Alonso Correa represents the finest tradition of the good Peruvian surfer

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It seems that I was inspired today and in a note that turned out to be made to me in InfoBAE PeruI literally said that and of course I couldn't agree more with what was said.

The young goofy footer represents and follows a lineage of the best kind of Peruvian surfing that begins with the pioneers of the annual trips to Hawaii, Felipe Pomar, Miguel Plaza, Joaquín Miró Quezada, who ruled the giant Hawaiian waves and earned the respect of their peers there.

But above all, they knew that these were the proving grounds, the place where one shows what one is made of.

A lineage that later continued with talents like Magoo de la Rosa and Makki Block and that continued with beasts like Sofía Mulanovich who won her CT title in Hawaii precisely.

And it also had talents like Gabriel Villarán, Gabriel Aramburú, Álvaro Malpartida and the list goes on.

He then followed with Cristóbal de Col, Miguel Tudela, Joaquín del Castillo and Lucca Mesinas, to mention other talents, all of the latter, who added to their repertoire not only the ability to hit tubes, but also the capacity to do modern and powerful maneuvers in smaller waves, of which one does not see in Peru.

This is why there have already been Peruvians in the CT and in the Olympic Games, although never in the semifinals.

Correa came to the Olympics at the best possible moment: doing well with his surfing, physically healthy, with a sponsor he had just recently started, and, also as a result of all this, with his head in a good place.

The pressure of the Games overwhelmed more than one person. Alonso was able to shine: He beat three CTs on his way and a prominent Japanese in a series in which everything seemed to be going wrong for him.

But Alonso is everything mentioned above because he is authentic, he loves surfing more than anything and said, in an interview with DUKE, that “the love for the sport overcomes everything”… He was referring to the fact that in his worst moments, what kept him active was going to Hawaii and riding tubes.

Alonso is a person who lets his surfing speak for him, you can tell that he says what he wants to say in the water, and outside he vibrates, what he experienced in the water vibrates.

He's authentic in his way of being, he says what he feels and although it is known that he prefers to let his surfing do all the work, he gives his good statements about the things that happen when he is in his favorite place in the world.

He made it to the semi-finals of the Olympic Games and can win a medal. He knows that if he sticks to the poles, he can even win gold.

We'll see what happens with the history of Peruvian surfing on Monday. Alonso can write another important chapter, and no one doubts that he deserves it.

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, Andres and Amadeo Soler, Luis Vargas and Gonzalo Madrid.