This is how Panama travels to the ISA Youth World Cup

With an incomplete but strong team, the Panamanians are looking to improve on last year's 16th. They have a top-level coach named Gary Saavedra.


October 24, 2018
|EN News
|POR DUKE

The International Surfing Association announced the composition of the team that will represent Panama in the 2018 edition of the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, which will take place between October 27 and November 4 in Huntington Beach, California.

Panama is traveling with an incomplete team that is missing two women and one of those who is part of the team, Andrea Vileg, will compete in both categories.

The three supergroms in the Under 16 team stand out: Isauro Elizondo, Kai Gale and Tao Rodríguez.

The three under-16s in the Panamanian team are heavyweights: Tao Rodriguez (in this photo), Isauro Elizondo and Kai Gale. All photos: ISA/Reed/Evans
Kai Gale trained in the Waco pool and has been in California for a few days now. A talent to watch at this junior world championship. Photo: Rob Henson

This is how Panama is formed:
Under 18 men
Luis Carlos Lopez
Diego Goldner
Elliot Perrochon

Under 18 ladies
Sarah Sanchez
Andrea Vileg

Under 16 men
Tao Rodriguez
Isauro Elizondo
Kai Gale

Under 16 ladies
Andrea Vileg
Isabella Goodwin

Team Manager
Raul Stanford

Coach
Gary Saavedra

Panama finished in a very respectable 16th place in the last World Cup, Japan 2017, in which it also competed with an incomplete team.

For this year they also added the legendary Gary Saavedra as coach.

Isauro Elizondo has already won more than once in the United States. It would not be surprising if he does it again at this World Cup.
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