Janire Gonzalez-Etxabarri wins the Boardmasters Yeti Pro
The YETI Pro QS 4,000 of the Qualifying Series (QS) of the World Surf League (WSL) has been played in Fistral Beach, Cornwall, England.
The YETI Pro QS 4,000 of the Qualifying Series (QS) of the World Surf League (WSL) began on Wednesday in Fistral Beach, Cornwall, England. Zumaiarra Janire Gonzalez-Etxabarri has claimed champion in the women's cadre, taking over from her sister Annette, who won the tournament last year, according to a statement from the Basque Team Foundation.
The Guipuzcoan surfer has shown that the inconvenience he has suffered this season is a thing of the past, and he has also pulled a spinach from his recent tournaments on the Challenger Series circuit: the South African Ballito Pro and the Lexus US Open in Huntington Beach.
Janire, the current World Champion, who did not have to contest the first two qualifiers of the women's cadre, entered the competition today among the top 32 and was the best of her batch with a score of 10.17.
The quarter-finals have been a more complex round, with Janire taking second place with a score of 13.17. The third round of the day, the semi-finals, has come without time to breathe in a batch of four surfers.
The waves of the Frenchman Clemence Schorsch were the best, with a score of 13.33, followed by Gonzalez-Etxabarri with a scoreof 11.50. Dutch Van Der Huls and Sarah Leiceaga said goodbye to the competition in that round.
In the final, although the Frenchman Nahia Milhau has got off to a good start with waves of 4.97 and 5.23, Janire Gonzalez-Etxabarri has responded with a wave of 5.50 and soon after anotherwave of 6.60.
Today's is Janire Gonzalez-Etxabarri's second win on this year's Qualifiying Series circuit after the Pro Taghazout Bay . In the 2026 Challenger Series, for now, she has pocketed 17th place at the Ballito Open and 33rd place at the Lexus US Open.
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