Sally Fitzgibbons is running for ISA vice-presidency

And for a position as a regular member of the Executive Committee; Kirsty Coventry will not be running; Karín Sierralta and Kimifumi Imoto have several other opponents.


ISA 'expects' to report Paris universality positions by end of May

He is waiting for the International Olympic Committee to complete the process to approve or disapprove the proposed surfers.


This Saturday, July 1st, is the world premiere of The Impossible Wave

The documentary that captures Fernando Aguerre's journey to make surfing an Olympic sport


Aguerre and Fitzgibbons were appointed members of IOC commissions

“The inclusion of two leading surfing figures in the latest IOC Commissions highlights the positive and growing role of surfing in the Olympic Movement,” the ISA said in a statement.


The ISA World Surfing Games "on contest"

A fresh look at the first World Cup that qualified for Tokyo 2020


Photos from the final day of the ISA World Surfing Games

A day that will go down in history


Italo Ferreira: “It was a crazy week, I came from the trash to the victory”

The new ISA world champion spoke to the press after winning gold and this is what he had to say


Italo Ferreira took the gold medal

“It was a crazy week. I came from the trash to the win and yes, it was incredible,” said the Brazilian.


Brazil's team was crowned world champion at the ISA World Surfing Games

No matter what happens in the grand final, even with Kolohe winning, the trophy will go to the green and yellow team.


Shun Murakami from Japan took over the Asian slot

He set foot in Tokyo 2020 after beating Rio Waida of Indonesia


Filipe Toledo was absent from his series due to a back injury

Question marks over his involvement in Slater's pool CT


Filipe Toledo came out of the water in pain: “It hurts a lot now”

Toledo's presence on the final day of the ISA World Surfing Games is in doubt


Slater, Andino, Ferreira and Medina are one step away from medals

Morais, Waida, Murakami, Boukhiam, Toledo and Stairmand are fighting in the repechage; Muñoz was the best Latin American, he finished in 11th place; the team trophy looks set to be a fight between Brazil and the United States


Frederico Morais took the European slot and is now one foot and a half into Tokyo 2020

If he qualifies for the CT or the World Surfing Games 2020, the next available slot would go to the German Leon Glatzer


Kelly Slater: “I had my doubts about sport being in the games”

Round 3 of questions with the best surfer in history


Morocco has secured the African slot for Tokyo 2020

Ramzi Boukhiam put one and a half feet into surfing's debut at the Olympic Games


The victory sign that Sofia Mulanovich received before entering the final

The Peruvian found a sign that everything was going to be fine and so it was.


New Zealand secured second place at Tokyo 2020

It will be either Billy Stairmand or Kehu Butler who will be left with one foot and a half in surfing's debut at the games.


The day an Italian named Angelo Bonomelli beat Kelly Slater

"I took a photo to remember this moment because it's the only time something like this will happen to me," he said after getting out of the water.


Analysis: The frank evolution of Chinese surfing

And their local star named Qiu Zhuo, who today knocked out two of the best Latin American surfers from the event and made it to the third round, something that had never happened before. Will we see a Chinese player in the CT?


Mexico, Chile, Peru, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Spain, Ecuador and Panama made it to round 3 of the main event

Cleland, Araki, Mesinas, Perez, Jairo, Cali, Aritz, Chila, Barona, Selman and Kelvin are among the 36 who remain undefeated in the tournament


Kelly Slater: “I’m having more trouble deciphering the scores on the world tour”

In a new round of press after winning his heat at the World Surfing Games, the best in history talked about surfing in small waves, his boards, his preparation in the event, surfing in China, Fukushima and more.


