World Surf League: at the last stage carried out on the wave of Teahupo’o, in French Polynesia, Leonardo Fioravanti comes out to the sixteenth and equal the seasonal result of 2023
The curse of the last wave: among the surfers is the one that, at the end of each session, expects and never comes, for Leonardo Fioravanti There is a reversal of the field: in the final stages of the race, sometimes it is his opponents who take it and – at least on the last occasions – this allows a overtaking to the photo finish. Thus went to South Africa and also in Tahiti, the last act of the regular season of the World Surf Leaguewhere the blue surrendered to the 32, defeated by the American Crosby colapinto. For Leo, the season closes like this, but karma and macombes aside, The glass is half full: ninth place in the general classification, a result that equals the best result ever, obtained in 2023, and makes him return to swollen sails after a 2024 in chiaroscuro.
The race
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The Polynesian stop was potentially favorable for the number 46 originally from Cerveteri: Fioravanti, always at ease on the powerful sinister of Teahupo’o, formerly the race field of the last Olympics in Paris 2024, the qualification for the Finals was played, the great WSL dance scheduled at the Fiji Solo among the best fivea difficult but not impossible goal in case of victory. The blue has put it entirely, but in the end, on a wave as powerful as it has had, it had to surrender. A heat in the balance his, played only in the last few minutes, with Leo who took the lead thanks to a discreet combination. Too bad for that last junction caught by the American at 15 seconds of the siren. A trifle, 14 cents of point, they left the bitterness in the mouth to Italy. The surf goes like this, and Tahiti is like this: the different Heats try it with unusual disparities of score at these levels: the Olympic gold Kauli Vast (Wildcard) who spots everything down and borders Jordy Smith to less than four points, Rio Waida that collects a 1.94 against Ferreira, still Jake Marshall who stops at 5. It is a spot, we said, Avaro: Inside the same half -hour heat, world class waves can arrive, but not for everyone and sometimes only one. Talent or training is not enough, it takes harmony with the ocean. O luck.
The winners
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The stage win it Jack Robinsonwho makes a feline leap and brings between the five who detach the pass for the Fiji, and Molly Picklum Caingy symmers beating the champion in office. Now the attention shifts to Tavarua, in the wave of Cloudbreak, another sheath left, once a fixed stop on the tour. It will be the last time that the Finals will be held with this format, from next year the organization has decided to return to the past, with some small modifications: a regular season that will actually give the name of the winner according to the average, and no longer during a dry final. The Fiji window will open at the end of August, on 27. Yago Dora, Jordy Smith, Griffin Colapinto, Jack Robinson and Italo Ferreira; Molly Picklum, Gabriela Bryan, Caitlin Symmers, Caroline Marks and Bettylou Sakura Johnson will compete for the wreaths 2025. For Leo the goal of next year will be confirmed at the top, but also winning a stage, which is what is missing from his career. Now a break from competitions at least until World Surfing Games of ISAthe International Surfing Association. The blue Fissw team, the Italina Surfing, water skiing and Wakeboard Federation, will be engaged in the traditional team appointment, once again scheduled in El Salvador, between 5 and 14 September.
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