Diego Medina won the Punta de Lobos Ceremony

Navarro finished second and Tudela third, Merello fourth, Tapia and Dos Santos did not find waves in the final and tied for fifth


13 September, 2018
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All water photos: Juan Luis De Heeckeren
Water video: Pablo Jimenez

After a life dedicated to the waves of Punta de Lobos, Diego Medina won his first Ceremonial on the wave where he achieved the main glories of his career. Four minutes into the grand final he surfed a 7,75 that remained the best wave of the final and which he later backed up with four points that made it unreachable.

The king of Punta de Lobos, Ramón Navarro, came close. Tudela surfed a wave at the end that put him in third place and Merello fell on the only wave he surfed and the 0,50 he obtained put him in fourth place.

Vinicius dos Santos of Brazil and Morris Tapia of Chile failed to surf any waves and tied for fourth place.


When the double bugle sounded, Medina let out all his joy and jumped off his board, letting it be known how important this great victory is to him.

After winning, Medina said: "I'm very happy, it's a very important championship, I've been looking for this victory for a long time, I've surfed this wave a lot, I know it very well and being able to share this championship with all my friends and the public is something super special. It's priceless that my wife and two children have seen me."

Final results 
1: Diego Medina
2: Ramon Navarro
3:Miguel Tudela
4: Cristian Merello
5: Vinicius dos Santos and Morris Tapia.

Emilio García de la Huerta and Cristobal de Col in one of the biggest waves of the morning. Photo: Ceremonial Press Check out the story of this wave told by the Peruvian in the post below.

Morris Tapia lowering a bomb, heading to the grand final. All photos: Press of the Ceremony
Fernando Zeggers was very close to making it to the grand final. With a solid performance he finished in the semis.
Chacha Barra taking down a giant.
Emilio García de la Huerta surfed one of the best waves of the year in Chile last week and in yesterday's Ceremonial he made a very good performance, reaching the semifinals.
Pollo Vargas is doing well. He always has good performances in free surfing at Punta de Lobos. Yesterday he couldn't find the waves and was eliminated in round 1. On his Instagram he wrote that he is going to train hard to achieve his dreams.
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