Peru, Costa Rica and Spain are in the top 10 in the partial team ranking

Australia won the Aloha Cup, Slater arrived late to the finish line, Argentina and Mexico established a separate ring and the waves are conspicuous by their absence in Miyazaki


Kanoa Igarashi: “I think I’m already qualified”

In an interview, the Japanese says that he already feels like he is in Tokyo 2020 and is now focused on making his new country a power with several members in the CT


Photos of Sofia Mulanovich's historic victory in Japan

A day marked with magic and emotion


One of the best days in the history of ISA events, on video

Sofia Mulanovich's victory over the best of the CT and the debut of the CT members. Among them, Kelly Slater, of course


This is what Kelly was doing the day before yesterday in Japan

Slater went to a Japanese spot of perfect right hands and destroyed them


Kelly Slater: “I’m glad I came”

The greatest surfer in history made his World Surfing Games debut and then spoke to the press. He talked about his decision to come, the rule that brought him here, his time in Japan, Mulanovich's victory and much more.


Italo's feat: “Everything was wrong but it ended up going well”

The Brazilian traveled the world to reach his heat with eight minutes left, surfed in dress shorts, used Filipe Toledo's board and ended up winning his debut heat at the WSG


Historic: Sofia Mulanovich was crowned world champion once again

The most competitive ISA World Surfing Games in history was won by the Peruvian


Shino Matsuda and Anat Lelior made it to the Asian and European slots

And they were left with one foot and a half in Tokyo 2020; the Japanese qualification opened up another spot in the 2020 World Surfing Games; and yes, for the IOC Israel is from Europe


Sofia Mulanovich made it to the final of the main event at the Miyazaki World Championships

All regional slots were determined in a marathon day. Spain came very close to qualifying for Tokyo 2020 but the Israeli competitor was better


South African Bianca Buitendag has placed one and a half feet in Tokyo 2020

She is the best African at the ISA World Surfing Games


New Zealand's Ella Williams has put one and a half feet into Tokyo 2020

The Kiwi is the best surfer from Oceania, not counting Australia (which will qualify its athletes through the CT) in these ISA World Surfing Games presented by Vans


New Zealand and South Africa have already secured a place in Tokyo 2020

All the ladies from other countries in those two regions have already been eliminated.


“I don’t think women’s surfing is strong enough to have 34 women in the top division”

Stephanie Gilmore in an interview, about gender equality in sport, the ISA World Championships, the Olympic Games and life on the CT Tour, in which she says there needs to be fewer men


Some impressions after meeting Kelly Slater here in Japan

The king arrived in Miyazaki


Mulanovich, Gomez and Hennessy made it to the quarterfinals of the main event in Miyazaki

After a series of carnage, CT tops Carisa Moore, Courtney Conlogue, Paige Hareb, Joganne Defay and Sally Fitzgibbons fell to the playoffs


“I feel very proud to represent Costa Rica and I hope they are proud to have me”

Brief interview with Brisa Hennessy; her first series at the World Surfing Games, her Spanish classes, the upcoming event at Kelly's pool and more


This is what happened on the first day in Miyazaki, on video

Opening ceremony and 18 series going into the water


Good start for Spain in the Miyazaki World Cup

There were 12 in the water and only two fell into the repechage


Confirmed: Italo arrives in Japan on Monday; Slater arrives tonight

After being robbed, the Brazilian managed to obtain a new passport and visa in less than a week


“We are living our dream”

Fernando Aguerre officially declared open the first World Surfing Games qualifying for Tokyo 2020; the mayor of Miyazaki showed off with Bob Marley and a fresh and entertaining speech


These are the historic series of the 2019 World Surfing Games that start tomorrow

Slater vs. Juampi Caraballo, Medina vs. Corzo and Passeri, Toledo vs. Muñiz and Cleland and a lot of other interesting matchups.


Italo Ferreira was robbed and his participation in the World Surfing Games is jeopardized

The Brazilian top star had his passport stolen, among other things, and is asking on social media for it to be returned to him, especially because of the visas he needs to travel.


The best World Surfing Games in history (so far this week)

A look back at the first World Surfing Games in 1996 in Huntington Beach, which saw 502 athletes competing in seven categories on three different podiums


The ISA world champion will be announced on Wednesday

The ladies will go into the water first in Miyazaki


ISA sues canoe federation for “copyright infringement”

Canoeists used images from last year's ISA World Championships in China to promote their event


Olympic surfing facts: Teams that have more than twice as many support staff as athletes

Six are competing, but the United States brought 21, 15 of whom are support staff; Brazil is going with 13.


