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Peruvian Gold!
2010 10 28 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games presented by Amarok of Volkswagen
Punta Hermosa, Peru
October 27, 2010

Local boy, Matías Mulanovich will be looking forward to giving Peru it first World Surfing Games team gold medal. Photo: ISA/Paolo López

Forty five hundred years after first riding waves in reed boats and 45 years after the World Contest was held in Peru, surfers from this proud nation took back a small but precious piece of their gold – as Team Gold Medalists in the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games Presented by Amarok of Volkswagen.

It was a fairytale ending to an event steeped in a mix of camaraderie and cutthroat competition as Team Peru gave every ounce of effort to take the overall gold medal today from Team Australia in solid 5-foot Señoritas lefts at Punta Hermosa, near Lima, Peru.… Read the rest

ISA World Kneeboard Titles to Take Place at Phillip Island in 2011
International Surfing Association

2011 ISA World Kneeboard Titles
19 to 26 March 2011
Phillip Island, Australia

Over 200 competitors from twelve countries will gather at Phillip Island, Victoria, from 19 to 26 March for the 2011 edition of the ISA World Kneeboard Titles, the discipline’s most prestigious championship.

The weeklong event is held every two years, with previous events in New Zealand, USA, Tahiti and South Africa. The competition, fully sanctioned by the ISA, will crown the World Champions in the Open division as well as the age divisions that range from Under 16 to Over 60.Kneeboarders from Australia, New Zealand, USA, England, Ireland, France, Tahiti, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, South Africa, Canada and Japan will compete for the world titles and the honor of their countries.

This is the first time that wave-rich Phillip Island will host a World Kneeboard Title event.… Read the rest

Panama will host the 2010 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
2010 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
Santa Catalina, Panama
August 29 – September 5

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The venue for the planet’s greatest event in Masters Surfing, the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship (WMSC) has been named. The perfect waves of Santa Catalina, on the north Pacific coast of Panama will see the best over 35 year-old surfers from all over the world from August 29 to September 5.After having an inaugural WMSC in Rincón, Puerto Rico in 2007 and a successful second edition in the powerful waves of Punta Rocas, Peru, in 2008, the Masters family will gather together again, this time in the wave rich nation of Panama to compete for the world title in the following divisions:

-Masters (Over 35)

-Women Masters (Over 35)

-Grand Masters (Over 40)

-Kahunas (Over 45)

-Grand Kahunas (Over 50)

Regarding the confirmation of this year’s Masters event, Fernando Aguerre, President of the International Surfing Association said: “The ISA congratulates Panama on securing the rights to host the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship for the first time.… Read the rest

Aussies stop two years of South African supremacy

Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
Santa Catalina, Panama
September 4, 2010

Australia won the Team Gold Medal in the Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in clean, well shaped 5 to 7 foot waves. Heather Clark (RSA), Andrew Banks (RSA), Juan Ashton (PUR), Rod Baldwin (AUS) and Chris Knutsen (RSA) won the Gold Medal in the individual divisions.

The Aussie team’s title came after an intense and tight battle with South Africa. A mere difference of less than 300 points gave the first ISA Masters World Championship to the Aussies, stopping two years of African supremacy.

Final Team Medal Standings:
Gold: Australia – 10456 points
Silver: South Africa – 10196 points
Bronze: Brazil – 8770 points
Copper: Puerto Rico – 8684 pointsSandra English, competitor and Team Manager of Australia, said about the victory, “It’s hard team work, everyone is cheering for each other and it all paid off with a couple of good results in the finals.… Read the rest

Peru is getting ready for the 2010 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games

Billabong ISA World Surfing Games
October 19 to 27, 2010
Señoritas and Caballeros, Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru

Peru and its National Surfing Federation (FENTA), organizer of the 2010 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games that will take place in the perfect waves of Señoritas and Caballeros is getting ready for one of the biggest surfing events on earth.Over 200 surfers from 35 countries are expected in what may very well be a record breaking event in terms of both athletes and countries attendance.

Dates for the 2010 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games, Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru *

Tuesday, October 19: Opening Ceremony

Wednesday, October 20: Contest Start

Wednesday, October 27: Contest End, Closing Ceremony

* Dates subject to change

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ACTUALIZACIÓN – Billabong ISA World Surfing Games
October 19 – 27, 2010
Señoritas y Calalleros, Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru

Peru y su Federación Nacional de Tabla (FENTA), organizador del 2010 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games que tendrá lugar en las olas perfectas de Señoritas y Caballeros se está aprontando para uno de los eventos de surfing más grandes del planeta.… Read the rest