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Five Takeaways from the 2022 IBC World Tour

The International Bodyboarding Corporation waited patiently for two years to get their tour up and running. For obvious reasons, 2020 and 2021 are without bodyboarding world champs in the record books, with the exception of Sammy Morretino, who earned his fourth world title last year in the drop knee division. Finally, the 2022 bodyboarding world tour has come and gone, the first year it has been accomplished under the management of the IBC. Here are five observations gleaned from a fan’s point of view.

1. Class was in session with Professor Moz at the Arica Cultura Bodyboard.

Amaury Lavernhe was so in tune with the wave at El Flopos this year that he created bodyboarding history. His knowledge and experience at this break were demonstrated by his impeccable wave selection and flawless tube riding which earned him 4 perfect tens during the final day of competition, three of them within the first two minutes of his heats and two of them for a perfect heat total during the Final of the Arica Cultura Bodyboard in Chile. Tanner McDaniel and Alan Muñoz are the only other bodyboarders in history to score a perfect heat. Tanner did so during the Final at the Arica Cultura Bodyboard of 2018 and Alan gave us perfection at the 2017 Antofagasta Bodyboard Festival in Round 1 Heat 11, however their back-up scores don’t hold a match to Amaury’s. McDaniel scored a 1.0, a 2.25 and a 4.0 before lighting a stick of dynamite and blowing up the entire scene with a pair of tens. Alambre had a 1.0 and then an 8.0 before he shocked the world with his two times ten (the first time in bodyboarding history.) Mike Stewart posted on Instagram that he believes Moz may have set the record for the highest heat score total in wave riding competition. Aside from the two perfect tens rewarded for his time spent gliding behind waterfalls, Amaury scored a 7.25 for a barrel to a roll on a smaller wave, a 9.0 for maneuvering through two barrel sections and finishing with a roll, an 8.6 for a forward spin that set him up perfectly for a tube which he exited with a roll and an 8.85 for launching an invert off the first section, sliding through the barrel in the second section and rolling off the third section near the rocks. Tallying up those scores gave him a total of 53.7. Lavernhe has been competing at this level for 16 years now and it shows.

2. Longevity is no big deal for elite bodyboarders.

Wisdom comes with age and experience, and that comes in handy for ripping it up on a bodyboard. According to various professional bodyboarders on various podcasts; all one has to do is exercise regularly, eat healthy, hydrate and sleep well. We can even enjoy sweets or fatty foods in moderation, but the real trick is finding out what works for each individual and how to fit it in his or her life. Everyone points to Mike Stewart for setting the example. He reached 59 years of living back in May and still chases sizable swell at waves like Teahupo’o, Shipsterns, obviously Pipeline and this year he added a new slab to his hit list, La Cosa, but he’s not the only one who has figured out the key to longevity in the sport of bodyboarding. Guilherme Tamega recently turned fifty and still charges Pipe. Jay and Vicki Reale continue to enjoy the lifestyle at ages 59 and 49 respectively. Now let’s get to the veterans on tour.

On the world tour this year the best 4 results, out of 8 events for the men’s division, were counted to determine the victor. Jeff Hubbard threw his hat in the ring by entering the bare minimum of four events; the Arica Cultura Bodyboard Presented by Pride Bodyboards where he finished equal 5th, an equal 9th place finish at the Erizos Iquique Pro, and 1st place finishes at the Walker Bay Pro and the Gran Canaria Frontón King. He would win the last event of the year just after his 47th birthday earning 10 points in the Final for a high flying ARS launched off a mega ramp that El Frontón generously offered as a birthday present. These results landed him in 5th place overall for 2022. Hubb winning an event at 47 years prompts one to wonder if he’s the oldest bodyboarder to ever win an event on the world tour, but that honor belongs to Mike Stewart who won the 2017 Urban Research Tahara Pro at age 54 also with a 10-point ride in the Final. Stewart was 46 years old for a previous win at the 2009 Arica Chilean Challenge.

46-year-old Neymara Carvalho was a world title contender this year and she won the first ever women’s only bodyboarding event in Brazil, the Arcelormittal Wahine Bodyboard Pro which she helped organize and make possible. She came in second at the Erizos Iquique Pro and equal third at the Visit Maldives Pro and Walker Bay Pro resulting in a 2nd place finish overall.

