It took 7 minutes for Buitendag to grab the first wave and connect the three maneuvers with a great backhand. In the semi-finals, the second seeded mark was stunned by Buitendag, 11.00-3.67. She was also the first woman to win the $ 100,000 Grand Prize, the first payment equal to a male draw when she won the opening round of the 2019 season on the Gold Coast of Australia.
At the age of 15, she was the youngest to qualify for a World Surfing Tour, and then at the age of 16 she was the youngest to win the Rookie of the Year honor when she finished seventh in the world. Making history was part of Marks’, well, young history. Raised on Melbourne Beach and now living in San Clemente, California, Marks began surfing at the age of three, sitting behind his father Darren while cruising on a longboard.Īside from his dream of riding barrel racing and his love of motocross racing, Marks followed his brother and father to the sea, where surfing became her favorite sport. Suddenly, the total value of the item was only $ 4.04, but one of the valuable achievements, the bronze medal, was lost. This is a ride that the judge has determined to be incomplete (1.80). Marks drove under his lips to put together a nice backhand ride before being sucked into a ball of foam. She added a total of 4.26 1.93 rides at 13 minutes, and the score required to lead was only 4.48. Turn right, which closed a little earlier. I didn’t lag behind with the victory of 4.26. However, much of the world’s focus was on Marks, who is sweeping the sport as a “super grom.”įormer junior world champion Tsuzuki kicked off with a 6.67 ride in a bronze medal duel, with a low score of 6.80-which took about 18 minutes to get the first score (2.33) when Marks connected in two. In the men’s final, Brazil’s Italo Feheila, 2019 World Champion and top seed here, dominated Japan’s Kanoai Glasski 15.14-6.60 with a gold medal despite breaking the board on the first ride. It happened just hours after the tide subsided, with top-seeded Moore making Tsuzuki 8.33-7.43 last longer in the semi-finals. Gray clouds.Īt the end of the day, Marks’ American teammate Carissa Moore of Hawaii was four-time world champion and defeated South African giant Bianca Buitendag in the final 14.93-8.46 to win the gold medal.
Surfers sought to take full advantage of the conditions from the Pacific storm by taking advantage of waves of “fun” bubbles that reach over 7 feet.