{"id":2572,"date":"2022-09-10T16:33:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T14:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2022-09-10T16:35:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T14:35:56","slug":"johanne-defay-je-suis-partagee-par-pleins-demotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/en\/johanne-defay-je-suis-partagee-par-pleins-demotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Johanne Defay: \"I'm torn between so many emotions\"."},"content":{"rendered":"

Third in the world at the end of a long season that ended in the finals in Trestles this week, Johanne Defay was as frustrated with her result as she was proud of the path she has taken to 2022. The Private Sport Shop ambassador is having her best season in the elite.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she arrived in Trestles, California (where only the top five surfers in the world rankings were competing for the title), Johanne Defay could legitimately hope to finish the year in style and go for the crown that no French surfer has ever won. The Frenchwoman had just realized a full season, marked by the jump of regularity. Out of the 10 rounds of the season, the Private Sport Shop ambassador reached (at least) the quarter finals of 9 of them. Only the event held in Tahiti on the famous Teahupoo wave did not see the R\u00e9unionese surfer secure her place among the 8 best surfers (she had been eliminated by her friend Vahine Fierro).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to this unfailing regularity, Johanne Defay won a historic success at G-Land <\/a><\/strong>in Indonesia, making her the most successful European surfer at international level (men and women combined). In the end, the Frenchwoman's second place in the world was well deserved when she arrived in Trestles, determined to bring home the most precious trophy of all. In a format that favors the highest ranked athletes over the regular season (the world number one only has to win one round to win the title while the world number five has to pass four rounds to hope to be titled), Johanne Defay finally played only one round, against the future world champion Stephanie Gilmore. If the Frenchwoman had beaten her last year here in Trestles, this time it was the Australian who took her revenge and then had the luxury to make the great favorite Carissa Moore fall in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n

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