Another World Junior Championship, another World Surfing Festival

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.

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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.

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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.


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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.

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Senegal
Senegal’s debut in ISA event
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South Africa
South Africa Update
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JAPAN
Japan update
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NEW ZEALAND
World Kneeboard Surfing Titles Return to Opunake After Ten Years
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New Zealand Surfing Team Named
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BRITAIN
Rip Curl Grom Search 2008
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ireland
Ireland Update
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ARGENTINA
Argentina Update
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Chile
The Chilean stop of the World Tow-in Tour keeps waiting
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Chilean Bombs, new discovery in Chilean waters.
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BRAZIL
Brazil wins another title
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colombia
Third Kids and Longboard Championship in Pradomar
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COSTA RICA
National champs Brown and MuÑoz travel to Indonesia
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jamaica
Junior champ shane simmonds wins national open event
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Regional surfers gear up for 2008 Makka Pro
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mexico
Mexican Tour second stage is right around the corner
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A new direction for mexican surfing
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peru
PERU UPDATE
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panamÁ
Balboa surf tour trials at cambutal beac
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Brian Masmut

Source: Sebastián Chacón

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.

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