2013 Puerto Escondido Open Official results

By: The Organizing Committee
Translation: Heido Sundstrom

We would like to OFFICIALLY release the results of the SURF OPEN category:

1st Place – Mike Velasco
2nd Place – JONY CORZO
3rd Place – ROBERTO SALINAS
4th Place – Julio Quiñones

There was an incident during one of the heats in which Julio Quiñones inadvertently interfered with Roberto Salinas by accidentally pulling on his leash, causing an interference that the judges were not aware of at first. The best thing to do, would have been for Salinas to tell the judges as soon as the heat finished, but instead he waited until after the awards ceremony and after all the awards were announced. The interference was then confirmed with Quiñones and the results are those published here.

STATEMENT BY JULIO QUIÑONES
Translation: Heido Sundstrom

“Hello, greetings to all. I would like to clarify the situation that happened at the contest this past weekend in Puerto Escondido. During the final, I was charged with paddling interference but I never pulled the leash. So Robert and I spoke to the panel of judges and they concluded that it was indeed a “Paddling Interference”, which is why they took away half the points of a wave and I ended up placing fourth. I would sincerely appreciate the accurate way that this information is handled so that it won’t affect my image as an athlete. Many thanks in advance and wishing you all good waves!

Thanks for everything, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca.”

– Julio Quiñones