(Riptide Magazine) Panama! A land of contrasts... actually, who knows, that's just a cool phrase. We do know that it's a pretty neat place - this editor ventured there in 2011 and was blown away by the waves, lush forests and the goodvibes from the locals - but much cooler and more important people have ventured there in recent times too. Isabela Sousa got some fun waves there … [Read more...]
2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games open in Panama
(Surf.co.nz) The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games officially opened Saturday, May 4, 2013. In attendance were the 24 countries with over 150 athletes and team officials, who traveled to Panama from every corner of the world. Local authorities, officials and thousands of enthusiastic Panamanians were witnesses to the start of the World Championship. The National Delegations … [Read more...]
Panama Surfing Town, Santa Catalina
(International Living) A few white cottages sit by an open-air restaurant with a great thatched roof. A lone swimmer splashes out of the water and onto the rocky shore. The only other noise is the sound of the waves—perfect waves, if the surfers are to be believed. I’m at the Bannaba café in sunny Santa Catalina, on one of Panama’s most remote beaches. The feel of this … [Read more...]
US surf team heads to Panama
(Dana Point Times) The PacSun USA Surf Team will board a flight to Panama in the wee morning hours of April 12 en route to the Dakine/Billabong International Surfing Association World Junior Surfing Championships at Playa Venao, April 14-22. Surfing America, the ISA-recognized national governing body for the sport of surfing in the United States, is sending a travel … [Read more...]
Panama to Host the 2012 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
(Surfline.com) The International Surfing Association is pleased to announce that the 2012 edition of the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, the largest junior surf competition in the world, will be held in Panama from Saturday, April 14 until Sunday, April 22. Nearly 300 of the world's best juniors from 35 countries will meet in Panama for the tenth edition of what has … [Read more...]