World Waveski Surfing Titles 2024 – Seedings

Attention WWST Competitors,

Please review the seedings featured below for the 2024 World Waveski Surfing Titles presented by Buffalo City Tourism.

Any queries or concerns MUST be raised through your Team Manager or Country Representative. Concerns may be communicated via email to: trystan@creativbloc.co.za BEFORE Thursday, 6th June 2024.

The competition flow will be published on Friday, 7th June 2024. Once this draw is published, it cannot be adjusted. Therefore, please ensure you thoroughly review the seeding document and communicate any issues effectively before the mentioned deadline.

Open Men - Seedings

Open Men (1 – 32)

Surname	Name	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking Points	World Ranking
Samson	Cyril	France	1	2610	1
Humbert	Virgile	France	2	2580	2
Duncan	Rees	Australia	3	2460	3
Etxeberria	Odei	Spain	4	2166	4
Viaene	Bruce	South Africa	5	2000	5
Le Bars	Steeven	France	6	1800	6
Babarit	Matthieu	France	7	1765	7
Kearns	Darren	Australia	8	1720	8
Bezard	Victor	USA	9	1720	8
Arrouays	Pablo	France	10	1665	12
Le Bars	Nathan	France	11	1660	13
Monfort	Enzo	France	12	1660	13
Steyn	Francois	South Africa	13	1610	15
Seguin	Arthur	France	14	1610	15
Gaborit	Maxime	France	15	1530	17
Lancaster	Graham	Australia	16	1500	18
Guilbert	Clément	France	17	1470	20
McQueen-Jones	Sam	Great Britain – UK	18	1425	21
Williams	Kai	South Africa	19	1380	22
McIntyre	Darren	Australia	20	1330	24
Guzman	Arturo	Puerto Rico	21	1330	25
Williams	Trent	South Africa	22	1260	26
Adams	Roger	USA	23	1220	27
Belmar	Felipe	Chile	24	1205	28
Bason	Darren	Australia	25	1150	29
Diesel-Reynolds	Stewart	USA	26	1128	30
Barreto	Guillermo	Peru	27	860	36
Lucas	Gerard	France	28	800	38
Wessels	Michael	South Africa	29	730	41
Slabber	Pierre	South Africa	30	730	41
Colin	Guilaume	France	31	650	47
Momberg	Johann	South Africa	32	610	49



Open Men (33 – 80):

Surname	Name	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking Points	World Ranking
Taylor	Rory	South Africa	33	610	49
Randahl	Dale	Australia	34	583	56
Lyons	Thomas (TJ)	USA	35	555
Ahumada	Diego	Chile	36	528	62
O’Niel	Eugene	South Africa	37	500	64
Keys	Jethro	South Africa	38	500	64
Van Wyk	Schalk	South Africa	39	500	64
Schroeder	Sheldon	South Africa	40	500	64
Baretto	Fernando	Peru	41	475	74
Philipot	Yann	France	42	462	78
Steinhäuser	Fritz	South Africa	43	450	80
DeVilliers	Morne	South Africa	44	450	80
McHattie	Stuart	South Africa	45	450	80
Doezie	Jon	USA	46	450	80
Whitfield	Kevin	South Africa	47	450	80
Davies	Kieron	Great Britain – UK	48	425	91
Nascimento	Francisco	Australia	49	400	98
Taylor	Mark	Ireland	50	390	111
Le Meil	Noe	France	51	380	113
Bunker	Darren	South Africa	52	370	121
Reinhardt	Timothy	South Africa	53	370	121
Fuenzalida	Eugenio	Chile	54	360	124
Esterhuyse	Dian	South Africa	55	355	131
Botha	Louis	South Africa	56	355	131
Perrier	Eric	France	57	340	138
Parry	Justin	New Zealand	58
Calitz	Malan	South Africa	59
Orsmand	Michael	Great Britain – Wales	60
Normant	Yunes	France	61
Huigsloot	Bernard	Australia	62
Bartlet	Craig	South Africa	63
Waldron	Scott	Australia	64
Holmes	Shaun	Great Britain – UK	65
Eckhoff	Max	New Zealand	66
Burger	Andre	South Africa	67
Legaspi	Sebastian	Peru	68
Iraundegui	Florent	France	69
Medina-Moral	Martin	France	70
Djemili	Fares	France	71
Harrison	John	South Africa	72
Griffith	Ryan	South Africa	73
Kendrick	Grant	South Africa	74
Bense	Dylan	South Africa	75
Griffith	Dave	South Africa	76
Van Antwerpen	Storm	South Africa	77
Esterhuyse	Marcus	South Africa	78
Brand	Eghardt	South Africa	79
Lanot	Matt	France	80

