The Spanish team closes its participation with an excellent sixth position that once again demonstrates the high quality of the young promises of the national surfing

During the last day of the California World Youth you could see at the Huntington Beach Pier: the finals of the main picture, the refishing box and the Grand Final of all categories Sub-18 and Sub-16 of boys and girls.

After nine intense days of competition, the top six in each category were disputed the medals and final positions of their respective selections under conditions that improved with respect to the Saturday day.

The first elimination of the day was the presence of the Canadian surfer only 14 years old, Lucía Machado. A few minutes after he started he showed his talent by surpassing a very good wave valued at 7.50 points. Lucia, wanted to shut her down as soon as possible, and shortly later with a wave of 4.83 points, assured her classification for the Grand Finale, exceeding the Hawaiian Luana Silva and the Japanese Sara Wakita and Shino Matsuda.

Just half an hour later, the shift was for Nadia Erostarbe. The gipuzcoana had a very complicated elimination that faced German Rachel Presti, Japanese Minami Nonaka and Hawaiian Summer Macedo. Nadia started with a good wave that left her a score of 5.60 points and after looking for a second wave to improve her position she did not get the direct pass to the big final. On his second chance, Nadia remained a few points from the pass reaching an excellent sixth position.

At the end of the day the great finals were held, again the first of them was the one that Lucía Machado disputed in Sub 16. On this occasion, the Canary Islands faced American Caitlin Simmers and Japanese Sara Wakita and Shino Matsuda. In an American surfing demonstration from the first minutes of the final, Lucia fought until the last second and got the fourth position and the corresponding copper medal.

02 / 11 / 2018: Nadia Erostarbe and Lucía Machado to the semi-finals of the "Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing"

Melania Suárez, Paolo Giorgi, Adur and Iker Amatriaín advance in their respective refishing rounds and approach the final rounds

The last day played on the California beach of Huntington Beach gave the first tracks of which we will find in this final section of the world-wide "Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship 2018." Once again, the Spanish combined left a good show of his talent. A total of six Spanish surfers still have options to fight for a medal.

The most prominent athletes of today were Nadia Erostarbe and Lucía Machado. Both are still advanced by the main table of the competition and are already classified for their semi-finals in category sub 18 and sub 16 respectively.

Nadia Erostarbe continues to show her great state of shape and the great talent she possesses. The gipuzcoana today has taken a new step forward and has been classified as first in its manga dominating from the first minutes. His first 8-point wave allowed Erostarbe to handle the elimination and finish summatorium 12.17 points.

For its part, Lucía Machado is showing off its great surf in this world-wide "Vissela ISA World Junior Surfing Championship 2018." Today the canaria has ranked second in its sleeve and keeps all its options within the main picture of the competition. With a total score of 12.03 points Machado certified his pass to the semi-finals of this world competition.

Also in the female category sub 16, Melania Suárez was classified for the next round of the world's refishing table. The canary, with a total score of 13.50, was imposed on rivals who were barely granted a small truce. Melania is thus taking a stand for tomorrow to fight round 5 of refishing and try to move on this side of the competition panel.

In the male sub-16 category, Adur Amatriaín and Paolo Giorgi have given a whole surf show in the waters of the mythical California pier. The Basque, in a manga in which he also faced his compatriot Sean Gunning, achieved a total score of 14.47 points with a wave valued at 8.10 points that removed the options of his rivals. The canary, Paolo Giorgi, is holding a spectacular championship and again today. With a powerful surf and a total score of 13.67 points on his sleeve he managed to move towards the next round.

Both surfers will vote tomorrow for the 5 round of refishing and will try to fight to maintain the options that this part of the competition box gives... like Iker Amatriaín.

01 / 11 / 2018: Follow the good performance of the Basque surfers and canaries at the California Junior World Cup

Iker Amatriaín, Nadia Erostarbe and Lucía Machado get a direct pass to quarter finals on the fifth day of the "Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship 2018"

The "Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship" already faces the second half of the championship. The good conditions in Huntington Beach continue and the level of demand in the elimination is increasing. Only the top 16 in each category keep their options intact in a competition that is characterized by giving two opportunities to each surfer.

In the category Sub 18, Iker Amatriaín opened the day in a very tight sleeve in which he first ended up ahead of Portuguese Diogo Martins, Argentine Gaspar Larragneguy and French Justin Becret. The Basque surfer went from less to more during his sleeve and ended up adding 12.34 points that catapulted him to the first position.

For its part, Nadia Erostarbe continued to show its strength in competition and in a tight sleeve from the first few minutes it was able to add 11.40 points that were worth it to get among the 12 sub-18 surfers that keep their options intact.

In the category Sub 16, Lucía Machado was the protagonist in getting the pass in a very hard elimination that faced her partner Melania Suárez and the American Caitlin Simmers and Samantha Sibley.

After the equator of the competition, the next days are decisive for the general classification. Tomorrow's day is scheduled for all # larojasurf members who are still in competition to enter the water.

For the sixth day, the main table (pódium 1) is recombined with repescas (pódium 2), so again it will be a marathon day... from 7: 30 hours (local, + 8 on the peninsula) the action returns to Hungtinton Beach.