Dave Hubbard completed 40 rotations around the sun before becoming drop knee world champion for the ninth time and now holds the record as the oldest bodyboarder to ever win a world title.

3. Dubb Zero and Onda Bela are cementing their GOAT statuses.

Dave Hubbard lost only one heat during the entire drop knee tour this year (which consisted of 4 events, the most since 2013) and that heat was the Final of the final drop knee event in 2022 proving he’s a level above the rest in this division. Amaury Lavernhe finished runner-up for the year prompting one to wonder what happened to Sammy Morretino. The Meerkat is the only one who seems to be able to take down the drop knee half of the Hubboards brothers and has done so in the past for four years in a row. Sammy participated in two of the four events this year, the Antofagasta Bodyboard Festival in Chile and the Garden Island Boogie Board Classic on Kauai, the island that both he and Dave Hubbard call home. Morretino placed third and second in these competitions respectively but at the young age of 25, and with four drop knee titles under his belt already, he’s well positioned to follow in Dubb’s footsteps. Interestingly, Hubbard took out both the men’s and drop knee divisions during the inaugural Visit Maldives Pro, a feat accomplished only once before, by the Meerkat, at Antofagasta in 2019. Moz placed second to Dubb in both divisions in the Maldives this year with his smooth style on prone drawing comparisons to Mike Stewart from eBodyboarding entrepreneur/ U.S. East Coast legend Jay Reale, who was invited to be one of the commentators for the event. During one of his post heat interviews, Lavernhe expressed admiration for Dubb and Morretino’s adroitness on drop knee stating, “when I watch guys like Dubb and Sammy, I realize I still have work to do.” Dave Hubbard is now tied with Mike Stewart for the most world titles in bodyboarding.

Isabela Sousa had a less dominant route to her fifth world title; her main competition being the exact person whom she’s attempting to usurp, the aforementioned 5x world champ Neymara Carvalho. Brazilians have been dominating the feminine side of bodyboarding since the inception of women’s championships in 1990, winning every year it was held except for 2005, 2006, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (those world titles respectively belong to Kira Llewellyn of Australia, Marina Taylor of the Canary Islands, Eunate Aguirre of the Basque Country, Alexandra Rinder for the Canary Islands two years in a row, Portugal’s Joana Schenker, Ayaka Suzuki and Sari Ohara of Japan.)

It all went down in Onrus, South Africa. It all came down to the semifinals at the penultimate event of the year, the inaugural Walker Bay Pro. To win a women’s world title in bodyboarding this year, the best 4 out of 6 events would count. A victory at the last event of the year, the Sintra Pro in Portugal, would award the winner 1,000 points, not enough to overtake the three ladies in contention; Alexandra Rinder, Neymara Carvalho and Isabela Sousa.

Semifinal heat number one pitted the youngest ever to win a world title against the 4-soon-to-be 5 x world champ. Alexandra Rinder would need to win the semifinal and the event to secure a third world title. She was afflicted with challenging conditions, lacking in opportunities for high scores. Strategy would be the deciding factor here. Isabela would take advantage of the rip current in the channel while Alexandra would get pushed back to shore by an onslaught of whitewater probably feeling as if Onrus Beach was denying her. Queen High stated afterwards how she likes to compete with Alex and how the whole tour is like a big family. “I know that Alexandra really wanted to win the world title and actually win this contest so I knew I had a difficult heat but I had a good plan with the current and everything…I know that if Neymara doesn’t make the Final, I’ll be world champion so it’s difficult to control the emotion through this but I really need to focus on the Final. And if I win the world title, it’ll be great!”

Semifinal heat number two had Neymara Carvalho, the pride of Brazil, versus Pamela Bowren who wants to make South Africa proud. Neymara is in control almost the entire heat on the strength of a through the lip roll at a critical section of the wave. Onrus decides to put her foot down and she sends her old buddy Pam a wave, which was capitalized on with a perfectly timed roll to a smooth landing. This wave would be the last step to giving Brazil another 5x world champ. Isabela Sousa is now tied with Neymara Carvalho for GOAT status in the women’s division.

