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Surfing Games Costa Rica
35 Countries
Set to Participate at Billabong ISA World
Surfing Games Costa Rica
With 46 days until the start of the
Billabong International Surfing Association
(ISA) World Surfing Games, Costa Rica 2009,
35 nationally selected surf teams from
countries around the globe have confirmed
participation in one of the greatest events
of the sport which will take place from July
31 until August 8 in Playa Hermosa near
Jaco.
The ISA confirmed that many teams would be
arriving for the Games with a full
contingent. These include the surf powers of
the world including Australia, Brazil,
United States, France, Costa Rica, South
Africa, Tahiti, Peru and New Zealand, all of
whom are coming to this country looking to
earn the championship Gold Medal.
In addition, Many morel countries are
currently in the process of bringing their
registrations up to date, thereby making
their participation to the World Surfing
Games official in the registry before the
ISA. In the entire world, there are 54 teams
who have the option to participate in the
Billabong ISA World Surfing Games Costa Rica
2009. Each nationally selected team has
until July 30 to register in order to be
included in this year's spectacular contest.
The ISA World Surfing Games have taken place
every year since 1964, and the record number
of countries that participated at one time
was in Huntington Beach, California in 2006.
That year 33 countries arrived in "Surf
City." With 35 national surf teams expected
in Costa Rica, and the addition of Billabong
as a title sponsor, the 2009 Billabong
ISAWorld Surfing Games could very well be
the greatest edition of the championship
yet.
The Federacion de Surf de Costa (FSC), which
is organizing the event, anticipates that
between the surf teams, their technical
bodies, and the staff of the event itself,
there will be more than 1,000 people with
the contest in Jaco during the days of the
Games. Jose Ureña, President of the FSC,
declared that the positive response from the
national surf teams--which will break the
participation record--indicates a great
event. He also says having such a large
turnout bodes well since the countries are
meeting one of the great challenges of our
time, the economic situation present at this
time in the world.
"The teams that approach Costa Rica to a
large extent are motivated by the warm water
on our coast, the quality of our
waves--which are the best ones in the world,
very amiable people, their economic
abilities to bring their full teams to the
World Surfing Games, and the amount of
different activities which they are
complemented with in this country," said
Ureña. "With a month and a half to go, it is
very probable that the number of countries
will still increase. Once we initiate the
Billabong ISA World Surfing Games, this will
be a real celebration of cultures combining
globally."
This week, the South Africa team made the
final team public of the eight athletes who
will be surfing for their country in the
Billabong ISA World Surfing Games, Costa
Rica 2009. These surfers, who also
participate on the Association of Surfing
Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series
(WQS), include Brandon Jackson, Rudy
Palmboom, Damien Fahrentford and Ryan Payne
in the Open category.
On the other hand, Latin American countries
Venezuela, Peru and Puerto Rico have
announced their teams. These include the
best surfers of their countries including
Francisco Bellorín, Gabriel Villarán and
Brian Toth, respectively by nation.
In addition, it is no less important to
stress the confirmed participation of
unpublished countries for the World Surfing
Games, as is the case of Vanuatu, an island
in the continent of Australia, who will be
sending a full contingent of surfers. |
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