SURFE-Barba, cabelo e TÍTULO -LANCE! Newspaper -Friday, Dec. 18th,2015-page 28 -
Rio de Janeiro -Brazil
SURF
I thank my brother, that bought my first surfboard by R$ 30/Mineirinho
Finally -Mineirinho is carried and celebrates after being Champion of WCT
WSL - Kirstin Scholtz
Beard, Hair and TITLE
On an illuminated day of Brazil in decision of WCT in Hawaii, with right of green and yellow
Final, Adriano de Souza defeated adversaries and conquest his fist World Title of Surfing
NÚCLEO POLI
reporterpoli@lancenet.com.br
Brazil is the country of surfing. In decision of WCT, yesterday in Pipeline, in Hawaii, the Brazilian storm did beard, hair and mustache, dominated the straight Final of competition and has a new world champion: Adriano de Souza.
Mineirinho conquered the Title of Circuit for the first time in his career at 28, and in the tenth season in the elite of modality. The Cup was conquered in great style, with victory at last stage of season over the previous World Champion, Gabriel Medina, by 12.84 to 8.50.
The surfer of São Paulo, grew up in the waves of Guarujá, started the day having to "dry"-cheer against- the favorite to title, the Australian Mick Fanning that arrived in Hawaii as leader of general classification. To be champion, Mineirinho had to make his part and cheer to Fanning lose before him.
And this came true in Semifinals. The "little help" just came from of own Medina, that overcame the three times
World Champion by 11.33 to 10.36. The traditional tubes of Pipeline showed up few times during the day. Than, to win, the Brazilian used his traditional aerials and in his last tentative, at final minutes. With this manuever Medina scored 6.50, turned over Fanning and advanced to Final of the stage.
At next heat, Mineirinho should win to be champion. His adversary was the Hawaiian Mason Ho, that is not in the 2015 WCT and only competed in the decision through the Trials performed before the competition
The waves did not showed up again, but Mineirinho did his part. He won by 6.83 to 3.83 and conquered the Title.
When left the Sea, was carried by Brazilian fans. The surfer dedicated the Cup to his friend Ricardo dos Santos, that was surfer and was murdered in January.
-I will carry his soul with me forever. I know he will be with me forever -said Mineirinho that has a tatoo in his righ arm as a tribute to Ricardo.
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THE LAST CHAMPIONS
YEAR SURFER
2015 Adriano de Souza(BRA)
2014 Gabriel Medina(BRA)
2013 Mick Fanning(AUS)
2012 Joel Parkinson(AUS)
2011 Kelly Slater(USA)
2010 Kelly Slater(USA)
2009 Mick Fanning(AUS)
2008 Kelly Slater(USA)
2007 Mick Fanning(AUS)
2006 Kelly Slater(USA)
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THE SEASON OF THE CHAMPION
SMASHED BEGINNING
Adriano de Souza started the year as the best surfer of WCT. In the three first stages, all in Australia, he was in third position
(Semifinals)in Gold Coast, deputy champion, in Bells Beach, and won in Margaret River. So he arrived in the stage of Rio de Janeiro
as the leader of championship with 24,500 points
FALL
At four follow stages, Mineirirnho suffered a small decline. In Rio de Janeiro(the fourth stage), in Fiji(fith) and in Tahiti(seventh) the Brazilian was elimiminated soon in Round 3, what received the 13th position. His best result was the Quarterfinals in sixth stage, in Jeffreys Bay , in South Africa. Than he lost the leadership.
RECOVERY AND SCARE
Mineirinho backed to be consistent at last stage in the season. At stop eighth, in Trestles(USA) the Brazilian was deputy champion. Than in France, stopped in Semifinal. At penultimate stage of the year, a scare. The Brazilian fell down in Round 3. Than, arrived in Hawaii in third in the ranking
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ILLUMINATED DAY
Medina conquered the Triple Crow
As he did not conquer the bichampionship of WCT, the Brazilian Gabriel Medina did not leave from Hawaii with empty hands, he also took home a symbolic conquest. By the first time a surfer of the country, won the Triple Crown, title given to the athlete that add more points in the three competitions performed in Hawaii between November and December. The two first, in Alii Beach and Sunset Beach make part of WQS schedule, the second division of World surfing. The third is exactly the competition in Pipeline that ends the season of WCT(elite division).
Medina was in Semifinals at both disputes of WQS and sealed the Title when overcame Mick Fanning in the Semifinals yesterday.In case, of victory of the Australian he would take the Triple Crow.
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Version by Paulo Piqueres -Postgraduate in Advanced English -PUC -Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre/RS - Brazil
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