The challenging waves at Punta de Lobos will be home to the World Surf League QS 1,500 Maui and Sons Pichilemu Women's Pro presented by Royal Guard beginning this weekend from October 6 - 8. The event winner will take home 1,500 QS ranking points as well as 1,000 WSL South America ranking points that will eventually determine the regional champion.
Approximately forty surfers from all corners of the globe are scheduled to compete in Chile. It will be the 35th Qualifying Series event of the year and the third being run in the WSL South America Region. The 2004 WSL World Champion, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) won the Maui and Sons Pichilemu Pro in 2016 and is set to defend her title once again at Punta de Lobos.
Sofia Mulanovich - PER - WSL / Luis Barra
Looking to earn crucial ranking points, a large number of North American surfers will also take part of the QS 1,500 in the cold Southern Pacific waters off of Pichilemu. And just like last year, expectations are high for large crowds this holiday weekend in Chile.
"Last year, we had a record-breaking audience in Punta de Lobos," declared Trinidad Segura, one of the event organizers and a competitor at the Maui and Sons Pichilemu Pro as well. "Women's surfing is on the up-and-up and has been receiving a lot of attention, so we hope another large crowd will make it down to the contest site."
The race for the WSL South America Regional Championship is at an impossibly small margin with only 35 points separating rankings leader Anali Gomez (PER) from Dominic Barona (ECU). Things will only get more demanding as just the top six surfers on the QS will qualify for the 2018 WSL Championship Tour.
Dominic Barona (ECU) - WSL / Laurent Masurel
In addition to the world-class talent confirmed for the event in Chile, a gold medal winner will also be competing at the Maui and Sons Pichilemu Women's Pro. WSL athlete Kaleigh Gilchrist (USA), from Newport Beach, California, was part of the United States water polo team that took top honors at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the moment, Gilchrist sits in 72nd place on the QS rankings and is looking to move up with a solid performance in Pichilemu.
"I'm trying to use all of the professionalism I learned in preparing to compete in the Olympics now with surfing. I have a team that travels with me and I train with the same mentality as I did when we won the gold medal," said Gilchrist. "I've never been to Chile, but I've heard so many wonderful things about Punta de Lobos. I'm anxious to surf this world-class wave and I didn't think twice about booking my flight once I saw this contest was on the calendar."
Kaleigh Gilchrist - WSL / Jackson Van Kirk
For more news, photos and videos, go to www.mauiandsons.cl and watch all the action live via www.worldsurfleague.com
WSL SOUTH AMERICA RANKING - After 2 events:
1st: Anali Gomez (PER) - 1,560 points
2nd: Dominic Barona (ECU) - 1,525
3rd: Melanie Giunta (PER) - 1,145
4th: Tainá Hinckel (BRA) - 840
5th: Lucia Cosoleto (ARG) - 760
6th: Maju Freitas (BRA) - 620
7th: Yanca Costa (BRA) - 605
8th: Karol Ribeiro (BRA) - 560
8th: Candela Baleani (ARG) - 560
8th: Vania Torres (PER) - 560
-------an additional 26 surfers have earned ranking points in 2017
Maui and Sons Pichilemu Women's Pro Set to Begin in Chile
Gabriel Gontijo
The challenging waves at Punta de Lobos will be home to the World Surf League QS 1,500 Maui and Sons Pichilemu Women's Pro presented by Royal Guard beginning this weekend from October 6 - 8. The event winner will take home 1,500 QS ranking points as well as 1,000 WSL South America ranking points that will eventually determine the regional champion.
Approximately forty surfers from all corners of the globe are scheduled to compete in Chile. It will be the 35th Qualifying Series event of the year and the third being run in the WSL South America Region. The 2004 WSL World Champion, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) won the Maui and Sons Pichilemu Pro in 2016 and is set to defend her title once again at Punta de Lobos.
Looking to earn crucial ranking points, a large number of North American surfers will also take part of the QS 1,500 in the cold Southern Pacific waters off of Pichilemu. And just like last year, expectations are high for large crowds this holiday weekend in Chile.
"Last year, we had a record-breaking audience in Punta de Lobos," declared Trinidad Segura, one of the event organizers and a competitor at the Maui and Sons Pichilemu Pro as well. "Women's surfing is on the up-and-up and has been receiving a lot of attention, so we hope another large crowd will make it down to the contest site."
The race for the WSL South America Regional Championship is at an impossibly small margin with only 35 points separating rankings leader Anali Gomez (PER) from Dominic Barona (ECU). Things will only get more demanding as just the top six surfers on the QS will qualify for the 2018 WSL Championship Tour.
In addition to the world-class talent confirmed for the event in Chile, a gold medal winner will also be competing at the Maui and Sons Pichilemu Women's Pro. WSL athlete Kaleigh Gilchrist (USA), from Newport Beach, California, was part of the United States water polo team that took top honors at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the moment, Gilchrist sits in 72nd place on the QS rankings and is looking to move up with a solid performance in Pichilemu.
"I'm trying to use all of the professionalism I learned in preparing to compete in the Olympics now with surfing. I have a team that travels with me and I train with the same mentality as I did when we won the gold medal," said Gilchrist. "I've never been to Chile, but I've heard so many wonderful things about Punta de Lobos. I'm anxious to surf this world-class wave and I didn't think twice about booking my flight once I saw this contest was on the calendar."
For more news, photos and videos, go to www.mauiandsons.cl and watch all the action live via www.worldsurfleague.com
WSL SOUTH AMERICA RANKING - After 2 events: 1st: Anali Gomez (PER) - 1,560 points 2nd: Dominic Barona (ECU) - 1,525 3rd: Melanie Giunta (PER) - 1,145 4th: Tainá Hinckel (BRA) - 840 5th: Lucia Cosoleto (ARG) - 760 6th: Maju Freitas (BRA) - 620 7th: Yanca Costa (BRA) - 605 8th: Karol Ribeiro (BRA) - 560 8th: Candela Baleani (ARG) - 560 8th: Vania Torres (PER) - 560 -------an additional 26 surfers have earned ranking points in 2017
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