Special coverage presented by the International Surfing Association 

The Venezuelan youth team will be competing in the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship that will take place starting today, Friday, November 24th at Macumba Beach, Rio de Janeiro.

Nine of the 12 surfers who make the full team make the Vinotinto team in Brazil with a couple of standouts to keep in mind such as Keoni Lasa who finished in the top 20 in last year's world championship, held in El Salvador.

Meanwhile, Valeria Ojeda also participated in the aforementioned event and was in the top 25 of the tournament.

A couple of young talents who have shown good results in international events and in free surfing, such as Mike Prada and Luna Marcano, are also part of the Venezuelan team.

Below the team:

Under 18 men
Keoni Lasa

Under 18 women
Valeria Ojeda
Valeria Benitez
Silvana Martinez

Under 16 men
Mike Prada
Yandel Merentes

Under 16 women
Luna Marcano
Kellyani Flores
Ximena Acevedo

Venezuela finished 17th in last year's World Cup.