Panamanian surfing is making history in Santa Catalina

Panamanian Jean Carlos González marked 10 in his score and together with his compatriot Isauro Elizondo qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile, one step to Olympic Games Paris 2024writing the history of Panama in this sport in Pan American Surfing Games, that dispute over the waves Santa Catalina, province of Veraguas

Outgoing President Panama Surfing Association (APS), Roger Castillerohe pointed out that these results show that the investment in the technical development of athletes and the continuity of the work plan presented by APS guarantee that this sport is going in the right direction.

González and Elizondo overwhelmingly won their respective races on Saturday. The first of them, he got the first 10 (perfect wave score) in history for a Panamanian in the Pan American Championship, beating Peru’s top surfer Luca Messina by 17.53 and accidentally getting his ticket for Chile 2023.

Elizondo, for his part, dominated the waves of Santa Catalina with his technique, given four weeks, he took first place in his run with a time of 15.53, beating Brazil’s Marcos Correa by a wide margin, advancing to the semi-finals and earning a place in Pan American Games in Chile 2023which will be held in November, one step away from the Olympic Games.

Along with the classification Elizondo and Gonzalez There are already four Panamanian female surfers who have achieved classification at Pan American Games from Chile at the Pan American Surfing Games in Santa Catalina. The other two are Stevie Bodden and Edonays Caballero, in the Technical Surf Sup Race mode.

Castillero said he was very pleased with the work he developed at the helm APSsince with these classifications he is one step away from fulfilling the Panamanian surfing dream of competing in the Olympics, showing that the work plan APS It’s worth it.

Isauro Elizondo won 4th place in the Pan American Surf final!

Panamanian Isauro Elizondo @izzy_elizondo_ won 4th place in the short table final of the men’s category in Pan American Surf Games Santa Catalina 2023.

Elizondo got a score of 13.13 in the final, which the whole audience could enjoy Province of Veraguas. First place and medals went to Brazil, second place Canada and third place Argentina.