20 photos from day 1 of the Surf City El Salvador ISA World Junior Surfing Championship

The wait is over and the biggest youth world championship in history has begun


Presents Surf City El Salvador - El Salvador Travel - By ISA/Evans, Franco, Rodriguez and Barboza - On the cover: Venezuela's Keoni Lasa on his way to one of the highest scores of the day. 

The three-year wait ended today, Saturday 28 May, with the entry into the water of round 1 of the under 18 male and under 16 female and male categories.

La Bocana and El Sunzal are breaking with waves between one and two meters, with their characteristic perfect formation and good conditions.

Below and above, twenty of the best photos of the day.

The local, Marvin Rodriguez, getting into round 2,
Ippo Suzuki attacking the critical of La Bocana. All photos by ISA/Evans - Franco - Rodriguez and Barboza
Jeovany Cardenas from Colombia, attacking a right hand from La Bocana vertically.
Eliott Vera curve of Panama on the left of La Bocana
Juan Diego Ríos from Peru made it through his heat in first place thanks to power surfing as shown in the photo.
El Tunco and its Bocana from the air early this morning.
Greyson Grant from Sweden, taking out keels.
Venezuelan Keoni Lasa had one of the best performances of the day thanks to maneuvers like the one in the photo.
Sol Borrelli of Argentina, making a turn towards round 2 of the main event.
Argentina celebrating Vicky Muñoz Larreta's victory in her series.
Ise Campbell from Australia, power surfing and good fundamentals in El Sunzal.
Ocean Gittens from Barbados makes his presence felt at the Junior World Championships.
Brazilian Bela Nalu and a cutback to get into round 2 of the main event.
Canada's Reed Platinius owns a powerful backside attack.
Noel de la Torre from Chile attacking vertical. The Chilean finished in second place in his debut series in the tournament.
La Bocana in operation. Jesús Pérez from Costa Rica in the back, Keoni Lasa in the front.
It is not known what happened a second before, but it was executed with great power. Jacobo Trigo of Spain, making rain.
Kai Odriozola doing what he has to do to get through in first place.
Finland surfs well: Lukas McMahon finished first in his heat.
Noa Dupouy of France, taking to the air in round 2 of the main event
The joy of the Guatemalan team.
His Majesty, Shane Dorian.
Luke Swanson from Hawaii, flowing.
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