
Spain bronze in the "Aloha CUP" of the Cantabria ISA Kneeboard World Championship 2017
Spain bronze in the "Aloha CUP" of the Cantabria ISA Kneeboard World Championship 2017

The song Rubén Gutiérrez (Masters) and the canary Ruyman Acosta (Seniors) achieve the individual world title
Despite the weather inclemences, with persistent rain and light north-east wind, the competition has been able to develop as planned in the main podium. After the four sleeves of semi-finals of the previous day, the finals began. The first to enter the water was the end of the Aloha Cup, the team test, where Australia took the victory, and Spain achieved a historic third square, completing the podium United States (2nd) and France (4th) Then the individual finals began. In the Pro Junior category (19-28 years) gold for the Australian representative Liam Taurins.
The first joy for the Spanish team was given by Ruyman Acosta in the Seniors category (29 to 39 years), achieving a brilliant victory in the last moment of the final, thanks to a magnificent wave awarded by the judges with 8.50 points. A great championship for the canary, since to this gold medal is added its seventh place in the Open category (Men Division) The streak of good local results continued with the song Rubén Gutiérrez that dominated from beginning to end the end of the category Masters (40 to 44 years), achieving its second world title after the one achieved in Tahiti in the same category in 2013.

The day was closed by the category of Legends (60 to 63 years), with triumph for the American Brad Colwell, and the category of Immortals (+ 64 years) who offered these a whole lesson of pointer and camaraderie in and out of the water, being of the most disputed and applauded endings. Final victory for American Robert Gove
Turno for the Grandmasters category (45 to 49 years old) with the victory of the Australian Gavin Colman, one of the "kneelos" that have best surfing in this world. In this category, the Tierfeño David Hernández achieved the subchampionship of the world, another joy for the Spanish combined. In Veterans (50 to 54 years old), he won for the Australian also Paul O'neill, and again another silver medal for a Spanish representative, Juan Francisco Cabrera de Gran Canaria. Special mention for the Australian Michael Novakov who rose with the gold medal in the Kahuna category (55-59 years), achieving the double, after his brilliant victory in the Open category (Men Division).
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