APP world champions crowned

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
APP World Championship Finals

Poynter Advances, Schweitzer Drops Out:  A Day of Champions

“The wave was perfect.” – Poanaiki Raioha

These are the words used by multiple athletes, to describe what has been truly, one of the finest days of sup surfing in the sport’s competitive history.

Perfect, reeling rights with off-shore winds, sunny skies and an ideal ampitheater for crowds to gather and watch the finale to the 2018 APP World Surfing Tour in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . What a way to wrap up the 2018 season!

Your winners:  Sean Poynter & Iballa Moreno, two newly crowned World Champions, both for the first time, among a host of world class athletes who put on a spectacular performance for spectators and fans alike at El Loret in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the final day of the APP World Tour.

Poenaiki Raioha and Izzi Gomez win the Gran Canaria Pro-Am in epic conditions  in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Check out more surf action pictures in our GALLERY

Men’s Results of the GRAN CANARIA PRO-AM: 

Position Athlete Nation Points
1 Poenaiki Raioha Tahiti 10,000
2 Sean Poynter USA 8,000
3 Julien Bouyer France 6,500
3 Sebastian Gomez Peru 6,500
5 Luis Diniz Brazil 5,000
5 Leonardo Gimenes Brazil 5,000
5 Zane Schweitzer Hawaii 5,000
5 Wellington Reis Brazil 5,000
9 Dave Boehne USA 4,000
9 Alexis Deniel France 4,000
9 Tamil Martino Peru 4,000
9 Mo Freitas Hawaii 4,000
13 Fernando Perez Spain 3,000
13 Moritz Mauch Germany 3,000
13 Camille Bouyer France 3,000
13 Pablo Valencia Spain 3,000
13 Carsten Kurmis Germany 3,000
13 Leco Salazar Brazil 3,000
13 Oscar Perez Spain 3,000
13 Benoit Carpentier France 3,000
13 Dario Ojeda Spain 3,000
13 Daniel Cesar Ferlin Brazil 3,000
13 Juan de los Reyes Barrios Spain 3,000
13 Medhi Oudani Morocco 3,000
25 Luciano Esteves Martins Brazil 1,000
25 Arthur LeMenn France 1,000
25 Javier Lezcano Spain 1,000
25 Federico Benettolo Italy 1,000
25 Arthur Arutkin France 1,000
25 Eduardo Diaz Spain 1,000

 

Women’s Results of the GRAN CANARIA PRO-AM:

Position Athlete Nation Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
1 Izzi Gomez USA 10,000
2 Iballa Moreno Spain 8,000
3 Vania Olivieri Torres Peru 6,500
3 Shakira Westdorp Australia 6,500
5 Nicole Pacelli Brazil 5,000
5 Gabriela Sztamfer Brazil 5,000
5 Candice Appleby USA 5,000
5 Alazne Alonso 5,000
9 Dominique Miller Hawaii 4,000
9 Terrene Black Australia 4,000
9 Lara Claydon 4000
9 Annette Qvisgaard 4,000

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