ISA SUP Tech Race Recap and Results

History made in Tech Racing

With an exceptionally dominant performance, Shuri Araki claimed his third World Title with a commanding lead over his opponents in the SUP Technical Race to match the three won by Casper Steinfath (DEN). Now holding four gold medals overall, and with two more races still ahead of him, the 19-year-old has the chance to equal or surpass Steinfath’s record of five SUP racing golds.

The Tech. Finals could not have been more exciting, Shrimpy showed who is the master of SUP and mastered the race course like the champ he is. Just coming from Abu Dhabi where the water was very flat, Shrimpy was very comfortable in the overhead waves of El Sunzal and his buoy turns are the best on the market right now.

Shuri Araki JPN – 00:16:49
Christian Andersen DEN – 00:17:26
Guilherme Reis BRA– 00:17:57
Antonio Morillo ESP – 00:18:17
Nicolo Ricco ITA– 00:18:18
Ethan Bry FRA – 00:18:33
Davide Alpino ITA– 00:18:41
Itzel Delgado PRU– 00:18:42
Manuel Hoyuela ESP– 00:18:54
Campbell Carter USA – 00:19:02
Santino Bassaldella ARG– 00:19:05
Nagito Hirata JPN– 00:19:15
Arthur Arutkin FRA – 00:19:52
Eri Tenorio BRA – 00:20:11
Cristian Lopez CHI– 00:20:38
Mikolaj Majdan POL – 00:21:56

The times talk a clear language and it was Christian Andersens smart paddling and choice of waves to make the silver medal.

Overall it was a phenomenal final and the live stream was great to watch. It had all the ingredients of great SUP Racing: A beach start, a smart laid out buoy course and with the waves also the ingredient of the unforeseen.

Ladies final: A photo finish if there ever was one

The last race proved to be the most exciting as Juliette Duhaime (ARG) and Mariecarmen Rivera (PUR) pushed each other to a photo finish. Rivera had taken an early lead, before falling, along with others in the lead pack. The Puerto Rican quickly recovered her position, however, and stuck tight with Duhaime, Duna Gordillo (ESP), and Alba Frey (ESP), who had taken the lead. A single wave proved to be the difference however, with Rivera and Duhaime gaining huge ground after catching one the Spaniards missed. From there, the pair of Dumaime and Rivera stayed neck-and-neck all the way to getting tangled in the shore-break together. In the end it was Duhaime who claimed her first gold medal after a thrilling foot race to the finish line.

Julliete DuHaime ARG – 00:20:08
Mariecarmen Rivera PRT– 00:20:09
Duna Gordillo ESP– 00:20:29
Alba Alonso ESP– 00:20:41
Melanie LafenetreFRA – 00:21:27
Anais Guyomarch FRA – 00:21:34
Otono Hirata JPN – 00:21:43
Soryn Preston USA – 00:21:46
Rinka Mizutani JPN – 00:22:21
Lena Ribeiro BRA – 00:22:34
Alma Coletta Spada ARG – 00:22:44
Cecilia Pampinella ITA – 00:23:20
Jessica Moah BRA– 00:23:26
Csillag Virag Kocsis HUN – 00:23:26
Lisa Venturelli ITA– 00:24:26
Maddi Leblanc CAN– 00:24:44

There was definitely a portion of bad luck for Alba Frey and Duna Gordillo having missed that all deciding wave allowing MC R catching back up and J DH going along the ride. The final finish was crazy as both of them arrived at the shore break getting ponded. At that time it could have gone eitherway but Juliette got out of the water faster and Mariecarmen was a split second slower.

We highly recommend to rewatch the free live stream if you have a chance.