Australia, USA, Lead ISA World Surfing Games

CJ Hobgood cr. Carlos Pinto / ISA

American CJ Hobgood was one of the top performers at the just-concluded ISA World Surfing Games in Portugal, but Australia was the top-performing team for the third consecutive year.

In the Men’s Open category, Hobgood outlasted Aussies Heath Joske, Dayyan Neve and Kai Otton to take the gold.  On the women’s side Aussie Sally Fitzgibbons led the field and took home gold, followed by France’s Marie Dejean, Brazilian Camila Cassia and the USA’s Lauren Sweeney.

Fitzgibbons, 17, who will be competing on the ASP World Tour next season, made history because she was also a gold medalist at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championships this year.

The team championship is determined by the total points gathered by competitors in all categories, which also including Longboard and Bodyboard.  Australia had six overall medalists helping them to the win, followed by the US, which only had two medalists but scored enough points to be the second-ranked team.

For more about the contest check out the ISA Games website.  Full results follow.
WORLD CHAMPIONS
Gold: Australia – 17.238 pts.
Silver: USA – 14.284 pts.
Bronze: Brazil – 12.610 pts.
Copper: France – 11.819 pts.

OPEN MEN
Gold: CJ Hobgood (USA)
Silver: Heath Joske (AUS)
Bronze: Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Copper: Kai Otton (AUS)

OPEN WOMEN
Gold: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
Silver: Marie Dejean (FRA)
Bronze: Camila Cassia (BRA)
Copper: Lauren Sweeney (USA)

BODYBOARD MEN
Gold: Marcus Lima (BRA)
Silver: Manuel Centeno (POR)
Bronze: Hugo Pinheiro (POR)
Copper: David Lee (ZAF)

BODYBOARD WOMEN
Gold: Natasha Sagardia (PRI)
Silver: Heloise Bourroux (FRA)
Bronze: Rita Pires (POR)
Copper: Lilly Pollard (AUS)

LONGBOARD
Gold: Matthew Moir (ZAF)
Silver: Harley Ingleby (AUS)
Bronze: Taylor Jensen (USA)
Copper: Phil Rajzman (BRA)

ALOHA CUP
Gold: France
Silver: Portugal
Bronze: Costa Rica
Copper: South Africa