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WSG 2006 - Lost Energy Drink ISA World Surfing Games, Huntington Beach, California

October 14 - 22, 2006, Huntington Beach, California, USA
On behalf of Surfing America, Lost Energy Drink and the International Surfing Association (ISA) are pleased to present the 21st ISA World Surfing Games 2006. Check here for event press releases!

PRE-EVENT RELEASES
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OFFICIAL EVENT RELEASES
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»MEDIA READY PHOTOS (high res)

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WSG 2004 - World Surfing Games, Salinas, Ecuador

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March 19 - 28, 2004, Playa de la FAE, Salinas, Ecuador

Results
Official Results

Place	Country	Possible Points
1	Australia	16554
2	Brazil	14282
3	South Africa	13257
4	Peru	13160
5	Tahiti	11931
6	Spain	11080
7	France	11060
8	Venezuela	9760
9	Costa Rica	9742
10	UK	9215
11	Ecuador	9013
12	Argentina	8695
13	New Zealand	8433
14	Mexico	7748
15	Barbados	6840
16	Japan	6630
17	Switzerland	6185
18	Ireland	5819
19	USA	5345
20	Italy	5066
21	Jamaica	4080
22	Panama	2843
23	Sweden	2598
24	Guatemala	2256
25	Chile	1560
26	Canada	855

Individual Results
OPEN DIVISION

Place	Name	NGB Points
1	Hira Teriinatoofa	TAH 1000
2	Teco Padaratz	BRA 860
3	Mark Richardson	AUS 730
4	Sean Holmes	SAF 670

WOMEN OPEN SURF

Place	Name	NGB Points
1	Sofia Mulanovich	PER 1000
2	Julia Christian	USA 860
3	Andrea Lopes	BRA 730
4	Sheridan Sheilds	AUS 670

BODYBOARD MEN DIVISION

Place	Name	NGB Points
1	Andrew Lester	AUS 1000
2	Yeray Martinez	SPA 860
3	Alvaro Padron	SPA 730
4	Nicolas Capdeville	FRA 670

BODYBOARD WOMEN DIVISION

Place	Name	NGB Points
1	Kira Llewellin	AUS 1000
2	Neymara Carvalho	BRA 860
3	Marina Taylor	SPA 730
4	Claire McGowan	UK 670

LONGBOARD DIVISON

Place	Name	NGB Points
1	Marcelo Freitas	BRA 1000
2	Jason Ribbink	SAF 860
3	Joshua Constable	AUS 730
4	Antoine Delpero	FRA 670

For the full list of individual places, click here.

ISA CUP

Australia
Spain
South Africa
New Zealand
Brazil
France
Tahiti
Ecuador

WSG 2004 Competition Statistics

Photo Gallery

For all media enquiries or for information regarding media accreditation, please contact Life's a Beach Communications:

Life's a Beach Communications
Contact: Paul Botha
Tel / Fax: +27 (0) 21 783 4965
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 423 1964
Email: lifesabeach@mweb.co.za

Schedule of Events

March 17-19 - Arrival Days / Registration
March 19 - ISA Level 1 Judging Seminar, ISA WSG Judges Meeting, Meeting for Managers, Coaches, Contest Director, Parade of Nations / Opening Ceremony
March 20-28 - Competition Days
March 22 - ISA Biennial General Meeting
March 23 - ISA Annual General Meeting
March 27-28 - Finals
March 28 - Closing / Awards Ceremony
March 29-30 - Departure Days

Important Contacts:

Federacion Ecuatoriana de Surf (FES)
Manolo Lozano, FES President and WSG 2004 Organizer
E-mail: manolo72@gye.satnet.net
Tel: 593 4 2295838
Fax: 593 4 2690911

International Surfing Association World Headquarters
E-mail: surf@isasurf.org
Tel: (858) 551 - 5292
Fax: (858) 551 - 5290

WSG 2002 - World Surfing Games, Durban, South Africa

May 24 - June 2, North Beach, Durban, South Africa

Results
Official Results

1	South Africa	27266
2	Australia	23363
3	Brazil	23173
4	France	20196
5	Hawaii	19662
6	Spain	17125
7	New Zealand	16695
8	Tahiti	15886
9	Japan	15413
10	Puerto Rico	14483
11	USA	13620
12	Venezuela	13510
13	Peru	13098
14	UK	2741
15	Argentina	11912
16	Mexico	10718
17	Ireland	9267
18	Italy	9123
19	Germany	8824
20	Morocco	7856
21	Namibia	6990
22	Barbados	6533
23	Switzerland	5932
24	Aruba	4191
25	Israel	3184
26	Maldives	2432
27	Jamaica	2288
28	Canada	1120
29	Portugal	670
30	Costa Rica	620

