Qualification for Lima 2019 brought the ISA, PASA, national federations and the entire surfing community a new way of dealing with the championships, as they now have consequences for Pan American and Olympic qualifications in which much is at stake.

The classification criteria, as has been seen in recent times, have shown that they can be interpreted in different ways and end up leading to different athletes from different countries.

This is not a minor issue and for this reason, the ISA itself announced that it will be responsible for announcing who will be officially classified and asked PASA not to do so.

Endless discussions have taken place, hundreds of consultations were made by DUKE to the authorities of the two organizations mentioned and as of today, with all but two qualifying tournaments having been held (the ISA World Longboard Championship – if it is held – and the APP World Tour still to be completed), we have arrived at a list of qualified athletes created by DUKE.

This is not official and shows different interpretations of the criteria published in Panam Sports and possible forms of resolution.

Another point that seems relevant to highlight is that the scores by country were determined by the technical direction of PASA without differentiating the exact result of each athlete, that is: There are four tied fifths, four ninths, etc.

The following are classified in this first interpretation:

Open ladies (16 places)

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Summer Macedo (USA)
Bethany Zelasko (CAN)

Slot Peru:
Daniella Rosas
Melanie Giunta

The female ranking by country in the PASA was:
1st Costa Rica with 2230 points
2nd Peru with 2163
3rd Ecuador with 1760

Slot Team 1 PASS from the women's ranking by country
Costa Rica
Hennessy Breeze
Leilani McGonagle

Slot Team 2 PASS
Ecuador
Dominic Barona
Susana Barrezueta

Individual slots PASS
Chelsea Tuach (BAR)
Jessica Anderson (CHI)
Rosanny Alvarez (VEN)
Aunt White (PUR)
Ornella Pellizzari (ARG)
Shelby Detmers (MEX)

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Karol Ribeiro (BRA)
Vanessa Cortes (ESA)

Open men (16 places)

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Kevin Schultz (USA) * Read below why Santiago Muñiz is not here.
Peter Devries (CAN)

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Lucca Messinas (PER)
Alonso Correa (PER)

Ranking by PASA countries in this category
1st Peru 2261
2nd Costa Rica 1903 points
3rd Argentina 1755

Slot team 1 PASS
Costa Rica
Anthony Fillingim
Noah Mare McGonagle

Slot Team 2 PASS
Argentina
-Santiago Muñiz (Muñiz had qualified for the ISA World Championships as a world champion, and as his country finished in the top 2 by country category in the Open, our calculation is that this is where he places his classification, giving up one more place in the WSG. He gives way to Canadian Peter Devries and, very interestingly, almost gives way to Tomás Tudela (which would take away Alonso Correa) who was the worst fourth in that round 8 of the repechage in Japan and the Canadian was the best.

-Leandro Usuna

Individual slots PASS
Francisco Bellorin (VEN)
Johnny Corzo (MEX)
Robson Santos (BRA)
Israel Barona (ECU)
Guillermo Satt (CHI)
Ricardo Delgado (PUR)

Slot WINGS
Lucas Madrid (URU)
Daniel Olmos (COL)

Men's longboard (9 spots)

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It will be determined at the 2019 World Cup (if it is held, if not, it is assumed that the 2018 World Cup ranking won by Kai Sallas of the United States will be used) so all the names that follow on the list can change if a person from that country is the best placed person from America in the event.

Slot PASS
Surfiel Gil (ARG)
Wenderson Biludo (BRA)
Julian Schweizer (URU)
Robert Ferrer (PUR)
Anthony Flores (CRI)
Rafael Cortez (CHI)
Isidro Villao (ECU)

Slot Peru
Benoit Piccolo Clemente

Ladies longboard (9 spots)

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The same thing happens as in checkers: It will be determined at the 2019 World Cup (if it is held, if not, the 2018 World Cup ranking won by Tory Gilkerson of the United States is assumed to be used) so all the names that follow on the list can change if a person from that country is the highest-placed American at the event.

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Chloe Calmon (BRA)
Hennessy Breeze (CRI)
Maria Teresa Gil (ARG)
Mathea Olin (CAN)
Ana Cecilia Gonzalez (MEX)
Michelle Soriano (ECU)
Constanza Fernandez (CHI)

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Maria Fernanda Reyes

SUP Surf men (9 spots)

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Luis Diniz (BRA)

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Giorgio Gomez (COL)
Finn Spencer (CAN)
Daniel Hughes (USA)
Dave de Armas (PUR)
Armando Colucci (VEN)
Mariano de Cabo (ARG)
Alexander de la Cruz (DOM)

Slot Peru
Tamil Martino

SUP Surf ladies (9 spots)

ISA Slot
Candice Appleby (USA)

Slots PASS
Isabella Gomez (COL)
Nicole Pacelli (BRA)
Joselyn Alabi (ESA)
Nimsay Garcia (PUR)
Lucia Cosoletto (ARG)
Michelle Soriano (ECU)
Catherine Temple (CAN)

Slot Peru
Vania Torres (PER)

SUP Race men (10 spots)

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Connor Baxter (USA)

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Vinnicius Martins (BRA)
Giorgio Gomez (COL)
Franco faction (ARG)
Fernando Stalla (MEX)
Carlos Gomez (ECU)
Michael Darbyshire (CAN)
Omelv Garcia (PUR)

Slot Peru
Itzel Delgado (PER)

Slot APP World Tour
To be defined – This is the last step in the hierarchy and will not affect those who have qualified.

SUP Race for women (10 places) 

ISA Slot
Candice Appleby (USA)

Slots PASS
Maricarmen Rivera (PUR)
Lina Augatis (CAN)
Lena Ribeiro (BRA)
Juliana Gonzalez (ARG)
Valeria Salustri (CRI)
Alejandra Brito (MEX)
Carla Perez (CHI)*
*Edimar Luque was originally mistakenly placed here. We apologize to all those involved.  

Slot Peru
Giannisa Vecco

Slot APP World Tour
To be defined – This is the last step in the hierarchy and will not affect those who have qualified.