The Riviera Nayarit will host this international tournament with an expected two thousand participants and 400 boats; hotel occupation is expected to exceed 90%.

Thanks to the excellent results obtained in 2010 and 2012, as well as the outstanding conditions available for the practice of aquatic and nautical sports, the Riviera Nayarit will once again host the Mexico Cup Regatta for a third time during its 2014 edition.

The Riviera Nayarit presents the perfect conditions for the tournament to take place. According to Roberto Sandoval, Governor of Nayarit: “The Mexico Cup Regatta began as an itinerant event until it arrived at the Riviera Nayarit—and then it was here to stay.”

Approximately two thousand participants and 400 boats will be competing in the Bay of Banderas from March 16-30, each looking to place among the best sailors in the world.

There will be three main hosts for the competitions: the Ocean Class, J24 and Windsurf will take place at the Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle; the Laser Class, Optimist and Club 420 will take place at the Vallarta Yacht Club in Nuevo Vallarta; and the Kiteboard Class will take place in Bucerías.

Some of the participants present at the Regatta to show off their abilities include Sean Farley, world Kitesurf champion; as well as Demita Vega and David Mier y Terán, silver and bronze medal winners in their respective Windsurf categories during the Pan American Games of 2011.

Mexico’s Secretary of the Navy (Semar) will participate in the 2014 edition with 120 sailors distributed among different categories. There will also be continuous security by air, land and sea during the event to guarantee the safety of both the participants and the visitors.

This international tournament will not only exhibit a high level of competition and sportsmanship but will also help promote the Riviera Nayarit and create income for the destination, as hotel occupancy is expected to exceed 90% during those days.

The event also stimulates the regional economy and allows the destination to display its hotel infrastructure.

There are over 20 surf spots in this region; most are beach breaks and rocky points. Here you’ll find waves that run for as long as a kilometer with a maximum height of six meters.  

Mother Nature has been very generous with the coastline of the Riviera Nayarit: from San Blas to Bucerías surfers will find more than 20 surf spots, guaranteeing waves year round.

According to Manuel Cano Guerrero, national surf champion in every category who’s been on a board since he was five years old, most of Nayarit’s beaches are beach breaks with great waves for 365 days a year.

“The difference is we have all kinds of waves here both in the summer and in the winter,” he said. “In San Blas the waves start running from April through October thanks to the southern currents; in winter we get the northern currents running from San Pancho to Punta de Mita.”

The area’s waves are generally medium-sized, with a maximum height between four and six meters, depending on the tides, the zone and the season.

“We have several first class waves in Matanchen and Las Islitas, places that were all the rage in the 70s,” said Cano Guerrero. “Here you’ll find long waves that run for up to a kilometer. These are catalogued as some of the prettiest on the planet.”

El Anclote, Stoner, Sayulita, San Pancho, Punta de Mita, La Lancha, Punta Burros, La Caleta, Las Rocas, Los Veneros all have their own unique twist, offering waves that attract surfers from around the world.

José Manuel has been surfing for 35 years and enjoys sharing his experience, asserting the Riviera Nayarit is made for every kind of surfer, as there are beaches that offer waves for everyone from amateurs and intermediate surfers to professionals.

There are ideal spots for beginners and intermediates from Borrego to Platanitos—including Punta de Mita.

San Pancho is best for intermediate-advanced surfers, since it’s more complicated and not considered an easy wave. Sayulita is great for all levels, same as many other places.
 
From San Blas to Platanitos surfers will find beach breaks; Chacala is a rocky point. Lo de Marcos y La Peñita have a few variables, because you need good tidal action for good wave breaks.
Others such as Aticama, Santa Cruz de Miramar, Los Cocos, Chacala, Punta El Custodio and Bucerías are also known to have good waves.

Whether you prefer the short or long board or even a stand up paddleboard, the Riviera Nayarit is the place to be for surfers.

AT SEÑOR FROGS PUERTO VALLARTA.

This Sunday, February first, the Super Bowl 2014 transmission was carried out from the Met of New York, where the Seattle Sea Hawks confronted the Denver Broncos, competing for the Grey Cup event that was transmitted in the already famous Señor Frogs, located in front of the malecón of Puerto Vallarta, starting at 5:30 pm CST.