4. King Roberts and The Prince Who Was Promised .

Tristan Roberts placed equal 3rd or better in every event on tour this year proving to himself and all others that he is indubitably deserving of the world championship. At 25 years old he has achieved back-to-back world titles in 2019 and 2022 (for the first time in 18 years) by way of charging headlong into heavy sections, whether it’s a lofty backflip over the round reef at Frontón (with a muscular injury in his lower back) or a giant roll off of deep water energy detonating onto the shores of Itacoatiara. If there was any sliver of a doubt regarding his right to the crown, Tristan eradicated it by continuing his momentum at the Frontón King of Kings, an event where 8 competitors consisting of 6 previous kings plus 2 of the most competitive locals (Dailos Rodríguez and Jonathan Vega who have come close to being crowned several times) are invited to go head-to-head. Eventually all were made to bend the knee to King Roberts.

Tristan’s main competition this year was someone who many have been expecting to rise to power, ever since he became the youngest bodyboarder to ever qualify for the main event at Pipeline, back in 2012 when he was only 12 years old. Tanner McDaniel’s skill in waves of consequence, within the barrel or above the lip, would make him an automatic favorite at El Frontón. He did win the Pipeline Boog Jam earlier this year in February and the Arica Cultura Bodyboard in 2018, which is the only other year he’s been in contention for a world title so far. And when a large south swell arrives and reflects off the jetty at Newport Beach in Southern California, clips of Tanner launching off catapults and pulling into unforgiving dungeons at the Wedge appear on all our Instagram feeds. Chad Barba would be proud. Tanner has competed at El Frontón four times with his best result so far being a 5th place finish in 2019.

This year, El Frontón had other plans for Tanner. McDaniel’s best 4 results included 1st place at the Antofagasta Bodyboard Festival and an equal 3rd at every other event he entered with the exception of the Erizos Iquique Pro where he had to forfeit his quarter final heat due to illness. The Walker Bay Pro, held on Roberts’ home turf, was the only event he didn’t attend. Tristan’s best 4 at this point, upon the commencement of the Frontón King, included winning in Iquique, runner-up finishes at Arica and Itacoatiara and an equal 3rd everywhere else. Tanner would have to beat Jannie in the Final in order to beat Jannie to the world title but there was a strange feeling in the air before the fifth heat of Round 8. It was as if there was a tear in the space-time continuum altering our reality for a totally new one. First, the heat was delayed due to the re-fueling of the rescue ski. Then, Jay Reale started speaking Spanish surprisingly well in a post heat interview, “En una ola, nueve puntos, si?” Tanner would seem to struggle with wave selection. He would land off the side of the wave when attempting backflips on the left or pull into a barrel that didn’t offer the clean exit judges like to see on the right, starting him off with a 4.0 and a 4.5. Lewy Finnegan would go around a non-barreling section on the right to backflip into a 6.25. Aitor Ojeda would eventually sniff out a clean barrel to a roll on a smaller wave under priority for a 5.0. All three of them would struggle for a while during this heat, searching for the wave that would allow Aitor to land the air forward he attempted or the freight train tube ride that Finn Dizzles was looking for. Later on, Lewy would collect a 7.0 for another well performed backflip and Ojeda would roll off a critical section on the left earning a 5.75 taking second place and the advancing spot away from Tanner. Tanner would go down fighting, attempting an ARS on a gurgling monster of a section on the left followed up by a barrel that would swallow him whole on the right. Earlier in the day, after exiling all opponents to Combo Land, Grandmaster Moz stated in a post heat interview, “Obviously in the water, people with experience that really know the waves, today I mean, it’s really good from outside but this wave is a bit more north. It’s kind of a different strategy than the previous day so I’ve got a couple of points I’m watching from inside the water to see where to sit and which waves are the best so yeah, experience obviously is a big advantage on this kind of wave.” The prophecy will be fulfilled eventually.

5. The IBC world tour is a giver.

The IBC world tour gives some of the most talented bodyboarders on the planet a platform on which to showcase their abilities. It also gives them something to strive for, goals to set, and motivation to improve upon their already honed bodyboarding skills pushing further into the progression of the sport. Young kids who discover how much fun boogie boarding at their local beach is during their summer break might Google their newfound adventure and watch some highlights of a past event where they’re introduced to the names of their new favorite bodyboarders, then further down the rabbit hole they go.

