I like to see the house respected. I've seen 150 events in Fiji, and they've given wildcards to surfers who didn't exceed the four-point mark.

In Portugal, it was awarded to the Portuguese, and in Abu Dhabi to the Asia-Pacific region… And in Hawaii, to Hawaiians, of course. And so it goes on at events around the world.

It was already ridiculous that in the first year they gave it to Tia Blanco because she won a reality show.

And I liked that they gave it to Leilani as the best Central American in the two previous editions.

This chance was Julissa's, especially knowing that this time there were two wildcards available: the one for the event and the one Tatiana Weston Webb dropped at the last minute.

Julissa has proven she has the skill set and the courage to take on the best. She puts her foot down where it hurts, she's eager and hungry, and she wouldn't have hesitated to face the best.

And as I say this, I also say that even though there's a WSL Latin America team that works in South America and the WSL North America team that handles El Salvador... Initially, El Salvador is in Latin America, and therefore the men's wildcard would have gone to a Latin American. Even more so, to a Hispanic American.

It's difficult to explain to the WSL the brotherhood that exists among Latin American surfers, a product of ALAS and the very life they share around the world, the very destiny our countries have shared. We're of the same blood.

And, I must say, it's not that difficult to explain to the WSL the impact that exposure on a CT can have on a surfer's career. It can be a turning point in anyone's career.

But anyway: In the only CT in Latin America, the wildcards are Alyssa Spencer, Kirra Pinkerton and Levi Slawson, three surfers who have nothing to do with Latin America.

It was like when they gave it to Josh Burke, although a little worse because at least Barbados is part of ECLAC, of ​​which all Latinos are part.

It's our CT and it would be nice to see those spaces, or at least half of them, filled by our surfers.

And good for Bryan, of course.