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Third Stop Of The Surfing Acapulco Contest & Clinic Is A Hit

 

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Translation: Heido Sundstrom


The third stop of the Surfing Acapulco Contest & Clinic took place on Sunday, February 3rd, 2014 at Playa Bonfil in Acapulco. This time, the 29 – 39 Year Old and Over 40 categories were held.

Enthusiastic “master” surfers registered to participate and compete with their contemporaries at Playa Bonfil, which provided competitors with good waves of up to 6 feet. Normally, most of these surfers only surf on weekends, but this time we got to see them in action at the competition. The finalists had to pass through four heats to define the top spots. As there were only two competitors in the 29 – 39 Year-Old category, both categories were mixed together to compete. Miguel Roque made it to the final, along with Manuel Rios and Miguel Bernal, all from the FZ 10 surf club, and Joaquin Sotelo from the Bonfil club. Sotelo ended up being named “the revelation of the contest” and the veterans that competed were legends, Juan “Veracruz” Bravo and Roberto “Bayo” Sauri. The majority of those that competed hadn’t done so in quite some time, like Joaquin Sotelo, who hadn’t been in a contest in over 20 years, and Gustavo Cortez, who, in spite of his long history of surfing, had never competed before and has only practiced free surfing. Carlos Vargas has also spent a long time out of competition and, remembering his participation in a National in Mazatlan in 1993, wasn’t able to think of any other events until now.

Joe Estrada made a very good call with this event, and the response has been well received. New surfers were instructed on how to judge for the first time and the event also served as a showcase for three noble causes. The first of which, included conservation and cleaning of the beach by students of the Montessori School.

The movement “No More Dolphins in Captivity” also kicked off against the creation of a dolphin aquarium in the shopping center located in the Diamante zone. This movement received more than 100 signatures on the beach and was created thanks to the initiative of 10-year-old Alex Ochoa.  

Finally, support and solidarity were demonstrated toward Venezuela for the terrible events that its citizens are facing at this time.


LEGENDS CATEGORY (40+)
1. MANUEL RIOS
2. MIGUEL BERNAL
3. JOAQUIN SOTELO  
4. IVAN BLANCO
4. CARLOS OCHOA
6. ROBERTO SAURI
6. EDMUNDO SALMERON
8. JOSE LUIS ARIAS
9. JOSELINO MENDOZA
9. JOSE LANDA
11. JUAN BRAVO
11. CARLOS VARGAS
11. ANGEL CABALLERO
14. GUSTAVO CORTEZ
15. ANDRES MORFIN
 
MASTER CATEGORY (29-39 YEARS OLD)
1. MIGUEL ROQUE
2. RODICK VELSA