- The Magical Town of Sayulita will
host these domestic games for talented young Mexican surfers from August 8-12.
The
Riviera Nayarit is ready to welcome young surfing talents to the 2018 Nayarit
National Children and Teen’s Surfing Championship that will take place from
August 8-12 in the Magical Town of Sayulita, also known as the Surfing Capital
of this tourism destination.
According
to the Mexican Federation of Surfing, these games are a national pre-selection
shortboard event for the 2018 Junior World Championship within the male and
female divisions in the Sub 18, Sub 16, Sub 14, and Sub 12 categories.
The
opening takes place on Wednesday, August 8th with an homage to the members of
the National Team that won 4th place in the 2017 Biarritz World Surfing Games.
The competition heats begin on Thursday the 9th and will continue through
Saturday the 11th, at which time there will also be a ceremony and a special
prize awarded to Team Mexico and world champion Jhony Corzo. The awards
ceremony and the closing will be on Sunday the 12th once the 4th competition
heat is completed.
Of
note is the fact they are expecting at least 150 competitors from Mexico City,
Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Baja California Sur, Baja California, Oaxaca,
Guerrero, and Sinaloa.
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| Participating in the tournament is the Nayarit Youth Surf Team, made up of talented youngsters mainly from Sayulita, San Pancho, and San Blas. |
The
competition will be held right at the break point in the middle of the beach in
Sayulita across from the Cocos Locos club, where spectators will be able to
watch the heats—they expect crowds of about 300 people per day including
locals, national, and foreign tourists.
The
Riviera Nayarit CVB would like to congratulate the organizers and are happy to
offer everything needed for a successful tournament, which will heavily promote
the destination within this very relevant segment of sports tourism.
Youth Surf Team
Participating
in the tournament is the Nayarit Youth Surf Team, made up of talented
youngsters mainly from Sayulita, San Pancho, and San Blas. They have been under
intensive training with Sayulita Surf Co.’s Geovani Pérez, who works not only
on their physique but also with their psyche and nutrition. The Nayarit team is
very ready to ride the waves and face the best surfers in Mexico.
The facts:
Surfing
is a new Olympic sport and will be on display during the celebration of 50
Years of Olympic Games in Mexico.
For
more details on the event visit: https://www.facebook.com/NAYARITSURF/
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The
Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Bahía de Banderas Hotel
and Motel Association (AHMBB) lend their support to events like this one, which
encourages the love of sports in younger generations and supports them in their
training and growth as top-notch athletes, all with the support of the
Government of the State of Nayarit via its Tourism Promotional Trust
(Fiprotur).
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