Opening Ceremony

ISA President Fernando Aguerre. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

ISA President Fernando Aguerre. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

ISA President Fernando Aguerre. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

ISA President Fernando Aguerre. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Puerto Rico. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Puerto Rico. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Scotland. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Scotland. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Peru. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Peru. Credit: ISA/ Rommel Gonzales

Team Puerto Rico. Credit:ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team Puerto Rico. Credit:ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Credit:ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Credit:ISA/Rommel Gonzales

ISA President Fernando Aguerre and ISA Vicepresident Karin Sierralta. Credit:ISA/Rommel Gonzales

ISA President Fernando Aguerre and ISA Vicepresident Karin Sierralta. Credit:ISA/Rommel Gonzales

ISA President Fernando Aguerre, Florencia Gomez Gerbi & Daugther. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

ISA President Fernando Aguerre, Florencia Gomez Gerbi & Daugther. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team Mexico With ISA President Fernando Aguerre. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team Mexico With ISA President Fernando Aguerre. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Sands of the Worlds. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Sands of the Worlds. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team Japan. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team Japan. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team Scotland. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Team Scotland. Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

Credit: ISA/Rommel Gonzales

About the International Surfing Association
The International Surfing Association (ISA), founded in 1964, is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing, StandUp Paddle (SUP) Racing and Surfing, Bodysurfing, Wakesurfing, and all other wave riding activities on any type of waves, and on flat water using wave riding equipment. The ISA crowned its first Men’s and Women’s World Champions in 1964. It crowned the first Big Wave World Champion in 1965; World Junior Champion in 1980; World Kneeboard Champions in 1982; World Longboard Surfing and World Bodyboard Champions in 1988; World Tandem Surfing Champions in 2006; World Masters Champions in 2007; and World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Champions in 2012.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Federations of 89 countries in five continents. It’s headquartered in La Jolla, California and is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA's four Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (AUS), Karín Sierralta (PER), Debbie Beacham (USA) and Layne Beachley (AUS).