Carlos Muñoz and Daniella Rosas were the big winners of the second edition of the Latin American surfing awards, in which the best surfers in Latin America voted for the best.

The Costa Rican won the best surfer category for the second consecutive year (last year he had tied with Miguel Tudela) and also took home the best small wave surfer and best aerialist divisions.

Meanwhile, the Peruvian gold medalist in Lima 2019 won the award for  the best surfer and the best junior.

Another who took home a good share of awards was tube and big rider Álvaro Malpartida, who won best big wave surfer in 2019 (along with Cristian Merello) and best free surfer.

The most overwhelming victories were in men with Cali Muñoz winning with more than 55% of the votes, SUP Surf Ladies in which Vania Torres won with 79% of the votes, Longboard with Piccolo Clemente winning more than 50%, women's aerials with Analí Gómez winning by more than 50%, women's longboard with Mafer Reyes winning with 68,4% of the votes.

For this year's edition, 70 of the best surfers on the continent were in charge of voting, men and women of different ages and different countries, as detailed in the following paragraph:

Alan Cleland Jr. (Mexico), Ale Moreda (Puerto Rico), Alvaro Malpartida (Peru), Ana Gonzalez (Mexico), Angelo Lozano (Mexico), Axel Castro (Costa Rica), Beatriz Mella (Chile), Bryan Perez (El Salvador), Carlos Munoz (Costa Rica), Carolina Thun (Peru), Cristian Merello (Chile), Cristobal de Col (Peru), Danilo Cerda (Chile), Derek Gomes (Venezuela), Diego Cadena Rodriguez (Mexico), Diego Naranjo (Costa Rica), Dwight Pastrana (Puerto Rico), Esteban Cross (Chile), Estela Lopez (Chile), Gabriel Aramburu (Peru), Gabriel Escudero (Puerto Rico), Ignacio Pignataro (Uruguay), Jackson Obando (Nicaragua), Jean Carlos Oli Camarena (Panama), Jonathan Gubbibs (Peru), Jose Ignacio Gundesen (Argentina), Josefina Vidueira (Chile), Juan Cruz Ruggiero (Argentina), Julian Schweizer (Uruguay), Kai Gale (Panama), Kalani Garcia (Panama), Kevin Cortez (Nicaragua), Leon de la Torre (Chile), Lorena Fica (Chile), Lucas Madrid (Uruguay), Lucas Garrido Lecca (Peru), Lucca Messinas (Peru), Lucia Cosoleto (Argentina), Lucia Indurain (Argentina), Luis Maria Iturria (Uruguay), Marcelo Rodriguez (Argentina), Marcial Monreal (Mexico), Marco Giorgi (Uruguay), Maria Fernanda Reyes (Peru), Marley Puglielli (Puerto Rico), Martin Passeri (Argentina), Maximiliano Cross (Chile), Maya Larripa (Mexico/Argentina), Natalia Escobar (Chile), Nazareno Pereira (Argentina), Nicolas Diaz Barriga (Chile), Otto Flores (Puerto Rico), Paloma Santos (Chile), Piccolo Clemente (Peru), Porfirio Miranda (El Salvador), Raul Rios (Peru), Rey Hernandez (Mexico), Rosanny Alvarez (Venezuela), Samanta Alonso (Panama), Sasha Donnanno (Mexico), Sebastian Correa (Peru), Sebastian Soto (Puerto Rico), Sebastian Williams (Mexico), Shelby Detmers (Mexico), Simon Salazar (Colombia), Sofia Mulanovich (Peru), Tomas Bock (Chile), Tomas Tudela (Peru), Tristan Aicardi (Chile) and Vania Torres (Peru).

