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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/ouZX2IehgO8?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;Team South Africa Wins The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games In Panama&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;South Africa\\u2019s Shaun Joubert Wins the Open Men\\u2019s and Australia\\u2019s Dimity Stoyle Wins the Open Women\\u2019s in Incredible Waves at Santa Catalina&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Team South Africa is the new 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games Team Champion. South Africans is the winner of the Fernando Aguerre World Team Champion Trophy, named and donated by the long-time ISA President who was first elected in 1994 and has been diligently working on fulfilling the ISA\\u2019s mission of developing the sport of surfing around the world.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the Team Champion received the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President\\u2019s Trophy and the \\u201cCopa V Centenario Del Descubrimiento Del Oceano Pacifico,\\u201d or 5th Century Cup of the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean. South Africa\\u2019s Shaun Joubert is the new Men\\u2019s Reef ISA World Surfing Games Champion. With powerful turns and aerial tactics, Joubert earned the Gold Medal.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Australia\\u2019s Dimity Stoyle is the new Women\\u2019s Reef ISA World Surfing Games Champion. Stoyle earned the Gold Medal with a high scoring wave in the last minutes of her heat.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThis has been a very intense week of waves and hot weather in Panama along with the warmth from the Panamanian people who have welcomed us during this whole time,\\u201d remarked ISA President Fernando Aguerre. \\u201cI know that at times we didn\\u2019t have the waves that we wanted, but being patient with the waves is part of being a good surfer understanding that waves come and go just like in life we have to take the time so we can find the best.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cTo all of you that have come to Panama for this event, I give my warmest congratulations,\\u201d continued Aguerre. \\u201cSome of you are going to take home medals, most of you won\\u2019t, but all of you are champions for having made it to Panama as members of your National Surfing Teams. I hope that all of you will go home as friends of Santa Catalina, Son\\u00e1 and Panama and whenever you think of a surfing vacation in a good destination with warm water and good waves, you think of Panama.\\u201d The swell predicted by Surfline, the official forecasters of the event, arrived with clean surf in the chest to head-high range. An onshore breeze picked up in the afternoon, but the waves remained consistent and pumping all day.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The perfect reef break of Santa Catalina allowed the world\\u2019s best surfers to compete at their highest potential and fight for the Team Championship and individual Gold Medals. The Final Day started with a long way for the surfers in the Repechage who had to surf up to 3 different heats to make it to the Grand Final.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In the Women\\u2019s Repechage, Australia\\u2019s Codie Klein had a great start to the day earning 15.27 defeating Dominic Barona (ECU, 9.16) and Kelly Ann Laide (PUR, 5.24). Klein continued to the Grand Final were she got second place earning the Silver Medal. The Women\\u2019s Final featured Australia\\u2019s Dimity Stoyle, teammate Klein, New Zealand\\u2019s Ella Williams and Brazil\\u2019s Suelen Naraisa.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Stoyle was in third place until in the last few minutes of the heat, when she posted the heat\\u2019s highest single wave score of 9.50, to take the lead and the Gold Medal. In second place, earning the Silver Medal was Klein (AUS, 12.63), followed by Suelen Naraisa (BRA, 12.47) earning the Bronze Medal, and Ella Williams (NZL, 10.83) with the Copper Medal. \\u201cIt is a such an honor to be on the Australian Team; it means everything to all of us,\\u201d said the Gold Medalist, Stolye. \\u201cWe came here and we just wanted to do it for the team more than for ourselves.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Men\\u2019s Repechage Final had a nerve-wracking fight for the final two spots in the Grand Final. Australia\\u2019s Russell Molony won with 13.37 points and in the last minute the local favorite Jean Carlos \\u201cOli\\u201d Gonzalez managed to get a place in the Final earning 10.80 tying Chile\\u2019s Guillermo Satt (10.80) and defeating Argentina\\u2019s Leandro Usuna (9.97). Oli advanced to the final because he had the highest single wave score.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;To finish the event, the Men\\u2019s Final featured Shaun Joubert (RSA), Cristobal de Col (PER), Russell Moloney (AUS) and the local hero, Gonzales. The South African, in the first minutes of the heat took the lead earning an impressive 9.33 points. He then backed it up 8.33 solidifying his lead. The Panamanian was the only one within reach, but was unable to find the right wave to get the necessary score to move up to first place.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In the end, Joubert (RSA, 17.66) earned the Gold Medal, Gonzalez (PAN, 14.90) earned the Silver Medal, Cristobal de Col (PER, 12.93) earned the Bronze Medal and Russell Molony (AUS, 6.93) earned the Copper Medal. \\u201cI really enjoyed the waves in Panama, we had amazing waves all the event,\\u201d said the Gold Medalist Shaun Joubert. \\u201cIt\\u2019s nice to come as a team and actually be at the beach cheering the other guys and you want your team to do well. It\\u2019s fun to see all the flags and people from other countries; it\\u2019s a special event.