Joaquin Soto could’ve been one of those kids some years back. Now the 20-year-old is taking out his heroes when they come to his hometown. At the Erizos Iquique Pro, on Day 5 in Round 8 heat 3, Soto was able to test his abilities against the world champ and he passed with flying colors. At the start of this 3-man heat, he scores an excellent 9.25 by an impressive backflip off a heavy first section and repeating the maneuver off the last section. Tristan responds by getting nice and barreled, comes out immediately after it spits and flips off the end section for an 8.5. Under priority, Tristan knows he should get to work on a good back-up score rightly thinking Soto’s going to wait for another set, which could lead to another good score. He tries a backflip on a smaller wave, gets hung up for a split second trying to turn it around and La Punta 2 makes him pay. He then slides into another tube, La Punta 2 isn’t in the mood and shuts him down again. Joaquin decides he’s rested enough. He races towards the end section for another backflip and earns a 5.75. The world champ splits the peak with the third man, Gonzalo Gil, who can’t seem to part with his beloved lefts even though they’ve proven to be inconsequential throughout the heat. La Punta Dos finally gives Tristan more than the dos puntos he’s had for a back-up score so far, because he showed her some respect and played it safe, rolling each of the three sections for a 5.85. It’s still not enough to take first place though and he opts for a backflip under priority increasing his back-up score to a 6.5. Soon after, Joaquin gets deep in a tube and comes out for a roll increasing his own back-up score. Soto had maintained his lead throughout the heat and took the victory. Roberts took second place and was able to advance to the man-on-man heats in Round 9 where he would face off against Gabriel Braga. Joaquin would have to take his momentum straight to the one and only Jeff Hubbard.

Hubb is one of the most influential bodyboarders in the history of the sport. Similar to how Mike Stewart is credited as the one who emphasized style and flow in bodyboarding, Jeff Hubbard is the one who upped the air game. This doesn’t faze Joaquin. Jeffrey scored 2 waves in the 6 to 7 range within the first 5 minutes of the heat, one of them was a 6.75 for getting barreled in the first section followed by a spin and a roll at the end section. Joaquin lost a fin off his foot, probably from the wave he scored a 4.25 on and borrows a fin from a friend. Still not fazed. He catches the best wave of their 25 minutes, backflips the most critical section and couples it with a roll gaining the highest score of the heat, a 7.0. The rest of the heat goes much like the last one did. Soto increases his back-up score with a wave that makes it obvious they know each other. The lines drawn perfectly time his maneuvers off each section for a 6.1. Hubbard is unable to overtake him. At the end of the heat, Joaquin does make a rookie mistake. Jeff hands priority over to Joaquin when he catches a wave that didn’t offer the opportunity he needed during the dying minutes of the heat. Almost immediately, Soto goes on a wave, giving up that priority and the chance to block his opponent should another wave eventuate. With 8 seconds left, Hubbard catches his second chance and uncharacteristically fails to land an ARS. Soto barely made it out alive to face King Roberts once again in the quarterfinals, where he wouldn’t be so lucky. “Joaquin, I’ve known him since he was a little kid. I met him here in Chile many years ago and watching him grow up and evolve as a rider, it’s pretty intimidating to get him in a heat and as well he’s got all the local knowledge.” says Tristan Roberts in the post heat interview. The youngest of the royal lineage at El Frontón, Canarian Lionel Medina, would have an amazing run in this competition to meet Tristan in the Final.

The IBC highlights local talent at every venue giving them the opportunity to test their ability against the world’s best while concurrently developing their skills.

At the Antofagasta Bodyboard Festival, Manuel Cepeda experienced what could be considered the underdog story of the year. The 32-year-old local bodyboard coach made it all the way to the Final, taking down the 2008 world champ Uri Valadao in the second heat of Round 7, world title contender Alan Muñoz in the quarterfinal, and Tristan Roberts in the semifinal. Much like Joaquin Soto at La Punta Dos, Manuel Cepeda demonstrated his intimacy with La Cúpula by his wave selection. His bodyboarding would match the wave’s behavior almost like partners in a dance routine. In Round 7, he bobs and weaves to arrive at the lip just in time to soar an ARS, earning the highest score of that heat, a 7.5. In the semifinal, on the first wave of the heat, he stalls and accelerates at the perfect moments to get himself some durable tube time earning a 7.0, again the highest score of the heat. He meets up with Tanner McDaniel in the Final, who had also found a connection with La Cúpula and could not be stopped by Cepeda.

