The ASP Big Wave World Tour (BWWT) will bring together the world’s best big wave riders to compete at the Billabong Pico Alto surfing event off the coast of Peru.
Announcement was made after officials called a green alert for the event scheduled to start on Thursday, July 3 at 7:00 a.m. local time, according to ASP official website.
Billabong Pico Alto, which will be the first event of the 2014-15 season, is planned to feature a projected 35-to-40-foot ocean swell that currently moves toward South America.
Up to 24 surfers will participate in the competition, which will be comprised of the BWWT's top 12.
Weather forecasters predicted a storm was heading toward South America, which put BWWT competitions in both Chile and Peru on Yellow Alert.
With the positive developments closer to Pico Alto over the past 24 hours, Mel put Chile back on standby, and gave the go-ahead for Peru.
“The system has intensified off of Antarctica with ideal conditions projected for Peru,” said BWWT Commissioner Peter Mel.
"After closely monitoring the data and charts of the past couple of days, we have determined that Peru will have the ideal elements necessary for this particular swell. We’re excited. It’s on," he added.
The largest swell of the year to date will go through South America over the next few days, with a peak in surf for Southern Peru and Pico Alto on Thursday, July 3rd.
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Publicado: 2/7/2014