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Óscar Urbina, Melanie Giunta, Thiago Passeri, Catalina Zariquiey, Noel de la Torre, Julián Schweizer, Kirra Silver, Yazdany Rangel and Claudia Castello shared the victories in the 10 categories that were contested in the ALAS of Guatemala that just concluded in fun waves of half a meter to one meter in El Rosario beach.

Zariquiey was the biggest winner of the day, winning in the under 18 and under 14 categories and placing third in the open women's category. Meanwhile, Noel de la Torre won in the under 18 category and was third in the open category, and Thiago Passeri won in the under 14 category and placed second in the under 18 category.

Two other athletes who achieved multiple podium finishes were the Mexican Maya Mateja who placed fourth in the open women's and under 18 categories and the Panamanian Víctor Camarena who was fourth in the under 18 category and second in the under 14 category.

With good aerials, Oscar Urbina won the men's open in a series that started slowly for him but then he adjusted the details to complete his aerials and go to the first.

Among the open ladies, Melanie Giunta started her 25-minute series badly and it was not until halfway through the final that she got going. Meanwhile, Rubiana Brownell started off active, catching many waves to earn 10 points.

A good right came for Giunta and turned the series around by hundredths.

The Peruvian said that her friend Mimi Barona, who lost her brother, the great surfer Israel Barona, had asked her to win the championship and that she ended up fulfilling her promise.

Below are the results in the rest of the categories:

Open men
1: Oscar Urbina (CRC)
2: Sam Reidy (CRC)
3: Noel de la Torre (CHI)
4: Axel Castro (CRC)

Open ladies
1: Melanie Giunta (PER)
2: Rubiana Brownell (CRC)
3: Catalina Zariquiey (CRC)
4: Maya Mateja (MEX)

Under 14 men
1: Thiago Passeri (ARG)
2: Victor Camarena (PAN)
3: Emerson Solares (GUA)
4: Pacal Poo (MEX)

Under 14 ladies
1: Catalina Zariquiey (PER)
2: Juana Pos (GUA)
3: Darlyn Ramirez (GUA)
4: Nazareth Velasquez (CRC)

Under 18 men
1: Noel de la Torre (CHI)
2: Thiago Passeri (ARG)
3: Nadav Attar (CRC)
4: Victor Camarena (PAN)

Under 18 women
1: Catalina Zariquiey (PER)
2: Julissa Moody (ESA)
3: Rachel Aguero (CRC)
4: Maya Mateja (MEX)

Longboard:
1: Julian Schweizer (URU)
2: Anthony Flores (CRC)
3: Henry Salinas (SAL)
4: Beloved of Jesus Alvarado (SAL)

Ladies longboard:
1: Kirra Silver (MEX)
2: Alejandra Zaid (GUA)
3: Samantha Wilson (CHI)
4: Claudia Castello (BRA)

Bodyboard men
1: Yazdany Rangel (CRC)
2: Edwin Nuñez (PAN)
3: Angel Villamar (ECU)
4: Jose Orozco (GUA)

Bodyboard ladies
1: Claudia Castello (BRA)
2: Sweet Omen (CRC)
3: Yuliana Campos (CRC)
4: Kenia Lopez (GUA)

The tour continues through Las Flores, El Salvador, where the highest-scoring stage of the year, the Surf City ALAS Pro Tour, a six-star tournament in all its divisions, takes place between November 9 and 12.