Guests for the Punta de Lobos Ceremony have been selected

There are 18 locals and six foreigners. The waiting period is already underway and runs until September 16.


An obvious guest who appears first on the list: Cristian Merello. Pictured here, participating in the 2015 Ceremonial. Photo: WSL/Pablo Jiménez

The 20th edition of the Punta de Lobos Ceremonial already has its official guest list made up of 18 local Chileans and six foreigners, reported the local website ChileSurf. The waiting period for the event is already underway and extends until September 16.

In addition to the three fathers of modern surfing in Lobos, Navarro, Merello and Medina, the list also includes the defending champion, León Vicuña, Chacha Ibarra, Guille Satt, another Arica native, Germán Varas, Camilo Hernández from Iquique and Uti Araki from Rapa Nui.

The six foreigners are: Álvaro Malpartida from Peru, Marcos Monteiro from Brazil, Kai Lenny and Ian Walsh from Hawaii, Lucas Chianca from Brazil and Grant Baker from South Africa.

See the full list below
Christian Merello (CHILE)
Ramon Navarro (CHILE)
Diego Medina (CHILE)
Hector Vargas (CHILE)
Leon Vicuna (CHILE)
Reinaldo Ibarra (CHILE)
Ignacio Navarro (CHILE)
Jacob Soto (CHILE)
Emilio Garcia (CHILE)
Alejandro Fuenzalida (CHILE)
Lucas Gonzaga (CHILE)
Patricio Mekis (CHILE)
Ismael Herreros (CHILE)
Guillermo Satt (CHILE)
German Varas (CHILE)
Rafael Tapia (CHILE)
Camilo Hernandez (CHILE)
Uti Araki (CHILE)
Alvaro Malpartida (PERU)
Marcos Monteiro (BRAZIL)
Kai Lenny (HAWAI'I)
Lucas Chianca (BRAZIL)
Grant Baker (SOUTH AFRICA)
Ian Walsh (HAWAI'I)

International substitutes
Kohl Christensen
Natxo Gonzalez
Nic Von Rupp
Miguel Tudela

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