Ecuador is present at the World Surfing Games

A team of four talented players from the country will seek the title in one of the most special World Cups in history


Powerful Mexican team is present in Miyazaki

This is how the Aztec team is formed for the ISA World Cup in Japan


The other World Surfing Games fight (the most important one?)

The continental Olympic qualifications will be a very interesting element in the Miyazaki World Championships


This is how Peru travels to the ISA World Cup

Powerful Inca squad goes for the fourth team championship


55 nations will be present at the first World Surfing Games qualifying for the Olympics

American Samoa, Lebanon, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand will make their debut at the event


Surfing's entry into Olympic events brought the sport closer to the people

A podium and three medals is much easier to understand than a structure of QSs, CTs and their thousands of points.


Myanmar and American Samoa are the newest members of the ISA

The organization now has 108 member nations, a Samoan will debut at the World Surfing Games in Japan


This is how good Miyazaki was a few days ago

If he repeats, the ISA World Championship will have plenty of tubes


Kelly Slater doesn't know if she will go to the 2019 World Surfing Games

And with this, she casts doubt on her participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. “I don’t know how I feel about the Olympics now anyway,” she declared.


All signs point to Slater being at this year's ISA World Surfing Games

If he doesn't do it, he won't be able to go to Tokyo 2020. He himself confirmed today in an interview with the WSL that after John John Florence's withdrawal, they gave him a vacancy due to injury.


This is how anti-doping testing is expected to work for CT athletes

The best of each test, surfers drawn and all may be tested without prior notice at any time when they are not competing.


ISA Junior World Championships Return to Huntington Beach This Year

For the second consecutive year, Surf City USA will host the grand event


Analysis: ISA is on the highest pedestal in its history

Two announcements in three days made it clear that in just a few years there was a very radical change of polarities in the world of surfing.


Ahead of Tokyo 2020, the WSL has restructured its anti-doping testing program

CT athletes will be subject to both in- and out-of-competition testing and placement requirements, conducted and managed by the WSL and the International Testing Authority.


CT stars confirmed their place at this year's World Surfing Games

John John, Medina, Toledo, Ferreira, Gilmore, Andino, Smith, among others, placed their names among the representatives of their country. If they do not participate, they cannot go to Tokyo 2020


“This ISA World Championship has been the toughest and most anticipated of my life”

Piccolo Clemente reflects in an interview on the title he was missing and which he achieved last Sunday


10 photos from Piccolo Clemente's historic victory in Biarritz

From free surfing before the start of the tournament to the podium, a tour in images of the Peruvian's gold


Piccolo Clemente world champion, once again

But for the first time in the ISA championship that he had been seeking all his life, Mafer Reyes and Lucas Garrido Lecca placed sixth and Peru achieved a historic second place as a team.


Peru can win gold today in Biarritz

If he achieves a one-two in open and victory in ladies, he takes the cup.


France won the Aloha Cup

In a close final against the United States, Japan and Brazil, neither Argentina nor Peru made it past the semi-finals


Mafer Reyes and Piccolo Clemente made it to the final of the main event in France

Peru is now third in the team standings, which is led by France and the United States. With Kaspar's defeat, Reyes was confirmed for Lima 2019.


Reyes, Torres and Clemente were among the best in Biarritz

Peru shares first place in the team partial, with all its athletes alive, tied with eight other nations


Teté, Ana Camila and Mafer were among the 12 undefeated in France

Uruguay and Mexico said goodbye to their first participants on the third day of the longboard world championship


Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and Spain entered their two longboarders in round 2

Ecuador, Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica, managed to have one of their athletes qualify


Peru started undefeated at the longboard world championship in France

Mexico and Argentina managed to get two athletes into the second round of the main event


10 moments from the opening ceremony of the world longboard championship

More than 100 longboarders from 32 countries paraded through the picturesque streets of Biarritz


Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia present at the Biarritz longboard world championship

With incomplete teams but with important representatives, the three countries will fight in Biarritz


“Daniel deserved to participate, but perhaps they want their athletes to be only elite”

PASA President and ISA VP Karín Sierralta explains why she believes the Colombian Olympic Committee decided not to register the athlete in Lima 2019


The Pan American implications of the ISA World Longboard Championship

Why could the names of the best placed athletes in the Pan American Surfing Championship be changed?


