ROSARITO BEACH – No 32 mau mea heʻe nalu mai Venezuela a me Puerto Rico, ʻo ka Pro-Am Surfing Contest i ka hopena pule i hala he manawa kūpono e hakakā ai no $10,000 i ke kālā makana. Akā no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi paʻakikī o Rosarito Beach, ua manaʻo ʻia ka hanana e hāʻawi i kahi leka e palekana ke kūlanakauhale no nā malihini.
Mai ka heʻenalu ʻana ma Rosarito Beach a hiki i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka waina ma ke awāwa ʻo Guadalupe a hiki i ka Rosarito-Ensenada 50-Mile Bicycle Fun Ride o ka mahina aʻe, ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻolaha o Baja California he kī nui ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi US i ko lākou mokuʻāina.
"ʻO nā ʻelele maikaʻi loa i loaʻa i ka mākaʻikaʻi Baja ʻo ia ka poʻe e iho mai a komo i kēia mau hanana," wahi a Gary Foster, ka mea hoʻolaha i ka holo ʻelua makahiki, ka mea e manaʻo nei ma kahi o 5,000 mau mea komo i ka lā 26 Kepakemapa.
Ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokuʻāina nā pohō i ka makahiki i hala ma muli o ka hui ʻana o nā kumu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua, ka hoʻomāinoino pili i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā palena palena. Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ʻo nā hana a ke aupuni pekelala Mekiko e pale aku i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi puaʻa i hana hou aku i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Baja California, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka maʻi ma waena o Mexico.
Ma kahi hanana ʻo San Diego i kēia pule e hoʻolaha i ka huakaʻi Rosarito-Ensenada, ua ʻōlelo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi i nā hui i hoʻolālā ʻia e like me ka hoʻokūkū heʻenalu o ka hopena pule i hala a me ka Vendimia makahiki ʻo Ensenada, a i ʻole ʻo Wine Harvest Festival, hāʻawi i ka manaolana e hiki ke hoʻohuli ʻia ke kūlana.
"Ua ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o ka poʻe i kēia manawa," wahi a Oscar Kawanishi, ka luna o Proturismo Ensenada, ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hiki i ka 91 pakeneka ka nui o ka hōkele ma ke kūlanakauhale i ka Pōʻaono, ka pō o ka pani ʻana o ka Vendimia, kahi i huki ai i 20,000 poʻe i Ensenada no ʻelua mau hanana ma waena o ʻAukake 6 a me ka Lāpule.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Laura Wong, ka pelekikena o ka Rosarito Convention & Visitors Bureau, ʻo ka noho ʻana o ka hōkele ma kona kūlanakauhale he 52 pakeneka wale nō i ka Pōʻaono. ʻOiai ʻaʻole he kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi nui ka hoʻokūkū heʻenalu, ua hoʻopuka ke kūlanakauhale i kahi hoʻolaha pūnaewele ola o ka poʻe heʻenalu i huki ai ma kahi o 2,000 mau mea nānā. "No mākou, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻike ma mua o ka nui o ka poʻe," wahi a Wong. "He hanana maikaʻi ia e hōʻoia ai he kūlanakauhale palekana ʻo Rosarito."
Ua hoʻolālā mua ʻia ka hoʻokūkū no ʻApelila i hala ma ke ʻano he hanana i ʻae ʻia e ka Association of Surfing Professionals, ke kino hoʻokele no ka haʻuki. Akā, ua hoʻihoʻi ka hui i kāna kākoʻo, no ka mea, ua hāpai nā lono o ka hewa ma ia wahi i ka "hopohopo no ka palekana o ka heʻe nalu," wahi a Bobby Shadley, he luna hoʻolaha no ka hui.
Ua neʻe ʻo Rosarito Beach e hoʻokūkū i ka hanana ma kāna iho, e ʻaelike ana me FDt Marketing ma San Diego, e kono ana i nā mea heʻe nalu ʻoihana a me nā mea hoʻohiwahiwa e komo i ka hoʻokūkū o ka hopena pule i hala.
ʻO Zach Plopper, he kanaka heʻe nalu ʻoihana mai San Diego i hoʻonoho i ka ʻelima, ua kāhāhā hauʻoli. "Kupaianaha ke ʻano, māmā ka makani, akaka ka wai."
Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo Plopper, aia nō kahi stigma e pili ana i ka huakaʻi i Baja Kaleponi, "ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea heʻe nalu ʻōpio, ʻaʻole makemake nā mākua e hele."
I hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻoholo nā mea hoʻonohonoho o ka Rosarito Ensenada 50-Mile Fun Bicycle Ride e huki i waho o Baja Kaleponi ma muli o ka emi ʻana o nā poʻe hui US a me ka nele o ke kākoʻo mai nā luna kūloko. I kēia pule, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Foster ua puʻuwai ʻo ia e ke kākoʻo o nā luna mākaʻikaʻi mokuʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ives Lelevier, ka mea kākau ʻōlelo mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Baja Kaleponi i nehinei e komo ana ka mokuʻāina me $150,000 e hoʻolaha i ka holo. "ʻO kēia kekahi o nā hana koʻikoʻi a mākou i Baja Kaleponi," wahi a Lelevier.