The Visit Maldives Pro stood out as one of the best events of the year. The excitement and good vibes of the local community there would come through the broadcast. Even the country’s president was in attendance. This is the second sitting president in world history who wasn’t afraid to be associated with boogie boarders. The first was Barack Obama. Ali Khushruwan Ahmed and Muhamed Wiaam would get to test their mettle against the heir apparent to the throne, Tanner McDaniel, in Round 3 heat 5. The 19-year-old Wiaam would start the heat off with a backflip to the right and a 5.0. Tanner catches a smaller wave and air-roll-spins to a 4.0. Ali finds the biggest wave so far, but it closes out and he resorts to rolling through the lip for a 5.0. Now, Tanner catches one of the set waves and launches an impressive backflip. This is when Ali and Wiaam might understandably start to panic but Ali keeps his faith and would use his local knowledge for the win. The next set wave comes his way and he glides within the barrel, aims high to come out clean and then rolls smoothly with the wave’s lip line on the next two sections. Not long after, Varunula Raalhugandu sends Ali another barrel, which he accepts, follows it with a roll and reverse spins off a small section at the end putting their symbiotic relationship on full display. McDaniel attempts to come between them with an ARS but Varunula doesn’t seem interested as she shuts down the second section in front of him. “The thing is I know this wave pretty much so I just wait and wait, I don’t care about the others, I just wait for my wave to get so I got the best two waves. I got really nice two good waves. I was really lucky.” says A.K.A. He would go on to defeat Yann Salaun in the next round only to meet back up with a vengeful Tanner in the quarterfinals, where his successful run ends.

World tours are expensive. It costs a heavy chunk of change to travel and compete on every event on tour. The IBC, like the APB before them, try to alleviate that cost somewhat while still keeping the tour intact. They do this by awarding the world championship of each division based on a fraction of the results. The world title for the men’s division this year was based on the best 4 results out of 8 events and the women’s division was the best 4 out of 6.

The situation for drop knee world title contention was not so straight forward and the IBC was kind enough to clarify via email. “For 2022, the DK title criteria was best result plus the Sintra Pro result – total of 2 events to count. Before Sintra Pro started, the standings were as follows:

Dave Hubbard – (best result Maldives Pro or Antofagasta 1st) – 2000 pts.

Amaury Lavernhe – (best result Maldives Pro 2nd) – 1720 pts.

Fabien Thazar – (best result Maldives Pro 3rd) – 1460 pts.

Sintra Pro provided the following points: 1st place – 2000pts, 2nd place – 1720pts., 3rd place – 1460pts.

Because of the points available and the points the three riders had, it meant that any one of them could win the world title at Sintra, all depending on how each rider did in the event. With Dave getting 2nd at Sintra (total of 3720pts) and Amaury winning Sintra (total of 3720pts.), to break the tie the next best result was counted. As Dave’s next best result was an additional 2000pts win, this meant he was crowned world champion, hence ending the year on 4000pts. Moving into the 2023 season, the IBC will be making the ranking scores etc a lot more transparent for fans to follow and understand.”

One might think Dubb didn’t have to compete in all four drop knee events to win the world title, but ultimately it did give him an advantage. Let’s pretend David decided to skip out on the Visit Maldives Pro, a decision he’d certainly regret. Amaury would’ve most likely taken the win there, without Dubb to stop him, making his best result worth the same number of points as Dave’s win at Antofagasta. In this situation, when Amaury took the win at Sintra, he would’ve also taken the world championship. This might lead us to believe that those competitors who enter every event on tour are the most likely to win, but Jared Houston’s win in 2018 proves us wrong, sort of.