Open Final

1	Travis Logie, SAF
2	Mark Bannister, AUS
3	Jihad Khodr, BRA
4	Bruno Moreira, BRA

Womens Final

1	Chelsea Georgeson, AUS
2	Pru Jeffries, AUS
3	Heather Clarke, SAF
4	Marie Pierre Abgraal

Junior Final

1	Warwick Wright, SAF
2	Ricky Basnett, SAF
3	Adriano De Souza, BRA
4	Travis Lynch, AUS

Mens Bodyboard Final

1	Nicolas Capdeville, FRA
2	Emiliano Tabare, ARG
3	Philip Rodrigues, SAF
4	Uri Valadao, BRA

Womens Bodyboard Final

1	Meimara Carvalho, BRA
2	Heloise Bourroux, FRA
3	Chiaki Okuyama, JPN
4	Dora Gomes, POR

Longboard Final

1	Marcelo Freitas, BRA
2	Kekoa Auwae, HAW
3	Jason Ribbinik, SAF
4	Justin Redman, AUS

Kneeboard Final

1	Kyle Bryant, AUS
2	Gigs Celliers, SAF
3	Albert Munoz, USA
4	Hamish Christopher, NZL

Tag Team Final

1	New Zealand
2	Spain
3	Brazil
4	Tahiti

WSG 2002 Statistics

Number of participating athletes - 348
Number of positions surfed - 359
Visiting non-athletes on teams - 156
Number of staff working for the WSG - 108, including volunteers
Number of attending ISA National Governing Bodies (NGB's) - 31
Number of competing nations - 30

Final Heat and Wave Statistics

Photo Gallery

Important Contacts

Official Event website: www.wsg2002.co.za

ISA Headquarters
E-mail: surf@isasurf.org
Tel : (858) 551 - 5292
Fax : (858) 551 - 5290

Surfing South Africa
Robin de Kock, SSA General Manager and WSG 2002 Event Organizer
E-mail: rosadian@iafrica.com
Tel : 27 21 674 2972
Fax: +27 (82) 4541149

Media Contact
Paul Botha, Life's a Beach Communications
E-mail: lifesabeach@mweb.co.za

Photo Contact
Pierre Tostee, Tostee.com
E-mail : tostee@tostee.com

WSG 2000 - World Surfing Games, Pernambuco, Brazil

June 10 - 18, Maracaipe Beach, Pernambuco, Brazil
Official Event Results

1º	BRAZIL	31,532
2º	HAWAII	22,805
3º	AUSTRALIA	22,372
4º	SOUTH AFRICA	18,673
5º	FRANCE	18,584
6º	TAHITI	16,905
7º	PORTUGAL	15,070
8º	SPAIN	15,020
9º	NEW ZEALAND	14,670
10º	USA	14,411
11º	JAPAN	13,593
12º	PERU	13,355
13º	VENEZUELA	13,205
14º	UNITED KINGDOM	13,033
15º	PUERTO RICO	11,668
16º	ARGENTINA	11,615
17º	MEXICO	10,080
18º	GERMANY	8,481
19º	IRELAND	7,704
20º	ITALY	7,338
21º	BARBADOS	7,260
22º	URUGUAY	6,704
23º	NAMIBIA	6,098
24º	SWITZERLAND	6,038
25º	CHILE	6,011
26º	COSTA RICA	4,968
27º	CANADA	4,696
28º	ISRAEL	4,496
29º	ARUBA	2,513
30º	GUATEMALA	1,920
31º	ECUADOR	240

