Pantín's sandbank shifts through the week and the shore break lands hard in knee-deep water. Dislocated shoulders, cracked ribs and fin gashes are the everyday currency here. Medical costs are covered up to €150,000, from beachside care to surgery.
Lifeguards pull you off the sand, but the next steps are a Galician hospital and, for most of the field, a flight back. Assistance and repatriation are covered at actual cost, medical transport included, whatever country your passport comes from.
Standard policies often stop at organised competition, and a judged heat is exactly that. The Competition option insures official competition, covering your runs at this event and every other contest and training session across your season.
Shifting sand and a steep late take-off put the neck, back and knees at risk, and some of those injuries never fully heal. A permanent disability capital of up to €200,000 follows, helping you adapt your home, your work and your return to the water.
Nobody gets hurt on their first wave. It happens in hour three, when a full wetsuit, chilly Atlantic water and a long waiting period have drained the arms, and the sandbank has moved since the morning heat. Rip currents run hard along this beach, and a routine wipeout turns into a hospital afternoon.
Your season does not end when the contest does. Winter sessions, strike missions and other tour stops are where most injuries actually happen, far from any event medical tent or safety ski. Year-round surf insurance keeps the same cover behind you at home and abroad, in free surfs and in scored heats alike.
Held across August and September on Galicia's northern coast, the Pantín Classic pairs a Qualifying Series contest with a beachside festival. Heats start early, the waiting period absorbs flat spells, and the dune fills with spectators from first light.
You run heats across a waiting period, so your entry list needs cover that holds all week. We insure every competitor through a single sign-up, with no form per surfer. Medical assistance stays reachable day and night while you compete, repatriation is included, and we can also sponsor your event.
Yes. Cover applies whatever your country of residence, so a surfer travelling in from Portugal, Brazil or Australia is insured on exactly the same terms for the whole duration of the contest.
Yes. Training sessions, dawn free surfs and judged heats all fall under the same personal accident cover, for the full period you insure, inside or outside the competition area.
Waiting periods are normal on an Atlantic beach break, and your cover stays active throughout them. It is not cancellation insurance though, so neither your travel nor your entry fee is reimbursed.
Yes. Official competition sits outside many policies. The Competition option insures it, at this event and across your whole season, so a heat on the Galician sandbank is treated like any other session.
Price depends on the length of cover, the level of guarantees you choose and whether you add the Competition option. The online quote returns an exact figure in a few clicks, with no commitment.