A nail-biting finish

Agastado com vários anos de autocracia australiana foi com relativa surpresa que li um texto da IBA como se fosse uma organização mundial de bodyboarders. Antigamente também conhecida como organização mundial de mafia australiana era especialmente conceituada pelas suas técnicas de branqueamento das vitórias alheias e da cunha para as caseiras. No entanto a césar o que é de césar e se em anos de máfia cá estaremos para lhes apontar a meliana-acção, nos outros é de justiça apontar a elegância e profissionalismo com que colocam os termos. Um texto a que não falta nenhuma virgula:

"-A nail-biting finish is shaping up for both the mens and women’s IBA World Titles. Unlike the ASP tour, the race for the world championship has never been closer, and the final event at El Confital in the Canary Islands will surely deliver a grand finish.
-The men’s title race has four riders all within striking distance. Currently in the lead is former World Champion Guilherme Tamega from Brasil. To make this feat all the more impressive, Tamega took a year out of the competition arena in '07 and had to start the season as a wildcard or further down the seeding order. But like a true champion the Brazilian started the season with a solid performance at Pipeline and then continued his great form with wins at Chile and Sintra.
-Fellow countryman Uri Valadao has also been in outstanding form in 2008 and has led the ratings for most of the season. Currently second, Valadao also silenced his critics with a runner-up position at Pipe; dispelling the theory that the flyboy was a small wave specialist that would struggle in the big juice.
-Sitting in third place and looking to capture his third World Title is Australian Ben Player. Ben has been a consistent performer in 2008, but has only won The Human Shark Island Challenge. A finalist in last year’s event, Ben grew up surfing a south coast reef break almost identical to El Confital and will be fired up for a solid performance.
-And finally in fourth place is the outsider and quiet achiever, Pierre Louis Costes. The Frenchmen has been in mind-blowing form this year and if the other three frontrunners stumble early the title could easily be his. It’s a storybook finish to an incredible year of competition."