INDIVIDUAL DIVISION RESULTS

SURFBOARD OPEN

1º	FÁBIO SILVA - BRAZIL
2º	FREDERIC ROBIN - FRANCE
3º	DANE BEEVOR - AUSTRALIA
4º	FÁBIO GOUVEIA - BRAZIL

SURFBOARD JUNIOR

1º	JOEL CENTEIO - HAWAII
2º	MARCONDES ROCHA - BRAZIL
3º	BERNARDO PIGMEU - BRAZIL
4º	ANDRÉ SILVA - BRAZIL

SURFBOARD WOMEN

1º	TITA TAVARES - BRAZIL
2º	MELANIE BARTELS - HAWAII
3º	SOFIA MULANOVITCH - PERU
4º	ALCIONE SILVA - BRAZIL

LONGBOARD

1º	MARCELO FREITAS - BRAZIL
2º	NOAH SHIMABUKURO - HAWAII
3º	DAVID SIMMONS - AUSTRALIA
4º	ALEXIS GAZZO - FRANCE

KNEEBOARD

1º	SÉRGIO PEIXE - BRAZIL
2º	GIGS CELLIERS - SOUTH AFRICA
3º	ALBERTO MUÑOZ - USA
4º	BADEN SMITH - AUSTRALIA

BODYBOARD MEN

1º	GUILHERME TÂMEGA - BRAZIL
2º	OSWALDE HARE - TAHITI
3º	GONÇALO FARIA - PORTUGAL
4º	DAVID PEREZ - SPAIN

BODYBOARD WOMEN

1º	KARLA COSTA - BRAZIL
2º	CHASITY BALTAZAR - HAWAII
3º	EUNATE AGUIRRE - SPAIN
4º	KIRA LIEWELLYN - AUSTRALIA

TAG TEAM

1º	BRAZIL
2º	NEW ZEALAND
3º	AUSTRALIA
4º	HAWAII

WSG 1998 - World Surfing Games, Carcavelos, Portugal

October 20 - November 2, 1998, Costa da Caparica (Almada), Lisbon, Portugal

Official Event Results
FINAL TEAM RANKINGS

1.	Australia	29596
2.	Brazil	24568
3.	South Africa	22658
4.	Portugal	20385
5.	France	18652
6.	USA	17222
7.	Hawaii	16363
8.	New Zealand	15943
9.	Japan	15185
10.	Tahiti	14043
11.	United Kingdom	13960
12.	Venezuela	13063
13.	Puerto Rico	12723
14.	Peru	11069
15.	Ireland	10534
16.	Barbados	10025
17.	Israel	9056
18.	Morocco	8764
19.	Uruguay	8454
20.	Italy	8168
21.	Chile	7578
22.	Panama	7384
23.	Germany	7034
24.	Ecuador	6877
25.	Canada	6324
26.	Switzerland	4920
27.	Austria	3240
28.	Mexico	3048
29.	Namibia	2680
30.	Bulgaria	1672
31.	Cape Verde	1280
32.	Aruba	912
33.	Dominican Republic	240
34.	Guatemala	112

INDIVIDUAL DIVISION RESULTS

Men's Open

1.	Michael Campbell Australia
2.	Peterson Rosa Brazil
3.	Sasha Stocker Australia
4.	Robbie Bain Australia

Juniors

1.	Dean Morrison Australia
2.	Tiago Pires Portugal
3.	Zane Harrison Australia
4.	Marcondes Rocha Brazil

Men's Bodyboard

1.	Goncalo Fario Portugal
2.	Michael Epplestun Australia
3.	Alistair Taylor South Africa
4.	Nicolas Capdeville France

Longboard

1.	Alexandre Salazar Brazil
2.	Jason Blewitt Australia
3.	Alan Burke Barbados
4.	Craig Cuff South Africa

Women's Open

1.	Alcione Silva Brazil
2.	Melanie Bartel Hawaii
3.	Yvonne Rogencamp Australia
4.	Emmanuelle Joly France

Women's Bodyboard

1.	Dora Gomes Portugal
2.	Mariana Nogueira Brazil
3.	Vicki Gleeson Australia
4.	Nura Neal USA

Kneeboard

1.	Gigs Celliers South Africa
2.	Albert Munoz USA
3.	Jamie McHugh Australia
4.	Sergio Peixe Brazil

OVERALL STATISTICS:
Total of waves surfed: 2914
Total of heats surfed: 123

Best Waves:
9.33 Dean Morrison (AUS)
9.17 Greg Emsile (SAF)
9.0 Michael Campbell (AUS)
9.0 Peterson Rosa (BRA)
8.83 Sacha Stocker (AUS)
8.83 Michael Campbell (AUS)
8.83 Boris Le Texier (FRA)
8.67 Michael Barry (AUS)
8.67 Heifara Tahutini (TAH)
8.67 Frederic Robin (FRA)

Best Heat Points:
27.33 Dean Morrison (AUS)
25.94 Michael Campbell (AUS)
25.60 Michael Campbell (AUS)
25.33 Tiago Pires (POR)
24.32 Peterson Rosa (BRA)
24.03 Zane Harrison (AUS)
24.01 Greg Emsile (SAF)
24.00 Gigs Celliers (SAF)
23.42 Marcondes Rocha (BRA)
23.33 Michael Barry (AUS)

