Hobgood & Bourgeois to lead USA in ISA World Surfing Games

Source: Surfing America - www.surfingamerica.org-

Press Release sent on October 6, 2008

Surfing America, the national governing body for surfing in the USA, is excited to announce the competition roster for the 2008 ISA World Surfing Games.  The Olympic-style event will be held October 11th - 19th in Costa de Caparica, Portugal. 

Two ASP World Tour surfers - C.J. Hobgood and Ben Bourgeois - will lead the mens squad.  Hobgood heads to Portugal fresh off his win at the Billabong Pro Mundaka, where he beat Australian Joel Parkinson in the final. "I think we have a very good team with C.J. and Benny," remarked head coach Joey Buran. 
"This squad is definitely capable of winning a medal."
Joining Hobgood and Bourgeois, will be junior standouts Dillon Perillo (Malibu, California) and Nat Young (Santa Cruz, California).  Perillo recently won the Oakley Pro Junior in Newport Beach, California, while Young just won the Billabong Pro Junior in Ponto, California.
Perillo and Young were members of the USA's copper medal winning junior team from last May - both finishing in the top eight in the Under 18s.

With a women's ASP World Tour event occurring simultaneously with the ISA Games as well as a men's WQS six-star in Brazil, Buran and the Selection Committee looked at all available top-level surfers in America.  They selected women's WQS standout Lauren Sweeney (Encinitas, California) along with former PacSun USA Surf Team junior member Demi Boelsterli (Santa Barbara, California) to the womens roster.

The lone longboarder is 2008 U.S. Open of Surfing champion Taylor Jensen (Imperial Beach, California).  Jensen will be joined by bodyboarders Jeremy Wright (Long Beach, California), Jacob Romero (Waiehu, Hawaii) and Keila Grodzen (Dana Point, California).

"We're excited about this roster and the direction the program is headed," said Surfing America executive director, Mike Gerard.  The ISA World Surfing Games is an incredible global showcase for the sport of surfing and we hope to improve on the USA's bronze medal finish at the last World Games held in Huntington Beach, CA in 2006."

The following is the PacSun USA Surf Team roster for the 2008 ISA World Surfing Games:

Mens
C.J. Hobgood
Ben Bourgeois
Dillon Perillo
Nat Young

Womens
Lauren Sweeney
Demi Boelsterli

Longboard
Taylor Jensen

Mens Bodyboard
Jeremy Wright
Jacob Romero

Womens Bodyboard
Keila Grodzen

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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