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ISA Updates: Another World Junior Championship, another World Surfing Festival

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 27 June, 2008 : - -  The world’s best Under 18 surfers gathered together from May 24th to June 1st at La Plage du Penon, in Seignosse, France for the biggest Junior Tournament on the Planet: the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.

Almost 300 surfers from 27 different countries participated in the event for a whole week in the following divisions: Boys under 18 and under 16 and Girls under 18. Once again, the friendship spirit was in the air. It was clear that surfing encourages living in peace and unity among different races, religions and colours.

On the beautiful Atlantic French coast, young Muslims, Catholics, Jews, white people, black people, yellow people, etc - each of them with their different traditions, languages and cultures mingled with each other and spent some days that they probably will never forget .

All of this was possible because an excellent contest took place. One week of perfect waves, especially good on the last day (Saturday May 31), with long glassy 4 to 5 feet rights, as a perfect finale to the festival.

The most promising surfers of the world competed in the three finals. The first celebration came from Brazilian Alejo Muniz in the Boys under 18. Tahitian Tamaroa MCComb followed him in the Boys under 16, and the event came to an end with the Australian Laura Enever winning the Girls under 18.

Australia celebrated its amazing third consecutive Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship title. It is the fourth Gold Medal Australia has won out of the six editions of the event. It is quite clear that Aussies are not only dominating the Pro scene in the present, they will continue doing it in the future.

Once the event was over, the Awards Ceremony took place, winners’ National Anthems were sung and the President of the International Surfing Association, Fernando Aguerre, closed the event and welcomed the waiting period for Ecuador 2009.

“What a wonderful week! It was raining cats and dogs an hour before the Opening Ceremony; but a moment before the ceremony, the sun was shining. ISA’s karma is very good…,” the President said.

He added: “Surfing is alive and full of energy. One day after tomorrow, the Olympic Committee will meet, in Athens, and I will be there again fighting for Surfing to become an Olympic Sport. It’s just a matter of time. The next Quiksilver ISA World Junior Championship will be in March 2009 in Ecuador, but we will meet sooner in the World Surfing Games in Portugal, this year on October.

Another chapter of the junior surfing history has closed up and now we are waiting for the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship that will take place next year in Ecuador.

Junior World Champions
Gold: Australia
Silver: Brazil
Bronze: Hawaii
Copper: United States

Boys under 18
Gold: Alejo Muniz (BRA)
Silver: Owen Wright (AUS)
Bronze: Tyler Newton (HAW)
Copper: Marc Lacomare (FRA)

Girls under 18
Gold: Laura Enever (AUS)
Silver: Tyler Wright (AUS)
Bronze: Courtney Conlogue (USA)
Copper: Airini Mason (NZL)

Boys under 16
Gold: Tamaroa McComb (TAH)
Silver: Peterson Crisanto (BRA)
Bronze: Matty Costa (HAW)
Copper: Ian Fontaine (FRA)

Aloha Cup
1º New Zealand
2º Australia
3º France
4º South Africa

Other ISA News:

Ecuador hosts the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship

In the last months, the International Surfing Association selected Ecuador as the host of one of the biggest surfing events in the planet and the most important for the Junior divisions: the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.

Surfing included in the 1st Asian Beach Games Olympic Surfing? Soon to be a reality!

A major action sports festival, including many sports not on any “normal” Olympic calendar and backed by the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA) will fire up in Bali from October 18– 25 this year.  The 1st Bali Asian Beach Games, after great efforts by the Indonesian Surfing Federation (ISF) members in Bali, President Bobby Radiasa, National Secretary Oom Arya, Pro Tour Manager Tipi Japric, will include surfing under the Olympic rings.

Surfing in Athens: Fernando Aguerre at GAISF Sport Accord 2008

The President of the International Surfing Association –ISA-, Fernando Aguerre went to the biggest institutional sport event of the world, GAISF Sport Accord. The international convention of sports took place from June 2 to 6 at the Hilton Hotel in Athens, Greece.

Around the world:

AFRICA
Senegal’s debut in ISA event
 
NEW ZEALAND
World Kneeboard Surfing Titles Return to Opunake After Ten Years
New Zealand Surfing Team Named

BRITAIN
Rip Curl Grom Search 2008
Read more / leer mas

CHILE
The Chilean stop of the World Tow-in Tour keeps waiting
Chilean Bombs, new discovery in Chilean waters.

COLUMBIA
Third Kids and Longboard Championship in Pradomar

COSTA RICA
National champs Brown and MuÑoz travel to Indonesia

JAMAICA
Junior champ shane simmonds wins national open event
Regional surfers gear up for 2008 Makka Pro

MEXICO
Mexican Tour second stage is right around the corner
A new direction for mexican surfing

PANAMA
Balboa surf tour trials at cambutal beach

OTHER IMPORTANT SURFING NEWS

SURFRIDER FOUNDATION OPPOSES EFFORTS TO LIFT THE OFFSHORE OIL MORATORIUM IN USA

This week, there have been several calls for Congress to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. In response to these announcements, the Surfrider Foundation has released a statement on its position against offshore oil drilling.

Save The Waves teams up with Carbonfund.org

Save The Waves Coalition has announced that it is offsetting its carbon emissions through the CarbonFree Surfing program, a partnership between Carbonfund.org, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations, and GreenSurf.org, a nonprofit focused on surfing's sustainable future.

About the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship

Q and A with Quiksilver Europe President, Pierre Agnes: Quiksilver Europe President, Pierre Agnes reveals a great deal of experience when we talk about surfing: Business in Surfing, Coaching, Competition – he was a Quiksilver sponsored Surfer and France Team Member in 1986 ISA World Surfing Games.

Carlos MuÑoz

After becoming the biggest junior surfer in the history of Costa Rican Surfing, having won back-to-back national titles in the Under 12, 14, 16 and 18; surfing one of the most remarkable waves in the National Tour, riding a double barrel bomb in Playa Hermosa; and finally when I saw him doing two huge frontside airs in a 5 footer at Dominical, “Cali” Muñoz, is a time bomb.

Argentina rising

Little by little, Argentinean Surfing is renewing its talents. It is common now to see on the different beaches of Mar del Plata and the Argentinean coast a pack of ripping groms, with great surfing skills and a good amount of stickers on their boards. One among the whole pack that is a standout is Brian Masmut, one of the best juniors of the “Che” Surfing.

FOREVER LAURA ENEVER

The last Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship left pretty good memories and a clear picture of the talented surfers that will become the professional surfing elite in a near future. The girls final was a real example of good surfing and competition, Laura Enever was crowned there as the big lady in France.

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