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The local, \\u201cOli,\\u201d made history by being the first Panamanian to win a medal in the ISA World Surfing Games. When the surfing competition concluded, the Closing Ceremony took place to officially close the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games and award the team trophies and individual medals.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000161225\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/05\\/Shaun-Joubert.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Shaun Joubert\\\" title=\\\"Shaun Joubert\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"427\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000161225\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games gold medalist Shaun Joubert from South Africa. Photo: ISA\\/Tweddle&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;Official Results:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;Overall Team Results:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1. South Africa- 11,102 points and Winner of the Fernando Aguerre World Team Champion Trophy, The IOC President\\u2019s Trophy, the 5th Century Cup of the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Gold Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2. Australia- 10,332 points, Silver Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3. Peru- 9,636 points, Bronze Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n4. Brazil- 9,146 points, Copper Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n5. Panama- 7,946 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n6. Costa Rica- 7,678 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n7. Argentina- 7,422 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n8. Chile- 7,286 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n9. Venezuela- 7,000 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n10. Mexico- 6,752 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n11. Ecuador- 6,630 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n12. New Zealand- 6,620 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n13. Puerto Rico- 6,520 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n14. Japan- 6,116 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n15. Italy- 6,060 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n16. El Salvador- 5,400 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n17. Guatemala- 4,866 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n18. Switzerland- 4,504 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n19. Uruguay- 3,732 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n20. Jamaica- 3,096 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n21. Turkey- 1,152 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n22. Canada- 720 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n23. Sweden- 720 points&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n24. Russia- 576 points&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The top 7 placing teams will qualify for the ISA China Cup, the ISA\\u2019s signature event that is held annually in January on Hainan Island in the South China Sea.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open Men\\u2019s:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nShaun Joubert (RSA), Gold Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJean Carlos \\u201cOli\\u201d Gonzalez (PAN), Silver Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCristobal de Col (PER), Bronze Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nRussell Molony (AUS), Copper Medal&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open Women\\u2019s&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDimity Stoyle (AUS), Gold Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCodie Klein (AUS), Silver Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSuelen Naraisa (BRA), Bronze Medal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nElla Williams (NZL), Copper Medal&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;For a full list of results visit: &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/isawsg.com\\/results\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;http:\\/\\/isawsg.com\\/results\\/&lt;\\/a&gt;. For the full event coverage with daily videos and photo galleries visit- &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/isawsg.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;http:\\/\\/isawsg.com\\/&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the International Surfing Association&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running the Open Division World Championship since 1964, the World Junior Surfing Championship since 1980, the World Masters Surfing Championship since 2007, the World Bodyboard Championship since 2011, the Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival in China, and the World Standup Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship beginning in 2012. The ISA also sanctions the World Kneeboard Titles and the World Tandem Surfing Championship, and will launch the World Longboard Championship in 2013. ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 73 countries on five continents. Its headquarters are located in La Jolla, California. It is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA\\u2019s four Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (AUS), Kar\\u00edn Sierralta (PER), Debbie Beacham (USA) and Layne Beachley (AUS).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;More on &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.isasurf.org\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.isasurf.org&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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