RIP CURL SEARCH WCT
Remember the La Jolla spot in Mexico? Rip Curl served up the most spectacular event for the 2006 season there! The 44 WCT surfers simply drooled over the most perfect right-hander ever. Rip Curl are at it again, this time in the Arica region of Chile, on Ex-Isla Alacran (Scorpion Island).
Contrary to most of the events on the pro circuit, the Rip Curl Pro Search WCT hold what is officially called an ASP Floating License, which means that it can set up wherever they want, depending on where the best waves are.
This year, Rip Curl has chosen South America and the Chilean coast to host a stage of Foster's ASP circuit for the first time.
The 4th stage of the Dream Tour will take place tomorrow, June - 20. The forecast of the swell are really optimistic and would offer amazing conditions to the riders, on this spot called "Chilean Pipeline". This wave has got the particularity offering a left and a a right hand waves. It will be really strong show!
At the end of the trials, 2 chilean guys won their wildcard to compet against the best surfers of the world : Cristian Merello and Manuel Selman.
Knowing perfectly the wave, they're pretty confident with passing some rounds.
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