Ecuador is present at the Biarritz longboard world championship

With an almost complete team of three experienced surfers


Argentina confirmed its team for the World Longboard Championship

They travel with a full team, with two women and two men.


ISA closes record number of registrations for the world longboard championship in France

Biarritz will host 104 athletes from 32 countries, 50% more than in the previous World Cup


Strong Peruvian team travels to the Biarritz longboard world championship

The current vice-champions of the world go well armed to France


This is how Uruguay travels to the longboard world championship

Three Uruguayans will be in Biarritz. For the first time, a woman will travel to represent the Celeste in the three editions of the world championship of this specialty.


Spain travels to Biarritz with a full team

The national longboard team was announced today by the federation of that country


Mexico presented its team for the ISA World Longboard Championship

He will travel to Biarritz with a full team, in search of more qualifications for Lima 2019


Ronald Reyes bets on his fans to get to the world longboard championship

Through GoFundMe, he is asking for $3.500 to travel to Biarritz, France


ISA insists on rule requiring CTs to compete at World Surfing Games

The top three CT athletes as of June this year must be at the event and those who qualified for the 2020 event, if they do not, will not be able to be in Tokyo 2020.


“We are looking ahead with a very good chance that surfing will be in all the Olympic Games”

ISA President Fernando Aguerre comments in an interview on the importance of today's announcement. He said that if the announcement is confirmed, the number of competitors per gender will go from 20 to 24, with a total of 48 surfers. There is no news on whether it will be in a pool or in the sea.


ISA closes deal with NBC Sports

For three years, the network will be responsible for broadcasting a series of special programs of the association's events.


The ISA World Longboard Championships will be held in France in May

The waves of Biarritz were chosen for the test


Surfers from Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela received ISA scholarships

11 of the 40 scholarships awarded went to surfers from those countries; each will receive $500


The World Surfing Games return to Japan in 2019

The first Olympic qualifier will take place on Kisakihama Beach in Miyazaki from September 7 to 15.


Freddy Marimón world champion

The Colombian achieved a historic gold for Colombia in California. Chile finished third in the team category. Rojas, Ponce, Francesena, García and Álvarez won medals


Chile goes for the team trophy at the world championship of adapted surfing

With one day of competition left, the team from that country is in third place. Rojas, Marimón, Francesena, Alvarez, Ponce and García are in the grand final of their categories.


Ponce from Chile and Garcia from Spain secured their place in the final of the world championship of adapted surfing

For their part, Martínez, Rojas, Vega, Marimón, Morales, Arbulu and Francesena made it to the final stages and are going for the medals.


Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Spain shine on the second day of the World Cup

With good waves in La Jolla, a marathon day was held in which 10 of the 12 divisions in dispute went into the water


The world championship of adapted surfing began with good performances by Costa Ricans, Chileans and Mexicans

From the ceremony they went straight to the round 1 and 2 series of AS1 and AS2. Baldir Vallejos, Dilan Bernales and Martín Martínez stood out


The ISA World Championship of Adaptive Surfing begins today and these are 10 things you should know about the tournament

Representatives from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Spain are present


These are the teams that qualified for Lima 2019

The unofficial list of the historic 88 who will be at the debut of surfing in the second largest multi-sport tournament on the planet


Costa Rican Federation urged authorities to suspend the Pan American Games until Carlos Muñoz arrives

They say that it was said that all athletes would be expected and they are not complying. Today morning, following a communication from a lawyer, they moved the men's open series again.


Spain won the team copper medal at the World Cup in China

It is the best result for the red team since the 2014 edition of this tournament.


Spain won two more medals at the World Championships in China and returned to the team podium

With one day remaining in the tournament, Australia secured the team victory. Judit Verges won silver and David Buil copper in the long-distance paddleboard race.


