{"id":8871,"date":"2015-05-17T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T03:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isawsuppc.com\/?p=8871"},"modified":"2015-05-18T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T17:19:36","slug":"team-usa-breaks-aussie-streak-wins-2015-isa-world-sup-and-paddleboard-championship-presented-by-hotel-kupuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isaworlds.com\/sup\/2015\/team-usa-breaks-aussie-streak-wins-2015-isa-world-sup-and-paddleboard-championship-presented-by-hotel-kupuri\/","title":{"rendered":"TEAM USA BREAKS AUSSIE STREAK, WINS 2015 ISA WORLD SUP AND PADDLEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOTEL KUPURI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia 4-Peats ISA Team Relay; Jordan Mercer (AUS), Jack Bark (USA) Win Paddleboard Technical; Candice Appleby (USA), Conner Baxter (HAW) Win SUP Technical<\/h3>\n

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Team USA celebrating on the podium after winning the World Team Champion Trophy and Gold Medal. USA\u2019s six individual Gold Medals were enough to dethrone the reigning champions Australia. Photo: ISA\/Ben Reed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2015 ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship Presented by Hotel Kupuri culminated with 27 National Delegations erupting in celebration on the beautiful beach of Sayulita, Riviera Nayarit, Mexico.<\/p>\n

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Racers head towards the beach transition portion of the course. Negotiating the shore break was crucial for success. Photo: ISA\/ Bielmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kicking off the final day of competition was the ISA Team Relay Race. Four members from each team united in the name of their country to take to the technical course alternating between SUP and Paddleboard Racing.<\/p>\n

The first team to complete the course was the dynamic Australians that earned their fourth repeat victory. Rounding out the rest of the team relay results were New Zealand in second, USA in third and Hawaii in fourth, respectively.<\/p>\n

The first individual event of the day was the Women\u2019s Paddleboard Technical Race, and it was with little surprise that Australian Jordan Mercer earned the Gold Medal. Mercer is the most decorated athlete in the history of the ISA and took home Gold Medals in every discipline she competed in.<\/p>\n

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Jordan Mercer, the most decorated ISA athlete in history, added to her Medal collection this week winning every discipline she competed in. Photo: ISA\/Ben Reed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou are out there paddleboarding and all you have is your hands and your heart,\u201d said the experienced Mercer. \u201cThat\u2019s all you have to work with. So, to know the support and spirit that I have being an Australian \u2014 I go out there racing for my country\u2026 Australia is a country of pride, a country of privilege, and one that I am so honored to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Completing the lineup of women paddleboard medalists was Carter Graves (USA) earning Silver, Itziar Abascal (ESP) getting the Bronze and Jasmine Smith (NZL) taking home the Copper.<\/p>\n

In the Men\u2019s Paddleboard Technical Race, American Jack Bark was the first to finish nearly 20 seconds ahead of his competition with a time of 23:24. Australian Lachie Lansdown was the next to cross the finish but only three seconds behind him was Kiwi Cory Taylor and Hawaiian Kai Hall another seven seconds later.<\/p>\n

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Part of USA\u2019s week of dominance included Sunday\u2019s Gold Medal performance by Jack Bark in the Men\u2019s Paddleboard Technical Race. Photo: ISA\/Ben Reed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be here for the United States. To be able to help them out and win a gold was awesome!\u201d exclaimed Bark after his result had set in and his team surrounded him.<\/p>\n

The fourth final of the day was the Women\u2019s SUP Technical Race where a second American claimed Gold further distancing themselves from the Australians in the overall team points. Candice Appleby was that American and took home her second Gold after winning the SUP Distance Race earlier in the week. Terrene Black (AUS), Penelope Strickland (NZL) and Lina Augaitis (CAN) made up the rest of that podium.<\/p>\n

