23 PASA PASG – Wrap report

Canada earned its first ever Team medal Copper (4th), best ever 6 individual medals out of possible 8 divisions, and provisionally qualified the most surfers (8) to Santiago ’23 Pan American Games!

Canada scored a total of 10,978 points in the ranking thanks to the collective individual final results of 16 of its surfers, including the Gold Medal won by Finn Spencer in Men’s SUPsurf; Lina Augaitis (SUPrace), Liv Stokes (Longboard) and Cody Young (Shortboard) each winning Silver; Sanoa Olin (Shortboard) and Jeffrey Spencer (SUPsurf) earning Copper medals (4th).

Dom Domic, Executive Director of the Canadian Team, said: “We are very encouraged by these results and what this Team has accomplished, particularly in surpassing our targeted goals and provisionally qualifying 8 surfers to the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Oct 20-Nov 5, which directly qualifies Shortboard surfers to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games”.

Congratulations to Team Brazil for taking out the Team Championships, with Argentina in second place with 11,540 points, third was Peru with 11,338 points and very close in fourth, Canada with 10,978 points.

The first individual final of the day was the Women’s Shortboard, where the winner was Silvana Lima from Brazil, facing Chelsea Tuach from Barbados, Lucia Indurain from Argentina and Sanoa Olin from Canada.

Olin was in first place in the heat during the first half, but Lima knew how to wait for the best waves and when they arrived, she took full advantage of them and with only two waves she was able to take the lead that she held until the end of the Final.

The Men’s Shortboard category was won by Kristian Kimmerson (BRA) in a final against Cody Young from Canada, Leandro Usuna from Argentina and Isauro Elizondo from Panama.   

The Brazilian had a slow start to the Heat, in which he could not find the right waves, but the Canadian Cody Young knew how to take advantage of the conditions and took the lead in the first minutes, closely followed by Usuna and Elizondo.

In the last few minutes the Brazilian found the rhythm of Santa Catalina, posting high scores. By the final exchange of waves, Kimmerson (BRA) appeared to be in second place behind Young, but his last wave with just seconds remaining, was enough to pass Cody Young (CAN) by just 0.60 points.

FINAL INDIVIDUAL MEDAL RESULTS: 

✅ Provisionally Qualified Santiago ‘23

Shortboard – Womens

1. Silvana Lima (BRA) 13.16 – Gold
2. Chelsea Tuach (BAR) 9.77 – Silver
3. Lucia Indurain (ARG) 9.50 – Bronze
4. Sanoa Olin (CAN) 7.60 – Copper ✅

Shortboard – Mens

1. Kristian Kimmerson (BRA) 17.04 – Gold Medal
2. Cody Young (CAN) 16.44 – Silver Medal ✅
3. Leandro Usuna (ARG) 10.14 – Bronze Medal
4. Isauro Elizondo (PAN) 13.13 – Copper Medal

SUPsurf – Mens

1. Finn Spencer (CAN) 15.00 – Gold QUALIFIED
2. Wellington Reiz (BRA) 13.86 – Silver
3. Luiz Diniz(BRA) 12.20 – Bronze
4. Jeffery Spencer (CAN) 9.63 – Copper

Longboard – Womens

1. Chloe Calmon (BRA) 11.00 – Gold
2. Liv Stokes (CAN) 8.40 – Silver ✅
3. Lia Reyes Diaz (CRC) 4.77 – Bronze
4. Sandy Portillo(ESA) 4.50 – Copper

SUPrace – Womens

1. Juliana Gonzalez (ARG) 49.07 – Gold
2. Lina Augaitis (CAN) 51.25 – Silver QUALIFIED
3. Natalia De La Lama (ARG) 52.22 – Bronze
4. Maricarmen (PUR) 53.30 – Copper

FINAL 🇨🇦 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 

Mathea Olin – 5th Longboard

Erin Brooks – 5th Shortboard ✅

Mathea Olin – 17th Shortboard

Ocean Green – 25th Shortboard

Catherine Temple – 5th SUPsurf ✅

Ocea Green – 19th SUPsurf

Catherine Temple – 17th SUPrace

Levi Young – 25th Shortboard

Wheeler Hasburgh – 37th Shortboard

Reed Platenius – 49th Shortboard

Jeffrey Spencer – 19th Longboard

David Schiaffino – 25th Longboard

Mike Darbyshire – 8th SUPrace QUALIFIED

Tim Oliver – 9th SUPrace

Team Ranking Final Results

Brazil 12430 – Gold Medal

Argentina 11540 – Silver Medal

Peru 11338 – Bronze Medal

Canada 10978 – Copper Medal

Puerto Rico 8721

Mexico 8413

Panama 8381

Costa Rica 7841

Venezuela 7699

Ecuador 6251

chili 5697

El Salvador 4460

Uruguay 4335

Guatemala 4285

Columbia 4143

Barbados 3440

Nicaraguan 1780

Dominican Republic 1680

USA 544

Shortboard athletes provisionally qualified to Santiago 2023

PASA has confirmed the Shortboard athletes who have provisionally qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games, pending the results of the next of the International Surfing Association’s World Surfing Games, which will be held in El Salvador from May 30 to June 7.

Men’s Shortboard

Cody Young (Canada)

Kristian Kimmerson (Brazil)

Marcos Correa (Brazil)

Jean Carlos Gonzalez (Panama)

Franco Radziunas (Argentina)

Isauro Elizondo (Panama)

Lucca Messinas (Peru)

Leandro Usuna (Argentina)

José Joaquín López (Venezuela) seeded ALAS

Two places for host team Chile

Women’s Shortboard

Sanoa Olin (Canada) 

Erin Brooks (Canada)

Arena Rodriguez (Peru)

Lucia Indurain (Argentina)

Daniella Rosas (Peru)

Isabella Gomez (Colombia)

Silvana Lima (Brazil)

Chelsea Tuach (Barbados)

Dominic Barona (Ecuador) seeded ALAS

Two places for host team Chile

All these athletes will have to defend their places to Santiago 2023 at the ISA World Surfing Games (WSG), the highest priority event in the qualification process.

Surf Canada would like to especially thank the Pan American Surfing Association, Panama Surfing Federation, all the amazing people of Panama, and all those who made the XVI edition of the Pan American Surfing Games possible. https://www.pasasurf.org/en/