South Africa and Brazil took gold in the sprints

Spain dropped to fifth place and will play for everything in the long races and relays that will be held tomorrow and the day after.


Spain added its third medal in China and is in fourth place overall

Judit Verges won silver in paddleboard and three other members finished in the top 10. Connor Baxter and Candice Appleby were guaranteed in Lima 2019


Spain won two medals and is second in the overall team ranking

Iballa Ruano and Juan de los Reyes took the podium in China


With Ruano in the final of the main event, Spain is third in the SUP world championship

Juan de los Reyes fell to the repechage, advanced and was two steps away from the medals


Spain is one of the partial leaders of the ISA SUP World Championship

He put two of his SUPers in the top 16 in the world, who are still in the race


Everything you need to know about the ISA SUP and Paddleboard World Championships

The largest annual event of these divisions on the planet begins on Friday on the perfect lefts of Wanning, China.


Costa Rica wants to organize the ISA Junior and Adaptive World Championships in 2019 and 2020

In addition, the surf federation presented a project to build a High Performance Center in the country


Nadia Erostarbe: “I am very happy with everything I have done”

Interview with the young player from Zarautz who finished sixth in the ISA Junior World Championships and is now travelling to Taiwan seeking the WSL title


“I never thought I could make it to the World Cup final”

Interview with Lucía Machado, finalist in the largest ISA Junior World Championship in history. “I went in thinking it was going to be very difficult but that I could handle it,” she says.


Basque Federation asks to be recognized as independent from the ISA

Local authorities showed up at the offices in California


Jhonny Guerrero: “I want to be world champion, I can do it and I trust in myself”

Interview with the Peruvian who just finished fifth in the junior world championship and is now traveling to Taiwan for the last under-18 event of his career


Noel de la Torre: “My goal was always to win”

Part 1 of a series of interviews with the most outstanding Hispanic surfers in the world. The Chilean wrote history for his country and Latin America


Japan is the next power

Some thoughts on yesterday's historic Japanese victory in Huntington Beach


Japan won the Vissla ISA Junior World Championships

He turned things around in the final series with a one-two in the under 18s. The United States finished second, Australia third and Hawaii fourth.


Guerrero, Erostarbe and Machado go for medals today at the youth world championship

The United States and Japan will fight for the title. Hawaii, Australia, France and Spain will seek to complete the team podium


Guerrero and Cleland were the only Hispanic survivors of the playoff carnage

Japan took the lead in the team rankings, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica said goodbye to the event and the finalists of the Aloha Cup were defined


Noel de la Torre, Nadia Erostarbe and Lucía Machado made it to the semi-finals of the main event of the world championship

They are two steps away from the medals. The United States and Japan lead the team rankings


United States, Japan, Australia, France and Brazil lead the Vissla ISA Junior World Championship

Amatriain, Martinez, Cleland, De la Torre, Woodland, Erostarbe, Resano and Machado made it to round 4 of the main event


Chile and Spain are first in the partial ranking by teams of the Vissla ISA youth world championship

After four days of competition, only 8 of the 44 teams that started the World Cup maintain the maximum scoring potential


Argentina, Chile, Spain, Peru and Costa Rica continued in the world championships with several of their athletes still in the main event.

Good waves continued to break in Huntington Beach for Day 3 of the Vissla ISA World Championships. The United States remains in the lead, being the only team with all of its surfers still in the main event.


After just two days of the event, the United States and Japan are the only undefeated teams at the Vissla ISA Junior World Championships

All other nations participating with full teams saw at least one of their athletes fall to the repechage.


The Three Sisters Team

In a historic event, Máxima, Candelaria and Valentina Resano are Nicaragua in the youth world championship. They make up half of the team because each one competes in two categories.


Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Spain, Costa Rica, Chile and Mexico started off on the right foot at the youth world championship

Record numbers of juniors forced the first day of the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship to take to the water just hours after the opening ceremony


Five boys to watch out for at the Vissla ISA Junior World Championships

It would not be strange to see one of them (or all of them) on the podium in nine days at Huntington.