For second time in Puerto Vallarta there will be the 'Warrior Race'. This event will be for a cause, as food will be gathered for the San Juan Diego Asylum.The race is programmed for February 2nd and consists of running 5 kilometers in the land known as Mother Earth. The contestants will have to confront 16 obstacles such as crossing a mud pool, crawling, cross the ice swimming pool, force, resistance and ability.

World Cup bound South Americans made their mark in the Mexican Clausura championship as Cruz Azul kept a firm grip on top place with a 4-0 rout of Veracruz.

Goals from Ecuador's Joao Rojas and Colombia defender Luis Perea put the Blue Machine firmly in the driving seat in Saturday's match at the Estadio Azul in Mexico City.

Argentine striker Mariano Pavone, unlikely to break into his country's star-studded World Cup attack, put them three up on the stroke of halftime.

Mexican Olympic goal medal winner Marco Fabian rounded off the victory 11 minutes from the end with his first goal for the club after joining on loan from Guadalajara in the mid-season break.

Cruz Azul, celebrating 50 years in the top flight, are unbeaten with 10 points from four matches.

America kept in close touch one point behind with a 2-1 away win over Atlas at the Jalisco in Guadalajara thanks to a double from their former Colombia defender Luis Gabriel Rey.

Title holders Leon, winners of the Apertura in the first half of the season, crashed to a second consecutive defeat going down 3-1 at home to Pachuca.

Ecuadoreans Enner Valencia, with a brace, and Alex Colon scored for Veracruz with Argentine striker Mauro Boselli pulling back a late consolation from the penalty spot.

UNAM Pumas, who finished bottom of the Apertura standings, upset 10-man UANL Tigres 2-1 away with a second half brace from Argentine-born Mexico striker Martin Bravo for only their second win in 21 matches this season.

Tigres had taken an early lead through Argentine Guido Pizarro but were reduced to 10 men in the 38th minute when Jose Rivas was sent off for elbowing an opponent.

Argentine defender Javier Gandolfi scored the only goal as Tijuana beat Morelia 1-0 on Friday. The border town team are on seven points with Pachuca, Queretaro and Toluca, who can join Cruz Azul on 10 if they beat Monterrey at home on Sunday.

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The Municipal Council of Sports, headed by Juan Rincón Flores, makes an invitation to all the young Vallartan women who were born in between 1995 and 2004 and who have aptitude for football, to participate in the tryout to be carried out on the next January 23rd in the sports unit Agustín Flores Contreras, to be part of the team of Jalisco, The tryout will be carried out starting at 16:00 hours in the field number one and the youngsters who attend should wear white clothes and football shoes, so that they can be observed by the coaches in the categories 1995-1996, 177-1998, 1999-2000, 2001- 2002 and 2003-2004; of which some of them could be part of, according to their birth date.

"Any woman who feels that she has enough skill to do a tryout with the coaches can attend, all of the team directors who represent us in the National Olympics are coming" pointed out Rincón Flores.

He also pointed out that when finalizing the tryout, there will be a list with the youngsters who were selected, who should fill a form so that they can later attend the training sessions at the State Council of Sports and Youth Support (CODE) in Guadalajara.

It should be noted that the Municipal Council of Sports supports the selected women with the transportation to the city of Guadalajara, while the CODE will give them the food and lodging that they need.

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The program includes the completion of activities in sports initiation vulnerable to anti-social behavior in our town colonies, basketball, soccer and volleyball, where the best known sports such as are given.

Program: FREE

Description:
This program is intended for children aged 6 to 12 years old, with the premise developing coexistence and respect between them through teaching the sport of your choice. The program takes place from Monday to Thursday at 16:00 pm in the colonies according to their programmed calendar.
The staff in charge of developing sports promoters who will be in charge of the Municipal Sports Council, to participate in the program only need to go to the nearest court and register with the promoter in the assigned times and days set multiple uses.
Hours: Monday to Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00 pm in the spaces mentioned
Objective: To promote and encourage the sport among children vulnerable colonies municipality through the Sports Initiation

Specific Objectives:
1. Strengthen the integral formation of children and youth.
2. To assist in their social integration.
3. Provide opportunities for leisure time.
4. Promote interest in the sport.
5. Detect sporting talents.

Place of implementation:
The program will be implemented in various colonies of the municipality according to the original
Schedule, being the following:

Requirements:
1 - Appear sportswear.
2 - Count from 6 to 12 years old.
3 - Signing parental consent (directly with the instructor).
3 - Introduce the instructor assigned to the sports space.

