We can't have chairs behind the box...
No, you can't see anything.
They're always on the side. They're always on the side.
Maybe they'll fit.
My name is Fernando Aguerre, I'm the president of the ISA.
Have the microphones ready.
The World Surfing Games are basically
the most inclusive, democratic
surfing competition in the world.
This, please, goes.
Every federation,
there is a member of the ISA a hundred and nine.
Now is allowed to send a team of three men and three women.
-Español? -Español. English.
A little bit of French.
This is where the lineup
-is gonna start for the event. -Okay.
So, when you line up, I ask that you keep your flag,
everything on the ground in order.
Chi, chi, chi, le, le, le Long live Chile
Good life!
-USA! -USA!
One goal is to give an opportunity
to the emerging nations to come
and surf against the best of the best,
and then for the stars...
it's a chance to go back
and reengage with that feeling, of representing your country.
Thank you for coming.
Bianca.
This is the longest parade ever.
Hola.
-How are you? Thanks. -Good to see you.
-Hey, guys. -Hey, how're you doing?
Let's go, Spain!
It doesn't matter if they're the top professional star,
or they're an unknown surfer from Africa,
Latin America or Asia.
They all get a right to surf and come here.
Please welcome, the ISA officials.
This week is the first time that I wake up
and the reality
wasn't a dream.
I was inspired in '92 when in the Olympic games
I saw the dream team of basketball.
Why can't we have the same in surfing?
We'll call on all countries to come to the stage
and bring with them their flag
and sand from their local beach.
I wanted to have everybody together.
And thanks to the Olympic surfing inclusion,
I will say to the amazing professional athletes
that is where they belong.
Rachel Presti.
Please welcome from Spain, Leticia Canales.
Ryan Callinan.
Filipe Toledo.
From the United States Of America, Carissa Moore.
Senegal.
Japan, flag bearing...
Kanoa Igarashi!
Please welcome, from New Zealand...
Surfing is a very democratic sport.
The ocean doesn't care if you're rich, poor,
black, white, male, female.
You know, it doesn't care about your race, religion.
So, it's a sport that wants democratic field of play.
It is my greatest pleasure and honor
to declare the 2019
World Surfing Games presented by Vans,
officially open!
This is our south podium first call,
they have a three o'clock start.
Today's regulations for all of the surfers.
Twenty-minutes heats.
You'll have a maximum wave count of 25 waves.
Two of those waves will go into your top ride.
Do you need to stretch?
-Don't just stand there. -No.
Keep that board moving, cut back into the wide foot
and look into it so you know it's gonna roll out,
so you can come into that last section
and really finish.
Remember that the big ones here,
even with high tide, the big ones have the length,
-the potential... -Okay.
Just watch these peaks. You see how it comes up
in the right way
You just gotta make sure you can get into it
and get lots of outside maneuvers.
That's the most important thing.
My name is Bianca Buitendag.
I'm a professional surfer from South Africa.
...like, if it comes
-into the inside here... -Yeah.
I'll just take whatever I can get and go.
This competition is probably the most important one
in my whole career.
I've been competing since the age of ten.
So, I've been competing the majority of my life,
and here we are at the qualification
of the Olympic games.
So, it's a big opportunity for all of us.
The tide is too high. She can't connect.
Now!
You have to be really on it.
Round surfing, try to bring out all your power
to use the space and move water.
Let's see. We are just starting.
The sensation of anticipating a wave coming in the heat
as your heart's beating,
It's really exciting here.
It's like, this free-loving, free sport
that you have the reign of the whole ocean
and you condense it
into a structure of 20 minutes, two waves.
That translation can be tricky sometimes.
Nothing wrong with her surfing.
She just got to work on...
on that.
Just gotta get used to the lineup, you know.
Let's go!
Leticia Canales from Spain.
Did he said "Caneles"?
In a surfing round, you need some luck.
You must look for it, but...
you need luck
to get the right wave in the right place.
She started well.
An easy round, but...
You need to get loose.
First place white.
Second place red.
Third place yellow.
-Well done. -Thank you.
Now it's picking up...
Long lull in the middle there as well, yeah?
Guess, I was lost there.
The only thing I missed was...
-A good wave. -Yeah, a big wave.
-Like that one. -And specially, Leti...
patience, poise...
Today I couldn't find the right waves
to bring out my potential.
But it was a day to learn,
a good one, because we qualified.
And let's go on. This is just the beginning.
Your waves were just super flat.
-Right? -Yeah.
But I think it gave you the opportunity--
But you know what, first round, job done.
Not very good because I thought I might get some better scores
but I was really lost in the ocean.
Couldn't really find my position,
but made it through the heat,
which is probably the most important.
Round one finished.
The 55 nations send their teams.
Over 250 athletes.
Almost 50/50 genders.
And this is two years
after we turn all our world champions
in equal slots.
So, this a huge advancement for us.