The best photos from the first day of the ISA Junior World Championships

This is how round 1 of the U16 men's and women's competition was held


November 26, 2023
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Special coverage presented by the International Surfing Association 

Photos by Pablo Jimenez, Jersson Barboza and Sean Evans

The best youngsters on the planet took to the water yesterday to compete in Round 1 of the Under 16 men's and women's competitions, which was completed.

After several days of small waves, the sea reacted for the start of the tournament and presented fun conditions.

Below are some of the best photos from the debut by the official ISA photographers.

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Vicky Muñoz Larreta confirmed that she is the favorite in round 1 by passing her heat and moving on through the main event.
Ricco Haybittle from Australia showed why he is part of a powerhouse team and in a manoeuvre he passed in first.
Belgium has a strong team: Jorre Claeys came first in his heat.
Another Belgian who made it through and is still in the main event Louis Escudeiro. The sea rose in Macumba after several days almost flat.
Alexia Monteiro is one of the standouts of the local team.
Guilherme Lemos: Another Brazilian who stood out and made it to round 2 of the main event.
After several days of flat, the sea reacted in Macumba for day 1 of competition.
Despite generating good maneuvers like the one in the photo, Chilean Renato Medina fell to the play-offs against Italy and France.
Nice carving by Colombia's Romeo Chavez to get into round 2 of the main event.
10 years and moving up the world rankings: Costa Rica's Mikela Castro. Crazy.
Hans Odriozola picked up this World Cup where he left off, where he won the copper and won his debut series breaking the waves of Macumba.
Sol Borrelli scored 13,33 to advance in first place in his series.
The defending champions, patriots.
The Netherlands traveled with a strong team Zoie Zeitz won her heat.
Marcelo Huamán showed his sharp backside to win his series and advance to round 2.
Portuguese Medina, Matías Canhoto, recorded one of the best totals of the day to move into first place, 14,7.
Puerto Rico's Miamar Soto is strong in the event, she made it through to second and is still in the middle of the main event.
Venezuelan Mike Prada started the tournament inspired and is already in round 2 of the main event.
Prada in the air of Macumba.

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