Historical Statistics:
-Sergio Peixe (Brazilian kneboarder) was the oldest competitor - 41 year old
-Alan Burke (Barbados) has the record of participation to ISA's World
Championship (7) and he placed in the top ten in three different divisions, as follows: 1986-Junior (7th), 1988-Open, 1990-Open, 1992-Open (9th), 1994-Open, 1996-Open, 1998 Longboard (3rd).
-Cigs Celliers kneeboarder from South Africa is the only four time ISA's World Champion (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998).
- Fernando Aguerre, ISA President re-elected for second time

Media Release:

The International Surfing Association's World Surfing Games 1998 crowned seven, new Surfing World Champions on Sunday, November 1 at Carcavelos, a playful beachbreak on the north side of Lisbon's harbor inlet, in the town of Cascais. Carcavelos showed competitors everything from flat conditions to perfect five foot, offshore A-frames. Nevertheless, Contest Director Marcos Bukao was forced to move the contest to Guincho, a renowned windsurfing Mecca, thirty minutes to the north, for the final two days, and was rewarded with grinding, four to five foot surf.

Overall, the event ran smoothly and featured lots of good surfing by some of the world's top surfers, including Michael Campbell and Munga Barry of Australia, Greg Emslie of South Africa, and Peterson Rosa of Brazil. With Michael Campell taking the best of the 4 men final in the open division, after a close battle with Peterson Rosa (2nd). In particular, the Juniors division afforded the spectators and judges with some of the most radical flurries of competition, and, arguably, the most interesting final, won by Kirra local Dean Morrison, who raised some eyebrows during several of his heats with his knack for getting barreled. The women's final featured impressive surfing, as well, with Brazil's Alcione Silva capturing a well-deserved World Title. In the Longboard final, Alexandre Salazar walked his way to the front of the heat, capturing Brazil's second individual title, and Alan Burke became Barbados' first-ever World Surfing Games finalist, finishing third.

While the battle for the team crown was tight in early stages of the competition, mainly between Australia, Brazil, and South Africa, the eventual champion, Australia, pulled clearly away from the pack heading into the last day, with at least one competitor in each final, three out of four positions in the Men's final, two in the Junior's final, and a combined total of ten starters in the finals. Also notable were the encouraging finishes of Portugal (4th) and France (5th), both of whom placed ahead of the United States, the 1996 World Champions, probably the biggest upset in the whole event. Portugal, as host, rode great crowd support to finals victories in both Bodyboard divisions, Goncalo Faria (Men's) and Dora Gomes (Women's). Meanwhile, Tiago Pires, second-place finisher in the Junior's division, surfed an inspired final, literally falling just short of a World Title when he fell off on two of his best waves on the inside. The United States managed to hang on to sixth thanks in large part to the performances of Albert Munoz, who took runner-up honors in the Kneeboard division, and Nura Neal, who gave a gutsy performance finishing fourth overall in the Women's Bodyboard division.

The World Surfing Games 1998 also showed why it is the greatest surf competition in the world, both in and out of the water. The event featured teams from 34 nations, including first-time participants Austria (27th), Namibia (29th), Bulgaria (30th), Cabo Verde (31st), Aruba (32nd), and Guatemala (34th). The games began with an Opening Ceremony in front of Cascais' municipal building. Teams marched along the harbor down a cobblestone boardwalk, stopped in the town square fronted by a stage and sided by the historical statue of Don Pedro I, and team representatives offered sand from their native beaches as part of the ISA Sand Ceremony. In an electric atmosphere, teams danced, sang, chanted, and waived flags as they came to the front. In a powerful gesture of peace the teams from Peru and Ecuador came together to hug, even amidst the continuing strife between their nations in South America. ISA President, Fernando Aguerre, then spoke about the ISA's global vision, the significance of the Games and our responsibility as surfers as guardians of the ocean, analogizing that "as the rainforests are the lungs of the earth, the oceans are its blood." Aguerre finished his address by declaring the Games "officially open," leaving the crowd in a frenzy of excitement.

The International Surfing Association also held its Annual General Meeting and Biennial General Meeting over the first weekend of the event. Delegates of the member nations re-elected Fernando Aguerre (Argentina) without opposition as President, there by reaffirming their support for his vision of a stronger International Surfing Federation for all wave-riding disciplines. The President touched briefly on his priorities; the expansion of ISA membership globally and into the Olympic Games, the development of higher professional standards for judges, coaches and officials, and a renewed commitment to the protection of the oceans and beaches worldwide. Also re-elected to the Executive Committee were vice-presidents Alan Atkins (Australia), Marcos Conde (Brazil) and Jacques Hele (France). Brian Britton (Ireland) announced his decision not to run for re-election, which opened up one spot on the Committee. Robin De Kock (South Africa) received an overwhelming majority of votes in a run-off election for the final position. Cadu Villela, will continue to serve as Executive Director of the ISA by appointment of Fernando Aguerre. Also notable from the meetings was the Tahitian delegation's announcement of intent to host the World Surfing Games 2000 and Chilean delegation's announcement, backed by the city of Iquique, of intent to host the Games in 2002.

