Cover photo: Johannes Bock 

The organizers of the 2018 El Buey Santos del Mar Invitational announced the contestants for the rebirth of a big wave tournament on the epic break of Arica.

The list includes an interesting mix of Chileans, Argentines, Peruvians, Brazilians and Americans, and is made up as follows:

Diego Medina, Chile
Ramon Navarro, Chile
Christian Merello, Chile
Leon Vicuna, Chile
Danilo Cerda, Chile
Roberto Ilufin, Chile
Renato Aguirre, Chile
German Varas, Chile
Guillermo Satt, Chile
Hector Vargas, Chile
Rafael Tapia, Chile
Ismael Herreros, Chile
Jacob Araya, Chile
Uti Araki, Chile
Lapo Coutinho, Brazil
Marcos Monteiro, Brazil
Juan Arca, Argentina
Santiago Di Pace, Argentina
Sebastian Correa, Peru
Alvaro Malpartida, Peru
Christopher Columbus, Peru
Toto from Romagna, Peru
Pedro Calado, Brazil
Skip McCullough, United States

Substitutes:
John Bey
Claudio Carrasco
Gianni Porcari
Morris Tapia
Andro Crvik

The two best days of the waiting period will be chosen, the statement says, and everything indicates that the format will be that of the world big wave tour, with four series of six, then two semis also of six and the grand final.