CBRASB Crowns Brazilian Champions for 2017

2017 CBRASB Troféu Brasil de Bodyboarding

Location: Praia do Estaleirinho, Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Date: November 23rd-26th, 2017

  CBRASB (Confederação Brasileira de Bodyboarding) crowned its 2017 Brazilian National Champions on Saturday, November 25th.  Here are the results.

SUB-18:

1st- Luan Tavares (RJ)
2nd- Vinicius Bueno (ES)
3rd- Igor Almeida (RJ)
4th- Felipe Custódio (PR)

SUB-18 NATIONAL CHAMPION: LUAN TAVARES (RJ)


OPEN WOMEN'S:

1st- Isa Nunes (PR)
2nd- Naiara Stringhini (RS)
3rd- Cristiane Bianco (SC)
4th- Marina Sobral (SC)

OPEN WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPION: ISA NUNES (PR)


OPEN MEN'S:

1st- Luan Tavares (RJ)
2nd- Leandro Gonçalves (PR)
3rd- Igor Almeida (RJ)
4th- Jailton de Camargo (PR)

OPEN MEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPION: LUAN TAVARES (RJ)


MASTERS:

1st- Leonardo Moreira (ES)
2nd- Douglas Junior (SC)
3rd- Ronaldo Figueiredo (SC)
4th- Marco Marciel (SC)

MASTERS NATIONAL CHAMPION: LEONARDO MOREIRA (ES)


WOMEN'S PRO:

1st- Maylla Venturin (ES)
2nd- Guta Borges (PR)

WOMEN'S PRO NATIONAL CHAMPION: MAYLLA VENTURIN (ES)


MEN'S PRO:

1st- Lucas Rodrigues (ES)
2nd- Marcos Boeno (PR)

MEN'S PRO NATIONAL CHAMPION: LUCAS RODRIGUES (ES)

For more information, please be sure to visit:

CBRASB on Facebook

CBRASB YouTube Channel

CBRASB Official Website

2017 APB Awards

2017 APB Awards

  The 2017 APB Awards for Rookie of the Year, Move of the Year, and Athlete's Choice were voted on by the Top 24 on the APB Men's World Tour.

Alan Muñoz (Chile) received the Move of the Year award for this massive invert during the 2017 Arica Chilean Challenge!

MOVE OF THE YEAR: Alan Muñoz (Chile)

AM bringing a couple of souvenirs from the 2017 APB season back home to Chile.

ATHLETE'S CHOICE AWARD: Alan Muñoz (Chile)

Hawaii's Patrick Orr.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Patrick Orr (Hawaii)


Official APB Press Release


For more information, please be sure to visit:

www.apbtour.com

RECAP: Jared Houston Wins Fronton King 2017

Jared Houston Claims the Crown at Fronton King 2017

Date: October 14th-28th, 2017

Location: El Fronton, Galdar, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands


FINAL:
1st- Jared Houston (South Africa)
2nd- Amaury Lavernhe (Reunion Island)


VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS:

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES:

APB Tour Press Release

Surfer Today Press Release


For more information, updates, and highlights please be sure to visit:

www.apbtour.com

APB Tour on Facebook

APB Tour YouTube Channel

INTERNATIONAL BODYBOARD DAY

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BODYBOARD DAY!

Go bodyboarding and share the stoke...YEEEWWW!!!

Surfer Today press release

HISTORY: ISA Bodyboarding World Champions

HISTORY: ISA Bodyboarding World Champions

A 1988 promotional photo of Chris Cunningham from Morey Boogie Bodyboards.

Here's a quick look at the History of ISA Bodyboarding World Champions.

1988 World Surfing Titles: Chris Cunningham (USA)

1990 World Surfing Championship: Jackie Buder (Hawaii)

1992 World Amateur Titles: Nicolas Capdeville (France)

1994 World Amateur Titles: Jefferson Anute (Brazil)


1996 World Surfing Games:
Guilherme Tâmega (Brazil)
Daniela Freitas (Brazil)

1998 World Surfing Games:
Gonçalo Farias (Portugal)
Dora Gomes (Portugal)

2000 World Surfing Games:
Guilherme Tâmega (Brazil)
Karla Costa (Brazil)

2002 World Surfing Games:
Nicolas Capdeville (France)
Neymara Carvalho (Brazil)

2004 World Surfing Games:
Andrew Lester (Australia)
Kira Llewellyn (Australia)

2006 World Surfing Games:
Manuel Centeno (Portugal)
Kira Llewellyn (Australia)

2008 World Surfing Games:
Marcus Lima (Brazil)
Natasha Sagardia (Puerto Rico)

2009: No Event

2010: No Event

2011 World Bodyboard Championship:
Junior: Eduardo Rodriguez (Spain)
Drop Knee: Ardiel Jimenez (Spain)
Women's: Isabela Sousa (Brazil)
Men's: Pierre Louis Costes (France)
Team: France

