2023 RIP CURL CANAM Surfing Championships – FINAL RESULTS

2023 RIP CURL CANAM Surfing Championships – FINAL RESULTS

2023 RIP CURL CANAM Surfing Championships – FINAL RESULTS

presented by White Claw Canada and Red Bull Canada

Cox Bay, Tofino, Canada

April 14-16, 2023

185 competitors

12 RIP CURL CANAM Titles 

 

It has now been a week since we packed up the the last of the Rip Curl CANAM contest scaffolding, Red Bull’s awesome Athlete Zone, White Claw’s epic Shore Club, Heineken 0.0 rad Surf z0.0ne, and the event Sponsor tents, YETI, Endless Surf, Surfrider Foundation, plus the newest addition to the family, Canadian Union for Skilled Workers (CUSP)… and now looking back, it will no doubt be remembered for being the very best comp we ever had! It was massive test not just for the surfers competing, but for the production and events team to deliver, and everyone fully stepped up!

 

The Wild West Coast of Vancouver Island fully lived up to its name with conditions ranging from excellent to challenging, experiencing all four seasons in a single day, including sleet, heavy rain, snow, sun and powder blue skies. Winds ranged from very strong offshores, to side shores, to light onshore and all the division champions were the very best at adapting their performances to all the challenges that mother nature and the other competitors could throw at them – which is exactly what we want from a surf comp in order to crown the very best.

 

Day 1: 4’-5’ Clean, really nice west swell, Offshore winds, very consistent throughout the tides.

Day 2: 4-6’+, new strong west swell, blustery offshore winds, A LOT of rain. 

Day 3: Finals Day: as big as Cox Bay handles in the early morning, to a much more manageable, very consistent, head high and bigger sets. 

 

A Huge Congrats to all competitors that came from all across Canada and around the World, and especially the finalists and the twelve newly crowned 2023 Rip Curl CANAM Champions for consistently pushing their performances to world class levels!

 

 

PRO Women

1. Mathea Olin $4000 🍁🏆 + $1000 Burns Family V.I. surfer performance bonus
2. Sanoa Olin $2000
3. Ocea Green $1000
4. Catherine Bruhwiler $500

 

PRO Men

1. Wheeler Hasburgh $4000 🍁🏆
2. Noah Cohen $2000 + $1000 Burns Family V.I. surfer performance bonus 
3. Reed Platenius $1000
4. Michael Darling $500

 

OPEN Women

1. Kat Rosene 🍁🏆
2. Morgan McIntosh
3. Ella Wallace 
4. Jasmine Turner

 

OPEN Men

1. Angel Jardine 🍁🏆
2. Joao Belfort
3. Keenan Bush
4. Chance McCullough

 

LONGBOARD Women

1. Mathea Dempfle-Olin 🍁🏆
2. Liv Stokes
3. Claire Parsons
4. Izzy Abdurahman

 

LONGBOARD Men

1. David Schiaffino 🍁🏆
2. Jeffrey Spencer
3. Michael Darling
4. Adam Talbot Tory

 

U18 Girls

1. Sanoa Dempfle-Oin 🍁🏆+ $1000 Burns Family V.I. surfer performance bonus
2. Ocea Green
3. Aqua Bruhwiler
4. Ella Wallace

 

U18 Boys

1. Wheeler Hasburgh 🍁🏆
2. Nikolas Diego Polischuk
3. Jackson Meskis
4. Jonas Meskis

=11th Shea Bruhwiler + $1000 Burns Family V.I. surfer performance bonus

 

U16 Girls

1. Ocea Green 🍁🏆
2. Baylee Brown
3. Sarita Wyton
4. Westerly Wyton

 

U16 Boys

1. Nathan Hereda 🍁🏆
2. Angel Jardine
3. Tanner Sandvig
4. Tamma Hannemann

 

SUPsurf Womens

1. Catherine Bruhwiler 🍁🏆
2. Lise Marie Richard
3. Kristy Wright Schell
4. Amber Champion

 

