The Isa World Surfing Games continue this Saturday at Punta Rocas in Peru. After finishing second in the repechages behind Naia Monte on Friday, the Tahitian surfer faced Carissa Moore, Tokyo’s Olympic champion, Australian Leihani Zoric, the current U18 junior world champion, and Chile’s Estela López. Big-name opponents.
The Tahitian did manage to find an excellent first wave, but she could not accumulate enough points. Finishing fourth in the heat, she ends these Worlds in 22nd place.
On the men’s side, her brother Kauli competed in three heats during the day. In the seventh repechage round, the Olympic champion prevailed ahead of American Griffin Colapinto. Then, in the eighth repechage round, Kauli finished second with 13.83, just behind fellow Frenchman Jorgan Couzinet, eliminating Australian Liam O’Brien and Peruvian Alonso Correa.
But the ninth round proved fatal for them. Couzinet finished third behind Japanese Kanoa Igarashi and Argentine Franco Radziunas. Vaast, for his part, fell to WSL world champion Yago Dora and Ethan Ewing. The French finished in ninth place.
The sole remaining French competitor in these Worlds, Johanne Defay, will surf again this Sunday.