Mansur Kiadeh international photography exhibit is kicking off January 18 from 1:30PM to 3:300PM in Vallarta Botanical Gardens, A.C.! His work is magical, captivating and beautiful. Take a look at his BIO and some of his work! 

The 3rd. National Charro Championship will be carried out from January 30th to February 2nd of 2014 in the Vallarta Arena in the city of Puerto Vallarta.

The most important event in Nayarit has sucessfully started, developing the champions of the nation.

Tepic-Editorial Staff.- The state Olympiad 2014 was launched in Nayarit, with a ceremony held in the skating ring skate on wheels Nayaritan Institute of Physical Culture and Sport.

On behalf of the Governor Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, the teacher David Aguilar Estrada, director of the Institute Nayarita of Physical Culture and Sport (INCUFID), inaugurated in the state the most important event of the country, where the champions that tomorrow will represent Mexico are forged.

The event was carried out within the framework of the Skates on Wheels Nayarit Cup, which attended by athletes from the states of Jalisco, Aguascalientes and Chiapas; played the president of the association of this discipline, Carlos Resendiz, welcomed  participants, time that I take this opportunity and by the way delivered a recognition to Mike Páez Cuellar, skater of Jalisco  who has represented the country in international events.

The national and international weightlifting multi-champion from Nayarit, Gladis Bueno Placencia was in charge of the Sports Oath, while on behalf of the judges it was the foreigner David Chávez Castellanos, who came to certify the Nayarit Cup competitions.

The lighting of the cauldron corresponded to the skater José Carlos Resendiz Olivares, gold medalist in the last national Olympiad in Ensenada, Baja California.

Before representatives of the education sector, presidents of associations, coaches and athletes, in the inaugural declaration, Aguilar Estrada congratulated the parents who make an effort to accompany and support their children while inducing them to practice sports, as instructed by the governor Roberto Sandoval Castañeda to promote a society that is healthy and committed to its state and country.

With the event, the State Olympiad 2014 competitions officially begin where hundreds of children and young people, men and women struggle athletically to earn the right to represent Nayarit the next national Olympiad this year hosted in Veracruz, Jalisco, Puebla, UNAM and Mexico State

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This Friday, starting at five in the afternoon, in the facilities of the “Niños Héroes” State Gym of the Paseo de La Loma, in Tepic, three basketball teams of triqui boys will show up. These teams have worldwide recognition for their effort in the court and for representing Mexico in competitions of international character.

This news was made known in a press conference by the head of the Nayaritan Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, David Aguilar Estrada, as well as by the president of the Association of Basketball in Nayarit, Arturo Pacheco Benítez, and by Enrique Alejandro Zúñiga Castro, who was the link for the realization of this activity.

“It is an important visit; it is a group of sportsmen that is standing out at an international level for its characteristics, for its origins, and is an example of getting things done. Their trainer has encouraged them to come out from their natural surroundings, which is the southern zone of Oaxaca, and these boys, who have an age of in between 9 and 12 years, stood out by giving an example to the Mexican children and youths”, commented Aguilar Estrada.

For his part, Zúñiga Castro said that the players will have a kind of interaction with the people who assist the exhibition games; “the entrance will be free, thanks to the Government of the People, headed by Roberto Sandoval Castañeda; those who assist will receive a surprise from the triqui boys, besides being able to be and even play with them prior to the official matches”.

The three teams of triqui boys that will be in Nayarit will measure themselves against combined Nayaritans of the same age group of the municipalities of Tepic, Ruiz, Xalisco and Acaponeta, among others. The next day, they will travel to Banderas Bay to present themselves in the Sports Unit of San José and measure themselves against teams of the southern coast, he informed.

Finally, he thanked Roberto Sandoval Castañeda and the Government of the People for supporting this type of show, "I think that the visit of the Triqui children will continue feeding what has been done in terms of basketball in Nayarit. There is a substantial change regarding the mentality of the player, the fan, and even of the media. Now the basketball of our country is another, thanks to players like the Nayaritan Gustavo Ayón and these boys who, definitely, will leave us with a great teaching”, finalized Zúñiga Castro.

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The Golf Tournament organized by Casa Magna Marriott Resort, Puerto Vallarta and Navy League PV to collect toys for children in needy communities in PV and Banderas Bay, was very successful.