Just days after the WSL made it official that it would not include Puerto Escondido in its world big wave tour, the Puerto Escondido Cup, a big wave event that will take place with the largest swell in the month of June, was presented.

According to what was reported on the official website of the tournament, surfopenleague.com, 15 will be allocated.000 dollars in prizes and 2000 extra to reward the best tube of the championship, this award will be in honor of the legendary wave surfer, Oscar Moncada who tragically died in a car accident.

This event followed the same fate as all the “challenges” held around the world, in Pico Alto, Punta de Lobos, Punta Galea, which the WSL chose not to hold any more; they returned to their origins of being independent events or were reinvented as is the case of the Puerto Cup.

There are 24 guests, including seven Mexicans and a solid list of international guests.

Locals
Coco Nogales
Roger Ramirez Jr
Angelo Lozano
Jimel Corzo
José Ramírez
Marcial Monreal
Cesar Petroni

international guests
Grant Twiggy Baker – South Africa
Lucas Chianca - Brazil
Billy Kemper - USA
Greg Long - USA
Natxo Gonzalez - Spain
Kay Lenny - USA
Nick Lamb  - USA
Jojo Roper - USA
Pedro Calado - Brazil
Makuakai Rothman - USA
Nathan Florence - USA
Alex Botelho - Portugal
Nahuel Almafitano - Argentina
Will Skudin - USA
Felipe Cesarano - Brazil
Cristian Merello - Chile
Gabriel Villaran - Peru

International Substitutes
Alvaro Malpartida
Koa Rothman
Miguel Tudela
Joao de Macedo
Peter Scooby
Rusty Long
Christopher Columbus
Ramon Navarro
Othmane Choufani
Russell Bierke

Mexican substitutes
Tehuen Petroni
Jafet Ramos
Cesar Petroni
David Luengas
Raul Suinaga
Vicente Yazbek
Diego chain

According to local reports, a swell is already appearing on the radar for the 11th, so the action can be expected to begin shortly.