{"id":41765,"date":"2025-12-31T00:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/?p=41765"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:53:24","slug":"quemao-class-lanzarote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/quemao-class-lanzarote\/","title":{"rendered":"Quemao Class Lanzarote"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>The Lanzarote Quemao Class invitational surf and bodyboard championship, held at La Santa, brings together 64 riders from around the globe, including several world champions, and draws an online audience of 8.6 million viewers.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Lanzarote Quemao Class has been enticing the world\u2019s top surfers and bodyboarders to La Santa since 2015. The star attraction is the El Quemao wave itself &#8211; as spectacular as it is demanding \u2013 with a level of danger suited only to very experienced riders. The competition is also a memorial to David Infante, \u201cEl Fula\u201d, a young surfer from Gran Canaria who lost his life on this very wave. He\u0301ctor Rodri\u0301guez, the competition\u2019s co-director, offers us the inside track.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s invitational,\u2019 he explains, \u2018because from November to late February we\u2019re on standby, waiting for a brief window of ideal conditions. Safety is paramount: with almost no margin for error at low tide, we only run the competition at high tide and only when a south or south-westerly swell lines up and the waves stay under 2.5 metres (about five metres from the front).\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018El Quemao is a wave with brutal power, but it forms a round, stable tube&#8230; perfect!\u2019 says Rodri\u0301guez. \u2018You have to paddle with everything you\u2019ve got and then drop vertically into the barrel. Once inside, the backwash can hit you from behind, and it feels like being run over by a bus.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;With the competitor line-ups finalised in October, we spend every waking moment checking the forecasts, keeping us on tenterhooks, Rodri\u0301guez admits. First comes the pre-alert, then, when the charts predict good conditions a week out, we issue a yellow alert. The green alert goes out as soon as the date is confirmed, and everyone has three days to get here: riders, organisers&#8230; everyone!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There are 64 competitors, with 32 in each category and even more waiting on the reserve lists. \u2018We have competitors from 16 different countries, plus a strong Basque contingent and 31 Canarians \u2013 our local talent pool is fantastic,\u2019 says Rodri\u0301guez.<\/p>\n<p>French world champion Joan Duru returns to defend his El Quemao surfing title. In bodyboarding, the line-up includes three world champions, three two-time world champions, and the legendary American Mike Stewart, who has nine world titles to his name. 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