South Africa looking forward to keep the winning streak in France

Two months after a comfortable win in the 2008 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in Peru, now is the chance for the best young South African surfers to represent their country in the biggest Under 18 surfing tournament in the planet, the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, that will be held from May 24 until June 1 in the waves of Hossegor-Seignosse-Capbreton, France.

A strong team of junior surfers will represent South Africa, including:

Boys Under 18
Chad du Toit
Shaun Joubert
Nick Godfrey
Matthew Bromley

Boys Under 16
David Brand
Michael February
Dane Staples
Beyrick de Vries

Girls Under 18
Bianca Buitendag
Tarryn Chudleigh
Chantelle Rautenbach
Sarah Baum

South Africans have a great collection of good results in the five previous editions of the event. They have placed 4th in 2003, 5th in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and 7th last year in Portugal.

Some great individual South African performances in the previous events include today’s WCT sensation Jordy Smith, winning the Gold in the Under 16 division in 2003, Copper in the Under 18 in 2005 and Silver in the same division in 2006. Also, Shaun Joubert who will be competing this year in the Under 18 division won Bronze in the Under 16 in 2006.

As a new surfing power there are a lot of expectations on how the South African Team is going to perform in French waters this year.

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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