Below is the detail of each category:

Best surfer of the year 2019

Men
1st: Cali Muñoz with 55,81% of the votes
2nd: Joco del Castillo, Lucca Mesinas and Alonso Correa with 6,9% of the votes each
3rd: Bryan Pérez with 4,65% of the votes

Ladies
1st Daniella Rosas with 25% of the votes
2nd Brisa Hennessy and Sofia Mulanovich with 21,9% each
3rd Dominic Barona with 18,7% of the votes

Better in big waves

Men
1st Cristian Merello and Alvaro Malpartida with 17,1% of the votes each
2nd Miguel Tudela with 11,43% of the votes
3rd Sebastian Correa with 8,6% of the votes

Ladies
1st: Jessica Anderson with 21,43% of the votes
2nd: Valentina Resano with 17,85% of the votes
3rd: Isabelle Leonhardt with 14,2% of the votes

Better in small waves

Men
1st: Carlos Muñoz with 33,3% of the votes
2nd: Santiago Muñiz with 23,8%
3rd: Multiple tie

Ladies
1st: Dominic Barona with 25% of the votes
2nd: Sofia Mulanovich with 21,42% of the votes
3rd: Brisa Hennessy with 14,28% of the votes

Better in the tubes

Men
1st: Joaquin del Castillo with 27,2% of the votes
2nd: Miguel Tudela with 15,1% of the votes
3rd: Multiple tie

Ladies
1st: Lorena Fica with 16,66%
2rd: Multiple tie

Best youth

Men
1st Raul Rios with 30,8% of the votes 
2nd Alan Cleland Jr. 23%
3rd Noel de la Torre with 13% of the votes

Ladies
1st: Daniella Rosas with 44,4% of the votes
2nd: Sol Aguirre with 33,3%
3rd: Estela Lopez with 7,4%

Best aerialist

Men
1st: Carlos Muñoz with 22,2% of the votes
2nd: Leon Glatzere with 19,4%
3rd: Bryan Perez with 11%

Ladies
1st: Analí Gómez with 53,8% of the votes
2nd: Multiple tie

Best free surfer

Men
1st Alvaro Malpartida with 22,2% of the votes
2nd Sebastian Williams and Sebastian Correa with 11,1%
3rd Jonathan Gubbins, Mauro Díaz and Rolando Montes with 7,4%

Ladies
1st: Three-way tie between Carolina Thun, Nicole Fiedler and Analí Gómez with 25% each

Best longboarder

Men
1st Piccolo Clemente with 53,3% of the votes
2nd Julian Schweizeer with 16,7%
3rd Lucas Garrido Lecca and Surfiel Gil with 6,7%

Ladies
1st Maria Fernanda Reyes with 68.4% of the votes
2nd Carolina Thun with 15,8%

SUP Surfer

Men
1st Tamil Martino 39%
2nd Tie between Giorgio Gomez and Sebastian Gomez with 13%
3rd Multiple Tie

Ladies
1st Vania Torres with 79% of the votes
2nd Izzi Gomez and Lucia Cosoleto with 8,3%

Best video clip of the year

1st Guillermo Satt with 36,8% of the votes
2nd Tie between Joaquin del Castillo and Alonso Correa with 10,5%

Trajectory award

1st Tie between Gabriel Villarán and Sofía Mulanovich with 14,28%
2nd: Tie between Coco Nogales, Magnum Martinez, Martin Passeri and Ramon Navarro with 9,5%

Best leader

1st Gabriel Aramburú with 23% of the votes 
2nd Federico Deal and Fernando Aguerre with 15% of the votes.

Best coach

1st: Gabriel Aramburu with 25% of the votes
2nd: Tie between Javier Swayne and Marcelo Castellanos with 12,5
3rd: Martin Passeri  and Sebastian Alarcon with 8,3%

Best shaper

1st Rodolfo Klima with 29%
2nd Dario Milano with 16,6%
3rd July Nurse with 8,3%

best judge

1st Flavio Solari with 37,5
2nd: Sergio Liotti with 25%

SEE THE DETAILS OF ALL THE VOTES BELOW

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