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Laying back... Surfing Playa Linda

Sailfish Tournament Zihuatanejo 2010

The XXVII Edition of the International Sailfish Tournament will be taking place in 2010 from April 30th through May 2nd in this Pacific coast paradise of Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

The organizing committee has announced that there are more than 200 competitors programmed for participation in the event, the proceeds of which, this year, will be matched [...]

Zihua Sailfest 2010

Zihua Sailfest — the Zihuatanejo Bay Regatta — is coming up soon and volunteers are being sought to help get it all together. There will be a volunteers meeting  at Rick’s Bar (which was for a time Zihua El Faro) on Cuauhtemoc street in downtown Zihuatanejo, on Tuesday January 19th starting at 10 a.m. If [...]

Zihuatanejo Bay Swim

The first Zihuatanejo Cross-the-Bay swim is taking place this Saturday, December 5, 2009.

(1ra travesia a nado en la Bahía de Zihuatanejo, Guerrero)

Distance: 2.4 kms, from Playa la Ropa to Playa Las Gatas, starting 8 a.m.

Inscriptions accepted as of 1 December at the municipal sports offices and at the Unidad Deportiva de Zihuatanejo; or you can [...]

Rucco Surf Signups

This weekend, December 5 and 6, is the Rucco Surf contest at Playa Linda, put together by Catcha L’Ola Surf Shop in coordination with the Liga Municipal de Surf de Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, A.C. (Municipal Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Surfing League), the Instituto del Deporte de Guerrero (Guerrero Sports Institute) and La Asociacion de Surf del Estado [...]

Bugos Open Bodyboard Tournament in August

“BUGOS” in coordination with the Guerrero State Surfing Association and the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Municipal Surfing League extend a convocatory for the Open Bodyboard Tournament “Bugos 2009″

Time and place: Playa Las Escolleras, Ixtapa, August 22 and 23, 2009

Barra Surf Team Tournament

Acapulco’s Surf Club “Team Barra” extends an invitation to surfers to sign up for the Barra Surf Team Tournament to be held at Playa Barra Vieja on Saturday and Sunday, January 10 and 11, 2009. The tournament is the 4th annual and is in honor of one of Acapulco’s best surfers, Jorge Luis Cortez Angelito [...]

Lucha Libre in Zihua

We’ve seen notices around town that there is going to be a big Lucha Libre (masked wrestling) extravaganza in Zihuatanejo on Saturday, 20th of September, and that reminds me of the one and only time I ever attended one of these events.

That Lucha Libre session, or presentation or whatever it should be called, took place [...]

Rapidos Rio Ixtapa Event

Title: Rapidos Rio Ixtapa
Location: Las Ollas to La Perica, Municipality of Jose Azueta
Description: River rafting event for the whole family as well as lovers of extreme sports and the outdoors.
Date: 2008-09-27

The Municipality of Jose Azueta, to which Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo belong, together with the Organizing Committee for World Tourism Day festivities, have announced a new [...]