The world’s best surfers compete for Olympic qualification.
The ISA World Surfing Games are coming to Surf City El Salvador, beginning May 30.
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As the host country of the final Olympic qualifier, El Salvador will make its mark in surf history. Year-round waves make it the perfect destination for the 2021 Surf City ISA World Surfing Games, May 29th to June 6th. Keep up with all the action at .
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Get ready for the Surf City El Salvador ISA World Longboard Championship coming to the long walls of El Sunzal.
The event is a qualifier for Santiago 2023 Pan Am Games.
May 7 - 13
The world’s best longboarders will compete for the Gold Medal in Surf City El Salvador.
2024 ISA World Longboard Championship.
April 19 - 25
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2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games have been confirmed. May 30 - June 7.
President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele said:
“Surf is freedom. The world needs freedom. El Salvador will always be home for anyone who wishes to spread the culture and values of surfing”
Ready to see 51 nations compete for Olympic gold at the 2021 Surf City El Salvador
#ISAworlds
tomorrow?
We’re breaking down what it will take to grab those 12 open spots in Tokyo 2020.
Follow the hopefuls May 29-June 6th to catch the action at
From being a kid who used to watch surfers' cars while they were in the water, to becoming a Pan Am Medalist 🥉 and one of the best surfers in his country, the story of El Salvador's 🇸🇻 Bryan Perez is nothing short of inspirational.
The road to Tokyo has begun for some but came to an end for others. Yesterday we saw the confirmation of almost all competitors who will make up the first class of Olympic surfers this summer.
Hometown hero, Bryan Perez will represent El Salvador in just a few short days at the
@surfcity
#ISAWorlds
. He earned a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games and gave a great performance at the 2019
#ISAWorlds
in Miyazaki, Japan. Now, Perez will give it his all on his home turf.
The 2021
#SurfCity
#ElSalvador
#isaworlds
kicked off with an incredible Opening Ceremony this morning! The signature Sands of the World ceremony took place, serving as a very visual representation of 51 nations coming together to surf their way towards Olympic dreams
El Salvador's 🇸🇻 Bryan Perez put on one of the most inspiring performances of the
@Lima2019Games
, earning the first and only medal for his nation thus far with Bronze 🥉 in Men's Shortboard.
We send a huge thanks 🙏 to our Salvadoran 🇸🇻 hosts for receiving a historic edition of the World Surfing Games. Their hospitality, warm culture, & amazing waves 🌊 provided the perfect venue to qualify Olympians & crown Gold Medalists🥇.
@surfcity
@nayibbukele
@MorenaValdezSV
The Olympic spirit is in all of us.
A display of beautiful, luminous colours swirl together, representing the many flags of the world.
They form the Olympic Rings, a timeless symbol of unity.
#StrongerTogether
#Tokyo2020
#ClosingCeremony
🚨More Olympic Surfers Announced🚨: Yolanda Sequeira and Teresa Bonvalot, both competing for Team Portugal 🇵🇹, have officially secured their spots at Tokyo 2020. Portugal will now be able to represent surfing on the world’s stage this summer.
@surfcity
#ElSalvador
#ISAWorlds
Gracias Presidente
@nayibbukele
por su apoyo del surf, el SUP, y el ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship. ¡Listos para coronar campeones mundiales 🥇 en El Salvador 🇸🇻!
Day 7 started with Olympic hopefuls and ended with qualified Olympians. The men who have officially qualified via this event are:
Leon Glatzer (GER)
@mtudelasurf
(PER)
@luccamesinas
(PER)
@manuelselman
(CHI)
As part of the agreement to continue to bring major surfing events to El Salvador, the
@Vissla
ISA World Junior Surfing Championship is planned to be held in El Sunzal/La Bocana in 2022.
UPDATE: “How do you think surfing can have an impact on El Salvadoran people?”
“It’s going to be a game changer!” —
@nayibbukele
El presidente spoke at length to how Surfing can uplift
#ElSalvador
by the opportunities it can bring to the country
#ABetterWorldThroughSurfing
Declaring the competition officially open, the 2019
#SurfCity
#ElSalvador
ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship kicked off with the Opening Ceremony’s Parade of Nations, Sands of the World and a memorable local historic performance!
#ISAworlds
#ABetterWorldThroughSurfing
As a result, Team Japan fills their women's quota of 2 surfers, resulting in a reallocation of Shino Matsuda's provisionally earned slot from the 2019 World Surfing Games to Peru's
@smulanovich
🇵🇪
@FernandoAguerre
@bobfasulo
As a result,
@leleusuna87
🇦🇷 receives the reallocated slot that previously was held by
@luccamesinas
in the 2019 Pan Am Games. Peru now has a full Olympic team to send to Tokyo 2020.
The race for Japan's final men's slot will take place on Sunday to determine the final Japanese men's spot, therefore
@Shunmurakami03
's 🇯🇵 provisionally earned slot from the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games reallocates to Indonesia's Rio Waida 🇮🇩.
@surfcity
#ElSalvador
#ISAWorlds
Congrats to 🇵🇪’s
@smulanovich
for earning the women’s
#ISAworlds
! Check the website later for full coverage of her win at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games pres. by
@vanssurf
.
#ISAWSG
“As part of the SurfCity initiative, we are honored to host the Games again and continue to show the world what our beautiful country has to offer.”
-
@nayibbukele
Katherine embodied the joy and energy that make surfing so special and dear to us all, as a global ambassador of the sport. She excelled at the int'l competition level, representing her country with pride at both the World Surfing Games and ISA World Jr Surfing Championship.
Women's heats commenced this morning at the
@surfcity
#ISAWorlds
as top surfers compete to represent surfing at the Olympics. Top performers today were Sally Fitzgibbons, Leilani McGonagle, Rachel Presti, & Teresa Bonvalot absolutely killing it with seamless maneuvers.
We send our heartfelt condolences to Katherine’s family, the surfers of El Salvador, and to all those in the international surfing community whose lives she touched.
We will never forget you.
Abundant waves going around today during free surfs 🌊
These surfers have the potential to become Olympians through the
@surfcity
#ISAWorlds
this weekend
Spot check this morning at La Bocana, one of the podium sites for the 2021
@surfcity
El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games.
How’s it lookin’? 🔥
🎥 Yann Martin
Major air today, as everyone gives it all they've got in their last free surfs before the Opening Ceremony tomorrow for the 2021
@surfcity
#isaworlds
.
Don't miss out on this historic event, May 29-June 6 at .
The inaugural Olympic Surfing heat win goes to ISA Gold medalist and WSL World Champion, 🇧🇷's Italo Ferreira ! Will he ride this momentum to the top of the first-ever Olympic Surfing podium?
#StrongerTogether
#Tokyo2020
#Olympics
The only 10-point ride of the event was earned by Italo Ferreira for Team Brazil 🇧🇷, and it helped boost him and his team to becoming
@ISAworlds
champions!