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Candice Appleby leading the pack in today\u2019s Women\u2019s Technical Race, winning her second individual Gold Medal at the ISA World Championship. Photo: ISA\/Ben Reed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOur team unity is second to none and I think it\u2019s going to end up that way at the end of the day,\u201d expressed Appleby with national pride. \u201cEverybody is so excited and so motivated. The Individual Gold, Silver, Bronze and all the different places are awesome, but they are just stepping stones towards our final goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Men\u2019s SUP Technical Race saw intense action as the best athletes in the world stayed neck-and-neck for the first two and a half laps with only board lengths separating their positions. Into the third lap Conner Baxter and Hawaiian teammate Mo Freitas began to break away from the pack, but with the two-time, ISA Gold Medalist Casper Steinfath of Denmark and Titouan Puyo of France only a few board lengths away, the race was anything but decided until the very end.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the Hawaiian teammates would scratch their way into a wave on the last lap that allowed them to cruise into back-to-back finishes. Baxter took the first Gold Medal of the event for his team and Freitas earned Silver. Steinfath barely missed the wave his opponents rode to victory and would end up in an all out sprint for a photo finish against Puyo. In the end, Puyo was awarded the Bronze and Steinfath the Copper.<\/p>\n

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Conner\u00a0Baxter propelling Team Hawaii to the Team Bronze Medal with his individual Gold Medal in the Men\u2019s SUP Technical Race. Photo: ISA\/Brian Bielmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a different vibe,\u201d said the first-time ISA Gold Medalist Baxter. \u201cThe Maui boys, we represent Aloha and always cheer each other on, but having the whole team spirit and all the other 27 different countries, it\u2019s so amazing. Normally you are going into it with a mindset for yourself, but this week we are going for Team Hawaii. We definitely tried our best.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remaining Gold Medal to be determined was that of the overall ISA World Team Champion \u2014 the most coveted medal of the entire ISA World Championship.<\/p>\n

The revealing of the ISA World Team Champion took place at the end of the Closing Ceremony once every other medal had been awarded.<\/p>\n

Coming into the week of competition it was known that Team Australia had their work cut out for them as the defending champions for the past three years running. The debut of the Hawaiians at the ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship was certainly thought to be a threat, but it turned out to be the Americans with the most dominant showing and eventually taking the title.<\/p>\n

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The whole town of Sayulita joined the international crowd to witness the ISA World Championship and support the athletes. Photo: ISA\/Ben Reed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt has been the most phenomenal week in the history of the sport, and I want to thank each and every athlete in this competition for helping us, for coming, for arriving in Sayulita, Mexico and making this a part of your life,\u201d declared ISA President Fernando Aguerre. \u201cThis World Championship will be the best in history with the most incredible SUP Surfing, StandUp and Paddleboard Racing competition. The best competitors were here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that when the athletes go home they leave with friendships in the rest of the world and have good memories of Sayulita and Riviera Nayarit in Mexico,\u201d Aguerre proceeded. \u201cI know that some will bring home medals, some will not, but you have to remember, all are winners. These athletes came to Sayulita, represented their country, were members of their National SUP and Paddleboard Team, and did all of this in Olympic Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

For full results click here – http:\/\/isawsuppc.com\/results\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Team Standings:<\/p>\n

1. USA<\/p>\n

2. Australia<\/p>\n

3. Hawaii<\/p>\n

4. New Zealand<\/p>\n

5. Brazil<\/p>\n

6. Mexico<\/p>\n

7. South Africa<\/p>\n

8. Spain<\/p>\n

9. Tahiti<\/p>\n

10. Peru<\/p>\n

11. France<\/p>\n

12. Argentina<\/p>\n

13. Japan<\/p>\n

14. Canada<\/p>\n

15. Great Britain<\/p>\n

16. Italy<\/p>\n

17. Denmark<\/p>\n

18. Sweden<\/p>\n

19. Costa Rica<\/p>\n

20. Ireland<\/p>\n

21. Chile<\/p>\n

22. Venezuela<\/p>\n

23. Holland<\/p>\n

24. Barbados<\/p>\n

25. Switzerland<\/p>\n

26. US Virgin Islands<\/p>\n

27. El Salvador<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia 4-Peats ISA Team Relay; Jordan Mercer (AUS), Jack Bark (USA) Win Paddleboard Technical; Candice Appleby (USA), Conner Baxter (HAW) Win SUP Technical ATTENTION MEDIA: For daily photos, video highlights and video news releases – http:\/\/isawsuppc.com\/media\/ The 2015 ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship Presented by Hotel Kupuri culminated with 27 National Delegations …
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