Costa Rica Surfing
Circuit Heads To Playa Westfalia
This weekend, February 20 and 21, the first
ever Circuito Nacional de Surf DayStar will
visit the Caribbean coast’s Playa Westfalia.
Thanks to the local organization who made it
all possible, the best surfers in the
country will gather in front of Hotel del
Pilón for the third date of this national
tournament.
In another 4-star appointment which will
award 1,500 points to the winners of each
división, the immense potential of the zone
promises that this date will make Costa
Rican surf history, thanks to the phenomenal
seeding of surfers already at ranked at a
high level.
That the Circuito Nacional DayStar is
finally in Limon is really thanks to the
goal that the Federacion drew up for this
season,” said José Ureña, President of the
Federacion de Surf de Costa Rica. “The
locality finally responded and joined
efforts to bring us here, and we are not
only going to give a competition of the
highest level, but we are going to draw
tourism which is another part of our
attractiveness.”
Looking toward the Circuito Nacional DayStar
fight for the title that takes place in
Playa Hermosa in June, Limon is an important
stop for the confirmed Top 16, any one of
whom can end up being the national champion.
The Jaco surfers Luis Vindas and Jair Pérez,
already have their 1st place wins in the
successive Circuito dates that already
passed so far this year, with Perez the
current top point ranking leader.
As announced to the members of the Circuito
Nacional DayStar athletes, the first 16
ranked surfers will be seeded to enter the
contest this weekend from the second round,
where the totality of those in Westfalia
will offer a greater competitive spectacle
never before seen in the province.
Playa Westfalia is a beach break, with a
sandy bottom, similar to Playa Hermosa near
Jaco, but the tide does not raise or go low
significantly on the Caribbean side. In
addition, the prediction for this weekend is
for waves of 5 to 6 feet.
For this date, the Federacion de Surf de
Costa Rica is expecting about 300 surfers
from all over the country, with a high
number of resident surfers coming from the
zone. As a matter of fact, two surfers from
the area—Germain “Nino” Myrie and Gilbert
Brown from Puerto Viejo—will be in
attendance. Brown is currently ranked #3.
Other locals include Limonese Jordan
Herandez and Dexter Lewis.
The inscriptions of the date will take place
in Hotel Cocorí in Playa Bonita between the
5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. They cost 12,000
colones for the major categories and 8,000
for those under 16 years of age. Full
membership for the year costs 15,000.
The categories for this date are: Open,
Junior (Under 18), Boys (Under 16), Grommet
(Under 14), MiniGrommet (Under 12), Feminine
Open, Feminine Junior, Feminine Grommet
(Under 15), MiniGrommet Female, Longboard,
Masters (Over 35), Grand Masters (Over 40).
The Circuito National DayStar 2009-2010 is
sponsored by: DayStar Properties, LimeCoral
Apparel Company, Red Bull, 911 Groovy Radio,
Quiksilver, Britt Iced, Witch’s Rock Surf
Camp, Mango Skate & Surf, Banzaii
Surfboards, Carton Surfboard, Odessa
Clothing, Ibarquero Design and Surfos
Magazine.
Top 16 Open
1- Jair Pérez (Jacó) 2175 pts.
2- Anderson Tascón (Herradura) 2123
3- Gilbert Brown (Jacó) 2010
4- Matías Braun (Montezuma) 1920
5- Jordan Hernández (P.Viejo) 1515
6- Josimar Fuentes (Jacó) 1508
7- Alberto Muñoz (Esterillos) 1500
8- Maykol Torres (Esterrillos) 1500
9- Luis Vindas (Jacó) 1500
10- Danny Bishko (Esterillos) 1433
11- Jefferson Tascón (Herradura) 1425Cci
12- Anthony Segura (Esterillos) 1373
13- David Herrara (Quepos) 1350
14- Isaac Vega (Tamarindo) 1290
15- Olman Morales (Sta. Teresa) 1275
16- Rogelio Araya (Nosara) 1275
SOURCE: Federación de Surf de Costa Rica
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