Pan-American Surfing Games

DR to attend 2006 Reef Pan-American Surfing Games in Peru

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 14 January, 2006 : - - Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic will participate in the Pan-American Surfing Games, the continent-wide competition that will take place in Punta Rocas resort, near Lima, Peru, from 17 – 22 January.

The Pan-American Surf Association is constituted by 22 countries, and gets together every 2 years to run the Olympic format team event. Due to the number of  participants, the event takes an entire week in 2 different stages, which means 2 contests at the same time.

Peru has been selected by the Pan-American Surf association to host the VII edition of the “PAN AMERICAN SURFING GAMES.”

The countries that have confirmed their assistance are: Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, and Peru as the host. 

Every country participates with a team composed of 15 athletes, 2 judges, 1 team manager, 1 coach, 1 assistant and 1 translator (if necessary). The titles will be disputed in the following divisions: Men Open, Junior, Women Open, Long board, Bodyboard Men Open, Bodyboard Women Open.


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