Rosarito National Surfing Games

Translation: Heido Sundstrom

Mayor of Acapulco welcomes back the Guererro state selection from the 2013

Luis Aburto Walton, Mayor of Acapulco, welcomed the Guerrero State Surfing Selections who participated in the National Surfing Games in Rosarito, Baja California on September 4th – 8th, 2013. The selected surfers, many of whom hail from Acapulco, brought back seven top-finishing places that included: four 1st Place finishes that went to Ulises “Votrek” Rodriguez, who competed in two categories and remains the National Champion in the Bodyboard Open and Drop Knee categories. The other 1st Place finishes and title of National Champion went to Javier “Charra” Hernandez in the Kahuna and Grand Kahuna categories. A 2nd Place finish in the Women’s Bodyboard Open category went to Alejandra Quevado. Also in the Grand Kahuna category, Raul Sanchez placed third, while Jorge Diaz placed 4th in the Bodyboard Open category.

For their part, the selected surfers gave thanks for the support given by the city of Acapulco to make the trip and kept their word of bringing prizes back home to Acapulco to help boost tourism for the port.

Jose Manuel “Yuco” Trujillo remained in the semifinals for the Shortboard category, as did Fernando Garcia in the Longboard category. The state of Guerrero’s placed 3rd overall.

Luis Walton congratulated the team and encouraged them to continue down the road of victory, putting the name of Acapulco and Guerrero on high.

The awards were delivered by the President of the Guerrero State Surfing Association, Javier “Charra” Hernandez, who made acknowledgements to the Mayor, Luis Walton Aburto, as well as Armando Tapia (Trustee), Wulfrano Salgado (City Councilman and Social Manager), Netza Peralta (Secretary of Acapulco Tourism), Napoleon Astudillo (Trustee) and Adolfo Aquino (Municipal Sporting Director).

“It’s an honor and also very encouraging that our Mayor took the time to greet us. It’s been quite some time since the Acapulco City Council has supported us in this way, which enabled us to make the long and costly trip. Thanks to the new administration headed by Luis Walton, it was possible for us to compete and demonstrate that we have good quality athletes in Acapulco,” remarked Javier “Charra” Hernandez.