I liked the qualification criteria for Lima 2027, the third time that surfing has been included in the second largest multi-sport event in the world.

For the same reason I also liked the LA 2028 ranking; it's comprehensive in terms of both time and number of events. It includes and highlights tournaments that had no role in other rankings.

The South American Games in Santa Fe (surfing in Mar del Plata) and the Central American and Caribbean Games in the Dominican Republic. These two events would have been a single column on the sports page, but now they've taken up several pages.

But at the same time, it limits each country to a maximum of one athlete, with four exceptions. In other words, a maximum of four countries can send two athletes, if that happens.

The field is opened for countries that may have never competed in the Pan American Games to travel, but with a high level of expectation.

This universality is guaranteed through regional events. There will certainly be Central Americans or Caribbeans, and there will certainly be South Americans.

The only thing that would be interesting would be to somehow get the two biggest powers on the continent, Brazil and the United States, interested in going to qualifying events other than just the World Surfing Games.

It is important to keep in mind that an American or Brazilian could come from here and qualify for Lima 2027 and then for LA 2028.

Brazil and the United States, take note.

Everything points to a very entertaining and competitive road to Lima 2027 and LA 2028.

Good job PASA and good job ISA on these designs.