The Maresia Girls International is the second last chance for the girls to get one of the six spots to get a place into the Women’s surfing elite, the Women’s World Tour. 44 girls from 12 counties showed up today as they are all in the round one of the competition that finishes Thursday. So the day off gave them all an extra day to get familiar with the waves of Praia Mole.
It was low tide early in this morning, so the organizers set a second call for 10 am but the conditions stayed the same. A third call was them set for mid day, but the waves didn’t get any better, and to close de deal an electrical storm started to form.
“We still have plenty of time to run the contest, so we will try to run it in the best possible conditions”, said contest director Bira Shauffert. “The wind is too strong and side shore today, hopefully tomorrow as the recent weather reports are predicting, tomorrow the winds will be lighter and more offshore, giving us better conditions to start the contest”.
Bira also emphasized the importance of Maresia Girls International in this final stretch of the season for the girls. "Many surfers who are here have not been to Bahia, they came just to compete in the six stars. It is the second last contest of the year with many points available and that requires much attention from us, so we’ll try to do our best to give them the best possible chance to compete on the best wave conditions”.
The Maresia Girls International is an ASP South America sanctioned event, official sponsor is the Brazilian surf brand MARESIA and organized by Prefeitura Municipal de Florianopolis, Salva Surf Brasil, Federacao Catarinense de Surf e Associacao de Surf da Praia Mole. Co sponsor are: Praia Mole Eco Village, Jamaica Surf Shop, Tent Beach, Aloha Surf Shop, Overboard, Planeta Surf, Ecologica, Surf Trip, Sumatra, Bahamas Surf Shop, Bali, New Look Surfwear, Fissura moda Surf Wear, and Mabuya. Partners: Surf Magazines Fluir, Surfar and Solto, Portal Waves, Jornal Drop and broadcast by TV Woohoo.
