Cover photo: FSPR - Kenny Santiago

The pole position for the slot that the ALAS Pro Tour 2022 will have for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games is currently held by Costa Rican Rubiana Brownell and Venezuelan JJ López, ALAS reported on its website.

After the Puerto Rico stage last weekend, in which both finished second, they took the lead in the continental ranking.

López had 500 points from the Costa Rica stage and with the 4730 he earned in Puerto Rico he now has 5230.

The top 5 now looks like this:
1: Jose Joaquin Lopez (VEN): 5230 points
2: Oscar Urbina (CRC): 4545
3: Bryan Perez (SAL): 4355
4: Martin Ottado (URU): 4305
5: Darshan Antequera (CRC): 3935

Rubiana Brownell did not compete in the Peru stage but placed second in Costa Rica and Puerto Rico last week. The top 5 women, according to ALAS, were as follows:

Top 5 female
1: Rubiana Brownell (CRC): 3204 points
2: Dominic Barona (ECU): 2475
3: Candelaria Resano (NIC): 1698
4: Noah Klapp (GER): 1250
5: Kalea Gervasi (PER): 1000

The following stages now follow in the circuit:

The stages that follow are these:
Gordo Barreda Cup
November 5th and 6th in Punta Roquitas, Lima, Peru
1 male star
2 stars female

Femex ALAS Pro Tour
November 10-13 at Linda Beach, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico
5 stars open men and women
2 stars longboard and junior

Surf City El Salvador ALAS Pro Tour
November 23-26 in Las Flores, El Salvador
6 stars open and ladies
4 stars junior and longboard

Arica Latin Girls
December 3 and 4, in Las Machas, Arica, Chile
6 star ladies
Junior ladies without ranking

Clear ALAS Pro Tour
December 10 and 11
2 stars open men and women
2 stars longboard and junior

To compile the final ranking, the best results of the surfers in 70% of the stages completed will be added together.