Miguel Tudela

39 of 40 Olympic Surfers Confirmed for Tokyo 2020 in Surf City El Salvador

The penultimate day of action at the 2021 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games featured a flurry of Olympic qualification at the break of La Bocana.

39 of the 40 Olympic surfers have officially been confirmed for Surfing’s Olympic debut next month at Tokyo 2020. The 40 qualified surfers will hail from 17 different countries, a display of the universality of the sport that has been a central part of the ISA’s mission to make a better world through Surfing.

The 2021 ISA World Surfing Games awards slots to the highest ranking eligible 5 men and 7 women – 11 of which were decided on Saturday.

The 7 women’s slots were claimed by Portugal’s Teresa Bonvalot and Yolanda Sequeira, Costa Rica’s Leilani McGonagle, Peru’s Daniella Rosas, Japan’s Mahina Maeda and Amuro Tsuzuki, and France’s Pauline Ado.

4 of the 5 men’s slots were earned by Germany’s Leon Glatzer, Peru’s Lucca Mesinas and Miguel Tudela, and Chile’s Manuel Selman.

The one men’s slot left up for grabs will be decided by two surfers: Japan’s Hiroto Ohhara and Shun Murakami. Both have advanced far enough to make it to finals day – Murakami in the Main Event and Ohhara in the Repechage.

Follow the event on isasurf.org.

Josh Moniz Wins 2020 Pipe Invitational

Josh Moniz has taken out the 2020 Pipe Invitational at Banzai Pipeline, in Oahu, Hawaii.

Moniz defeated Peruvian surfer Miguel Tudela, and Hawaiians Eala Stewart and Ian Gentil in a final held in spectacular conditions.

The duo secured their wildcard spots into the 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons.

"I feel great. It's a pretty amazing feeling, being able to just keep surfing at Pipe, my favorite wave in the world," said Moniz, 2020 Pipe Invitational winner.

"This is probably the best heat I've ever had. I grew up surfing against all those guys and I know how good they are. I was definitely nervous, but I'm glad it worked out."

Surfers competed in front of an empty beach due to Covid-19 restrictions for the contest.

However, a group of Moniz' family stormed the beach to congratulate him after scoring a pair of 9.60 rides in the finals, including his younger brother, Seth, who will also compete in the main event.

"It's going to be insane. I get to watch my brother surf in some heats, and I get to surf and some heats too. Hopefully we will both do well," said Moniz.

Miguel Tudela is happy to make his debut in a Championship Tour event and represent Peru on the main stage of surfing.

"I wasn't even thinking about coming here until I got a call from Billabong a couple of weeks ago. I'm really stoked I made it through," concluded Tudela.

Moniz and Tudela will be welcomed into Pipe's lineup by the Brazilian Storm.

Moniz will face two-time world champion Gabriel Medina and 2015 world champion Adriano de Souza in Heat 5 of the Seeding Round, while Tudela will have to go through 2019 world champion and reigning Pipe Master, Italo Ferreira in Heat 6.

2020 Pipe Invitational | Final

1. Joshua Moniz (HAW) 19.20
2. Miguel Tudela (PER) 13.10
3. Eala Stewart (HAW) 12.50
4. Ian Gentil (HAW) 6.10

Conor Maguire Chases The Legendary Lefthand Barrels Of Skeleton Bay, Namibia | Sessions

While he's no stranger to the biggest waves on Earth, Irish big wave surfer Conor Maguire was a pure rookie when he stepped off the plane in Namibia this summer, on his first-ever strike mission to Skeleton Bay. Filmer Alex Laurel captures the journey, from the frustrations to the mind-blowing excitement of a Skeleton Bay barrel. It's all here on this episode of Sessions.

Highlights: Heroes de Mayo Iquique Pro, Finals Day

Highlights: Heroes de Mayo Iquique Pro, Day 6

Final Day Highlights from RIP CURL Pro and Jeep Pro San Bartolo

The Rip Curl Pro and Jeep Pro San Bartolo culminates with great conditions to crown Miguel Tudela and Anali Gomez as the event champions.

BEST OF PIPE 16/17

Season Pipeline Footage from Peruvian Filmmakers Jose Plaza and Sebastian Gomez
A Thruster Media Production

FEATURE SURFERS
Miguel Tudela, Alvaro Malpartida, Gabriel Villaran, Sebastian Correa, Martin Jeri, Ezra Sitt, Tyler Newton, Mikey O'Shaughnessy, Gavin Beschen, Kiron Jabour, Mason Ho, Derek Ho, Jamie O'Brien,Kaimana Henry, Russell Bierke, Anthony Walsh, Kelly Staler, Ezekiel Lau, Diego Silva, Koa Smith, etc.

Local Gang enjoying the first Northern Swells of the Season

Film by Jose Plaza

Surfers - Alvaro Malpartida, Miguel y Tomas Tudela, Sebastian de Romaña, Sebastian Correa, Cesar Aspillaga, Herbert Mulanovich, Coco Fernandez, Javier Swayne, Julio Vignati, Bernardo Zignago, Giacomo Taddei, Rodrigo Castro-Mendivil

Peru, the South American country home to the beautiful Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu (set high in the Andes Mountains), is also home to the 21-year old high-flying Peruvian surfer Miguel Tudela. Miguel has been making a name for himself by being the guy who can surf 2 foot mushy shorebreak just as good as 20 foot heavy Waimea. We've seen him charge Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu in heavy conditions, and prove his shredability in smaller waves, but now Miguel is putting sheer focus and determination into his true passion: big wave surfing.

Dive into this new True To This edit, "Two To Twenty" to learn more about Miguel and explore his true passion for the sport of surfing and everything which surrounds it.