Nuestra misión
En la NSSA Central America & Puerto Rico, identificamos, desarrollamos y proyectamos a la próxima generación de surfistas. Más que un circuito, somos una plataforma de crecimiento integral que une disciplina, estudio y competencia de alto nivel. Estamos conectando el talento local con la estructura más prestigiosa de los Estados Unidos.
Directores
ERNESTO "ERNIE" ALVAREZ
ENRIQUE "ENSO" HERNANDEZ
ERNESTO "ERNIE" ALVAREZ
Director de la Conferencia Centro America y Puerto Rico
LORENZO COBALLES
ENRIQUE "ENSO" HERNANDEZ
ERNESTO "ERNIE" ALVAREZ
Director Deportivo
Centro America y Puerto Rico
MIKE CASTRO ARIAS
ENRIQUE "ENSO" HERNANDEZ
ENRIQUE "ENSO" HERNANDEZ
Delegado de la Conferencia Costa Rica y Centro America
ENRIQUE "ENSO" HERNANDEZ
ENRIQUE "ENSO" HERNANDEZ
ENRIQUE "ENSO" HERNANDEZ
Director de Medios y Prensa
Costa Rica y Centro America
History of the National Scholastic Surfing Association
America's Surfing Little Leagues
Peter “PT” Townend was fresh off becoming surfing’s first world champion when he judged the event in 1979, the year after Huntington Beach local Bud Llamas earned the first NSSA championship title. Townend and fellow Australian Ian Cairns founded a company called Sports and Media Services to help bring professionalism to the sport. They took on the NSSA as clients, becoming the executive team that ran the events.
“That period in the ’80s had an incredible effect on surfing’s image in California and the US,” he said. “Kids get through the system and they are actually educated. We don’t need any more dumb surfers.”
World champions
The list of surfers who would go on the World Champion Tour is long.
Back in the time, the hot surfers to watch were Tom Curren and Kim Mearig, who would both become world champions.
Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater came up through the NSSA ranks, as did his biggest rival, three-time champion Andy Irons.
There was Hawaii’s Carissa Moore, holder of several world titles and the record number of NSSA national titles — 11. Florida’s Caroline Marks, who now lives in San Clemente, came close with nine NSSA titles.
San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino also holds 9 national titles, a record for the male division.
One athlete Aragon will never forget – a determined Bethany Hamilton, who had her arm bitten off by a shark, but came back to compete.
“She won the explorer division of the national championships,” Aragon said. “Everyone on the beach — I’ll never forget that — everyone was just to their feet when she won.”