Peruvians are ready for the Juniors

The Peruvian Surfing Federation has just announced the 12 surfers that will represent them in the sixth edition of the biggest surfing tournament for surfers Under 18 years old, the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship that will take place in Le Penon Plage, Seignosse, France.

The full team of Peruvians includes:

Under 18 Boys
Piero Delucchi
Sebastian Rios
Nicolas Nugent
Alessandro Luis

Under 16 Boys
Cristobal de Col
Carlos Mario Zapata
Martin Jerí
Miguel Tudela

Under 18 Girls
Valeria Solé
Alexia Jerí
Nadja de Col
Mariangela Zapata

In the last few years, Peruvians have suffered an inexplicable lack of missing junior talents. Since the great generation of surfers like Sofía Mulanovich, Gabriel Villarán, Javier Swayne, Gabriel Aramburu, and Sebastián Alarcón among others, a generational gap followed them, until today, where we can see great Under 16 surfers like the ones that will represent Peru in this year event.

In past editions of the tournament, Peruvians obtained a 9th in the overall team position in Tahiti 2004, as their best result. In Durban 2003 and Huntington Beach 2005, they placed 10th, in Brazil 2006 they placed 11th and they obtained their worst result last year in Portugal, placing 13th.

With a new generation of great Under 16 surfers and Under 18 girls, they have the chance this year to climb on the ratings.

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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