By Carlos Brenes –Federación de Surf de Costa Rica

National Team ready for Portugal 2008

The President of the Costa Rican Surf Federation (FSC), José Ureña, published today the list of national team members for the next great international event, the ISA World Surfing Games that will happen in Costa de Caparica, Portugal, from 11-19 October.

The Open Costa Rican team returns to what is considered the main world event for national teams – the World Surfing Games, after their magnificent participation in California 2006, where it was placed 8th in the world and 4th in the Aloha Cup, a tag team event which held the best eight teams.

On that occasion, Costa Rica brought back its first world medal, after prevailing over the French, Portuguese, Spanish and US teams. It also was the best positioned Latin Spanish-speaking nations in the final ranking. And finally, individually, the best Hispanic was Gilbert Brown, positioned 15th among more than 100 competitors.

This will be the third participation of Costa Rican athletes in a World Surfing Games after the Surf Federation was created in the year 2000. In Ecuador 2004, our team reached 9th place while obtaining an 8th place in California. Furthermore, this will be the last world championship before seating this great event in July and August 2009.

The team listing is as follows:

Open
Gilbert Brown
Luis Vindas
Jason Torres
Germaine Myrie
Matías Braun (substitute)
Isaac Vega (substitute)

Women
Lisbeth Vindas
Nataly Bernold
Verónica Quirós (substitute)

Longboard
Diego Naranjo
Cristian Santamaría (substitute)

Bodyboard Women
Jimena Calvo
Cindy Díaz (substitute)

Bodyboard Men
Richard Marín
Yeffrey Gómez
Walter Gatgens (substitute)

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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