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El Salvador Pro 2026: The Olympic Gold Showdown — Finals Day at Punta Roca

After Thursday's lay day, Punta Roca's quarterfinals launch at 6:30 a.m. CST Friday with the event's defining heat — Ítalo Ferreira vs Kauli Vaast, two Olympic gold medalists, on the wave that suits both of them. Medina, Moore, and Silva are also in the draw.

By ZealZag Team
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Punta Roca Pauses: Quarterfinals Set as El Salvador Pro Takes a Lay Day

A lay day called Thursday at Punta Roca puts the Surf City El Salvador Pro on hold with the quarterfinal draw fully set — Medina through after beating Robinson, Ferreira advancing injured, and the women's bracket producing four loaded matchups before Friday's 6:30 a.m. CST competition call.

By ZealZag Team
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Mignot Beats the World Champion on the Best Swell of the Week

On Day 4 of the El Salvador Pro, French-Mexican rookie Marco Mignot produced another Punta Roca buzzer-beater — this time over reigning world champion Yago Dora — as the swell climbed toward its biggest pulse of the event window. Day 5 brings the quarterfinals with the forecast in the eight-to-ten-foot range.

By ZealZag Team
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Quarterfinals at Punta Roca: WSL El Salvador Pro Day 4 and the Bracket That Got Us Here

The 2026 WSL El Salvador Pro reached its quarterfinals on Day 4 at Punta Roca with clean overhead surf and the bracket nobody expected after the Day 1 upsets. The eight heats that decided the semifinals, and the men's and women's draws heading into Day 5.

By ZealZag Team
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Colapinto Ends Toledo's Charge; Four World Champions Exit Raglan as Finals Approach

Griffin Colapinto ended Filipe Toledo's run at Manu Bay with a 17.10 quarterfinal total, and the women's draw produced an all-American semifinal line-up as Carissa Moore, Bettylou Sakura Johnson, Sawyer Lindblad and Alyssa Spencer advanced past four world champions.

By ZealZag Team