Sam Reidy And Coral Wiggins: 2023 National Surf Circuit Open Champions
National Surf Circuit Open Championship: Sam Reidy and Coral Wiggins Crowned Champions
Following a four-year hiatus, the 2023 return of the National Surf Circuit Open Championship saw Sam Reidy and Coral Wiggins take top spot in the Men’s and Women’s rankings, respectively. It’s the first national Open title for both. Their emergence as champions wrapped up the season’s fifth and final event at Playa Guiones de Nosara, July 21-23.
Sam Reidy, a local from Playa Dominical, reached the semifinal round and added 1,220 points to secure the first position in the ranking. In just five months, this 19-year-old surfer went from winning an Open category date for the first time in his career to obtaining the coveted national title.
“Now I want to represent Costa Rica in the World Cup and hopefully in the Olympic Games,” said Sam.
During the Championship, Reidy won the events at Playa Hermosa de Jacó and Dominical, as well as advancing to the semifinals in Santa Teresa and Nosara. The winner of the last date was Tosh Talbot (local from Matapalo), who achieved his second victory of the semester.
In the women’s category, Coral Wiggins Pavones won three CNS 2023 events in a row — at Santa Teresa, Dominical and Guiones, respectively.
“I still can’t believe it, there were a lot of emotions this weekend.” Wiggins said. “I started the Circuit with no expectations of being champion. But little by little I felt better and it’s incredible to have won the last rounds.”
More than 250 athletes competed in the return of the 2023 Social Protection Board National Surf Circuit. Throughout the five events, tournaments were held on the north, central and south Pacific coasts of Costa Rica, as well as the Caribbean.
Erika Berra and Mikela Castro from Limón dominated the youth female categories. Berra is the national champion in the Junior Under 18 and Girls Under 16 categories. Castro led the ranking in Dolphins Under 10 Female and Male, as well as Grommets Under 14 Female. The longboard champions were Lía Díaz and Anthonny Flores, both medalists at the Central American and Caribbean Games the previous month in El Salvador.
Men’s Open
1) Sam Reidy 5135 pts
2) Tosh Talbot 5090 pts
3) Jason Torres 5080 pts
4) Oscar Urbina 4270 pts
Women’s Open
1) Coral Wiggins 6095 pts
2) Rachel Agüero 5095 pts
3) Lisbeth Vindas 4850 pts
4) Lia Díaz 4715 pts
Junior Male Under 18
1) Nadav Attar 6095 pts
2) Leonardo Apreda 5260 pts
3) Tomas Pathenay 4410 pts
4) Noah Arce 4300 pts
Junior Female Under 18
1) Erika Berra 5885 pts
2) Rachel Agüero 5840 pts
3) Tamaya Murphrey 4508 pts
4) Zoe Dayman 4325 pts
Boys Under 16
1) Ethan Hollander 5830 pts
2) Tomas Pathenay 4925 pts
3) Romeo Stone 4795 pts
4) Simon Ruiz 4640 pts
Girls Under 16
1) Erika Berra 5845 pts
2) Mikela Castro 5600 pts
3) Tamaya Murphrey 4995 pts
4) Lucia Cristi 4445 pts
Grommets Male Under 14
1) Nicolas Boos 5885 pts
2) Amets Garai 5555 pts
3) Eduardo Rugama 5300 pts
4) Kian Jirón 5050 pts
Grommets Female Under 14
1) Mikela Castro 6290 pts
2) Lucia Cristi 6040 pts
3) Nazareth del Mar Velasquez 4385 pts
4) Kalena Brayant 4085 pts
Mini-Grommets Under 12
1) Dario Vargas 3095 pts
2) Koa Brayant 3040 pts
3) Axel Obando 2960 pts
4) Jaziel Torres 2345 pts
Dolphins Male Under 10
1) Mikela Castro 5885 pts
2) Ian Brito 4960 pts
3) Kelian Brenes 4221 pts
4) Jaziel Torres 4095 pts
Dolphins Female Under 10
1) Mikela Castro 6500 pts
2) Kalena Brayant 5545 pts
3) Isabella Vargas 4385 pts
4) Summer Hidalgo 3218 pts
Male Master
1) Gilberth Brown 6290 pts
2) Diego Naranjo 6040 pts
3) Thomas Lange 4730 pts
4) Christian Boos 4475 pts
Female Master
1) Lisbeth Vindas 3500 pts
2) Leonie Awad 3040 pts
3) Zephyr Robb 2435 pts
4) Romina Cejas 1460 pts
Men’s Longboard
1) Anthony Flores 6500 pts
2) Maikol Álvarez 4378 pts
3) Marcell Oliveira 4305 pts
4) Diego Naranjo 4303 pts
Female Longboard
1) Lía Diaz 6250 pts
2) Cristina Rojas 5045 pts
3) Taylor Bradley 3635 pts
4) Delilah Hutchins 3095 pts
SUP Surf
1) Marcell Oliveira 6290 pts
2) Juan Manuel Bernini 5140 pts
3) José Ruiz 5083 pts
4) Allan Azofeifa 4730 pts