ISA World Junior Games

After many hours of competing, traveling and surfing, Keshia is back from Panama :)

It was a great even for team and individual performances.
Keshia finished 25th in the World rankings and 3rd in the European rankings. As a team, they finished Top 8 overall and the girls claimed 3rd spot in the World so, a fantastic result with Keshia still having 2 more years yet to claim that much wanted title :)

No word yet as to where the next World Junior Games will be but, as they finished Top 8, they get a trip to China for the very new but very exciting China Cup Challenge which will take place in January 2012.

More next to come when we have them :)

Thanks for all the support during the event. now its back to Europe for the rest of the summer to compete in the Nationals and European events !

ISA World Juniors in Peru, 2011

The Isa World Juniors in Peru, have come to an end, and what an event it was.

Keshia was present in this prestigious event for the first time and did not know what to expect as she has not done any international contest before and only one European Pro Junior before.

She did not go with any big expectations and was just stoked to be part of the few chosen ones.

There were 24 countries representing with 12 members per Country so a huge turnout and lots of hungry surfers wanting to perform.

Keshias first heat was great, despite having been in hospital before, having an injection for a ripped muscle on her hand and having acupuncture and one of the most painful injections ever.

She made it through to next round and was looking strong.

The way the event works is that, you have two chances, if you loose in 3rd or 4th in the main event, you go to the repercharge and can still get through that way, as long as you get 1st or 2nd that is. Otherwise you get relegated to the cheering squad....

Well, Keshia was determined she was not going to be part of that squad and that the rest of the surfers where going to cheer for her.

After many surfing days, many happy moments, good and bad waves, Keshia made it all the way to the repercharge 5th round.

It means that:

She finished top 20 in the girls under 18's ( with still 3 years to go in the same category )
She scored the highest wave combination of the girls, 14.33 of a possible 20
She was 4th out of all the European Girls representing !

Keshia was still thinking she was dreaming......! Its a great way to start the international contests and to gain confidence and to know that she can go far. Specially after the winner of the girls was Canelle Boulard from France.

Keshia left the event on the 29th of May, arrived home on the 30th at 20:30.
She had time to unpack, pack, have a home cooked dinner and.... time to get on the road again at 1am.

This time she is off to France for the Girls Pro Junior and WQS event that will take place in Seignosse.

You can check all progress on Swatch Girls Pro

For now we leave you with some photos of the event and a link to the ISA site ISA World Juniors

Keshia on her way to Peru for the World Juniors :)

Today, Keshia left to Peru for the World Juniors :)

The event will start on May 21st until May 29th. Teams for all over the world will compete for one of the most prestigious titles in their Junior careers.

Keshia at just 15, will be competing for the Girls Under 18's title. Its her first year in this event and it will be a great experience for her.

Will keep you updated on heats, results, photos etc.

In the mean time, you can check out both links below, one from Surftotal and one for the official ISA site..

Fingers crossed and wishing her the best of luck :)

Surftotal

ISA WORLD JUNIOR GAMES