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3. ISA Events

4. Contact Updates

5. Environmental News

6. On the Olympic Front

7. Regional Surf Association News

8. International News

Please do not forget to send your 2003 ISA Annual Membership Fees by June 30^th, 2003. All NGBs that do not pay their dues by June 30th will have to pay the 50% late fee penalty.

The ISA is pleased to announce that the Fiji Surfing Association (FSA) has been accepted as a non-competing, non-voting applying member of the ISA. The FSA’s provisional membership status will be voted on at the 2004 ISA Biennial General Meeting.

The ISA and its members welcome the Fiji Surfing Association to its surfing family and looks forward to working with the Fijian surfing community for a better surfing future.

ARRIVALS / DEPARTURES:
Please send team travel itineraries to Surfing South Africa and ISA as soon as possible. Free ground transportation is included in the WJSC Accommodation Fees for teams arriving on August 16^th and 17^th only and departing on August 24^th and 25^th only. Teams that travel outside these dates must pay US$25 per person, each way.

The ISA’s decision to provide a singular focus for world junior surfing has resulted in the junior division being withdrawn from the biennial World Surfing Games and amalgamated with what was the Quiksilver World Grommet Titles, into this single new event. The ISA World Junior Surfing Championships will be held annually, with the 2003 event featuring U18 and U16 Boys World Championship Divisions as well as an U19 Girls World Championship division. The Junior Team World Championship title will also be decided in a separate team contest during the event.

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Surfers stage waterborne vigil off Brighton Beach in UK

Surfers from around the UK on Saturday, June 7^th joined clean water campaigners Surfers Against Sewage, for a waterborne vigil off Brighton Beach. The vigil is part of an ongoing campaign by SAS to see water users such as surfers recognized under European legislation designed to protect bathers from illness after going in the water. The legislation (the Bathing Water Directive) came into force in the mid-seventies when bathing was the main form of water based recreation. However, in the 80’s and 90’s watersports underwent a surge in popularity, which continues today and with the wetsuit making year round water use possible, the directive is now seriously out of date. SAS believe that the legislation should be amended to ensure protection for all water users, throughout the year.

Vicky Garner, SAS; "The Bathing Water Directive was put into place to protect the health of people using our beaches – to protect them from the hazards of sewage pollution. Back in the 70’s those people were mainly bathers, now there’s an array of watersporting activities. The directive must be updated to reflect this change – if it continues to be selective in its protection of the public, this piece of legislation will continue to be discriminatory". "Surfing continues to grow as a sport, it’s a multi billion pound industry. You can’t attempt to update this directive without taking into account surfers and all the other water sports enthusiasts that are increasing in numbers year on year." Surfers Against Sewage chose the resort of Brighton for the event since it hosts a growing surfing population but is also home to one of the largest raw sewage outfalls in the UK.

For further information, call Vicky or Richard 0845 4583001 or 07811 963 562.

On behalf of the ISA, Maile H. Aguerre, ISA Vice-President attended SportAccord on May 12^th through 16^th in Madrid, Spain.

In the aim of reducing the number of meetings and to cut back on travel time and expenses, the GAISF Council, (Games Association of International Sports Federations), ASOIF, (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations), AIOWF, (Association of International Olympic Winter Federations) ARISF, (Association of Recognized International Sports Federations), and IWGA, (International World Games Association) came together to create a new concept – SportAccord – the International Sports Convention. This brings all of the Individuals and Organizations together on one occasion and in one venue.

SportAccord was a very busy week with all of the meetings of the different Associations/Federations along with 5 days of conferences and a trade show.

During the meetings, IOC announced that they have reconsidered their original decision to not include any new sports until the year 2012, and that they will reevaluate the whole Olympic Programme after each Olympic Games.

That means that after the next Olympic Games in Athens 2004, the IOC will reevaluate the Programme for Beijing in 2008. They will make the announcement in 2005 as to which sports will be included.

This is very good news for the ISA.

Even more so now as the ISA is awaiting news from the city of New York. There is a company in New York that wants to build a water park, on Randals Island, including a perfect wave pool. This company has the technology to produce waves from a 2-foot mushy wave to a 6-foot stand up barrel, going right or left.

If they get the permit to build it, it would be ready in time for the IOC to see it when they make their evaluation on the city of New York, which is one of the bidding cities for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The IOC made it very clear that they do NOT want to see the Federations spending money on lobbing. They want to see the Federations spending their funds on developing the sport.

