Ramón Taliani Wins The Westfalia
Stage of the Costa Rica Surfing
Championship
Written by Editor at SurferToday.com
The Italian-Costa Rican resident of Malpais
in Punteranas, Ramón Taliani prevailed
Sunday at the premier date of the Circuito
Nacional de Surf DayStar in Playa Westfalia
in Limon, beating in the finals the Jaco
residents Luis Vindas and Jair Pérez, not to
mention Tamarindo’s Luis Castro. In front of
Hotel del Pilón, close to 1,500 people
watched the finals and semi-finals from 11
a.m., with waves of at least a meter in
size.
It was sunny in Limon and the atmosphere was
great, adding tremendous support for the
last heats, as Castro mounted a lead for the
first 10 minutes, while Taliana lacked a
better wave only scoring 8.00 points in the
first minutes. He eventually added two
better waves—rights with strong maneuvers
initiated on the routes. Vindas and Pérez
had bad luck in each of their decisions,
lacking the ability to find waves. Castro
put in some of the highest combinations, but
Taliani ultimately obtained the highest
points in the race surfing 14.67 in the
finals.
The support of the group from Malpais and
Santa Teresa was present with shouts and
pats on the back, since it was the first
time that a surfer from this región won a
1st place trophy in the Open category of the
Circuito. Previously, Olman Morales of Santa
Teresa had been the best winning 4th place
last season.
“First I want to be thankful for God, family
and to the people of Malpais who take the
credit to a large extent for this win. This
is the best moment in my surfing, and the
reason why I want to dedicate the win to the
zone is that it has good waves and excellent
surfers there,” said Taliani, who adds 1,500
points to his rankings with this win.
With Sunday’s win in the Women’s category,
Lisbeth Vindas has now won all three of the
Circuito Nacional de Surf DayStar 2009-2010
dates, and that makes her a favorite for her
eighth title for Women’s National Surf
Champion. The three wins were all 4 star
wins, and according to the rules, she can
keep the best four results, and eliminate
the three lowest.
Nevertheless, to gain a win, and shut
Lisbeth out, Nataly Bernold and Jordan
Hundley still have the power to overcome her
results by winning the remaining dates,
which have higher ranking point stars. That
could bring a fight for the titled to the
finals at Playa Hermosa.
At the end of the day on Sunday, the present
Women’s National Champion, Lisbeth, gave
indicators of defeat in the last two minutes
in her final series, when she pulled a long
left and earned 5.50 points that she needed
to command the win and push Bernold to the
2nd position of the heat.
“I do not even feel like the favorite,
especially since Jordan and Natalie make
things happen and the level of both of them
is very high, even Mariana (Samudio). Yes, I
am going to be in all the dates of the
Cicuito and I want to win the title,”
affirmed Lisbeth.
And finally, in Junior Carlos Muñoz, who did
not classify in the last rounds of the Open,
was concentrating on winning the Under 18,
where he devated with the highest
combination of the date. He came away with a
16.00 and 9.17 respectively in his last two
heats.
With this, the Junior, in this third date of
the Circuito, sees a new winner after Maykol
Torres took Esterillos and Jaco.
The next date of the Circuito Nacional de
Surf DayStar will take place in Tamarindo on
March 13 and 14. The Torneo Witch’s Rock
will be a 4-star contest awarding 1,500 to
winners in each category.
The Circuito National DayStar 2009-2010 is
sponsored by: DayStar Properties, LimeCoral
Apparel Company, Red Bull, 911 Groovy Radio,
Quiksilver, Britt Iced, Witch’s Rock Surf
Camp, Mango Skate & Surf, Banzaii
Surfboards, Carton Surfboard, Odessa
Clothing, Ibarquero Design and Surfos
Magazine.
Open
1 - Ramón Taliani
2 - Luis Castro
3 - Luis Vindas
4 - Jair Pérez
Junior
1 - Carlos Muñoz
2 - Jordon Hernandez
3 - Anthony Fillingim
4 - Danny Bishko
Women’s
1 - Lisbeth Vindas
2 - Nataly Bernold
3-Mariana Samudio
4-Jordan Hundley
Longboard
1 - Anthony Flores
2 - Carlos Muñoz
3 - Esteban Leitón
4 - Adolfo Gómez
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