By Billy Wilmot – Jamaican Surfing Association - www.geocities.com/jasurfas/

The curtains came down on the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Salinas Ecuador on Sunday April 5th. Team Australia walked away with top honours with Hawaii, Brazil, USA, France, South Africa, New Zealand, Tahiti, Peru and Costa Rica rounding off the top 10. Jamaica fielded six surfers out of a maximum team of twelve.

“The Youngsters did us proud, especially the under 16 duo of Ackeam Taylor and Garren Pryce,” said JSA President Billy Wilmot, “they gave their teammate and Captain, top finishing under 18 Shane Simmonds, good support by advancing and putting half their division behind them.”

Jamaica fielded 6 of a possible 12 entrants which severely limited Jamaica’s final world ranking potential. None the less the partial team was able to finish 23rd ahead of Italy, Morocco, Canada, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

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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