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The first event for the WWT will be in Búzios, Brazil from May 5 to 9. The Bahia event that was announced last year has moved to the second semester and won’t have a Grand Slam status. The first Grand Slam will be in Búzios with a $20.000 prize money.

Below are a proposed calendar of the events of the WWT. Please note that the TBC (to be confirmed) venues are proposed and not 100% confirmed.

Búzios/Brazil – May 5th to 9th – $20.000 – Grand Slam
Aruba – June 15th to 20th – $15.000 – International (prize money TBC)
Puerto Escondido/Mexico July 27th to August 5th – IBA Latin America event. This event will be giving for the girls $6.000 dollars and will count for the regional event. Even though it is not a WWT event is a good opportunity for you all to surf in excellent conditions with no crowd.
Sopelana/Spain August 19th to 21st – $15.000 International
Sintra/Portugal – August 24th to 29th – $20.000 – Grand Slam
Katherine Melo/Brazil October 12th to 17th – $15.000 – International TBC
Bahia Bodyboarding Show/Brazil October – 19th to 24th – $15.000 – International TBC
Venezuela Pro – October 28th to 31st – $15.000 – International
Confital/Canaries Island – December 1st to 10th – $15.000 – Grand Slam

irls,

Here are the initial information about our first Grand Slam of the year. I hope to see you all at Búzios.

Búzios Bodyboarding 2010
$50.000 Man and Woman Grand Slam
May 5th to 9th
Geribá Beach, Rio de Janeiro

Búzios confirmed as the first WWT Grand Slam

Brazil will host from May 5th to 9th the Búzios Bodyboarding 2010. The event will distribute $50.000 dollars being $30.000 for men and $20.000 for women.

The competition will be the first Grand Slam of the year for the Women World Tour giving out 1500 points. With a $30.000 prize money and 1100 points for the men on the world tour ranking the competition stand as the most important non grand slam of the 2010 tour.

The City of Búzios is located 180km from Rio de Janeiro and is one the prettiest cities of Brazil. With excellent waves, and a very intense cultural/nightlife the city offers a variety of options that satisfies all tastes.

Official accommodation
The riders already can book their accommodation at the Tangarás Hotel. It’s located only 300 meters from the competition and has the best rates of the City. Competitors will pay around $57 on the double room, with air condition and breakfast.

To book your room get in touch with Mrs. Viviane at tangaras@tangaras.com.br or check out www.pousadatangaras.com.br .

VISA
Some countries need a VISA to come to Brazil. So be aware and double check before booking your flight.

In the next days the official website will be online bringing all the information regarding the competition.

Further information contact Flavio Brito at flavio@ibaworldtour.com or 55 21 8855-1774 mobile.

Due to lack of sponsorship, IBA has confirmed there will be no Pipe comp for this years Womens World Tour.

Hello Girls,

Just wanted to inform you all that now its official that there won’t be a Girls Pipeline counting for the 2010 IBA Tour. Betty will run her event in one day in April along with long board and short board. Now we need to focus the 2011 tour so that we can bring Pipeline back to the tour even better and stronger.

With this, the first event for the Woman division will be Brazil in late April and beginning of May. In the next weeks I will be sending out all the information about those events. We are details away to a 100% confirmation.

Regards,
Flavio Brito

Now we have had 3 Grand Slams the RANKINGS are done on BEST 3 GRAND
SLAMS and BEST 2 OTHER.So you can use a maximum of 3 Grand
Slam{yellow}and maximum 2 other{no colour}.
 Your ranking will only improve after Peniche if your points there are
higher than either of the other 2 no colour scores.
 After this Saturday I will be in the USA, so the rankings may take a
couple of days to be updated after Peniche, depends on internet access
while travelling.
Regards Derek

Rank C/Name Surname Country TOTAL
1 Eunate AGUIRRE SPN 5225
2 Jessica BECKER BRZ 4745
3 Neymara CARVALHO BRZ 4740
4 LuzMarie GRANDPEREZ PRCO 4385
5 Catarina SOUSA PORT 3980
6 Rita PIRES PORT 3965
7 Natasha SAGARDIA PRCO 3285
8 Isabella  SOUSA BRZ 3273
9 Lumar GUITTARD VNZ 2955
10 Izamar VIVAS VNZ 2850
11 Roberta BITZER USA 2115
12 Neuza MOCHACHO PORT 2065
13 Chiaki OKUYAMA JPN 1975
14 Marta  LEITAO PORT 1845
15 Maira VIANA BRZ 1790
16 Maylla VENTURIN BRZ 1710
17 Monica DUNN PERU 1660
18 Karla COSTA-TAYLOR BRS 1639
19 Juliana  FREITAS BRZ 1630
20 Lorraine LIMA BRZ 1600

Well unfortunately Zoe and Julia got knocked in the Trials…
The first two rounds of the Men were contested as well as the trails and R1 of the Women.
Both of the front-runners in the WWT got their campaign off to a great start with Unate Aguirre (SPN) and Neymara Carvalho (BRS) winning their opening heats to progress into the next round. However the show-stopper of the day was Brazilian Isabella Sousa who scored two of the best waves of the day and completed some amazing moves to be crowned the days best performer with a heat total of 17.25

View full results of  women’s trials and round 1 here

Update: Tuesday 7.15pm Aus East Coast Time The Men are surfing the opening round now then the trials of the Women followed by the 1st round of the Women then the next round of the Men. The Webcast is looking pretty average at this point, lets hope they lift their game.
Watch it live AT: www.womensbodyboarding.com/live

The Sintra Portugal Pro starts tonight (Australian Time) and almost 200 of the worlds best riders have signed on to compete in the 3^rd Grand Slam event on the 2009 IBA World Tour.

This event carries the maximum 2000 IBA championship points for the Men and 1500 for the Women and will be a critical factor in the positioning of the Top 5 riders as we enter the last stage of the circuit.

Sintra is one of the longest running events on the calendar and always a favourite stop for the competitors. The shifty beach-breaks and mega-structure create an environment like no other and the riders are treated like royalty. The streets are lined both sides with stalls selling bodyboard gear and this helps to add to the carnival like atmosphere.

The Women’s ratings are just as tight with Eunate Aguirre (Spain) just in front of the Brazilian duo of Neymara Carvalho and Jessica Becker. Puerto Ricans Luz Marie Grand Perez and Natasha Sargardia along with Rita Pires (Portugal) make up the top 6. A win at Sintra in a Grand Slam would establish a commanding lead.

Check out Mike Stewart’s guide to the comp site:

Brazilian Jessica Becker has won the 2009 Sopelana BBK Pro.

She defeated USA Milkshakes Team rider Roberta Bitzer in a hard fought final that saw Jessica get off to an early lead. Roberta came back with two srtong rolls to reduce the score to a 6.10 for a win but time was ran out and Jess walked away as Champion.

Jessica showed why she narrowly missed out on a world title last year with a polished display of bodyboarding in front of a massive Sunday afternoon crowd at Sopelana.

Jessica defeated local favourite Eunate Aguirre in the semi whilst Roberta disposed of Catarina Sousa (Portugal) with a late 9.5 in the second semi.

The crew now roll into Portugal for the Sintra Portugal Pro that starts on Tuesday…Watch it live at womensbodyboarding.com/live

Check the Resultado page at www.sopelanabbkpro.com for full results