In 2018, the APB world tour was divided into QEST (Qualifying Event Series Tour) events and WGS (World Grand Slam) events. The Grand Slam events were the ones that would count towards the world championship, the best 3 results out of a total of only 4 events. (It was supposed to be the best 3 out of 5. The Frontón King was the fifth Grand Slam event, but due to disagreements between the APB and the event organizers, it wasn’t a part of the world tour in 2018.) Iain Campbell’s smooth style and polished technique had given him a shot at going back-to-back with his 2017 world title. He entered every event on the WGS (plus many of the QEST events) which included the Arica Cultura Bodyboard, the Itacoatiara Pro, the Kiama Bodyboard King Pro and the Nazaré Pro. Heading into the Nazaré Pro, Campbell was at the head of the pack, his best results were 1st place at Itacoatiara and equal 3rd place finishes at Arica and Kiama. Tanner McDaniel was a contender with a win in Arica, an equal 5th in Itacoatiara and an equal 9th at Kiama. He’d have to win the Nazaré Pro to win the world title. Jared Houston’s best results were two equal thirds in Arica and Itacoatiara. He did not compete in the Kiama Pro which meant his third result would hinge on Nazaré. Tanner faced Jerry in the Final, close enough to taste victory and the world title, until Houston launched an air reverse into orbit for 10 points. Jared had this to say about his second world title, “I competed in 3 events in 2018. I think there were 5 in total but only 3 counted. I had two thirds, and a win. That put me in a tie with Iain Campbell that was then broken in that super heat and I won the title. The super heat concept was born from all the frustration surrounding the Ben Player / Amaury drama in 2013 when they were tied for first and the tie was broken on a count back to the previous year’s results. It was decided in 2014 that in the event of a tie, the tie would be broken in a surf off scenario. I only did the three events that year because I was working. When I signed with Hubboards they offered to pay for me to go to the events that I wanted to do so I went to Chile and Brazil. I went well on those events so it was just a natural decision to go to Nazaré.” While 3 out of 4 doesn’t really prove the point that competitors who enter every event don’t actually have the advantage, it does suggest it’s possible. Imagine if it was best 3 results out of 6 events. The level of riding is really high throughout the competitive field in professional bodyboarding. A world title contender would still have to get through stiff competition such as Uri Valadao, Socrates Santana or Gabriel Braga, Brahim Idouch or Maxime Castillo, Jonathan Vega or too many locals to list at El Frontón, not to mention the locals in Chile, Brazil and Portugal, assuming they aren’t in world title contention themselves. The point is the best three results for Tanner and Iain could have stayed the same if there were more events and Houston could still have come out of nowhere and snatched the world title. If Hubb had a better result at the beginning of this year, when he breached at El Frontón, he could’ve swallowed up the title. It’s less likely someone will win the world title entering the minimum number of events, but it’s possible. It goes to show there’s a strategy to plan for the year and a numbers game to play when competing on a world tour.

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IBC unveils the 2022 World Tour

Get to know the calendar for this season. .

The International Bodyboarding Corporation (IBC) has unveiled it’s events schedule for 2022. With 15 contests lined up across 10 countries, the 2022 tour promises to offer athletes all over the world the best possible chances of ensuring they can gather as many points in their respective divisions in the pursuit of a World Champion title.

2022 will see 6 IBC World Champion bodyboarders crowned and a total of $537 000 (USD) in prize money awarded. This will be across the following divisions:

●  Men (8 events) ●  Woman (6 events) ●  Junior Men (10 events) ●  Junior Woman (10 events) ●  Dropknee (3 events) ●  Masters Woman (1 event)

The criteria to crown World Champions for both Men and Women’s division is as follows: Top 4 results to produce a final points total.

Junior men world champion : Best single result along with their points earned at the Gran Canaria Fronton King event.

Junior women world champion : Best single result along with their points earned at either Sintra Pro or France Pro (this is  still to be confirmed). 

Dropknee world champion : Best single result along with their points earned at Sintra Pro.

Masters Woman world champion : This will be determined by a single event, Wahine Bodyboard Pro in Brazil.

As there has not been any official tour points gathered across the Men and Women’s divisions since the end of the 2019 World Tour season, going into the 2022 tour, riders will retain their original rankings in both divisions. Both Junior Men and Dropknee athletes will use rankings from the events that took place in 2021, namely Sintra Pro and Gran Canaria Fronton King. All 2022 rankings will be available on the ibcworldtour.com website and will provide a running scoreboard throughout the year. 