Five ladies to watch out for at this ISA Junior World Championships

It would not be strange to see one of them (or all of them) on the podium in 10 days in Huntington.


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.


Colombia confirmed its team for the ISA Junior World Championships

The coffee growers travel to Huntington with four members who will add up to five spots, seeking to improve on Japan 31


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


Little or no progress has been reported on the site where Slater's pool is supposed to be built in Japan

Journalist Jamie Tierney visited the site and found little activity. Early reports had indicated that it would be ready in March 2019.


Venezuela confirmed team for ISA youth world championship

After two years of absence, the vinotinto returns to the biggest youth surfing event on the planet


This is how Spain travels to the youth world cup

After a year without competing in this event, a strong contingent with a majority from the Canary Islands will represent the red team in Huntington


Costa Rica announced its team for the youth world cup

The Ticos are well armed for the largest junior event on the planet


This is how Puerto Rico travels to the ISA Junior World Championship

Puerto Ricans will seek to improve on last year's 24th in Japan


The Japanese lesson: Respect and humility as keys to becoming a power

Column by the vice president of the ISA and president of PASA and ALAS, Karín Sierralta, on the keys and details of the Japanese victory in the last ISA World Championship


Peru confirmed its team for the ISA Junior World Cup

These are the 12 who will travel to Huntington Beach


The different scenarios for qualifying for Lima 2019

Everything you need to know about qualifying for the Pan American Games. How do you get two qualifiers instead of one? How do you determine who these two are? What are the qualification routes for locals?


Historic: Japan wins the ISA World Surfing Games

Sally Fitzgibbons won gold in the women's event. Peru finished fifth, Spain seventh and Argentina eighth. Summer Macedo made it to Lima 2019


Historic: Spain won gold at the Aloha Cup

Costa Rica took bronze. Japan won silver and, by 0,26, had their homecoming spoiled for the second day in a row


This is how Santiago Muñiz won the world final

Minute-by-minute analysis of the Argentine's historic victory in Japan


These are the first to qualify for the Lima 2019 surfing competition

A Peruvian, an Argentine and two Americans are already safely inside Lima 2019


Santiago Muñiz, two-time world champion, qualified for Lima 2019

The Argentine spoiled the Japanese party at home. Lucca Mesinas of Peru won bronze and also secured herself a place in the second largest multi-sport event on the planet


Spain, Peru and Costa Rica remain strong in the World Cup in Japan

In second, seventh and tenth place respectively, Santiago Muñiz from Argentina guaranteed a medal and is one step away from Lima 2019


Argentine Santiago Muñiz guaranteed a medal in Japan and has one foot in Lima 2019

He made it to the grand final and almost sealed his qualification for the Pan American Games, the second largest multi-sport event on the planet.


Vice President of the Brazilian Confederation asked for the removal of Adalvo Argolo

He met with the Minister of Sports, with whom he says he is looking for a way for Argolo to no longer be president after what happened with the absence of his team at the ISA World Cup.


Spain, Peru and Chile share first place in the overall team ranking

The rest of the Hispanic countries saw at least one athlete eliminated after a marathon day of surfing at the ISA World Championships in Japan


Fernando Aguerre was re-elected for the eighth time as president of the ISA

Kendall and Steinfath were also re-elected as vice presidents. The constitutional changes were approved and Arassus and Sakai are now members of the executive committee.


Spain and Peru started undefeated in Japan

The rest of the Hispanic teams saw at least one athlete fall to the repechage


One-man team: Nicaragua

In the midst of one of the worst socio-political crises of recent years, Joel Chavez managed to raise the funds and travel to the world surfing championship in Japan


Venezuela will not be in the ISA World Cup

"For administrative and budgetary reasons," the federation's statement said.