Open Women - Seedings

Open Women

Surname	Name	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking Points	World Ranking
Peter	Lou	France	1	3000	1
Lucas	Oceane	France	2	2720	2
Dillon	Jacqueline	Australia	3	1970	3
McQueen-Jones	Lucy	Great Britain – UK	4	1960	4
Palmer	Shelly	USA	5	1860	6
Tolosa	Ainhoa	Spain	6	1830	7
Diribarne	Francoise	France	7	1450	9
Pienaar	Sandra	South Africa	8	860	15
Baylacq	Oceane	France	9	670	21
Palmer	Victoria	USA	10	670	21
Schelhase	Courtney	South Africa	11	0	0
Strydom	Nicole-Ann	South Africa	12	0	0
Moniz	Saskia	South Africa	13	0	0
Tracey	Sassen	South Africa	14	0	0

Adaptive Open Men - Seedings

Open Adaptive Men:

Surname	Name	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking Points	World Ranking

Colin	Guilaume	France	1	2000	1
Perrier	Eric	France	2	1000	6
Fuenzalida	Eugenio	Chile	3	860	7
O’Niel	Eugene	South Africa	4	0	0

Cadet Men - Seedings

Cadet Men – Seedings:

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking

Williams	Trent	Male	South Africa	1	1
Guzman	Arturo	Male	Puerto Rico	2	2

Junior Men - Seedings

Junior Men – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking	World Ranking Points

Bezard	Victor	Male	USA	1	1	1
Montfort	Enzo	Male	France	2	2	2
Williams	Kai	Male	South Africa	3		22
Keys	Jethro	Male	South Africa	4		64
Medina-Moral	Martin	Male	France	5	0	0

Junior Women - Seedings

Junior Women – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seeds	World Ranking	World Ranking Points
Schelhase	Courtney	Female	South Africa	1	0	0
Strydom	Nicole-Ann	Female	South Africa	2	0	0
Moniz	Saskia	Female	South Africa	3	0	0

Senior Men - Seedings

Senior Men – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	Open World Ranking
Humbert	Virgile	Male	France	1	2
Etxeberria	Odei	Male	Spain	2	4
Le Bars	Steeven	Male	France	3	6
Arrouays	Pablo	Male	France	4	12
Le Bars	Nathan	Male	France	5	13
Seguin	Arthur	Male	France	6	15
Gaborit	Maxime	Male	France	7	17
Guilbert	Clément	Male	France	8	20
Baretto	Guillermo	Male	Peru	9	36
Normant	Yunes	Male	France	10	60
Ahumada	Diego	Male	Chile	11	62
Baretto	Fernando	Male	Peru	12	74
Le Meil	Noe	Male	France	13	113
Fuenzalida	Eugenio	Male	Chile	14	124

Eckhoff	Max	Male	New Zealand	15	0
Iraundegui	Florent	Male	France	16	0
Bense	Dylan	Male	South Africa	17	0
Djemili	Fares	Male	France	18	0
Esterhuyse	Marcus	Male	South Africa	19	0
Van Antwerpen	Storm	Male	South Africa	20	0

Senior Women - Seedings

Senior Women – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	Open world ranking
Peter	Lou	Female	France	1	1
Lucas	Oceane	Female	France	2	2
Baylacq	Oceane	Female	France	3	21

Masters Men - Seedings

Masters Men – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking	Open Points

Samson	Cyril	Male	France	1	1	2610
Viaene	Bruce	Male	South Africa	2	5	2000
Babarit	Matthieu	Male	France	3	7	1765
McQueen-Jones	Sam	Male	Great Britain – UK	4	21	1425
Belmar	Felipe	Male	Chile	5	28	1205
Wessels	Michael	Male	South Africa	6	41	730
Colin	Guilaume	Male	France	7	47	650
Momberg	Johann	Male	South Africa	8	49	610
Randahl	Dale	Male	Australia	9	56	583
Lyons	Thomas (TJ)	Male	USA	10	0	555
Van Wyk	Schalk	Male	South Africa	11	64	500
Schroeder	Sheldon	Male	South Africa	12	64	500
Philipot	Yann	Male	France	13	78	462
Whitfield	Kevin	Male	South Africa	14	80	450
Taylor	Mark	Male	Ireland	15	111	390
Reinhardt	Timothy	Male	South Africa	16	121	370
Parry	Justin	Male	New Zealand	17	0	0
Calitz	Malan	Male	South Africa	18	0	0
Orsmand	Michael	Male	Great Britain – Wales	19	0	0
Burger	Andre	Male	South Africa	20	0	0
Holmes	Shaun	Male	Great Britain – UK	21	0	0
Legaspi	Sebastian	Male	Peru	22	0	0
Griffith	Ryan	Male	South Africa	23	0	0
Lanot	Mathieu	Male	France – Reunion Island	24	0	0