During the conferences on sporting architecture, "Designing and Building An Event-Related Legacy", one of the speakers mentioned to the moderator that he had a lot of requests for extreme sports facilities. When I heard him say that, I started to pray that he would say something about surfing.

The moderator, Mr. Rick Burton, questioned him as to which sport in particular was he getting requests for, and he replied that he is receiving the highest number of requests for surf pools, (not flow riders, surf pools).

Mr. Burton mentioned that I was there representing the ISA and the sport of surf and he wished us all the best. (I had met Mr. Burton the previous day and we spoke for some time about surfing.)

When the conference was over, several people came up to me and talked to me about the comments on surfing.

I was very happy to have surf mentioned, as finally it is being put forth to the IOC from an outside source.

The ISA will continue in its efforts to take surfing to the most prestigious games in the world, the Olympic Games.

Etnies presents the OP Latin Pro for 2003 in Costa Rica. Competing categories are Surf Open, Under 18, Ladies Surf and Bodyboard. There will be more than 100 competitors from all over Latin America seeking the points to be crowned Latin American Champion 2003.

Results:

BODYBOARD OPEN

1 – Boudergua Said – MOR
2 – Hugo Pinheiro – POR

3 – Benslimane Adnane – MOR

4 – David Perez – SPN

BODYBOARD LADIES

1 – Eunate Aguirre – SPN

2 – Marina Taylor – SPNH

3 – Joana Schenker – GER

4 – Teresa Duarte – POR

Next ETB event: Portugal – Foz do Arelho (Caldas da Rainha) August 8 – 10.

The CBS has taken historical steps in including anti-doping testing in its National Circuit. The first tests were administered this past month, and they are happy to announce that both tests, selected at random, came back negative.

The ISA wishes to commend CBS for their efforts in this all-important area of sports and hope that other countries will follow suit.

Jul. 4 – 6, 5^th Phase of the Brazilian Circuit of Surfing, Rio de Janeiro

Jul. 10 – 12, 6^th Phase of the Brazilian Circuit of Surfing, Maresias, SP

Jul. 13, ISA World Junior Championships Team Selection, Maresias, SP

July 19 – Grom Fest Series (under 15) Contest #1, Lighthouse Point, Kingston

July 26 – Grom Fest Series (under 15) Contest #2, Boston Surfing Beach, Portland

August 16 - Fourth Open: Makka Surfing Beach, St. Thomas

Calendar submitted by Billy Wilmot, JSA

The Kalos Kagathos Foundation Surf Team dedicated its 2003 Spring School Recess to the Foundation’s 2003 New Zealand – USA Junior Surfing Cultural Exchange. Socially, culturally and athletically, the student-athletes, Attending Laguna Beach High School in California, returned with a far greater sense of values and sophistication than when they departed. The Foundation conceives and designs its Student Exchanges to imprint upon young people, qualities of life and living (unobtainable from Classroom studies, school textbooks or commercial tours) through interaction with their peers in the host-nation abroad. The teams participated in national competitions, water safety awareness courses and instruction programs over the period. Families in New Zealand hosted each team member. The Foundation Team had a positive experience in their 10-day exchange in Raglan, New Zealand.

Report submitted by Bruce S. Hopping, Chairman of Kalos Kagathos Foundation

SURFING NEW ZEALAND (SNZ) – 2003 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Jun. 21 – 22, Gisborne Kneeboard Competition, Northland

Jul. 12 – 13, Rip Curl GromSearch Series, Taranaki

Jul. 11 – 14, Australian Gromfest 2003, Byron Bay, Australia

Jul. 11 – 14, Northland Bodyboard Challenge, Northland

Aug. 16 – 17, Mt. Maunganui Cold-Water Classic, Mt. Maunganui

Aug. 16 – 17, SNZ Executive mid-year meeting, Wellington

Calendar submitted by Steve Ria, SNZ

The 'Billabong Energizer Pico Alto Invitational was carried out on Saturday, June 14^th at Pico Alto, Punta Hermosa, Peru. There were 30 surfers -experts in large waves. José Gómez, resident of Punta Hermosa came in first place. He has surfed since he was very small and knows very well the waves of Punta Hermosa. At present, he has the possibility to be National Champion in the most difficult category, Open.

The Results:

1. José "Jarita" Gómez, 2. Fernando "Wawa" Parraud, 3. Luis Miguel "Magoo" de la Rosa, 4. Renzo Zazzali.

The 3 best finalists gained prizes in cash, donated by Billabong and Energizer Batteries.

