The high-performance surfing center was handed over to the Peruvian surfing federation

A new chapter in the rich history of Peruvian surfing was written yesterday in Punta Rocas


This is the manual for the Lima 2019 surfing test

Includes how all the crossings will be after round 1 and the schedule for each of the competition days


All signs point to Slater being at this year's ISA World Surfing Games

If he doesn't do it, he won't be able to go to Tokyo 2020. He himself confirmed today in an interview with the WSL that after John John Florence's withdrawal, they gave him a vacancy due to injury.


Lima 2019 will provide a spot for Tokyo, but it will not be determined until the 2020 WSG

The role of hierarchy in Olympic classification


Puerto Rican Olympic Committee denied registration for Lima 2019 to two of its qualified athletes

Jolari Carreras and Nimsay Garcia qualified but local Olympic authorities are not registering them because they believe they will not be able to win medals. Now they are asking for reconsideration.


Venezuela achieved last-minute qualification for Lima 2019

Longboarder Mariana Bermúdez entered after the withdrawal of Brisa Hennessy from Costa Rica


Analysis: A slap in the face for Olympic surfing

Having a golden chance to get into Tokyo 2020 or win a Pan American medal, five athletes preferred to go for the QS


Tia Blanco also said no to Lima 2019

The Puerto Rican chose to be at the US Open. It is presumed that the free spot will be occupied by another Puerto Rican: Jolari Carrera.


Leilani McGonagle and Brisa Hennessy said no to Lima 2019

The two Costa Ricans who qualified chose the US Open. In their place were Colombian Isabella Gómez and Argentine Lucía Indurain.


IOC accepts Paris recommendation to include surfing in 2024 games

Second test passed for the ISA. “Today’s announcement moves Surfing even closer to long-term Olympic inclusion,” they say in a statement


René Gough's situation ahead of Lima 2019

In the last official statement it was said that the Dominican would qualify if what happened in France happened, but a special situation was not taken into account so the Dominican may be left out.


Peru begins training tomorrow with coach Martin Dunn

Ability to score points, consistency and use of priority are the key pillars to work on, said the Australian


These are the surf, SUP and longboard series of Lima 2019

The unofficial match list created by DUKE


The surfing test in Lima 2019 will use all the marked days

There will be no waiting for waves. The open series will be man to man from round 1 and there will be double elimination until the end.


Tickets for the Lima 2019 surfing competition are now on sale

They cost between $6 and $9 for the general public. It is not clear what will happen to those sold for days that are within the waiting period and there is no event.


The Pan American implications of the ISA World Longboard Championship

Why could the names of the best placed athletes in the Pan American Surfing Championship be changed?


Surfing was officially invited to Paris 2024 by the local organizing committee

In what is the first big step towards the second inclusion, the Parisians asked the IOC to be present. Skateboarding, climbing and breakdancing were also invited.


These are the teams that qualified for Lima 2019

The unofficial list of the historic 88 who will be at the debut of surfing in the second largest multi-sport tournament on the planet


Minute by minute: Peru won the Pan American Nations Cup trophy again

Follow everything that is happening in Punta Rocas and the qualification for Lima 2019 right now


Rain of qualifiers for Lima 2019

A crucial day brought surfers from Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Chile, Uruguay, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Canada into the second largest multi-sport tournament in the world


Rosas, Zelasko, Anderson, Hennessy, Barona, Álvarez, Tuach, Blanco and Ribeiro qualified for Lima 2019

The nations that will qualify two surfers for the ranking by category are yet to be defined. The aforementioned are already certain to make it to the second largest multi-sport event in the world.


Costa Rican team goes armed with hands and teeth to the Pan American Surfing Championship

The combined total of 16 includes a CT, three QS top 100s, ISA top 10s and a long etcetera.


Argentina travels to the Pan American Games armed to the teeth

A full team of 20 Albicelestes will be present in Punta Rocas in December


Brazil confirmed its team for the Pan American Surfing Championship

Without Medina, Toledo and Italo, but with an equally solid team, the Brazilian team travels to Punta Rocas


Mimi Barona is now a Latin American surfing champion

Whether the women's tournament in El Salvador is one or two stars, no one can match the Ecuadorian


Gato Chila secured himself a spot in the Latin top 2, gave Ecuador another spot in Lima 2019 and has a hand in the title

Ecuadorians already have two guaranteed places in the Pan American Games


The different scenarios for qualifying for Lima 2019

Everything you need to know about qualifying for the Pan American Games. How do you get two qualifiers instead of one? How do you determine who these two are? What are the qualification routes for locals?


These are the first to qualify for the Lima 2019 surfing competition

A Peruvian, an Argentine and two Americans are already safely inside Lima 2019


Government support for Latin American surfing federations is scarce

An analysis of the figures that emerged from a survey conducted by DUKE on public contributions to sport in the subcontinent


This year's Pan American Surfing Championship will use a different system for team ranking

For the qualification to Lima 2019, only the Open men and Open women categories will be added.


The Olympic and Pan American implications of these World Surfing Games in Japan

Between September 15 and 22, the route for Tokyo 2020 will begin to be drawn up and the first athletes for Lima 2019 will be defined.


How much money does each Latin American surf federation receive from the government?

In the last three years, more than four million dollars from public coffers have been allocated to sport in the subcontinent


The qualification criteria for the surfing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

A step-by-step of all the possible scenarios that will lead to surfing's first participation in the games


This is the classification criteria for the Lima 2019 surfing event

This is how the list of 88 athletes who will compete in the different disciplines in the first participation of the table in the Pan American Games is made up.


ALAS and WSL will hold a joint stage in October in Peñascal

It will be essential for the definition of the four athletes who will enter Lima 2019 through the Latin tour