Iquique gears up for the 8th Pan-American Surfing Games

During the month of November in the waves of Iquique, surfers will battle for the title in the 8th Pan-American Surfing Games. For this reason, surfers from the entire American continent will transcend on the country of Chile and during the course of a week will compete as individuals and as teams representing their respective nations.

Iquique’s exact date of foundation is unknown. However, the one thing that is known is an approximate date that would correspond to 7000 years B.C. Iquique signifies ‘belly of the birds’ and would have been founded by the pre-Columbian town called Chango.

The Chilean waves enjoy a very good international reputation, especially in the North where the waves of Arica y Iquique excel. This held true and was demonstrated in the Rip Curl Pro Search Arica 2007, where the entire world watched and was amazed by the potential of a country to the south called Chile.

Route to November
With the presence of the president of the Chilean Federation of Surf and the Association of Surf of Iquique, a joint committee formed that is responsible for carrying out the 8th Pan American Surfing Games, Iquique 2007. This committee is comprised of the following people:

Cristian González C.
International Commission Coordination

Mauro Macchiavello R.           
Local Commission Coordinator

Ricardo Marín Martínez         
Marketing Publicity & Commercial Management

In conjunction with these people, the Vice President of the Chilean Federation of Surfing, Mister Mauricio Godoy and Mister Max Petit, have also contributed to the opportunity to work with the Local Association and maintained a clear objective of carrying out the 8th Pan American Surfing Games this upcoming November.
It is also worth noting that judges were discussed and chats are taking place with specialty coaches in each area that will put into action the knowledge of the national and local members.
The countries that will participate in the 8th Pan American Surfing Games will be the following:

Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Brasil
Canadá
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estados Unidos
Guadalupe
Guatemala
Jamaica
México
Panamá
Perú
Puerto Rico
Republica Dominicana
Trinidad y Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela

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