Eleven Latinos to watch out for at the World Surfing Games

Sharpened begins its campaign in this year's World Cup


Brazil canceled its participation in the World Surfing Games at the last minute

The president of the confederation, Adalvo Argolo, blamed the bureaucracy of the Olympic Committee. The surfing community did not hide its anger


Mike Lee, one of the strategists of Olympic surfing, has passed away

He was 61 years old; he suffered a heart attack last Saturday. He worked with the ISA as an advisor to help surfing take the big step


This is how Argentina travels to the ISA World Surfing Games in Japan

A dream team of six that has four world titles


Peru confirmed its team for the ISA World Surfing Games

Two former world champions, two former silver medalists and two young talents


Fernando Aguerre is seeking his eighth re-election in Japan

The International Surfing Association elections will be held on September 16 during the World Surfing Games


Latin American Letters: Analysis of the government money received by the federations

And some more notes on the development of sport in the region


This year's Pan American Surfing Championship will use a different system for team ranking

For the qualification to Lima 2019, only the Open men and Open women categories will be added.


The Olympic and Pan American implications of these World Surfing Games in Japan

Between September 15 and 22, the route for Tokyo 2020 will begin to be drawn up and the first athletes for Lima 2019 will be defined.


Spanish team confirmed for ISA World Championships in Japan

Zubizarreta, Romero, Criere, Sánchez, Canales and Erostarbe will represent the red team in Japan


The qualification criteria for the surfing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

A step-by-step of all the possible scenarios that will lead to surfing's first participation in the games


Mexico divided over process of determining the national team

They ask to change it for allegedly not having respected the order established by the federation


Olympic surfing: Clearer than water

The ISA made an explanatory video about the Tokyo 2020 qualification criteria


Costa Rica announced its selection for the World Surfing Games

Fillingim, Perez, King, Martinez, Wiggins and Woodland were chosen by coach Jim Hogan


Bobby Martinez: “Surfing should not be in the Olympics, it is worse than wave pools”

The Californian reappeared and as usual, it was controversial


ISA plans to change its constitution and move to a seven-member board

There are also elections coming up, and if he runs, Fernando Aguerre would be running for his ninth term as president.


Argentina will host the first South American Adaptive Surfing Championship

The newly formed South American Surfing Confederation launched its first official event


Incorrectly marked interferences will cause a series to be re-surfed.

In cases where official omission changes results, the International Surfing Association has updated and changed its rule book in several points.


Aguerre: Second Latin American in history to be inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame

The Argentine was immortalized with a plaque that will live forever in Huntington Beach, California


"For the ICF, SUP is like a lady who passed up and now can't win over"

Analysis and opinion by Andrés Porras, a specialist in sports legislation, who decodes the issue in a lapidary way for canoeists


ISA-ICF SUP dispute to be settled by arbitration court

The steps of rapprochement have been exhausted and the decision will be made by the competent entity to resolve this type of contingency.


“There is evidence from many years ago that shows links between SUP and canoeing”

The view of the spokesman of the International Canoeing Federation on the war that has broken out with the ISA over the supervision of the discipline


World Champion Brisa Hennessy now represents Costa Rica

“My family and I are very excited. Being able to represent Costa Rica, the country where I was born, is a dream for me,” said Brisa.


The fight for SUP has begun in Portugal

The local and international canoeing federation is organizing a Stand Up World Championship in the country and the surfing federation does not want to allow it


ISA sends ultimatum to end conflict with canoeing federation

He publicly invited her to resolve differences before the Olympic committee after repeated attempts to take over Stand Up Paddle


Venezuelan Federation announced date to select the team that will go to the World Cup in Japan

On June 30 and July 1, the national check will take place on three different beaches in the state of Vargas


Huntington Beach to host 2018 ISA Junior World Championships

Following Olympic schemes, equality between male and female members will also apply in this event.


“It would be desirable for the next team event to be held by the ISA in conjunction with the WSL”

Interview with Fernando Aguerre after the historic recognition he received from Kelly and the WSL at the Founders Cup awards ceremony


ISA events will have equal numbers of women and men in all divisions

Youth, open and SUP tournaments with equal ratio in both divisions


World Surfing Games Champion Nation could take six athletes to Tokyo 2020

The confirmation of IOC classification criteria for Olympic Games surfing brought interesting details


World Surfing Games champion nation could take six athletes to Tokyo 2020

The maximum of two athletes per gender per country has an exception that is very plausible to be fulfilled