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For immediate release (en Espanol abajo) 25 February 2009 La Jolla, California ISA announces judging panel for 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship The ISA is honoured to announce the selection of the Judging Panel for the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. Please contact the ISA Headquarters if you have any questions regarding the following selection. The ISA Judges are nominated by each National Governing Body and selected by the ISA Technical Committee formed by Alan Atkins from Australia, Marcos Bukão from Brazil and Robin de Kock from South Africa. Meet the panel of judges for the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship 2009 to be held in Salinas, Ecuador from March 28 until April 5. HEAD JUDGE 1 Glen Elliott AUS HEAD JUDGE 2 Cyril Nel ZAF HEAD JUDGE 3 Jordao Bailo Jr BRA ISA JUDGE Charta Bartlett AUS ISA JUDGE Armando Rodrigues Da Silva BRA ISA JUDGE Makani McDonald HAW ISA JUDGE Robby Haugen USA ISA JUDGE Bruno Truch FRA ISA JUDGE Gavin Bisman NZL TEAM JUDGE Bongani Xulu ZAF TEAM JUDGE Margot Tuach BAR TEAM JUDGE Fernando Carlin PER TEAM JUDGE Tiago Matos POR TEAM JUDGE Katsumi Tateyama JAP TEAM JUDGE Alex Valverde CRI APPOINTED JUDGE Cirilo Yagual ECU APPOINTED JUDGE Carla Twelkemeier GER 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, bodyboarding and surfriding. 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 Karin Sierralta (Peru).