Puerto Rico places in the top 10 at the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games

In the 1996 edition of the World Surfing Games, wave rich Puerto Rico placed 8th in the Overall Team Standings. Thirteen years later, they made it back to the top 10.

The Costa Rican waves suited the great surfing of the “boricua” athletes.

The Puerto Rican dream team had the following individual results:

Open Men
11- Carlos Cabrero
17- Dylan Graves
29- Brian Toth
41- Gabriel Escudero

Open Women
17- Lisa Caban
25- María del Mar Gonzalez

Longboard
25- Raúl González
33- Anthony Luciano

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. 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 La Jolla, 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 Karín Sierralta (Peru).

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