The 2022 IBC World Bodyboarding Tour officially gets under way at the Lurin Pro, Peru, on March 11th. This event is focused on the future of bodyboarding and features both junior men and junior women divisions. The first event to host the highly competitive men’s division takes place on April 29th at the Arica Cultura Bodyboard contest in Chile whilst the Women’s world title race gets started at the Iquique Pro event a few weeks later. Dropknee riders will be able to earn their first points at the Antofagasta Bodyboard Festival.

The tour events take place in Peru, Chile, Brazil, Hawaii, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, Portugal, France and Spain (Canary Islands). The 2022 IBC events schedule also features two special events, the TAND Invitational in South Africa and the Annaelle Challenge in France.

2022 Word Tour

11 – 13 March –  Lurin Pro (Peru)

JUNIOR MEN – $10 000 – 2000pts

JUNIOR WOMEN – $3 000 – 1000pts

18 – 20 March –  Marcona Pro (Peru)

JUNIOR WOMEN – $3 000 – 1000pts 

29 April – 7 May –  Arica Cultura Bodyboard  (Chile)

MEN – $30 000 – 3000pts

JUNIOR MEN – $10 000 – 2000pts 

*8 – 14 May –  Iquique Pro (Chile)

MEN – $50 000 – 3000pts

WOMEN – $15 000 – 1250pts

JUNIOR WOMEN – $5 000 – 1500pts

19 – 29 May –  Antofagasta Bodyboard Festival (Chile)

MEN – $50 000 – 3500pts

DROPKNEE – $10 000 – 2000pts

6 – 16 June –  Itacoatiara Pro (Brazil)

20 – 26 June –  Wahine Bodyboard Pro  (Brazil)

WORLD CHAMPION MASTERS WOMEN – $10 000

24 – 26 June –  IBC Junior Sandy Beach Pro  (Hawaii)

JUNIOR MEN – $5 000 – 1000pts

22 – 31 July –  Pascuales Bodyboard Festival  (Mexico)

MEN – $30 000 – 2750pts

*August –  Kiama Pro (Australia) Event to be confirmed

19 – 28 August –  Walker Bay Pro (South Africa)

MEN – $20 000 – 2000pts

WOMEN – $20 000 – 1500pts

*5 – 11 September –  Sintra Pro (Portugal)

MEN – $30 000 – 2250pts

WOMEN – $10 000 – 1000pts

DROPKNEE – $10 000 – 2250pts

*September –  France Pro (France)

17 – 31 October –  Gran Canaria Fronton King  (Canary Islands)

JUNIOR MEN – $10 000 – 2250pts

* Dates to be confirmed.

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it looks nice though. much more fitting in the setting.  

The Russia Tower though, honestly I doubt will get built. I still remember in 2003 when sOmeOne was all excited about it, and I think that even in 2 years from now there still won't be anything new. Mostly because they know they lost the WTB race to Dubai, unless if they drastically change the design and increase the height with at least another 200m. Which I doubt will happen. But the place is high quality, especially Parcel 12, it is, IMO, the best of them all, even better than the Federation building. It is elegant, highly stylized, and just look at it, it's beautiful! And on top of that it's tall!  

Michalek said: i'm really impressed with the height of these buildings, but IMO, some of them are just so cheap looking and ugly Click to expand...

^^ Transport terminal? :sleepy: I wish our TT looked like that  

Do they need a transport Terminal to look like that? What's it's use? Isn't it for cargo? :dunno:  

coth said: phil, please read carefully comments to plots Click to expand...

Cool !  

hey I noticed the new tower on Parcel 14 in the international forums :applause: It's magnificient! I still hold Parcel 12 as my favorite of all, however the IBC is just keeping on adding great new towers. BTW, should I sticky this thread instead of the Federation tower? Since this is an entire overview of the whole IBC. What do other mods think?  

i think indeed CF should be stick. this thread is a district project thread, while CF is a thread about next tallest building in Eastern Europe (and all Europe as well). CF is mor important.  

Perfect, Plot 12 is my favourite along with Com. Federation. What s about plans for city 2 and city 3 ???  

big city are on planing. some parts are u/c now, like IBC and Complexes on Begovaya.  

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