Photos: Nick Bartol (@surfhaleiwa)

The Nelscott Reef Pro took place yesterday on a day of big waves that started slowly but ended up huge. Due to life's circumstances, the Peruvian did not celebrate the victory (or the podium) since this bomb was not considered for the final vote, according to his own account.

The way the champion was determined was very different from any other championship: Images were collected and at the end of the day the surfers themselves voted for the winner and this sequence was left out.

The price of winning versus the certainty of knowing that he had taken a hit was worth it for the Peruvian who had no complaints and enjoyed leaving Oregon knowing that in his bag of memories he had a very special one.

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This is how Ignacio described the step-by-step process of this authentic bombshell:

"It was a different competition where all the guests competed all day at the same time. The women ran the first two hours of the competition and the men the rest of the day.

The waves started slow, I caught five, three rights and two lefts.

This wave was the biggest, I waited two hours outside for this bomb. Unfortunately they didn't put it on the awards screen due to technical problems with the photographer's laptop.

Many competitors say that this is the biggest wave they have seen from the photos so far.

It was the first one in the set. As soon as I saw the monster coming towards me I already knew it was the one I had been waiting for.

I started paddling hard and at first my intention was to go to the right, but the lip burst forcing me to head left.

The drop felt super steep and long, I was going so fast that there was a moment when the wave almost got the better of me, but I got back on my line and when I reached the bottom I saw that the wave was going to swallow me up so I tried to move forward as much as I could.

After that wave, four fell on my head, throwing me into the canal. It was a good experience.

At the awards ceremony they only showed images from three photographers, and there were many more.

In my opinion, the vote was not authentic because not all the photos were seen and the ones who voted were the surfers, but not all the surfers saw everyone's waves, so it doesn't make much sense.

But I am still grateful for the experience, to the organizers for putting on the event and inviting me."