatien Delahaye (FRA) 4.50
8 Dakoda Walters (AUS) 15.16 x Mikey McDonagh (AUS) 12.84 x Leo Casal (BRA) 10.84 x Kauli Vaast (FRA) 4.83
9 Samuel Pupo (BRA) 13.17 x Alejo Muniz (BRA) 12.73 x Joel Vaughan (AUS) 12.16 x Sheldon Simkus (AUS) 12.00
10 Mateus Herdy (BRA) 13.80 x Alan Cleland (MEX) 10.60 x Morgan Cibilic (AUS) 9.94 x Ryan Huckabee (USA) 8.53
11 Jacob Willcox (AUS) 14.83 x Ian Gouveia (BRA) 13.64 x Kolohe Andino (USA) 13.53 x Owen Moss (USA) 9.20
12 Jadson André (BRA) 11.60 x Lucas Silveira (BRA) 11.27 x Winter Vincent (AUS) 9.13 x Eli Hanneman (HAV) 8.83
13 Kyuss King (AUS) 10.76 x Dimitri Poulos (USA) 10.70 x Lucca Mesinas (PER) 8.34 x Kade Matson (USA) 8.10
14 Oscar Berry (AUS)12.40 x George Pittar (AUS) 11.83 x Kelly Slater (USA) 10.84 x Michael Dunphy (USA) 9.70
15 Michael Rodrigues (BRA) 11.94 x Kai Odriozola (ESP) 11.40 x Joan Duru (FRA) 9.53 x Kian Martin (SUE) 4.10
16 Ian Gentil (HAV) 10.83 x Dylan Moffat (AUS) 10.00 x Luke Thompson (AFR) 9.17 x Justin Becret (FRA) 7.27
Round 3
1 Josh Burke (BAR) x Levi Slawson (USA) x Tiago Carrique (FRA) x Jackson Bunch (HAV)
2 Mihimana Braye (TAI) x João Chianca (BRA) x Deivid Silva (BRA) x Jarvis Earle (AUS)
3 Charly Quivront (FRA) x Nat Young (USA) x Marco Mignot (FRA) x Mikey McDonagh (AUS)
4 Maxime Huscenot (FRA) x Callum Robson (AUS) x Hiroto Ohhara (JAP) x Dakoda Walters (AUS)
5 Samuel Pupo (BRA) x Mateus Herdy (BRA) x Ian Gouveia (BRA) x Lucas Silveira (BRA)
6 Alejo Muniz (BRA) x Alan Cleland (MEX) x Jacob Willcox (AUS) x Jadson André (BRA)
7 Kyuss King (AUS) x Oscar Berry (AUS) x Kai Odriozola (ESP) x Dylan Moffat (AUS)
8 Dimitri Poulos (USA) x George Pittar (AUS) x Michael Rodrigues (BRA) x Ian Gentil (HAV)
Round 2 Women
1 Lakey Peterson (USA)xx Bella Kenworthy (USA) x Zoe Benedetto (USA) x Yolanda Hopkins (POR)
2 Nadia Erostarbe (ESP) x Erin Brooks (CAN) x Eweleiula Wong (HAV) x Keala Tomoda-Bannert (HAV)
3 India Robinson (AUS) x Teresa Bonvalot (POR) x Zahli Kelly (AUS) x Nikki Van Dijk (AUS)
4 Isabella Nichols (AUS) x Macy Callaghan (AUS) x Anon Matsuoka (JAP) x Laura Raupp (BRA)
5 Luana Silva (BRA) x Sarah Baum (AFR) x Kobie Enright (AUS) x Maud Le Car (FRA)
6 Bronte Macaulay (AUS) x Vahine Fierro (FRA) x Rosie Smart (AUS) x Sara Wakita (JAP)
7 Alyssa Spencer (USA) x Ellie Harrison (AUS) x Tessa Thyssen (FRA) x Philippa Anderson (AUS)
8 Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) x Francisca Veselko (POR) x Sol Aguirre (PER) x Sophia Medina (BRA)
