Costa recibe el Festival Internacional de Surf Ciudadania Express Las playas de Zicatela, Zipolite, La Punta y Puerto Angelito serán sedes del evento, por lo que Montserrat de los Ángeles Aragón Heinze, agradeció a ...

Costa recibe el Festival Internacional de Surf Ciudadania Express Las playas de Zicatela, Zipolite, La Punta y Puerto Angelito serán sedes del evento, por lo que Montserrat de los Ángeles Aragón Heinze, agradeció a ...

 receives the International Surf Festival

 Tuesday October 22, 2019.
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Oaxaca .-  From October 26 to November 10, three municipalities in the Costa region will host the International Surf Festival 2019 that includes the National Surfing Games, the tournament of the Latin American Association of Professional Surfers (ALAS) and the International Course for Judges and Referees taught by the International Surfing Federation (ISA).

The director of the State Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (Cecude), Montserrat de los Ángeles Aragón Heinze, said that they will be two weeks of intense activity in four different scenarios, where 549 surfers will be present so far, including 59 Oaxacans: 20 women and 39 men, in addition to 15 teams in the country.

“We want to potentiate this event and make Oaxaca known at the national level and for this, all sectors of the federal, state and municipal order have been added, together with the Federation of this sport, managing to bring together the surf of yesterday, now and tomorrow for 15 days, ”he said.

The beaches of Zicatela, Zipolite, La Punta and Puerto Angelito will host the event, for which Montserrat de los Ángeles Aragón Heinze, thanked the municipalities of Santa María Colotepec, San Pedro Pochutla and San Pedro Mixtepec for providing the facilities to organize this event, as well as Gerardo Lagunes, president of the Mexican Surf Federation (Femesurf), for looking at Oaxaca for this unprecedented event.

Regarding the ALAS International Circuit, which aims to develop and promote surfing in the region through this event, the participation of 84 surfers, 34 of them foreigners from seven countries and 50 Mexicans, is expected in the Open modalities and Longboard for both branches.

Montserrat de los Ángeles Aragón Heinze said that there is no data that an event of this type, with seven nationals and the ALAS, has been held worldwide and especially with such a large number of participants; He stressed that Oaxaca will be the first state in the country and in the world, to have a festival of such magnitude.

The modalities of this Festival are: National Short Board Championship, Longboard, Bodyboard, Stand Up Paddle, Kneeboard, Skimboard and for the first time the Adapted one is taken into account, which is also taking force in surfing nationwide.

Finally, Montserrat de los Ángeles Aragón Heinze said that each of the 15 participating states made a selective statewide, so the participation of the most pomegranate in each modality is guaranteed for the coasts of Oaxaca.