North American surfer Caroline Marks won the world circuit of the World Surf League (WSL) for the first time on Saturday, while Brazil’s Filipe Toledo retained his title in the final in Trestles, in the United States.
In the women’s final, Caroline Marks defeated Hawaiian Carissa Moore, five-time world champion, best of three heats, 2-0 (17.1 points in the first and 14.6 in the second, against 14.97 and 13.53), after leaving compatriot Caitlin Simmers and Australian Tyler Wright along the way.
Marks, 21, replaces Australian Stephanie Gilmore, who missed the final this year and finished the circuit in sixth place.
Portugal’s Teresa Bonvalot, an elite substitute, finished the year in 18th place, having competed in the first three championships of the year.
In the men’s race, Toledo, who as in 2022 retained the ‘yellow lycra’, as leader of the circuit at the end of the 10 stages of the regular competition, having already qualified for the final, also defeated Australian Ethan Ewing in two ‘heats’ (2-0), with 17.97 and 14.27, against the opponent’s 17.23 and 12.37.
Toledo, 28 years old, regained the title, strengthening Brazil’s dominance in the competition, the fifth in a row, after the triumphs of Gabriel Medina in 2018 and 2021, and Ítalo Ferreira in 2019.
Hawaiian John John Florence was the last surfer to break this dominance, with the ‘encore’, in 2016 and 2017, when he interrupted the streak that Medina started in 2014 and continued by Adriano de Sousa, in 2015.
Source: DN
