Peru announced its team for the Pan American Surfing Games

The Peruvian Surfing Federation -FEPTA- announced its National Team that will represent the country in the 8th Pan American Surfing Games, that will take place in Iquique, Chile from November 3-11.  Similar to past occasions, the Incas are seen as serious contenders for the various medals, including the team gold.

The team selection is as follows:

OPEN
1. Sebastián Alarcón
2. Gabriel Villaran
3. Gabriel Aramburú
4. Javier Swayne 

JUNIOR
1. Ramón Espinosa
2. Julio Vignati
3. Piero de Lucchi
4. Cristóbal de Col

WOMEN’S
1. Analí Gómez
2. Brissa Málaga 

BODYBOARD
1. Cesar Bauer
2. Jorge Hurtado

WOMEN’S BODYBOARD
1. Mónica Narrea

LONGBOARD
1. Tamil Martino
2. Benoit Clemente

Coach: Roberto Meza
Team Manager: Karin Sierralta
Personal Trainer: Renato Quezada
Judge: Flavio Solari 

According to the Team Manager, Karin Sierralta: "Peru placed second in the last Pan American Surfing games at home, this time we want to correct the errors that caused us to fall a few points short of the title. We have been working very hard to achieve our objective. We are going for the title.” 
Peru was ranked second in the general category in the last Pan American Surfing Games, which was held in Punta Rocas.  In the end, Brazil was the conquering nation.  Although the Incas gained three gold medals:  Analí Gomez in Women’s, Gabriel Villaran in Open and Roberto Meza in Longboard.  They did not win the team gold medal mainly because their juniors had a weak performance.   

This weak point may be repeated in these games, due to the gap in talented surfers coming from the generations of Villaran, Alarcón, Malpartida, Swayne, Aramburu, De Romaña, etc.  A gap that with each passing year is being minimized as the young guns like Carlos Mario Zapata, Cristobal de Col, Martin Jeri Jr. and Juninho Urcia, among others, get older. 

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