Source: Chico Padilha –Brazilian Surf Confederation - www.cbsurf.com.br

On September 18th through the 20th, the Brazilian Surf Confederation (CBS, for its initials in Portuguese), will carry out the Brazilian Maresia Surf Championship in Imbituba, State of Santa Catarina.

This is the fourth and last event that will determine the Brazilian team that will compete in the Pan American Surfing Games that will take place in Ilhéus, South of the State of Bahia, Brazil.

Apart from the national champions and runner ups, Brazil will have among its athletes, Junior Miguel Pupo and Gabriel Medina from the Under-16 category. They are affectionately called “Mirim” in Brazil which in the language of its indigenous tribes means small.

In the Open category, aside from the best CBS surfers, the Pan American Games of Bahia will have elite Brazilian athletes such as Franklin Serpa and Rudá Carvalho who in 2006 helped their State – Bahia – obtain the national team title in the course of the CBS traditional circuit.

Valued Champions

Juca de Barros, CBS president, officially confirmed that the future Brazilian Under 16 Champion and runner up will also be at the 2010 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in January in New Zealand.

There, Brazil will have the opportunity to repeat their 2003 title, looking for its fourth individual title in the Junior category, trying to improve from the third place in the Girls Under 16 category and second place in the Under 16 category.

Kristian Kimmerson, from the State of Espíritu Santo, leads the Open and Junior categories of the CBS circuit, but among those under 18, the greatest probability belongs to Ian Gouveia and Vicente Romero. This is especially true if they repeat their performance seen in Salvador-Bahia, where their surfing secured a double victory.

From the South of Brazil, the favorite to the Junior Girl’s title, two-time CBS circuit winner Gabriela Leite could form a powerful pair with Camila Cássia. Camila, from São Paulo, won both the Junior and Open Brazilian titles in 2008.

Should “Kimmi” manage to win both the CBS Open and Junior titles, he will repeat Santa Catarina-born William Cardoso’s feat, who at the same Prainha, Imbituba, won the championship five years ago in both categories.

Cardoso, 2003 and 2004 finalist of the ISA WJSC, recently won the six-star World Qualifying event in Azores, Portugal. He was followed by fellow countryman Jadson André from the State of Rio Grande do Norte, former CBS and ISA WJSC champion.

Under 20 in Brazil

This year, Brazil alone will host the World Under-20 South American Trials for the ASP World Pro Junior Surfing Championship. The highlights are the athletes that successfully made the CBS and ISA Junior events. Alejo Muniz, Diana Cristina, Caio Ibeli who won in Santa Catarina, and Gabriela Leite, who is a two-time runner up in the past events and winner in Peru and Chile. 

In 2008, Alejo won the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in France. In 2007, his fellow country man, Jadson André, won the same title in Portugal.

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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