The 2013 National Children And Youth Surfing Games At The Historic Revolcadero Festival Is Inaugurated By Mayor Luis Walton

Translation: Heido Sundstrom

There’s no deadline that can’t be met and the moment of truth came this past Friday, November 29th, when the Mayor of Acapulco, Luis Walton, inaugurated the 2013 National Children and Youth Surfing Games of the Historic Revolcadero Festival and kicked it off with a flag ceremony. Alongside the Mayor stood Kristian Vargas, Director of the Youth Institute, Covadonga Gomez, Tourism Undersecretary, Councilman Wulfrano Salgado, Sporting Director Adolfo Aquino, Rodolfo Monreal, Secretary of Social Development, Alfonso Polidura, Secretary of the Mexican Surfing Federation, Javier Hernandez, President of the Guerrero State Surfing Association, and Ernesto “Micha” Trujillo, Director of the event, among other authorities that were in attendance of this historic event celebrating children and youth from all across Mexico.

The cream of the national surfing crop in the junior's category took place at the beach in front of the Hotel Princess, which has played host to two international ASP events in recent years. On this occasion, the young surfers attempted their best tricks in 3-foot waves with one goal in mind: to become national champions and represent their country in the upcoming 2014 VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship (WJSC), set to take place in Salinas, Ecuador on April 5th – 13th, 2014.

One hundred young people from around the Mexican Caribbean and Pacific came together to compete in nine different categories; the “seed” of Mexican surfing developing amongst young 6 – 8 year olds who have traded in their toys for a surfboard or bodyboard, taking their place in the sea and in the waves.