Masters Women - Seedings

Masters Women – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	World ranking	Open Points
McQueen-Jones	Lucy	Female	Great Britain – UK	1	4	1960
Tolosa	Ainhoa	Female	Spain	2	7	1830

Grand Masters Men - Seedings

Grand Masters Men – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	WWST result 2022 G/M	Open points where required

Duncan	Rees	Male	Australia	1	1
Kearns	Darren	Male	Australia	2	2
Bason	Darren	Male	Australia	3	5
Steyn	Francois	Male	South Africa	4	8
Lucas	Gerard	Male	France	5	10
McIntyre	Darren	Male	Australia	6	11
Lancaster	Graham	Male	Australia	7	12
Slabber	Pierre	Male	South Africa	8	0	730
Taylor	Rory	Male	South Africa	9	0	610
O’Neill	Eugene	Male	South Africa	10	0	500
DeVilliers	Morne	Male	South Africa	11	0	450
Doezie	Jon	Male	USA	12	0	450
McHattie	Stuart	Male	South Africa	13	0	450
Steinhäuser	Fritz	Male	South Africa	14	0	450
Baylacq	Didier	Male	France	15	0	425
Bunker	Darren	Male	South Africa	16	0	370
Esterhuyse	Dian	Male	South Africa	17	0	355
Perrier	Eric	Male	France	18	0	340

Bartlet	Craig	Male	South Africa	19	0	0
Waldron	Scott	Male	Australia	20	0	0
Kendrick	Grant	Male	South Africa	21	0	0
Schelhase	Pierre	Male	South Africa	22	0	0
Redlinghuys	Timonthy	Male	South Africa	23	0	0
Brand	Eghardt	Male	South Africa	24	0	0

Grand Masters Women - Seedings

Grand Masters Women – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	WWST result 2022 G/M	Open points where required

Diribarne	Francoise	Female	France	1	9	1450
Pienaar	Sandra	Female	South Africa	2	0	860
Palmer	Victoria	Female	USA	3	0	670
Sassen	Tracey	Female	South Africa	4	0	0

Legends Men - Seedings

Legends Men – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking Open	Points

Davies	Kieron	Male	United Kingdom	1	91	425
Nascimento	Francisco	Male	Australia	2	98	400
Botha	Louis	Male	South Africa	3	131	355
Huigsloot	Bernard	Male	Australia	4	0	0
Oelofse	Johan	Male	South Africa	5	0	0

Grand Legends Men - Seedings

Grand Legends Men – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking	Open Points

Adams	Roger	Male	USA	1	1
Clements	Kenneth	Male	South Africa	2	2
Diesel-Reynolds	Stewart	Male	USA	3	3
Winterburn	Gordon	Male	USA	4	4
Dubber	Anthony	Male	South Africa	5	5	450
Griffith	Dave	Male	South Africa	6	0	0
Moodie	Darryl	Male	South Africa	7	0	0
Harrison	John	Male	South Africa	8	0	0
Inglis	John	Male	Great Britain – Scotland	9	0	0
Ackerman	Ronnie	Male	South Africa	10	0	0
Pienaar	Jeremy	Male	South Africa	11	0	0

Grand Legends Women - Seedings

Grand Legends Women – Seedings

Surname	Name	Gender	Country of Representation	Seed	World Ranking	Open Points
Dillon	Jacqueline	Female	Australia	1	3	1970
Palmer	Shelly	Female	USA	2	6	1860

Seeding Criteria according to the World Waveski Surfing Association Rulebook:

First consideration

WWST result (2022) plus one sanctioned result, if this is not available refer to second consideration

Second consideration

One sanctioned result, if this is not available refer to third consideration

Third consideration

National Rankings, if this is not available refer to fourth consideration

Fourth consideration

Any other result which will assist in separating the riders.