Brazil is looking for the Gold in Ecuador

The Brazilian Surfing Federation has announced the team that will defend the “verde amarelo” colors in the greatest surfing event for Under 18 surfers in the world, the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, which will be held from March 28th until April 5th in Salinas, Ecuador.

The always favorite Brazilian team will have the following surfers:

Under 18 Boys
Miguel Pupo
Filipe Braz
Ian Gouveia
Thiago Guimarães

Under 16 Boys
Jessé Mendes SP
Gabriel Farias SP
Caio Ibelli SP
Matheus Navarro SC

Under 18 Girls
Kaena Brandi SP
Bárbara Muller SC
Isabela Lima RJ
Stephanie Freitas

Brazil has a great record in the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. They won the Gold in the 2003 edition of the event in South Africa. Later to be placed 3rd in Tahiti of 2004, 2nd in Huntington Beach of 2005, 3rd in Brazil of 2006, and 2nd again in Portugal of 2007 and in France of 2008.

For the last two years Brazil came second to Australia, the biggest surfing power in the world. Without a doubt, Brazilians are looking forward to change that pattern this year.

About the International Surfing Association (ISA)
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), Mike Gerard (USA) and Karin Sierralta (Peru).

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