2012 World Bodyboard Championship:
U18 Girls: Shiori Okazawa (Japan)
U18 Boys: Maxime Castillo (France)
Drop Knee: Iain Campbell (South Africa)
Women's: Sari Ohhara (Japan)
Men's: Eder Luciano (Brazil)
Team: Brazil

2013 World Bodyboard Championship:
U18 Girls: Glorielys Oropeza (Venezuela)
U18 Boys: Jefferson Bustos (Costa Rica)
Drop Knee: Luis Rodriguez (Venezuela)
Women's: Neymara Carvalho (Brazil)
Men's: Eder Luciano (Brazil)
Aloha Cup: Venezuela
Team: Brazil

2014 World Bodyboard Championship:
U18 Girls: Carolina Botteri (Peru)
U18 Boys: Yoshua Toledo (Chile)
Drop Knee: Amaury Lavernhe (France)
Women's: Teresa Almeida (Portugal)
Men's: Tristan Roberts (South Africa)
Aloha Cup: France
Team: Chile

2015 World Bodyboard Championship:
U18 Girls: Shiori Okazawa (Japan)
U18 Boys: Yoshua Toledo (Chile)
Drop Knee: Luis Rodriguez (Venezuela)
Women's: Anne Cecile Lacoste (France)
Men's: Eder Luciano (Brazil)
Aloha Cup: France
Team: Brazil

2016: No World Bodyboard Championship held

2017: No World Bodyboard Championship held

2018: No World Bodyboard Championship held

2019: No World Bodyboard Championship held

2020: No World Bodyboard Championship held

2021: ???

For more information, please be sure to visit:

www.isasurf.org

ISA on Facebook

www.isaworlds.com

Pat Caldwell Still Charging in His 50's

Pat Caldwell is still charging heavy Sandy's in his 50's...

Pat Caldwell at Sandy Beach on the south side of Oahu! Photo: JJ Caldwell.

...and it has me STOKED!!! Bodyboarding pioneer Pat Caldwell, the creator of the el rollo, was one of my bodyboarding heroes back when I was a grom, and he's someone I still look up to and hold in high regard.  Having met Pat several years ago (at Sandy's, no less) and having the good fortune of being able to touch base with him, occasionally, when I have bodyboard history-related questions is just one more example of how lucky I feel to be able to have met and befriended some of my childhood idols.  With that said, guys like Pat and Jay Reale and Mike Stewart continue to inspire me as a bodyboarder.  These guys, all in their 50's now, continue to redefine what is possible.  They're still charging, still ripping, and I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE THEM!!!  I have joked, for many years, that I plan on bodyboarding until the day I die.  It's really not a joke, though.  I want to continue to push myself so that I'm still chasing waves in my 50's and 60's...maybe even my 70's if I'm lucky!  For now, I'm doing my best to keep pushing myself forward through my 40's and, regardless of my age, as long as I'm still breathing you'll find me out in the water!  Thanks, Pat, for continuing to be an ageless inspiration!  Keep charging...YEEEWWW!!!

Still charging after all these years! Photo: JJ Caldwell

Mike Stewart Designs Bodyboard for Nazaré

Mike Stewart Creates Science Bodyboards Praia do Norte Model!

Mike Stewart presenting the Praia do Norte model from Science Bodyboards to Walter Chicharro, President of the Chamber of Nazaré.

"I am honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with the city of Nazaré, to create boards specifically designed to suit this apex beach break.  The city has supported bodyboarding and myself over the years, so I am stoked to support Nazaré."  -9x World Champion Mike Stewart

The Science Bodyboards Praia do Norte model.

Limited Edition. Only 2 units on Planet Earth!

If there is any one bodyboarder on the planet, above all others, that has the wave riding knowledge and experience to design a bodyboard for use at Nazaré, Mike Stewart is most certainly that guy!

At 53 years old, during the 2016 APB Nazaré Pro, 9x Bodyboarding World Champion Mike Stewart paddled out at Praia do Norte and kicked into a few bombs like this...with no jet ski assistance!

Mike Stewart is the first and only bodyboarder on the Nazaré Wall of Fame.

For more information about Nazaré and the Praia do Norte model from Science Bodyboards, please be sure to visit:

Praia do Norte on Facebook

Praia do Norte Nazaré website