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Ítalo Ferreira
Ítalo Ferreira da Costa (born 6 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional surfer hailing from a small community of Baía Formosa, in Rio Grande do Norte on the northeastern coast of Brazil. Early life Ferreira learned to surf on a three-foot-long lid of a coolbox his father used to transport fish to sell to restaurants in Baia Formosa. He quickly progressed to a real board and at 12 years of age, his talent was noticed and then nurtured by fellow surfer Jadson André, Jadson Andre and the legendary Brazilian surf coach, Luiz 'Pinga' Campos, who was then marketing director of one of the world's leading surf brands. Career Soon after, Ítalo won two rounds of the Junior World Championship in 2011 (finishing runner-up in the category overall), won the Brazilian Championship and in 2014, he finally qualified for the World Surf League, World Championship Tour. Ferreira first gained notoriety on the Championship Tour during his 2015 World Surf League, 2015 rookie season. During hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surfing At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Shortboard
The men's shortboard competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 July at the Shidashita Beach, or "Shida", located about outside of Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. The medals for the competition were presented by Bernard Rajzman, List of members of the International Olympic Committee, IOC Member, Olympic Games, Olympian, and Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Silver Medalist, Brazil; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Fernando Aguerre, International Surfing Association, ISA President; United States. Background This was the first time the surfing is held at the Olympics; it was one of five temporary sports selected for Tokyo 2020. Surfing has also been selected as a temporary sport for 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Paris, France. Australia and the United States are typically strong surfing nations, with Brazil a significant challenger. American John John Florence, a two-time World Champion with the Pipeline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rip Curl Pro
The Rip Curl Pro, formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic, is a WSL (formerly ASP) World Tour surfing competition held in and around Torquay, Victoria and sponsored by surf company Rip Curl. The event is based at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia. The event winner is awarded the prestigious 'Bell' trophy. It is the longest running professional surfing competition in the world. The song "Hells Bells" by AC/DC is played every morning before the first competition. History The competition has been held annually at Easter time at Bells Beach, Victoria continuously since 1962, becoming a professional competition and sponsored by Rip Curl in 1973. The contest has had various sponsors over the years, including in 1984 Australian rock band, Australian Crawl. The first Bells Beach contest was supposed to be held in late 1961 but was delayed until the Australia day weekend of 1962. The first winner was NSW surfer Glynn Ritchie. Occasionally George "Ming" Smith is credited as winning th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Surf League Finals
The 2021 Rip Curl WSL Finals was the eighth and final event of the 2021 World Surf League. It was the inaugural edition of the World Surf League Finals, and took place at Lower Trestles in California on 14 September 2021. The men's event was won by Brazil's Gabriel Medina, while the women's event was won by Hawaii's Carissa Moore. Format The event featured the top five surfers from both the men's and women's A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses ... regular season standings, and consisted of four head-to-head matches, held on a single day. In the first match, the surfers ranked fourth and fifth went head-to-head, with the winner advancing to take on the third-ranked surfer in the second match. The winner of the second match then took on the second-ranked surfer in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rip Curl Newcastle Cup
To rip is the act of tearing an object. Rip may also refer to: Places * Nioro du Rip, a town in the southern Kaolack Region of Senegal * 7711 Říp, an asteroid * Rip Bridge, New South Wales Australia * Říp, a mountain in the Czech Republic * Rip Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica * The Rip, entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait in Victoria, Australia * Ríp, a farm and church site in Iceland People * Rip (given name) * Rip (nickname) * Rip (surname) * Rip, pseudonym of the French revue writer Georges Gabriel Thenon * Rip Hawk, ring name of American professional wrestler Harvey Maurice Evers * Rip Morgan, ring name of New Zealand professional wrestler Michael Morgan (born 1957) * Rip Oliver, ring name of American professional wrestler Larry Richard Oliver * Rip Rogers, ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Sciarra (born 1954) * Rip Sawyer, ring name of American professional wrestler Sidney F. Garrison (fl. 1980s-1990s) * H. Ripley Rawlings IV (known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever, fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, anosmia, loss of smell, and ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock (circulatory), shock, or organ dysfunction, multiorgan dysfunction). Older people have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Some complicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Surf League
