Cover photo: Adriano de Souza by Smorigo

The seventh QS of the 2023-2024 WSL Latin America season, to be held at Stella Maris beach in Salvador, has gone from being worth 1000 to 3000 points, the WSL has just announced in a press release.

This change is of fundamental importance for all the surfers who were unable to attend the QS 5000 in Saquarema because it coincided exactly with the dates of the Pan American Surfing Championship.

Of the six stages completed that are counting towards the regional ranking that classifies for the challenger series, four were 1000 and only the one mentioned had a higher score.

With 3000 points, $60.000 in prizes are awarded, which are divided equally between genders.

The regional top 10 is as follows:
MENS:
1st: Ian Gouveia (BRA) - 5.000 points
2nd: Luel Felipe (BRA) - 3.900
3rd: Mateus Herdy (BRA) - 3.842
4th: Cauã Costa (BRA) - 3.632
5th: Heitor Mueller (BRA) - 3.225
6th: Lucas Vicente (BRA) - 3.108
7th: Rodrigo Saldanha (BRA) - 2.940
8th: Nacho Gundesen (ARG) - 2.841
9th: Rafael Teixeira (BRA) - 2.577
10th: Mateus Sena (BRA) - 2.432

WOMEN:
1.a: Tainá Hinckel (BRA) - 6.300 points
2nd: Sophia Medina (BRA) - 5.700
3rd: Vera Jarisz (ARG) - 4.482
4.a: Laura Raupp (BRA) - 4.440
5th: Isabelle Nalu (BRA) - 3.892
6.a: Kalea Gervasi (PER) - 3.075
7.a: Naire Marquez (BRA) - 2.932
8.a: Kayane Reis (BRA) - 2.832
9.a: Karol Ribeiro (BRA) - 2.535
10.a: Kiany Hyakutake (BRA) - 2.425