Day two action : photo ALAS Latin Tour

Reef Classic Latin Pro Peru

Punta Rocas, Peru
23 - 25 February 2007

Reef Classic Latin Pro Peru day 2 is over at Punta Rocas
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Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 February, 2007 : - - With similar conditions as yesterday, three to four feet perfect waves, competition day 2 of the ALAS Latin Tour second stage, the Reef Classic Latin Pro Peru -six stars event that delivers 17.000 dollars in cash prizes- took place today at the legendary waves of Punta Rocas.

Pro Junior Round 2, Open Pro second, third and part of the fourth and Ladies round one took place today. The level increased with the heats progress, for some of the surfers it was an exhaustive day, they had to hit the water for three times.   

One of those surfers was the one that did the day highest combined score, Brazilian Alardreson Martins who surfed fast and radical to score 15.66 on his second round heat and kept it going, making it through the third round in first and the fourth in second. And just like in the past stage at Chile, he made it to the last day of competition, getting closer to the title.  

"I'm so happy to make it through this heat, the waves are kind of tough to find, you have   make a good wave selection and do what is necessary to hit the critical section and gain points. On my last heat my rival -Jean Carlo Schaffer- found a great wave and did the score to stay in first. Now I'm going to give it all to try to win another contest," said Martins once he was out of the water, after he placed second to Venezuelan Schaffer and beating the Peruvian Guillermo González.

Meanwhile the day and contest day best wave single score was made by another surfer that is coming from the first round, Pro Junior South American Runner Up, Matías Mulanovich from Peru, scored 9.17 after landing a floater and executing two strong tail slides off the lips to beat, with a combined score of 15.57, his fellow country man Gabriel Aramburu -second- and the tico Luis Vindas -third-.

Mulanovich then made it through to the fifth round, beating Diego Cadena from México -second- and Carlos Goncalves from Ecuador -third-. The Peruvian said after his heat was over: "I'm at home, used to this kind of waves, but really, this isn't Punta Rocas, here the waves are big and long. This way the luck factor is preponderant.

I was lucky to find my waves on my heat and make it through." About his great wave Mulanovich said: "It was a wave that when I was paddling I didn't knew if was going to open or not, but it ended up great, I did those good maneuvers, it was a nice wave, it could be great if all the waves were like that."

Another surfer that comes from the first round, surfed great today and now is in the fifth round is the Porto Rican Josie Graves, who did a combined score of 14.57 to beat Diego Naranjo from Costa Rica -second- and Francisco Bellorin from Venezuela -third-. The "boricua" said after his heat: "It was a long day, Red Bull gave me the strength, but it worst it because I did it pretty good.

I´m so happy, I feel confident, I like the waves, it isn't cold at all, everything is great, no complains. Peru is great, I want to come back here and stay longer, the waves are good, the food is good and the people is amazing." Along with Martins, Mulanovich, Graves, Naranjo, Cadena and Schaffer, already on the fifht round are Gary Saavedra from Panama and Gabriel Aramburu from Peru.

Four heats of the Open Pro round four still remains, some of the contest and the tour best surfers wait to fight to keep alive on the contest among other we have the formers Latin Champions Magnum Martínez from Venezuela, Javier Swayne from Peru and Martín Passeri from Argentina, along with the seven times Peruvian National Champ and currently Grand Masters World Champion, Magoo de la Rosa.                  

On the Pro Junior, once again the Chilean Manuel Selman was the standout, scoring the highest combined score -14.5- and also the best single wave, a 9.00 pointer in which he combined strong off the lips and a couple of carves. Along with Selman, Venezuelan Francisco Bellorin, Argentinean Leandro Usuna and Peruvian Piero Delucchi made it to the semifinals.

On the Ladies division, the best performance was made by, the World Pro Junior Surfing Championship, Analí Gómez, who did a combined score of 11.67 to guarantee his ticket to the semifinal. Also doing great performances, Analí was joined by her fellow countrywomen Alexia Jerí and Valeria Solé, Argentinean Agostina Pellizari, Venezuelan Adriana Cano and Chilean Sofía Borquez.  

Tomorrow at 8:00 am -local time- Reef Classic Latin Pro Peru third and last day will begin, a new Champion will be defined and witht the early defeat of the current rating leaders, Diego Medina from Chile and Gilberth Brown from Costa Rica respectively, the game is open for another surfer to take the lead.

The Reef Classic Latin Pro Perú 2007 is possible thanks to the support of Movistar, Gillette Prestobarba Excel, Helados Lamborgini, Saga Falabella and Teatrico Producciones. It is a contest organized by the Latin American Surfing Association -ALAS-.

Previous reports:
# 1 : Reef Classic Latin Pro Peru launches from Waikiki Club
# 2 : Reef Classic Latin Pro Perú starts with heaps of heats
# 3 : Coming soon
# 4 : Coming soon  

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