Photos of Kai Ellice Flint and Rachael Tilly's victory

The historic Surf City El Salvador World Longboard Championships, in pictures


Special coverage presented by Surf City - El Salvador Travel 

This is how Kai Ellice Flint and Rachael Tilly won, in pictures by the official WSL photographers: Thiago Diz, Emma Sharon and Cait Miers.

Below are the images.

Related note: Video highlights of the day.

The waves were the stars of the show and broke perfectly all day long.
It's hard to see Ellice walking away from the real pocket of the wave
It's hard to see him smiling like that
The band was happy, among them the legendary CJ Nelson, part of Kai Ellice's camp.
CJ Nelson and Max Weston carrying Kai and Soleil carrying the board, a band of solid longboarders
Rachael Tilly celebrating her third world title, her second consecutive one.
He won two world titles on the same wave and with the same board
Rachael Tilly, a true representative of her country
Change from one year to the next: She traveled with her boyfriend
Stevie Sawyer and boyfriend carrying Rachael
He made it through several last-second series
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