On Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27 and 28, the Corona Extra Pro Surf Circuit will hold a $15,000 Men's and Women's tournament at Domes Beach, in the town of Rincon, on the northwest corner of the island. This will mark the 17th edition of the popular circuit, which runs under the auspices of the A.P.S.P.R. (Association of Professional Surfing of Puerto Rico). APSPR was founded in 2001 by local surfer and surfboard shaper Werner Vega and his wife, Vivianee, to provide international quality surfing competition to the Caribbean.

Today at Middles beach on the northwest coast of P.R. Darren Muschett (24) of Rincon won the Corona Extra Pro Surf Circuit event in an exciting man on man final against Crlos Cabrero (33) of San Juan. Unfortunatly, a diminishing swell forced both finalist into their small wave competition repertore. Utilizing either either luck or brilliant strategy, Mushett was able to score opening rides of 5.67 and 7.50 in the opening 5 minutes of the final, forcing Cabrero to play catch-up. The experienced Cabrero who is the 2008 defending Corona Extra Pro Surfing Circuit  champion is relentless in that mode . He chipped away at mushett's lead for the remaining 25 minutes notching a wave count of ten rides to Mushett's 3.However, Cabrero's come back fell short by two points as conditions continued to deteriorate in the afternoon winds.

Conditions were windy with 3' to 5' waves and sets on the 4' to 6' face range. The Opening round of 48 men has been cut down to the top eight, who will meet in man on man heats on Sunday and run to a conclusion.

Top scores of the day in the mens division came from Carlos Cabrero (33) of San Juan PR who scored a 9.0 of a possible ten for a single wave. Just behind him was Gabriel Escudero (23) who scored an 8.83. Cabrero who is the 2008 defending APSPR circuit champion was once again in dominant form as his two wave totals were the best of the day in two different rounds. In round 2 he had combined 2 wave heat score of 16.43 in the third round when conditions had become very windy and difficult, he totaled a heat total of 15.77.