Special coverage presented by ASOSURF - Cover photo: Carlos Escobar of Guatemala on the championship wave. Photo: Demarsan 

The surfing event of the 15th Central American Games will take place between October 21 and XNUMX in the waves of Playa El Rosario, Hawaii.

Surfing has once again entered an Olympic multi-sport event and will be one of 24 competing sports, awarding eight medals.

According to information provided to DUKEsurf by the Guatemalan federation, the countries that have confirmed their presence in the surfing competition are Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and, of course, the host nation of Guatemala.

The surfing event will feature shortboard, longboard, bodyboard, and SUP Race disciplines, all for both genders. Therefore, eight medals will be awarded, four per gender.

Each country traveling with its full team will bring 16 surfers, as a maximum of two surfers per category per gender is allowed.

So, they would be:

2 male shortboarders
2 female shortboarders
2 male longboarders
2 female longboarders
2 male bodyboarders
2 female bodyboarders
2 SUP Racers men
2 female SUP Racers

TOTAL: 16 athletes per full team