<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To participate in the competition, athletes must submit their best 7 clips, recorded within a period of up to one year at any beach in the world. In the stages of the 9 countries, only waves filmed in their own country were valid. Four professional judges conduct the judging remotely at their homes, choosing athletes with numbers from 1 to 4, in the case of 4 surfer for heats. No grade from 0 to 10 is applied.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An observation is about the European championship, the SWS E-Pro Europe, which was considered as a region, a country, but we had athletes from some countries there, such as England, France, Spain, Portugal among others. Brazilian surfer Bruno Santo is in the competition as a wild card, representing Japan and his sponsor Yukibrand, also one of the event's sponsors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Judgment Criteria</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The judging criterion, being an online competition, does not take into account the size and quality of the wave, but the performance of the athlete on the wave, taking into account aspects such as speed, power, flow, usually used in competitions, including the WSL.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Competition Format</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The championship is held in a 7 round format with heats of 3 or 4 athletes, with round 2 as the repechage. There are a total of 14 competition days, alternating with voting days and results days. In the end, the choice of champions takes place through a live broadcast with finalist athletes and influential guests.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The public is the fifth judge!</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The clips are published on <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/associations/surf-web-series" target="_blank">SWS</a> social media - @surfwebseries (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/surfwebseries/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/surfwebseries" target="_blank">Facebook</a>), opening the vote to the public who tag their favorite surfer in the comments, where they are available in a 24 hour period for voting. After that, the votes are counted and it gets decided who advances and who falls in the competition.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Audiences</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The audiences from all countries interact on the event pages during SWS online competitions. This stage is formed with athletes from 9 countries and we expect a significant increase in public involvement. In the days before the event, the attendance was quite expressive and the expectation is to surpass the previous numbers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Award</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A prize of ten thousand dollars will be given to the winners with gender equality: 5k for men + 5k for women, divided between the top four. In addition to the cash prize and some giveaways, the champion will be awarded a title previously unheard of, the SWS Online World Surf Champion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">See the attached image below for the list of classifieds surfers for this competition</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events/surf-web-series-world-championship-2021" target="_blank">FireWire E-Pro Global Final</a> is sponsored by FireWire Surfboads, The Bad Stuff, Cerveja Pacifico Mexico, Yukibrand Wetsuits, Red Bull Chile and the realization is the <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/associations/surf-web-series" target="_blank">Surf Web Series</a> in conjunction with the <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/associations/surf-open-league" target="_blank">Surf Open League</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Follow and participate in the championship through the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/surfwebseries/" target="_blank">@surfwebseries</a> pages and help your favorite surfer by voting. For more information, visit surfwebseries.com.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/firewiresurfboards/" target="_blank">@firewiresurfboards</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebadstufftequila/" target="_blank">@thebadstufftequila</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yukibrand/" target="_blank">@yukibrand</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cervezapacificomx/" target="_blank">@cervezapacificomx</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/redbullcl/" target="_blank">@redbullcl</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/surfopenleague/" target="_blank">@surfopenleague</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Press Release Source: SWS / SOL</div>