The Movistar Ocean & Earth Pro, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series event, is taking place on Gran Canaria Island in the Canary Islands with the waiting period starting Wednesday, October 21st and running through to Sunday, October 25th.
It’s the second-to-last event of this year’s ASP European WQS tour,and it puts the regional tour at one of the most spectacular waves on tour, El Confital, a perfect right point break over a reef bottom that has delivered some of the most exciting heats on tour in the past.
With a field of sixty-four men readying for the coveted event offering valuable points and dollars counting for this year’s regional ratings, the Movistar Ocean & Earth Pro promises five days of excellent professional surfing, the reduced number of surfers giving organizers the opportunity to hold heats in ideal conditions.
“The surf fore is showing a very promising swell for the event,” event promoter and Ocean & Earth representative Federico Garcia said. “A solid swell in the six-foot range should hit El Confital in the second half of the week and there’s a good chance we get classic conditions.”
Renowned for its fast barreling waves breaking over a shallow challenging reef, El Confital will once again be the attraction of the ASP WQS 2-Star event. Having seen the rise of many of the world’s best surfers including current ASP World Tour rookies Michel Bourez (Tahiti, PYF) and Nic Muscroft (Victoria, AUS), two former event winners, the Movistar Ocean & Earth Pro is ready for another show with event top seed and Canarian surfer Jonathan Gonzalez (Tenerife, CNY) in the starting-blocks.
“It’s one of the best events on tour and we’ve always had great waves there,” Gonzalez said. “I am from the nearby island of Tenerife and there is no way I would miss the event. Some solid waves are predicted so I am looking forward to competing at El Confital again.”