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After being two series away from qualifying for the CT some five years ago, Peruvian Alonso Correa's world fell apart with an injury, an operation and a series of bad results. All that time seems to have been left behind in that genuine, natural friendliness with which he is seen in life.

This transparent attitude is seen in raw surfing, without half measures, going to the edge of the wave, carving with power and bravely sending oneself into the tubes.

“The love for the sport overcomes everything,” said Alonso in this interview when he talked about a bad time in which nothing went well and now the tables have turned. He spent a couple of seasons in Hawaii where he surfed heavy Pipe non-stop, participated in the Backdoor Shootout and got some great tubes.

Life couldn't have been better and that's why he understood that the results of the championships bring things but not everything and that surfing offers much more than a podium.

He will face Filipe and Kanoa in round 1; with what he has shown on the wave, he is the favourite. Asked about this, he did not want to say anything. His attitude towards the event is to take each series by series but with the clear goal of wanting to get on that podium.

Below are some important details he shared:

TABLES:
Travel to Teahupoo with 11 boards, from everyday girls to a 6'8.

LODGING:
On the cruise

COACH:
Sebastián Alarcón as personal coach and Gabriel Aramburu as team coach

TEAHUPOO FORCE:
Older than Pipe, he says he has surfed outer waves and other big waves and that Chopes has kept him underwater for longer and that is why he took a freediving course to be calm in that aspect.

HANDLING THE FOAMBALL:
After surfing several waves and getting eaten by the foamball, he spoke to some locals and they told him that one of the tips when you get to the foamball is to have a slightly higher line, and it seemed to work.

HUMOURS AND DIRECTIONS OF THE WAVE:
With a lot of westerly wind there are waves that close in Teahupoo.

THE CHANNEL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS:
If it is southerly, the channel is calmer. The more westerly it is, the closer it is to the other wave and the more it closes. That is why you see many surfers coming out of the tube and paddling quickly in.

 

 

DUKE's presence in Tahiti to cover Olympic surfing is also possible thanks to Xavier Aguirre, Philippe Demarsan, Pepe Gelos, Chifle Perez del Castillo, Juanja Vargas, Mateo Christodulu, Josefina and Tomas Barbe, Monica Ugalde, Pilar Aguerrebere, Edu Fernandez, Wilma Ehni, Guzman Sari and Gonzalo Madrid.