SUPsurf Mens

1. Jeffrey Spencer 🍁🏆
2. Finn Spencer
3. Jacob Collard
4. Jesse Cohen

 

For full results go to: https://liveheats.com/events/102842

 

All photos @aimeeisaksonphoto

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Surf Canada is proudly supported by our Premiere Partners:

 

Rip Curl Canada the official Apparel and Wetsuit Partner of Canada’s National Team and Title Sponsor of the Rip Curl CanAm

 

White Claw Hard Seltzer presenting partner and official Hard Seltzer of RipCurl CanAm. A Wave of Pure, Crisp Refreshment Crafted with quality ingredients, White Claw® Hard Seltzer is made from a blend of seltzer water, our gluten-free alcohol base, and a hint of fruit flavor. We bring the wave. #WhiteClawCanada

 

Red Bull Canada official presenting partner and Energy Drink of Surf Canada and Rip Curl CanAm. Red Bull vitalizes Body and Mind #GivesYouWiiings

 

Heineken 0.0 (ZeroZero) official non-alcoholic Beer of Rip Curl CANAM 

cheers with no alcohol, Now You Can with Heineken 0.0
A Zero alcohol beer that delivers all of the quality you expect from Heineken.

Enjoy its soft, malty, toasted grain and refreshing fruit character. Serve anytime as the perfect palate refresher.

 

CUSP – Canadian Union for Skilled Workers – Building a better Canada, Thriving Communities, and Better Workplaces. Join CUSW today for a more secure tomorrow

 

YETI Canada Official insulated Drinkware and Coolers Rip Curl CanAm #Built for the Wild

 

Mill Bay Marine Group, Founding partner of Surf Canada and Rip Curl CanAm

 

Endless Surf, Official Surf Park Technology provider of Surf Canada 

 

Marwick Marketing digital marketing partner of Surf Canada

 

Hotel Zed Tofino official Hospitality partner of Surf Canada and Rip Curl Pro CanAm

 

Nettwerk Music Group, official music provider of Surf Canada and Rip Curl CanAm

 

With participation from the Government of Canada « Avec la participation du gouvernement du Canada. » 

 

This event was funded in part, by a grant from viaSport BC and the Province of British Columbia 

 

We want to gratefully acknowledge the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, and the support from DestinationBC, the District of Tofino, Tourism Tofino and Tourism Ucluelet 

 

A very special thank you to the District of Tofino and especially Cindy, Karen, Judiete, and Eli who enabled everything that was needed in order to continue to make this event happen. 

Judging Staff: So stoked to have for the first time WSL Judges; Liz Hauser, Mitch Salazar, Dave Shipley, along with our Canadian ISA accredited judges, Dan, Shandy, Shannon, Catherine, Blair, Lydia, Patrice, and Kieren.

Our Medical, Safety and Integrated Support Team; Dr. Hattin, Dr. Moher, Dr. Norman, Rich, Eryn, Antionette, Lars.

Our media team; Aimee, Nate, and Marcus.

So much Love and Admiration to Surf Canada’s core events operations team Sophie, Kobe, Neve, Dave, Mat, Shannon, Beau, Elle, Mark, and Dan whose 100% commitment cannot be overstated! This event truly would not have happened without their unwavering dedication to the cause. 

And of course, the ever-entertaining broadcast team; Curtis and Robbie and the all-time production crew at SportsCanadaTV that brought live surfing to the comfort of your own home, on SurfCanada’s YouTubeTV, and CBC Sports.  

Link: https://csasurfcanada.org/media/ 

I am sincerely sorry if I have left anyone out – it’s a huge on-site team of 45 people, plus contractors and suppliers that makes this event GO. The 12 months of planning, permits, funding, sponsors, coordinating suppliers, contractors, staff, volunteers, etc, etc, but at the end of the day, when we see the Pure Stoke on everyone’s faces, we know that all the effort, sleepless nights, frozen body parts, that it is all SOOOOO WORTH IT! We will see you all again in 2024, we can’t Freak’n Wait!