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Punta Rocas beach is closely related to surf in Peru since that time when Felipe Pomar conquered the waves and won the World Surfing Championship in 1965. Having a high performance center in an area where we have had so many talents is great.
The President of COPAL, Carlos Neuhaus, is as excited as the athletes who complete. The legacy after the Pan American Games is great, specially because it will allow us do to a job already admired around the world and shared by the Inka Team ambassadors.
“This beach has been the National Stadium of Surf in Peru. Having it turned into a high performance center is great progress but it will remain for generations to come. This area has the best waves of Peru and it shall continue to provide us with world champions”, mentioned Neuhaus.
Coaches from the national federation of surf participated in the visit: Renato Quezada, coach Oswaldo Vélez. We also had surfers Melanie Giunta, Daniela Rosas and Tamil Martino. Coach from the national team from Ecuador, Marcos Goncalves and two athletes part of the delegation for Lima 2019 also attended.
“This high performance center will allow us to consolidate a work which has not stopped since we started to compete at the world level. We can keep recruiting people from Huanchaco, Cerro Azul, Lobitos, Máncora and, why not, other parts of Peru interested in sports and in being an Inka Team ambassador”, mentioned Quezada.
PERUVIAN NATIONAL TEAM
‘Piccolo’ Clemente and María Fernanda Reyes (Longboard) are part of the Inka Team. Tamil Martino, Sebastián Gómez, Vania Torres, Melanie Giunta and Daniela Rosas will compete in Paddle Surf. Giselle Delgado and Giannisa Vecco will compete in Sup Race, one of the hardest disciplines.
“Having a high performance center in front of my house and for this great event is exciting. We will have athletes from Barbados, United States or Ecuador who are quite demanding. But our great advantage for picking up medals is that we know this part of the sea”, mentioned Melanie Giunta
SURF IN LIMA 2019
During the Pan American Games we will have Open Surf, Longboard, Paddle Surf and Sup Race for men and women. The competition will be conducted in compliance with the established rules of the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the Pan American Surfing Association (PASA) from June 29 to August 4 in Punta Rocas.
The event will take place in heats, with a double elimination format. Surfers will face each other in a first, a second and then a third round, until they reach the finals. The number of participants in each heat can vary from two athletes to three or four. In the case of a two-athlete heat, the first advances in the event. In a three- or four-athlete heat, the first two will advance in the event.
ON THE PUNTA ROCAS HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTER
The high performance center for Surf in Punta Rocas will be delivered on July 10 for the Pan American Games. It will have a stand with fixed seats for 700 people and temporary infrastructure for additional 750 people. This will create a capacity for 1400 people for the competition.
It will also have changing rooms, athletes lounge, judges lounge, a medical area for athletes and a medical area for spectators, a mixed zone where accredited media will carry out interviews after the competition; a zone for Broadcast and a room adapted for press to do the live transmissions.
In legacy, in the future there will be a hotel for athletes from other areas of the country and abroad, as well as a pool for the preparation before the official competition.
