Today, Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:00pm Eastern Time (5:00pm Pacific Time), again at 11:00pm Eastern Time (8:00pm Pacific Time) in the Meet & Brotatoes programming block, and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships.
More than 250 of the world’s best under 18 surfers take to the water in Salinas, Ecuador for the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. In a unique look at this contest, Fuel TV follow three young surfers – Nat Young from the USA, Tanika Hoffman from South Africa, and Johnathan Chila from Ecuador – as they battle the world to bring home the Gold for their respective countries. In what is considered “The Olympics” of junior surfing, not only do the surfers strive for individual triumph, but more importantly for the prestigious team gold medal.
Don’t miss it, today at 5:00pm and again at 8:00 pm Pacific Time on FUEL TV.
About FUEL TV
FUEL TV is the action sports lifestyle network for skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle-motocross, and wakeboarding. A unit of Fox Cable Networks, FUEL TV was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in 30-million U.S. homes. To subscribe to FUEL TV, call 877-4-FUEL-TV. For program times and other information, visit www.fuel.tv.
About the International Surfing Association (ISA)
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980.
ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since. The ISA’s four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Mike Gerard (USA) and KarÃn Sierralta (Peru).