The absolute national team celebrates its first gold medal in the team relay competition in a tight final against the host team. Costa Rica takes the Bronze and the United States has to settle for the Copper medal

The fifth day of the "ISA World Surfing Games 2018" will pass into the history of Spanish surfing. First participation of the national team in the "Aloha Cup," a competition reserved for the eight best teams in the world 2017, and first gold on the Spanish selection path.

With the conditions for the test, the first semi-final faced France, Mexico, Japan and Costa Rica, while in the second semi-final Portugal, Spain, Peru and the USA competed. Japan and Costa Rica were able to adapt to these conditions on Long Beach and advanced to the final. In the second semi-final, Spain managed to appeal to the Peruvian selection and the Portuguese combined in an intense duel.

Already in the final, Costa Rica was the leader with which it would be the highest wave of the event achieved by Anthony Fillingim (7.5 points). However, in the last seconds of the manga, all the teams were back in their tents in the absence of Spain who still had Vicente Romero in the water. Vicente managed to put his team in the lead and after a last sprint, Romero managed to reach the goal in time, thus avoiding criminalization and ensuring the gold medal for Spain.

After the final, the captain of # larojasurf He thus valued the victory of ours: "Winning the Gold is an incredible feeling," Zubizarreta said. "It is the first Gold Medal for Spain and certainly the ISA Aloha Cup has been the most fun part of the event. To compete against the best teams, racing, stress, make it very intense."

19 / 09 / 2018: Zubizarreta gets the best position of a European surfer in the World Cup of Japan

The Galician surfer manages to escape to the sixth position of the individual General of the World Cup of Japan

The Galician surfer manages to escape to the sixth position of the individual General of the World Cup of Japan

The fourth day of the "ISA World Surfing Games 2018" proclaimed Argentina Santiago Muñiz as the new world champion in male individual category. The national surfers, after a great role during the championship, manage to place the Spanish team in the top 10 world.

The planned weather parts made the organization of the event decide to move the outcome of the individual male competition to today's day. This decision resolved the individual male category and postponed the resolution of the female category and the "Aloha Cup" for tomorrow's day.

Gony Zubizarreta was the most prominent of the national surfers making progress in up to four eliminations and staying at the gates of the great final. Finally, the Galician won the sixth place as the European surfer best classified in this edition of the "ISA World Surfing Games 2018."

On the other hand, Vicente Romero, who maintained his options on this final day, had to be in line with the thirteenth position after being third in round 6 of the refishing table.

In the female category, the Basque Nadia Erostarbe gets the eleventh position in its first participation in absolute category and is about to surprise in round 6 of the refishing table. For their part, Garazi Sánchez and Leticia Canales get the 14th and 18th position respectively and join the national combined within the top 10 world in the absence of the individual championship resolution in the female category.

For tomorrow's day the celebration of the "Aloha Cup," a team competition is scheduled for which the eight best selections of 2017 are available, and to which the Spanish surfers arrive very motivated. This is the only competition of this kind that disputes throughout the year and ours come with the desire to make a good result and raise Spain to the highest.

18 / 09 / 2018: Spanish selection faces the final line of the "ISA World Surfing Games"

The Spanish combination keeps all its components in competition except the Basque Andy Criere who gets the 25 in the individual competition

The third day of the ISA World Surfing Games 2018 decided the first finalists in male category and offered a great surfing show on a Marathon day.

The Spanish team faced the most intense day of competition so far with very good note. Despite falling to the refishing rounds, # larojasurf surfers are demonstrating their quality in nitric waters.

As usual, the first to compete was Gony Zubizarreta, who got the pass to the final quarters of the main picture in a very solid sleeve by the Galician. After him, Vicente Romero was about to get his pass on a very difficult sleeve in which he was finally third and will have to fight for his pass in the refishing round.

On his side, Zubizarreta, who had passed to the quarters of the main picture, was not lucky with the selection of waves and could not achieve the direct pass to the next phase. The Galician will also have to look for a hole in the refishing round.

Garazi Sánchez, who also competed in the female main picture, fell on his round 4 sleeve and also goes on to the round of refishing to be held tomorrow. His compatriots, Leticia Canales and Nadia Erostarbe, who were already competing in the refishing rounds passed their duels and tomorrow they will all fight for a pass to the next phase.

Andy Criere, despite having held a great championship and having passed several two rounds, was eliminated in the third in the last few minutes. The Basque end in this way in the twenty-fifth position in its first participation with the # larojasurf.

Tomorrow's day will close the competition in the male picture and the women's category and the Aloha Cup will remain to be disputed.

17 / 09 / 2018: Spain keeps its surfers after the second day of the World Surfing Games

Gony Zubizarreta, Vicente Romero and Garazi Sánchez remain in the main picture. Andy Criere marks the differences in Round 2 of the refishing table

The second day of the ISA World Surfing Games that are taking place in Tahara offered the many assistant audiences a real surfing show at the highest level. The Spanish representatives held a great day and kept their options for tomorrow's day where the future of the competition will be decided.

The day began with the elimination of The Round 2 from the main category in male category. Gony Zubizarreta with a total of 11.40 points was imposed on her manga by Costa Ricans Anthony Fillingim, the Ecuadorian Bryan Perez and the Russian Nikita Avdeev. Vicente Romero, who was facing Costa Rican Tomas King, his compalero Andy Criere and the Filipino Philmar Alipayo, was very active in his manga and obtained direct classification in the second square with a total of 12.26 points.

In the female picture, the bilbaine Garazi Sánchez achieved second position in a very tight elimination in which only the American Zoe McDougal managed to improve the 12.33 points added by Sánchez.

For tomorrow, a decisive day is scheduled to come from the competition. In the face of an imminent deterioration of conditions, the organization wants to carry out a total of 65 sleeves to determine the chosen for the final rounds of the world selection.