Eight-time world champion, Australian Stephanie Gilmore, is already in Punta Rocas south of Lima, recognizing the competition scene where the 2026 edition of the ISA World Surfing Games will take place.
This Monday also, very early, the Spanish team practiced, led by Janire González-Etxabarri, the 2025 ISA world champion, who comes to Lima in search of the two-time championship.
The 'Team Perú' formed by Alonso Correa, Miguel Tudela and Lucca Mesinas, Daniella Rosas, Sol Aguirre and Catalina Sariquey is also already in Punta Rocas training.
On the mythical beach located in the Punta Negra district (an hour and a half by car from the city of Lima), the atmosphere of the World Surfing Championship is already beginning to live, a contest that will test the entire Lima 2027 operational and management team, getting ready to host, in July of next year, the Pan American and Parapan American Games.
Gilmore, considered one of the best surfers in history, is a member of the Australian team along with Leihani Zoric, Tyler Wright, George Pittar, Ethan Ewing and Jack Robinson.
According to ISA regulations, 'Happy Gilmore' and the other surfers on the professional circuit will directly access the third round.
In the next few hours, the Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020 and five-time world champion, the American Carissa Moore, will also be arriving.
World Cup atmosphere
The Punta Rocas High Performance Center already began to experience the World Cup atmosphere. While different functional areas finished adapting the environments to offer the best service to competitors.
This Thursday, November 5, the World Cup press conference will be held and, the next day, from 2:00 p.m., the opening ceremony will be held with the participation of the 53 delegations, which includes the flag parade and the sands of the world event.
Punta Rocas will host the Surf World Cup for the fourth time in its history, which this time will be held from Friday, November 6 to 15.
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Published: 11/2/2026