2001 event winner David Weare and defending women’s event champion Heather Clark claimed their second Rip Curl Pro & Rip Curl Girl’s Challenge event victories in clean offshore 3-5 ft surf at Cave Rock reef break on the Bluff in Durban. The standard of surfing rocketed over the course of the event culminating in explosive finals that saw the tournament’s highest scores.

Weare was a deserving winner of R10 000 in prize money and a wildcard entry into the 2004 Rip Curl Bell’s Beach Trials for the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) event held at Bell’s Beach in Australia.

For the most part, world number three Clark controlled the finals of the 1A rated Rip Curl Girl’s Challenge but she had some stiff opposition from gutsy surfer Tasha Mentasti who was hot on her heels taking second place only 2.5-points behind the more experienced competitor.

The inaugural Quiksilver Good Wave event was surfed in near perfect two meter conditions at Surf City Durban's New Pier, with dark horse Llewellyn Whittaker winning the R50 000 first place prize purse.

Whittaker overcame Simon Nicholson, Greg Emslie and Paul Canning respectively in probably one of the most spectacular displays of surfing seen in years along Durban's Golden Mile of beaches.

Conceptually the event was a huge success, having carefully selected the best possible day in the twelve-month waiting period allocated to the event. "This event simply was about creating the best possible stage for 48 of the country's best surfers, placing our own marketing agenda's second," said Barry Wolins, Quiksilver Director.

The lack of the normal event towers and the 'good vibes' shared by spectators, competitors and officials have broken the proverbial mould of surfing events.

O'Neill, the United States company, has signed an agreement with Surfing South Africa (SSA), which will see them sponsor the annual South African Junior Surfing Championships for at least the next three years.

O’Neill has been developing surfing wetsuits since 1952 and is currently the second biggest original surfwear brand in the world.

According to Clinton Welfare, National Sales and Marketing Manager for the Cape Town based South African operation, O'Neill's involvement in the SA Junior Championships is seen as a great opportunity for the brand to be part of South African surfing's future:

"We are very excited about getting involved with the country's best junior surfers. The Under 18's are the future of South African surfing and it is essential that this talent pool is nurtured and encouraged. We believe that surfing in this event will allow the juniors to fine tune their skills as they advance through the surfing ranks."

He added that "the O'Neill SA Junior Championships was a crucial stepping stone for the young surfers of South Africa, many of whom will use this event to go onto bigger and better things and ensure that South Africa will continue to be well represented on the World surfing stage."

SSA is proud to be associated with the surfwear brand, which this year will sponsor the O'Neill US Open of Surfing, one of the richest events on the ASP World Tour. SSA is also pleased to announce that, thanks to the new sponsor's support, this year's Junior Championships will include a number of additional and exciting innovations.

The 2003 O'Neill SA Junior Championships will take place at Victoria Bay near George on the Southern Cape coast from September 29 to October 4. Over 175 boys and girls will represent seven provincial teams in the under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 age groups. A South African Junior Academy Team, made up of surfers drawn from the SA Development Academy, will also compete in the event. The Junior Championships gained its "independence" from the National Championships in 1996 and since then has become one of the biggest and most representative tournaments on the annual SSA calendar.

Media Release by Robin de Kock, SSA

Jul. 26 – Aug. 3, Oxbow World Longboard Championships, Maldives

Calendar submitted by Robin de Kock, SSA

Kay Holt (South Africa) won the Fat Face Women’s Night Surf, with an incredible display of surfing in the final. Scoring a perfect 10pts from one of the judges in the process, for a tube ride in the dying moments of the heat. Australian Lauren Ringer finished second, third went to Sarah Bentley of St Agnes and fourth Jo Ulczak of Newquay.

Lee Ryan continued his fantastic form by winning the Fat Face Longboard event in an extremely close final. Second place went to Chris Thompson, third to Ben Skinner (last years champion) and fourth went to Australian Fistral Lifeguard Cameron Gray.

Winning the Expression Session and showing he will be a force to reckon with in the future was English and New Zealand Junior Champion Oli Adams.

The Headworx BPSA UK Tour now moves onto Jersey, St Ouens Beach, September 19^th – 21^st.

Oceanfest ’03 is produced by Beach Festival Promotions in conjunction with the city of Oceanside to provide family-oriented entertainment, in a setting that features some of the most beautiful beaches, surf and facilities in Southern California. The festival at the Oceanside Pier will sponsor the four-day exhibit for spectators to view and purchase the work of Southern California artist, Wade Koniakowsky and other local artists who translate their love of surfing onto canvas. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Oceanside Art Museum.

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