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Team
Surf starts competition in the World Surfing Games
this weekend
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff The Costa Rica Surf Team will join 55 nations who will participate in the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games, taking place September 7th-15th in Miyazaki, Japan. According to organizers event will unite 240 athletes to pursue their dreams of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. According to the Surf Federation, Costa Rican athletes, chosen by coach Jim Hogan, are Jair Pérez, Noe Mar McGonagle, Carlos Muñoz, Eva Woodland, Leilani McGonagle, and Brisa Hennessy. The goal for the team is to occupy a space in the Top 10 in the world. Brisa Hennessy was interviewed by the World Surfing Games to include in the promotional material for the games. The video interview: Costa Rican Olympic Dream Brisa Hennessy, can be found at the official games site here.* Athletes from the top ten countries are from Australia, Owen Wright, Julian Wilson, Ryan Callinan, Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, and Nikki Van Dick. From the U.S., they are Kelly Slater, Kolohe Andino, Conner Coffin, Carissa More, Caroline Marks, and Courtney Conlogue. Four nations are competing in the event for the first time in history. They are American Samoa, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. "The standing record for female participation, which 93 athletes set in 2018, has also been surpassed, as 103 women will surf in the event, making up 43 percent of the total participants." said the World Surfing Games in its statement. The Costa Rican Surf Federation announced the team in August, as A.M. Costa Rica previously reported.  According to the Federation, the high competitive level of surfers and the analysis of the surf conditions in Miyazaki were two of the factors that were considered for choosing the team members. Due to the recent Pan American Games in Peru, the International Surfing Association decided that members of the countries of the American continent will not be disputed for the World Cup in Japan. However, participation was authorized for those surfers who are in the first world division, Top 10, of the World Surfing League. Teams like the French and the US. were the first to announce their final squad to represent their countries in the World Cup in Japan. "Costa Rica will go with team A and they will fight to be in the Top 10. The event that will be filled with world surfing stars like never before in history," said the Federation of Surf in its statement. The International Surfing Association (ISA), founded in 1964, is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. The ISA governs and defines Surfing as Shortboard, Longboard & Bodyboarding, StandUp Paddle (SUP) Racing and Surfing, Bodysurfing, Wakesurfing, and all other wave riding activities on any type of waves, and on flat water using wave riding equipment. More information on the Costa Rica team competition may be reached at Surf Federation site here.* ------------------------ Have you seen any of the members of team A, during local surfing competitions in your community? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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