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Hawaii’s Sunny Garcia and South Africa’s Greg Emslie Advance to the Masters Final Day 6 of the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship was greeted once again with a beautiful warm and sunny morning, and excellent surfing conditions with waves in the overhead range. Due to… Read More »

Solid Waves Continue While the First Finalists Are Confirmed Day 5 of the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship was greeted with a beautiful sunny morning and over-head waves at the perfect right hand point-break in Montañita, located in the province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. Both… Read More »

Critical Repechage Heats Today at the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in Ecuador Day 4 of the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship was greeted with an increasing swell and a beautiful, sunny day. The morning had an extreme low tide and the contest… Read More »

Another Beautiful Sunny Day in Montañita With Challenging Surf Conditions The world’s best over 35 year old Men and Women surfers put on incredible performances during Day 3 of the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship on the perfect right hand point-break waves in Montañita, Ecuador…. Read More »

The Right-Hand Point Break of Montañita Showed Its True Potential The ISA World Masters Surfing Championship kicked off with excellent waves in the 4-6 feet range in the perfect right hand point-break in the beautiful town of Montañita. Thousands of fans gathered to see the… Read More »

20 National Delegations Marched Through the Streets and Along the Beach of Montañita in Front of Thousands of Locals During the Opening Ceremony The 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship officially opened Saturday, April 6, 2013. In attendance were the 20 countries that traveled to… Read More »

Dozens of Ecuador’s Media Outlets and Government Officials were Present at the Press Conference The 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship starts tomorrow with the Opening Ceremony featuring the parade of Nations and Sands of the World Ceremony. All 20 National Teams and 150 participating… Read More »

Surfline’s Official Forecast Calls for Excellent Surf Conditions for the Duration of the Contest Period A total of 21 countries and over 130 athletes are confirmed to compete in the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in the beautiful and vibrant town of Montañita in… Read More »

Australia, Brazil, France, Hawaii, Japan and South Africa Sending Powerhouse Teams to The 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in Ecuador Powerhouse National Teams from Australia, Brazil, France, Hawaii, Japan and South Africa have confirmed their surfers who will be traveling to Ecuador for the… Read More »

The World’s Largest Gathering of Over-35 Surfers Begins Soon From April 6-14, Ecuador will become the gathering place of the world’s best Masters Surfers (over-35 years old), who will compete in the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship (WMSC) in the high-performance right point break of… Read More »

World’s Best Over-35 Men and Women to Gather in Montañita to Compete for Gold and The Eduardo Arena Team Trophy ISA World Masters Surfing Championship April 6-14 Montañita, Ecuador La Jolla, California, March 12, 2013- The International Surfing Association (ISA) is excited to announce the… Read More »

USA’s Sean Poynter and Brazil’s Nicole Pacelli win SUP Surfing Individual Gold, Casper Steinfath (DEN) and Angie Jackson (AUS) win SUP Technical Races, plus Team Australia wins the Team Relay The Australian National SUP and Paddlebord Team achieved 9 out of the 12 possible Gold… Read More »

All finalists for the Men’s and Women’s SUP Surfing, Women’s SUP Technical Race, and Team Relays have been decided for the final day of competition at the ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship In an action packed day, Australia’s Jordan Mercer and Lincoln Dews were… Read More »

Amazing action in the Men’s and Women’s SUP Surfing and Men’s SUP Technical Races Day 4 greeted the competitors with beautiful sunny conditions and with the expected increase in swell, with excellent waves in the 6-8ft range. Today’s competition had a great start featuring the… Read More »

Competition Forced into a Holding Pattern Throughout the Day at the 2013 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship Miraflores, Lima, Peru, February 27, 2013- Day 3 of competition at the 2013 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship saw a high level of SUP Surfing with… Read More »