Chevrolet National Surfing Tour Culminates
After eight stops at different spots of the Peruvian coast, the Chevrolet National Surfing Tour came to an end on July 26th and 27th in Huanchaco, Trujillo.

These are the top positions of the 2008 Peruvian Ranking:

Open
National Champion- Gabriel Villarán
Runner Up - Sebastián Alarcón
3rd - Jorge Fernández

Sub 18
National Champion - Piero Delucchi
Runner Up - Sebastián Ríos
3rd - Miguel Tudela

Sub 16
National Champion - Cristóbal de Col
Runner Up - Martín Jerí
3rd - Miguel Tudela

Sub 12
National Champion - Lucca Mesinas
Runner Up - Alonso Correa
3rd - Lucca Saldivar

Women’s Open
National Champion - Brissa Málaga
Runner Up - Karen Mendiguetti
3rd - Nadja de Col

Women’s Sub 18
National Champion - Nadja de Col
Runner Up - Alexia Jerí
3rd - Mariangela Zapata

Longboard
National Champion - Benoit Clemente
Runner Up - Juan José Corzo
3rd - Karín Sierralta

Master
National Champion - Germán Aguirre
Runner Up - José de Col
3rd - Martín Jerí

Second-to-Last Stop of the Barena Professional Tour
The well-known Peruvian beer brand, Barena, has organized championships throughout this year for surfers over the age of 18. The first contest took place February 2nd and 3rd in the challenging Punta Rocas. The next stop was held on February 23rd and 24th on Punta Hermosa´s La Isla. In March the event was moved to Cerro Azul, Cañete. Next the north of Perú, Máncora, hosted a contest during the first few days of August.

Since the waves were small at this beach, the organization decided to move the contest to ‘Piscinas’ beach in the province of Lobitos. Here the conditions were favorable for all of the competitors.

After being crowned 2008 National Champion, Gabriel Villarán sought after another victory. In the Quarter Finals, Villarán scored a ten point wave and the crowd bet that this would gain him the gold. However, he had to battle against Sebastián Alarcón, Javier Swayne and Magoo de la Rosa. In the end, due to his experience and great experience on this beach, de la Rosa beat out his three opponents. Now the fight for the true title is between Magoo and Villarán. But this will not be defined until September when the final stop of the tour takes place.

On another note, in the Women’s category, Karen Mendiguetti snatched the lead from Brissa Malaga, the ranked National Champion. In Kahuna, Raul Calle won the gold while in the Grand Master Jorge Posso demonstrated once again why he made it to the finals in the World Masters. Flavio Solari and Manuel Roncalla were victorious in the Master and Junior categories, respectively.

Vote for Sofía Mulanovich
Our 2004 World Champion, Sofía Mulanovich, could end up being the winner of the ‘Best Surfer of the Year’ award for the fourth consecutive year in the Surfer Poll and Video Awards conducted by Surfer magazine.

On August 15th the voting closes. We should not forget to vote for this Peruvian as the Best Female Surfer. We support Sofía at www.votaporsofia.net.

About International Surfing Association
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980. 

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since.  The ISA's four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Maile Aguerre (Hawaii) and Mike Gerard (USA).

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