The Uruguayan Surfing Union confirmed DUKE as the team that will represent the light blue team 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.

This will be the first time since 2013 that Uruguay will score a full point in this World Cup, and it will do so with its three U-16 women also competing in the U-18 category.

Uruguay finished 29th in Japan, 19th in Azores 2016, 33rd in Oceanside 2015, 16th in Ecuador 2014 and 17th in Nicaragua 2013, the last time it included all its participants.

This is how Uruguayans form:
Under 18 men
1. Agustin Zanotta
2. Martin Ottado
3. Felipe Baru

Under 16 men
1. Maximo Vargas
2. Lucca Cordone
3. Gonzalo Vargas

Under 18 ladies
1. Nicole Leiva
2. Orehana Javiel
3. Annette Javiel

Under 16 ladies
1. Nicole Leiva
2. Orehana Javiel
3. Annette Javiel

Coach
Francisco Perez del Castillo

Below: Aki Vargas, Under 16 champion, another of the Uruguayan team's talents.

 

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