Ian Gouveia has returned to high -level elite and Italo Ferreira has achieved her best peak result since 2019.
Brazil started the 2025 WSL season. The duo Italo Ferreira and Ian Gouveia, in competition in the pipeline phase, in Hawaii, this Saturday (8) in opposite keys, reached the semifinal. With this, both go to the Abu Dhabi phase in third place in the ranking. On the decisive Hawaiian day, the Poduar eliminated his compatriot Miguel Pupo in the quarterfinals. The clash was exciting and defined after the outburst of the timer, while the athletes exchanged waves navigated in the last few minutes. Pupo even exploited an advantage and forced Italo to reach a score of over 8 points. The world champion left for the attack and managed to leave the last tube, which put him in the semifinal.
Italo Ferreira – 15.17 (6.67 + 8.50) x Miguel Pupo – 15.10 (7.17 + 7.93)
The other representative of the Brazilian storm still alive in the competition was Ian Gouveia. In a clash against the legendary Kelly Slater, the athlete who is returning to the WSL Élite hit the American with a surf show. The world champion Hendecian even guided the battery, but saw the opponent adapt to two large pipes to secure the victory. Kelly seemed lost to the Pipeline Peak and greeted the event in the quarterfinals.
Ian Gouveia – 15.17 (7.17 + 8.0) X Kelly Slater – 9.26 (7.33 + 1.93)
Hours later, Italo Ferreira returned to the seaside of the pipeline to face the Barron Mamiya website. Hawaiian made history, dominated the clash and reached perfection. By discarding a beautiful tube valued at 7.93, the current WSL champion in Oahu won an incredible sum and qualified at the 2025 event.
Barron Mamiya – 18.90 (9.57 + 9.33) X Italo Ferreira – 10.33 (8.50 + 1.83)
The second semifinal, contested by Ian Gouveia and Leonardo Fioravanti, was won by Italian. Leo made a mistake from the Brazilian to jump forward and leave him in combination. By opening the battery with a large tube, the foreign surfers saw the representative of the Brazilian storm break the table in an attempt to maneuver and leave the sea empty. With this, Fioravanti was able to calmly choose the wave, winning a second note above 8 points to guarantee the classification.
Leonardo Fioravanti – 16.57 (8.40 + 8.17) x Ian Gouveia – 9.34 (6.67 + 2.67)
Source: Terra
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