By Carlos Brenes – Costa Rican Surf Federation - www.surfingcr.net

Everything is ready for the beginning of the Central American Surfing Championship in “El Sunsal” Beach, La Libertad, El Salvador, on October 24 and 25, where Costa Rica will participate with a high performance alternative team, looking forward to win the title again.

Known as a the # 1 destination of warm water and right waves in the world, in El Salvador, the Costa Rican team will confront the area’s great and new talents that have been emerging in the past years, the majority of which will run as locals.

After the local organizing committee informed us of the format: 4 Open, 4 Junior, 2 Women, 2 Longboard and 2 Bodyboard, the Costa Rican Delegation managers decided to call the following athletes:

Open: Josymar Fuentes, Isaac Vega, Jair Perez and Jason Torres (defending champion).

Junior: Carlos Muñoz, Jordan Hernandez, Anthony Fillingim, Anthony Segura. Reserve: Maykol Torres.

Women: Mariana Samudio and Nataly Bernold (defending champion).

Longboard: Anthony Flores, Cristian Santamaria. Reserve: Alexander Jimenez.       

Bodyboard: Richard Marin and Reymar Ramirez. 

(23/09)  After years of surfing oblivion, some veteran surfers of Limón have found the best solution for a lack of organization which caused the loss of talents of one of the best surfing locations in the province and the whole country for the development of this sport.  Costa Rica showed only a few months ago to its people and to the world how the wave has taken a preference among Costa Ricans.

(01/09) The under 18 and three-time member of the Junior World Championship team, Maykol Torres, entered the world of professional surfing thanks to his first signed contracts with sponsors from a watch maker, a solar blocking lotion and accessories and sunglasses. From now on, these will be seen as his work tools for the upcoming competition calendar.