ARECIBO, Puerto Rico, CMC – Barbados’ high feminine surfer, Chelsea Tuach, produced a powerful efficiency to complete second on the inaugural 2024 La Marginal Browsing Professional World Surf League (WSL) 3000 Collection on Sunday.
Within the ultimate spherical, Tuach confronted off towards Costa Rica’s Leilani McGonagle. A sluggish begin noticed Tuach earn the higher of the opening exchanges.
The 2 traded the lead a number of instances heading into the again half of the ultimate, with Tuach having the slightest edge over McGonagle, with a rating of 5.67.
Nevertheless, an enormous alternate unfolded within the ultimate 5 minutes, with McGonagle unleashing her forehand assault to overhaul the lead from Tuach with a heat-best rating of seven.83.
Within the dying moments, Tuach discovered a possibility however fell quick, scoring 11.04, simply behind McGonagle’s 12.76.
It was Tuach’s third podium end within the 3000 Collection within the Caribbean, profitable the Martinique Surf Professional in 2019 and the Barbados Surf Professional in 2022.
Her second-place end propelled her to eighth place on the North American Qualifying Collection rating.
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