Dylan southworth, horacio garcia, jose luis caselin, Alfredo salafranca and ryan helm are recognized By the mexican federation of surfing

Translation: Heido Sundstrom

At a gala dinner and emotional ceremony held at the Rosarito Beach Hotel on Friday, September 6th, 2013, the Mexican Surfing Federation celebrated 50 years of surfing in Mexico. For a little over 50 years, various North Americans have crossed the border into Baja California, Mexico with their trucks and campers in search of perfect waves. Ignacio Felix Cota is one of Mexico’s surfing pioneers and was there to celebrate the festivities. President of the Mexican Surfing Federation, Luis Skeen, and Secretary, Alfonso Polidura, were also in attendance and presented the 2013 Surfer of the Year Award to Dylan Southworth of Nayarit.

Southworth is the 2012/2013 National Open Champion, a title won in the National Games in Mazatlan, Sinaloa last year. In April, he won the Acapulco Open Pro and placed 25th in Chiba, Japan in a WQS event of the ASP in May. Also in May, he placed 16th in the World Surfing Championship in Santa Catalina, Panama. He’s quite active in both ASP and ALAS contests and this award proved to be a just and well-deserved recognition for the surfer.

Another well-deserved recognition went to Horacio “Chachin” Garcia for his great work as the head of the National Stand-Up Paddle crew that includes: Jose Luis Caselin, Alfredo Salafranca and Ryan Helm, all of whom helped the Mexican SUP team to place third in the Team Category, winning Mexico’s first bronze medal at the World Games. Fernando Stalla also won a medal as an individual competitor and the other heroes on the team included: Guillermo Cadena, Hector Gonzalez, Karen Jacobson, Fernando Stalla, Javier Jimenez, Martha Diaz, Diego Cadena, Antonio Valdez, Risa Mara Machuca and Veronica Nava.

Planeta Surf joins this celebration in congratulating all the winners.