On the cover: Screenshot from the video of Jorge Calderón and the gem Cristian Merello in Punta de Lobos

With more than 50 videos and 100 photographs submitted, the fifth edition of La ola de Chile, a tournament that awards prizes to the best waves surfed in the country throughout the year, came to a close.

On Friday, November 1, the winners will be named in Pichilemu, where the winners will be named in the categories of wave of the year, wave of the year, wave of the year and point of view, distributing a total of more than $5.000 in prizes.

The winners will be determined by a panel of judges comprised of big wave surfer Greg Long, surf journalist Matías Lopez, photographer Martín García de la Huerta, legendary Chilean surfer Renato Aguirre, photographer Alfredo Escobar, photographer Daniel Russo, photographer Carlos Ferrer and photographer Guy Wenborne.

Some of the waves that appear on the list in the certain categories are the following:

FOR WAVE OF THE YEAR

FOR OLON OF THE YEAR

 

FOR PAYMENT OF THE YEAR