Special coverage presented by Surf City - El Salvador Travel - Cover photo: Ancul Films 

Salvadoran Bryan Pérez, Peruvians Melanie Giunta and Catalina Zariquiey, Ecuadorian Maxi Sáenz, and Uruguayan Julián Schweizer were crowned champions of the ALAS 2023 tour, which today concluded its most important stage, the Surf City El Salvador ALAS Pro.

The waves picked up for the final day of the event and kept breaking at Las Flores point throughout the day.

The decisions were close for several titles. If Bran Pérez did not win the final against Lucca Mesinas, the decision would go to Peru, the same happened for Zariquiey, Giunta and Passeri; and that is what ended up happening.

Meanwhile, Sáenz and Schweizer placed second in the tournament but it was enough to win the title since in the Under 18 category the champion was Noel de la Torre and in the open longboard category it was Tony Silvagni.

The moment of maximum tension of the final day came just after the last final of the day, with the last exchange between Lucca Mesinas and Bryan Pérez. The local received 7,5 and added 13,17. If the Peruvian received 6,18, he would have turned it around.

The note took a while to arrive but it arrived in the form of 5,73 and that's when the local fans erupted in celebration.

The full results of the day were as follows:

Open men:
1: Bryan Perez (SAL)
2: Lucca Messinas (PER)
3: Gabriel Vargas (PER) and JJ Lopez (VEN)

Open ladies
1: Melanie Giunta (PER)
2: Daniella Rosas (PER)
3: Indiana Ferry (CRC)
4: Marcela Machado (URU)

Under 18 men
1: Noel de la Torre (ARG)
2: Maxi Saenz (ECU)
3: Thiago Passeri (ARG)
4: Nesher Diaz (MEX)

Under 18 ladies
1: Catalina Zariquiey (PER)
2: Coral Bonilla (MEX)
3: Maya Mateja (MEX)
4: Rachel Aguero (CRC)

Under 14 men
1: Thiago Passeri (ARG)
2: Kaua Carvalho (BRA)
3: Victor Camarena (PAN)
4: Amets Garai (CRC)

Under 14 women
1: Catalina Zariquiey (PER)
2: Sophia Ramos (ESA)
3: Mikela Castro (CRC)
4: Annabelle Castle (USA)

Longboard men
1: Tony Silvagni (USA)
2: Julian Schweizer (URU)
3: Agustin Cedeno (PAN)
4: Henry Salinas (SAL)

Ladies longboard
1: Lia Diaz (CRC)
2: Brenda Flores (MEX)
3: Coral Bonilla (MEX)
4: Sindy Portillo (ESA)

The only division that remained open and will be defined in Punta Rocas was the Women's Longboard.