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Portugal

Portugal is Ready for the Juniors

Source: Portuguese Surfing Federation – www.surfingportugal.com

The Portuguese Surfing Federation has announced the team to represent the country at the greatest surfing tournament for under-18 surfers, the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.

The event will take place at Punta Hermosa, Peru, from May 21-29.

The surfers that will travel to Peru to defend Portugal will be:

Boys Under 18

Francisco Alves

Diogo Appleton

Vasco Ribeiro

Basile Belime

Boys Under 16

Miguel Blanco

Tomás Ferreira

Guilherme Fonseca

João Kopke

Girls Under 18

Ana Sarmento

Constança Coutinho

Keshia Eyre

Carina Duarte

Team Manager

Rui Félix

Coach

José Braga

Assistant Coach

Pedro Barbudo

Judge

Tiago Matos

Portugal obtained its best result ever last year in the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship held in New Zealand when they placed 9th in the overall team standings.

Vasco Ribeiro (POR) will be competing in another Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. Photo: FPS

About the International Surfing Association

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running Open Division World Championships since 1964, Junior World Championships since 1980, and Masters World Championships since 2007. The ISA will hold the first Stand Up Paddle (SUP) World Championship and the first World Bodyboard Championship in 2011.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 64 countries on five continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA's three Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Mike Gerard (USA) and Kar�n Sierralta (Peru).

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