Playa Venao, Panama – Team Brazil has today claimed the ISA Aloha Cup ahead of Australia in glassy two-to-three feet (one metre) waves at Playa Venao in Panama. The tag-team style specialty event features five surfers per team who compete for one hour, with all surfers riding a minimum of two waves each. Brazil's winning team included Diego … [Read more...]
ISA World Games Heating Up In Panama
(Transworld Surf) On another day of fun, playful waves at Playa Venao, it was the tale of two destinies for the competitors of the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games. Victory for 18 surfers in the Main Event for each division at Podium 1, and goodbyes for 48 surfers eliminated in the Open Men Repechage at Podium 2. With elimination rounds underway, the Team Standings have … [Read more...]
Small Countries, Big Wins at Day Two of the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games
(Surfline) Surfing continued today at the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games, with excellent one-to-two metre conditions on offer at the main event site of Playa Venao in host country, Panama. Twenty-seven nations are represented in the annual week-long tournament, with close to 200 competitors vying for gold, silver, bronze and copper medals, along with the prestigious … [Read more...]
South Africans arrive in Panama for ISA World Games
(Global Surf News) The SA Surfing Team to compete in the 2011 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games presented by Panama has arrived in their lodgings at Playa Venao on the Pacific Ocean coast of Panama, five hours drive west of the capital Panama City. The team comprising four male and two female shortboard riders plus two longboard riders and three officials were pleased to … [Read more...]
ISA World Surfing Games from Panama Countdown
(Transworld Surf) In two weeks, 200 of the world’s best surfers from over 28 countries will descend upon Panama’s beautiful Playa Venao to compete in the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games presented by Panama. From June 25 until July 2, four Open Men, two Open Women and two longboarders from each country will vie for one of Surfing’s biggest honors, to earn a medal for … [Read more...]