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Team Australia: Day 1 surfers win their opening heats
Team Updates
DaKine ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
Presented by Billabong
International Surfing Association
Playa Venao, Panama
14 - 22 April 2012
Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos | Slideshow
Team captain Cooper Chapman’s 15.56 was the day’s highest score out of 20
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 16 April, 2012 : - - TravelSIM Team Australia has made a strong start to the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship presented by Billabong in Pedasi, Panama, with all six surfers winning their opening heats on Day 1. More than 300 of the World’s best junior surfers from 31 countries are competing. In the Boys’ Under 18 division, Cooper Chapman (North Narrabeen, NSW) 15.56, Creed McTaggart (Margaret River, WA) 12.37 and Eli Steele (Moffat Beach, QLD) 10.50 had convincing victories.
In the Boys’ Under 16 division, Kai Hing (Wurtulla, QLD) 13.84, Michael Wright (Lennox Head, NSW) 13.17 and Jacob Wilcox (Margaret River, WA) 8.17 also made successful starts. Joshua Hay (Copacabana, NSW) and Luke Hynd (Tallebudgera Valley, QLD) are still to surf in the Under 18 and Under 16 divisions, while competition is yet to start in the Girls’ Under 18.
Team captain Cooper Chapman’s 15.56 was the day’s highest score out of 20. "I started my heat slowly but I hit a rhythm and found some nice waves,” he said. “Our preparation has been solid and I want to continue to grow each performance through the week. I am team captain so getting up on stage with the Australian flag at the opening ceremony last night was a true honour and I was stoked to keep that feeling going by winning my first heat.”
TravelSIM Team Australia:
Under 18 boys: Creed McTaggart (Margaret River, WA); Cooper Chapman, (North Narrabeen, NSW); Eli Steele (Moffat Beach, QLD); Joshua Hay (Copacabana, NSW).
Under 18 girls: Keely Andrew (Mooloolaba, QLD); Ellie-Jean Coffey (Coolangatta, QLD); Kirsten Ogden (Byron Bay, NSW); Bronte Macaulay (Margaret River, WA).
Under 16 boys: Kai Hing (Wurtulla, QLD); Michael Wright (Lennox Head, NSW); Jacob Wilcox (Margaret River, WA); Luke Hynd (Tallebudgera Valley, QLD).
Surfing Australia would like to recognise the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), TravelSIM and Suncorp for their continuing support of the Team Australia Program.
Team Australia:
# 1 : Australia lists ISA Junior team roster for 2012
# 2 : Team Australia stands proud in Panama for games
# 3 : Coming soon
# 4 : Coming soon
Team Reports:
# 1 : Check out the inividual nation's surf-team reports
Some quick Panamanian surfing facts
2010 Hosted ISA World Masters Surfing Championships
2011 Hosted ISA World Surfing Games (Palya Venao)...
2012 Hosts ISA World Junior Surfing Championships.....
13 Times Panama Mens National Champion - Gary Saavedra..
10 Times Panama Womens National Champion - Pucha Garcia
About Panama-
Panama is an authentic unexplored destination with an exuberant natural habitat and an enchanting history; a gem hidden between two seas. Panama’s prime location, in the center of the continent, allows it to be the main air hub in Latin America. The country offers stunning landscapes and diverse ecosystems in forests, beaches, mountains and the Canal Zone, as well as an exquisite combination of rich ethnic and colonial past favorable to the prosperity and benefits of modernity.
The Panama Canal, or eighth wonder of the world, is a symbol of an entrepreneur country that besides being a logistics center for excellence, it is the most important financial center of the Americas and home to major multinational corporations and a free trade zone. UNESCO has declared the Old Quarter of the capital, Panama City, a World Heritage Site. Panama has natural attractions, services, hotels and a massive Convention Center to receive the adventure and leisure traveler, as well as the business visitors.
More information www.visitpanama.com
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 also sanctions the World Kneeboard Titles and the Tandem Surfing World Title, and held the first stand-alone World Bodyboard Championship in 2011, and the first World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship in 2012.
ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 70 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 (AUS), Karín Sierralta (PER) and Debbie Beacham (USA).
More information www.isasurf.org.
About DaKine
More information www.dakine.com.
Source: ISA
Author: Pablo Zanocchi / Chasen Marshall
Tags: DaKine, ISA, World Junior Surfing Championship, Panama
Events: Surfersvillage
