Costa Rican team named for the WSG 2009
Playa Hermosa, COSTA RICA – Less than 2 months from the kickoff of the Billabong International Surf Association (ISA) World Surfing Games Costa Rica 2009 in Playa Hermosa, the Federacion de Surf de Costa Rica (FSC) announced the 12 surfers who have been preselected to enter the training for the most important appointment of the year in surfing around the globe.
The list of surfers who hope to hit the water for Costa Rica at the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games Costa Rica 2009 July 31 to August 8 are:
OPEN: Jason Torres (Jaco), Luis Vindas (Jaco), Carlos Muñoz (Esterillos), Diego Naranjo (Jaco), Jairo Pérez (Jaco), Juan Carlos Naranjo (Jaco) and Gilbert Brown (Puerto Viejo).
WOMEN’S: Lisbeth Vindas (Jaco), Nataly Bernold (Jaco), and Mariana Samudio (Jaco).
LONGBOARD: Cristian Santamaría (Jaco), and Anthony Flores (Jaco).
Beginning now, the process of groups and training of the surfers will be conducted as a battle for the limited positions available on the Costa Rica National Surf Team.
“Acting as a unit has been the motor of our national selections in all our World Surfing Games. This one will be a long event, with extensive days, and in this sense we need to lean on each other as a team in the good times and in the bad times,” affirmed José Ureña, Technical Director of the Costa Rica National Surf Team and President of the FSC.
In addition, the preselected team members are now in the hands of their trainer, Donald Vega, and he will be working on their mental and physical aspects with intensity. The Ticos will have daily sessions in the gym and their nutrition will be supervised by Vega until the beginning of the World Surfing Games.
This group of 12 preselected athletes is a combination of experience, youth and talent in three different generations of surfers. They range in age from 16 to 27 years.
The final selection for the Costa Rica National Surf Team will be made the day before inscriptions, and they will be limited to 4 Open, 2 Women and 2 Longboard surfers. According to the calendar of ISA, the cutoff is July 28.
For the first time ever, Alex Valverde , the head judge of the Federacion de Surf de Costa Rica, will appear on the international panel of judges during a World Surfing Games event when he makes his debut at the Playa Hermosa tournament. In the middle of the six unique international judges selected Valverde will be the only Latino on the list.
Courtesy of Surfers Village
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