This is how Ecuador travels to the ISA Youth World Cup

A team of 10 Ecuadorians will try to improve on the historic 13th place they obtained in 2009 and 2014


October 23, 2018
|EN News
|POR DUKE

Ecuador announced the team that will represent the country in the 2018 edition of the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship that will take place between October 27 and November 4 in Huntington Beach, California.

The Ecuadorians are traveling with an incomplete team of 10 surfers, missing a female under 16 and a female under 18.

These are the surfers of the selection:

Boys under 18
Juan Pablo Yanez
Andres Duran
Christopher Yagual

Ladies Under 18
Shania Rendon
Wendy Valesquez

Boys Under 16
Shady Bayoumi
Romeo Chavez
Bruce Burgos

Ladies Under 16
Wendy Valesquez
Genesis Borja Garcia

Ecuador finished 21st in the last World Youth Championships held in Japan. In Azores 2016 it finished 29th and in Oceanside 2015 it finished 18th.

The country's best result in the event was 13th, which it achieved both times it surfed locally in 2009 and 2014.

Andres Duran competed in Japan last year and is now heading to California looking to improve on his 65th position. Photo: ISA/Ben Reed
Juan Pablo Yañez competing in Japan last year, repeats and will now compete in California. Photo: ISA/Evans
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