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"\"&lt;iframe src=\\\"\\/\\/video.grindnetworks.com\\/embed\\/brightcove\\/1746218669001\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;USA Leads the Charge for Team Gold at the Nicaragua ISA World Masters&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;12 More Athletes and One Team Eliminated on Day 6; ISA Aloha Cup Final Teams Decided&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/2012-isa-world-masters-surfing-championship-live-webcast\\/\\\"&gt;Watch the ISA World Masters Live Now!&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Friday, July 20, 2012&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Colorado Beach at Hacienda Iguana, Nicaragua&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;At the end of Day 6, 44 athletes remain in the Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship, just one or two heats from the Medal Round. With conditions expected to improve on Saturday, it looks like there will be a very exciting completion to this first ever ISA world championship in Nicaragua.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Another full day of Repechage heats \\u2013 followed by the semifinals of the ISA Aloha Cup \\u2013 ran in two to three-foot waves, with ever-present offshore winds grooming them to perfection. Over the course of eight heats, the number of surfers eligible to win a coveted ISA medal was further trimmed. Twelve more surfers and one country were eliminated from contention, bringing the number of countries still competing to 13.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;USA (8 athletes) and Hawaii (6) are ahead of the pack for the fight for Team Gold and the perpetual Eduardo Arena Trophy. They are followed by Brazil (5), Peru (5) and Australia (4). Japan had a difficult day, losing three of its five remaining surfers. Four-time ISA Gold Medalist Juan Ashton (PUR) has been fighting his way through the Grand Masters (over-40) Repechage rounds since Day 3. As if competing in the elimination rounds weren\\u2019t already difficult enough, with conditions further decreasing today, finding waves with scoring potential was a challenge.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cBeing in the Repechage rounds, where you only have 15 minutes, and you don\\u2019t know when the waves are coming \\u2013 it could at the beginning or the end \\u2013 is pretty dreadful,\\u201d said Ashton, who won his heat with a score of 14.34. \\u201cI saw that first wave, saw my opportunity and gave it all I had, like it was a final. The guys from Japan (Yasunori Isobe finished third in the heat), in small waves are tremendous surfers. When I was competing in ASP events and the waves were small and at beachbreaks, they always surfed pretty well; that\\u2019s why I knew they were going to be the surprise in this event.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Puerto Rico, which has won a Team Copper Medal the past two years, still has three athletes remaining in the event. Argentina also has three athletes competing, and one of its strongest contenders for a medal is Martin Passeri in the Men\\u2019s Masters (over-35). Last year in El Salvador, Passeri finished equal-13th in the division.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cYou just need to be patient and find the right wave and give it your best. I know that the judges want to see us bury the rail, and if I catch the right wave, I know I can do it,\\u201d Passeri said. \\u201cAll the surfers in these rounds are really good, so anyone can win this event. I have to go heat-by-heat; I can\\u2019t think ahead. I just need to be in the moment.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Peru was the only team in yesterday\\u2019s Top 6, other than USA, not to lose one of its remaining athletes today. Magoo de la Rosa won his Kahunas (over-45) heat with a score of 13.03, allowing his country to stay strong with five athletes. \\u201cIt\\u2019s a really tricky wave, and we are not used these waves, but little by little we are getting to know the wave and doing a little bit better every heat. Luck has been by our side too; we\\u2019ve had good waves and didn\\u2019t waste the opportunity,\\u201d said de la Rosa, who is a two-time ISA Medalist. \\u201cAs the event continues, we are facing better surfers, so you just need to stay humble and keep focused on victory.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In the Women\\u2019s Masters (over-35), both Repechage heats came down to the final moments in deciding who would advance, and whose event would be at an end. Andrea Diaz (CRI) was able to lock down a 6.5 to qualify to surf on Saturday. \\u201cIt was tough out there, because it\\u2019s kind of small and I\\u2019m not the best in small surf, but I got one perfect right and managed to hit it a couple of times really, really well, so I\\u2019m super stoked,\\u201d said Diaz, standing with the country flag draped over her shoulder and an arm around her daughter. \\u201cPura vida!\\u201d If Diaz can manage to advance through two more Repechage heats, she\\u2019ll make the medal round. Last year, she finished one round short in fifth place.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Australia, Costa Rica, Hawaii and Puerto Rico Advance to Saturday\\u2019s ISA Aloha Cup Final&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The ISA Aloha Cup is a unique tag-team event that is run at every ISA World Championship, featuring eight invited nations. Each team includes five athletes (4 men, 1 woman) to compete in the semifinal\\/final format.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Australia, Costa Rica, Hawaii and Puerto Rico qualified through the hour-long semifinal heats to compete for the Gold Medal on Saturday. Each team of four surfers entered the lineup and caught two waves, which went toward one total score. Costa Rica and Puerto Rico progressed through the first semifinal, while Australia and Hawaii held on to advance to the final in the second semifinal. The Final will be the last heat of the day tomorrow, July 21.