The 2020-21 World Surf League was the 44th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. After the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting international travel between and within countries namely Australia, Indonesia, Portugal and South Africa. The championships took a break for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The board changed the tour to a wraparound season of 2020-21, which allowed major changes to the tour schedule, with the Billabong Pipe Masters becoming the first round of the tour. The season also saw some new events introduced due to COVID-19 outbreaks and restrictions on travel within countries, notably Australia, who required surfers to quarantine in Sydney for 14 days upon arrival. Narrabeen was chosen as a replacement for the Gold Coast, while Newcastle returned to the tour for the first time in 10 years to replace Bells Beach. The women's championship tour will compete in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia for the first time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Medina
Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira (born 22 December 1993) is a Brazilian professional surfer. He won the 2014, 2018 and 2021 WSL World Championships. In two appearances at the Olympic surfing tournament, Medina won a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. In 2009, at age 15, Medina became the youngest surfer ever to win a major Qualifying Series event. He joined the World Surf League Tour in 2011 alongside eventual rival John John Florence, and in his rookie year he finished within the top 12 of the ASP (now WSL) World Tour. Since 2015, Medina has earned more Championship Tour victories than any other competitor. Media sources credit him as being the second person to have executed a maneuver called the "Backflip". Medina also became the first person to land this move in competition, during the Oi Rio Pro 2016. Life and career Medina was born in São Sebastião, São Paulo, and raised in the city's district of Maresias. He is the son of Simone Pinto Medina and Claudio de Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billabong Pipe Masters 2019
The Billabong Pipe Masters 2019 was the 11th and final event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 9 to 19 December at the Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii, and was contested by 36 surfers. In an all-Brazilian final, Italo Ferreira defeated Gabriel Medina to win the sixth Championship Tour event of his career. The victory also secured a first World Surf League championship for Ferreira. Format A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiksilver Pro France 2019
The Quiksilver Pro France 2019 was the ninth event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 3 to 11 October at Capbreton, Hossegor and Seignosse in Landes, France, and was contested by 36 surfers. In the final, France's Jérémy Florès defeated Brazil's Italo Ferreira to win the fourth Championship Tour event of his career and become the first Frenchman to win the event. Format A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corona Open J-Bay 2019
The Corona Open J-Bay 2019 was the sixth event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 9 to 19 July at Jeffreys Bay in Eastern Cape, South Africa, and was contested by 36 surfers. In an all-Brazilian final, Gabriel Medina defeated Italo Ferreira to win the 13th Championship Tour event of his career. He also became the first goofy foot surfer to win the J-Bay Open since 1984. Format A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2019
The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2019 is an event in the 2019 World Surf League Men's and Women's Championship Tour. This year's event marks the return of the women's competition to Peniche after 8 years without it. Brazilian surfer, Italo Ferreira was the men's winner becoming the first ever back-to-back winner as he won the event in 2018. He also ascended to the top spot of the Men's Championship Tour leaderboard surpassing the previous yellow jersey carrier, the world champion Gabriel Medina. American surfer, Caroline Marks won the women's event and her second Championship Tour trophy of the year. The 17-year-old surfer defeated world number two, Lakey Peterson in the final. Background The 11th edition of the event will be hosted in Peniche, Portugal from 16 to 28 October at the Supertubos beach in Peniche, Leiria, Portugal. Italo Ferreira, from Brazil, is the defending champion as he won the competition in 2018. Format A new competition format was introduced for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2019
The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2019 was the first event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place at Coolangatta in Gold Coast, Queensland, and was contested by 36 surfers. The event window was 3 to 13 April, but the competition was completed between 3 and 8 April. Italo Ferreira defeated Kolohe Andino in the final to win the fourth World Surf League The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfing, surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. The WSL was originally known as International Professional Surfing ( ... event of his career. Format A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in Round 1. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to Round 3, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters Round 2. In each of the four heats in Round 2, the top two surfers advance to Round 3, while the low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
