CHILE
The victory of the Pacasmayo Wave Classic brought me 10000 points and helped me jump up the overall IWT Ranking. Of course since the first event of the IWT in Morocco I was thinking of the overall ranking and my goal was to finish in the top 10 in the pro division. But after Baja and especially Pacasmayo’s results, I knew I had a chance to finish higher and that pushed me to go to Chile, which wasn’t actually in my plan at the beginning of the year, as I wanted to go to the PWA event in Sylt, Germany. Deciding to go to Chile however was one of the best decisions I have ever made!
I booked my flight from Lima to Santiago and made the whole trip with Annamaria Zollet and Tom Soltysiak, two awesome people that I’m really happy I had the chance to spend so much time with during the IWT events. We took the luxury bus from Pacasmayo to Lima, which was way better than the domestic flight I took coming there, and then off to Santiago with Sky airlines, which treated us really well with our board bags. Once I arrived at Santiago’s airport I immediately felt like I was back in Europe, as it didn’t look at all like another South American country. It was all so new and organized that it really surprised me. Outside the airport we found Santiago Valdivieso, a friend of the event organizer Alex Vargas, waiting for us with his truck to bring us to Matanzas. The truck was already half packed with alcohol, as they were getting ready for the Chilean national party! Three days of celebration, the perfect moment to be in Chile and enjoy the Chilean craziness and vibes, those were three wild days!
