The ISA World Masters Surfing Championship is right around the corner

In less than 25 days, the world’s main surfing event for surfers over 35 years old will begin. The ISA World Masters Surfing Championship will take place at Punta Rocas, Peru from March 29 to April 6.

Teams from Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Great Britain, France, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Italy, Tahiti, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Australia and, of course the locals, Peru, have already confirmed their attendance.

The ISA World Masters Surfing Championship is a team competition. The nation who places highest in each division will win the gold medal in the team standings, earning the status of the best over 35 surfing country in the world. Individual standings will add points towards the team totals.

The divisions are:
Masters: Over 35 years old
Grand Masters: Over 40 years old
Kahunas: Over 45 years old
Grand Kahunas: Over 50 years old
Masters Women: Women over 35 years old

A complete team is formed by eight athletes: two Masters, two Grand Masters and two Kahunas, a Grand Kahuna and a Master Woman.

Fernando Aguerre, ISA President, is very pleased with the upcoming event. He said: “I’m really happy that ISA world team championships, also known as the Olympics of Surfing, are coming back to Peru. It’s been a long time, 43 years exactly, since that famous ISF –International Surfing Federation- World Championship at Punta Rocas were held, with Felipe Pomar becoming World Champion.”

The same waves of Punta Rocas, that witnessed how Peruvian Felipe Pomar became the second surfing world champion in 1965, will witness now the best surfers over 35 years old all together. The event will have more than 100 athletes from 17 different countries defending their countries colors, fighting for the medals with pride and responsibility.

The first annual ISA World Master Surfing Championship was carried out in January 2007 at Rincon, Puerto Rico. South Africa was the Gold Medal Nation, followed by Puerto Rico and Tahiti. Puerto Rican Juan Ashton was the Masters winner, Peruvian Magoo de la Rosa won Gold in the Grand Masters and South African Chris Knutsen did the same in the Kahunas division.

All the champions have already confirmed that they will be in Peru defending their titles and their countries.

The main surfing power in the world, Australia, who did not participate in the first World Championship, has decided to bring a full team for this year’s edition of the Masters. Meanwhile, Brazil, who did not participate with a complete team in Puerto Rico, will have its eight surfers this time for the competition at Punta Rocas. Moreover, great surfers such as Rob Page –1988 Pipe Master-, Heather Clark –former WCT surfer- and Sandra English –eight-times Australian Champion- will be competing in Punta Rocas.

The event date and location has been set. You will be able follow all the action online on the ISA website, www.isasurf.org. All media interested in getting information about this event, please contact Pablo Zanocchi: pablo@isasurf.org. High resolution images will be available everyday at the disposal of the media press.


About International Surfing Association
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980. 

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since.  The ISA's four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Maile Aguerre (Hawaii) and Mike Gerard (USA).

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