Billabong Pico Alto

The Billabong Pico Alto Invitacional is ON for Thursday August 19th.

Thanks to official forecaster Surfline, we have been able to follow the swell since last wednesday , Sean Collins from Surfline confirmed a BIG a swell with good conditions for next Thursday the 19th.

The Billabong Pico Alto is the second stop on the Big Wave World Tour after the Quiksilver Punta de Lobos. 12 of the top international surfers will join 12 local stand outs to compete in this paddle-in big wave event. Tour Director Gary Linden will be flying down to Peru and will be the Head Judge of the event.

It’s a “great news” for Big Wave World Champion Carlos Burle from Brazil who will be eager to defend his 2009 /2010 title and rack up some point toward this year championship.

Last year winner, Greg Long from California, along with BWWT #2 Mark Healey (Hawaii), Grant “Twiggy” Baker (South Africa) and Ramon Navarro (Chile) will be arriving to Peru on wednesday night just a few hours before the event but after some big wave warm up session in Chile.

Local stand out and current BWWT #2, Gabriel Villaran along with Billabong local charger Alvaro Malpartida are in Tahiti for the Billabong Pro trials but they are expected to get back to their home break of Pico Alto for the event, trading warm barrels for cold monster bombs.

While locals and last year finalists, Javier Swayne and Rafael Velarde will at hand looking forward to better their results and reaching the BWWT top 12.

Storm on its way

Storms a coming!

Watch the event live on: www.billabong.com/sa/picoalto10/