Valadao and Amorin win the Katherine Melo Pro
Source: www.ibaworldtour.com
posted by Terry McKenna on 24th March 2008
Uri Valadao has defeated Luis Villar to take out the Katherine Melo Bodyboarding Pro.
Today brava beach unvieled the final day of the Katherine Melo Bodyboarding Pro 2008. This was the second mens event of the IBA world tour (the first was Pipeline, Hawaii).
The waves were small and the on shore wind started to blow in the morning, making conditions really hard for the finalists.
The woman's highlight was Maira Viana that lost to Joselaine Amorin in the semifinal. Maira just turned professional this year and the Katherine Melo Bodyboarding Pro was her first pro event. "I am very happy to get in 3rd place here. Now let's see if I can get a sponsor and compete the tour."
The 3x times world champion Neymara Carvalho lost to Naara Carolyne in the semifinal and also finished 3rd overall.
The final heat was between the Brazilians Joselaine Amorin and Naara Carolyne. Joselaine found the best waves of the heat and had high scores with rollos and 360s and won the Katherine Melo Pro.
"I am very happy to win here in Santa Catarina. There are four years that I don't compete and in my return I win the biggest event in Brazil. I don't know if I will compete the tour, because everthing is too recent in my head I will wait thing settle down and see what I will do." Said the winner.
The mens final was between Uri Valadão and Luis Villar. Uri opened the heat with very strong wave combination of ARS and rollos putting the pressure on Luis.
When Uri got the lead he had some luck and the waves just did not appear and he sat on Luis for the rest of the heat. Luis had lots of crowd support but Uri was heading for his first IBA win.
With the win in Brazil Uri got the lead of the world tour 2008 and now is followed by the Pipe champion Paulo Barcellos and Luis Villar in 3rd.
Final Results
Woman's Semifinal:
01 – Neymara Carvalho (Bra) 9,90 x 12,25 Naara Caroline (Bra)
02 – Maira Viana (Bra) 9,90 x 14,25 Joselaine Amorin (Bra)
Woman's Final:
01 – Naara Caroline (Bra) x Joselaine Amorin (Bra)
Men's Semifinal:
01 – Uri Valadão (Bra) 16,65 x 11,95 Roberto Bruno (Bra)
02 – Amaury Laverhne (Reun) 12,15 x 13,00 Luis Villar (Bra)
Men's Final:
01 – Uri Valadão (Bra) 12,15 x 9,90 Luis Villar (Bra)
* South Africa's sole entrant Adam Morley earned a respectable 9th position.
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