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The event webcast will be live beginning at 7:40am local time (6:40am PST; 9:40am EST; 2:40pm in Paris; and 11:40pm in Sydney) with The Morning Show at &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.isawmsc.com\\/live\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.isawmsc.com\\/live&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000149607\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000149607\\\" title=\\\"Magoo De La Rosa \\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/07\\/Magoo-De-La-Rosa-640.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Magoo De La Rosa \\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"376\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Peru&amp;#39;s Magoo De La Rosa. Photo: ISA\\/Gonzales&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Masters Repechage Round 5 Results&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Hiroki Watanabe (JPN), 11.70; Ronald Reyes (VEN), 11.17; Jojo de Olivenca (BRA), 9.70&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Martin Passeri (ARG), 10.60; Shea Lopez (USA), 9.80; Heriberto Ramirez (MEX), 4.30&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Kahunas Repechage Round 4 Results&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Cesar Aspillaga (PER), 12.00; Craig Schieber (CRI), 9.10; Eric Graciet (FRA), 6.30; Yoshihiro Nakamura (JPN), 5.26&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Magoo de la Rosa (PER), 13.03; John Schmidenberg (AUS), 9.03; Masahisa Sakamoto (JPN), 8.96; Alfredo Flores (VEN), 6.87&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Grand Masters Repechage Round 5 Results&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Sergio Noronha (BRA), 14.00; German Aguirre (PER), 8.66; David Hammond (AUS), 4.30&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Juan Ashton (PUR), 14.34; Mark Cameron (AUS), 9.20; Yasunori Isobe (JPN), 8.20&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Grand Kahunas Repechage Round 4 Results&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Gilles Asenjo (FRA), 6.67; Aurelio Prieto (ECU), 4.76; Glen Pang (HAW), 2.40&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Javier Huarcaya (PER), 8.17; Javier Gorbea (PUR), 5.40; Kenneth Myers (PAN), 4.83&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Women\\u2019s Masters Repechage Round 2 Results&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Akiko Kiyonaga (JPN), 9.60; Sonia Garc\\u00eda (PAN), 7.56; Jennifer Vara (VEN), 3.37&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Andrea D\\u00edaz (CRI), 8.93; Roc\\u00cdo Larra\\u00f1aga (PER), 5.94; Rebecca Taylor (PUR), 4.57&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISA Aloha Cup Semifinals Results&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Costa Rica, 39.84; Puerto Rico, 38.53; Argentina, 34.58; Panama, 29.00&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Hawaii, 57.49; Australia, 55.75; Peru, 41.22; Venezuela, 26.73&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 7 Heat Schedule&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Qualifying Round 4 of Men\\u2019s Masters (Heat 1-2)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Qualifying Round 3 of Women\\u2019s Masters (Heat 1)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Qualifying Round 4 of Men\\u2019s Grand Kahunas (Heat 1)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Qualifying Round 4 of Men\\u2019s Grand Masters (Heat 1-2)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Repechage Round 6 of Men\\u2019s Masters (Heat 1-2)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Repechage Round 3 of Women\\u2019s Masters (Heat 1)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Repechage Round 5 of Men\\u2019s Grand Kahunas (Heat 1)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Repechage Round 6 of Men\\u2019s Grand Masters (Heat 1-2)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Repechage Round 5 of Men\\u2019s Kahunas (Heat 1)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Repechage Round 7 of Men\\u2019s Masters (Heat 1)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Repechage Round 7 of Men\\u2019s Grand Masters (Heat 1)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Final of ISA Aloha Cup&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship is made possible with the backing of the following sponsors: Nicaragua Tourism Institute, Gray Line, AmericanAirlines, Canal 13, Amnet, Hacienda Iguana, Taca, VOS TV, Municipalidad de Tola, Flor de Ca\\u00f1a, INISER; the following cosponsors: Movistar, Dollar, Alamo, Comit\\u00e9 Olimpico Nicarag\\u00fcense, Hilton, Nuevo Diario, Guacalito, Condor, Servipro, Aqua Spa, CDNN canal 23, Nicasurfing; and the following supporters: Surfari Charters, Corona, Paso Pacifico, Renisa, Parmalat, Credomatic, Cruz Roja, Pantaleon, Canatur. The media partners are Pasi\\u00f3n Xtrema, SurfersVillage and Surfos. The Official Forecaster for the event is Surfline.&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, and 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.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 71 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\\u00b4s 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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Gray Line Tours Nicaragua&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGray Line Tours is a leading tour operator in Nicaragua, and is affiliated with Gray Line Worldwide, which provides tourism services around the world. The company offers complete services in accommodation, transportation, tours, as well as the organization of congress and incentive travels (DMC). It offers quality and professional services, as well as personalized attention to its clients 24 hours a day.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Gray Line offers competitive rates and a wide range of products from nature and cultural packages to surfing and adventure programs. International surfing competitions in Nicaragua have been possible since 2010 thanks to Gray Line Nicaragua efforts.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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