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Costa Rican Team Finishes Eight
Place In International Surfing
Huntington Beach, California -
For the first time in the
history of the World Surfing
Gamesthe Olympics of the sport
members the Costa Rica Surf
Team, as well as Coach José Urea
return with medals around their
necks.
Diego Naranjo (Jaco), Nino Myrie
(Puerto Viejo), Lisbeth Vindas (Jaco),
Gilbert Brown (Puerto Viejo),
Luis Vindas (Jaco) surfed
valiantly in difficult
conditions, including a low tide
and a fog that rolled onshore
mid-heat, to arrive at a 4th
place finish in the
International Surfing
Associations (ISA) Nations Cup
Tag Team event, a unique, fun
part of the 2006 Lost Energy
Drink ISA World Surfing Games in
Huntington Beach.
At the colorful Awards Ceremony
referred to as the United
Nations of Surfing by ISA
President Fernando Aguerre,
Brown spoke for his team mates
in thanking the United States
Surfing America Team for
offering their spot in the Tag
Team contest.
The Ticos gratitude was
demonstrated with gifts of Costa
Rica's popular Imperial cerveza
(beer) to which USA Coach Peter
PT Townend, competitors Chris
Ward, Julia Christian and others
came onstage to accept.
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