Also at the World Surfing Games, teams united on the beach at Praia de Carcavelos, on October 25th, for ISA's Crystal Surf '98, to clean up the local beach in a symbolic gesture to raise environmental awareness and lead surfers in the fight for clean beaches and oceans around the world. Heading into the final days of the contest, Reef Brazil hosted the European Video Premiere of the 1998 Reef Big Wave World Championship organized and sanctioned by the ISA. The crowd exploded at the sight of Taylor Knox'$50,000 ride, the heroics of Carlos Burle, and the numerous wipeouts and heroic rescues by Shawn Alladio of K-38. The ISA was thankful to again host Dr. Mark Bracker (chief of Sports Medicine at UCSD), Dr. Clive Bridgham (chiropractor) and Dr. Scott (inventor of the ear plugs), who donated and provided the medical care for surfers at the event, and assisted in the drug testing of the division finalists. The Closing Ceremony ended another successful ISA event under cloudy skies and light rains, as a huge crowd cheered on the efforts of the finalists, delegates from each country received a glass jar of the sands of the world, a special touch arranged by event organizers, and the Australian and Brazilian teams hugged and danced together on the stage in celebration of their success.

The top 10 countries of the WSG'98 will be invited to select their 2 best big wave surfers to participate to the Reef Big Wave Team World Championship at Todos Santos (February 99), organized and sanctioned by the ISA.

The ISA has planned a busy calendar for 1999. After the International Women's Challenge and the Todos Santos Big Wave Team World Championships early in the year, the ISA will hold the Bodyboard World Surfing Games, in Hawaii, and Crystal Surf '99 (worldwide beach clean up day), and a tuberiding event in the latter half of the year

WSG 1996 - World Surfing Games, Huntington Beach, California, USA

Official Event Results

Pl.	NGB	Open	Junior	Women
1	USA	Taylor Knox, USA	B.Bourgeois, USA	N.Falconer, AUS
2	BRA	Vitor Ribas	Taj Burrow	Tita Tavares
3	AUS	T. Prestage	D.Hobgood	J.Silva
4	HAW	S. Beshen	Troy Brooks	M.Bartels
5	SAF	M.Barry	Andy Irons	A.G.Hoareau
6	FRA	J. Santos	Yuri Sodré	E.Joly
7	POR	Didier Piter	Bruce Irons	W.Botha
8	PRI	T.Fukuchi	Lucio Lima	C. Shumacher

Pl.	Long	Knee	BB Men	BB Women
1	G.Moysa, USA	G.Celliers, SAF	G.Tamega, BRZ	D. Freitas, BRZ
2	J. Blewitt	C.Ashdown	N.Stephenson	Dora Gomes
3	M.Freitas	D.Shimbara	S.McKenzie	Mady Slater
4	A.Gazzo	S.Peixe	L.Benitez	Aoi Koike
5	K. Maki	P. Alonso	A. Taylor	O. Donald
6	R. Reyes	C. Diplock	Chris Gagnon	M. Bartels
7	L.Kennings	O. Friedland	F. Aquino	C. McGowan
8	Lee Hao	A. Rivera	Damien Prisk	F. Zohra

WSG 1994 - World Surfing Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Official Event Results

Pl.	NGB	Open	Junior	Women
1	AUS	S. Stocker	K.Robb	A.Vieira
2	BRA	C. Cardoso	L.Hitchins	K.Kennely
3	SAF	S. Sutton	N.Padaratz	Tita Tavares
4	HAW	Q. Jones	Cory Lopez	E.Joly
5	USA	H.Tahutini	P.Cheplic	P.Rossi
6	FRA	J.Antunes	Andy Irons	P.Tugwood
7	POR	J.Patterson	B.Oswald	A.G.Hoarau
8	TAH	J.Maish	G. Emslie	M.McManus

Pl.	Long	Knee	BB Men
1	M. Demont	Gigs Celliers	J. Anute
2	L.Kennings	C. Coleman	N.Capdeville
3	Bill Curry	W. Grutter	Dave Ballard
4	B. Jackson	Greg Bell	Frank Sykes
5	Ray Gleave	O. Friedland	G.Demarino
6	Alexis Gazzo	J. Berensford	G.Faria
7	B. Mussi	C.Diplock	A.Taylor
8	C.Griffiths	D. Shimbara	Greg Roebuck