USA travels to Ecuador as favorites

The USA Junior Surfing Team has been announced and, from the short list, you can definitely see that they’re one of the favorites to take the throne that belongs to Australia for the last three years.  

Surfing America selected their 12 best surfers for good representation in the biggest junior surfing event in the world, the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship 2009, to be held from March 28 until April 5 in the waves of La FAE beach in Salinas, Ecuador.

Team USA includes:
Under 18 Boys
Nat Young
Fisher Heverly
Chase Wilson
Evan Thomson
Balaram Stack –Alternate

Under 16 Boys
Kolohe Andino
Conner Coffin
Evan Geiselman
Ian Crane
Jacob Halstead –Alternate
Colin Moran –Alternate

Under 18 Girls
Courtney Conlogue
Lakey Peterson
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Lani Doherty
Taylor Pitz – Alternate

Team Manager
Evan Fontaine

Coach
Joey Buran

Team USA has competed in every edition in the history of the event. Their best result came in Papenoo, Tahiti 2004 when they obtained the Silver medal in the Overall Team Standings.

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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