Billabong ISA World Surfing Games
International Surfing Assn.
Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica
1 – 8 August 2009
The Jamaica Surfing Association has announced the surfers selected to represent Jamaica at the 2009 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games to be held in Playa Hermosa Costa Rica. The team will consist of
Open men
Icah Wilmot
Inilek Wilmot
Shane Simmonds
Luke Williams
Open Women
Imani Wilmot
Elim Beckford
Jamaica will be short 2 Open Long-boarders severely limiting Jamaica’s potential point haul but the men are surfing well as are the ladies and will be trying to improve Jamaica’s 27th place World Rank. The team, was selected based on their ranking from the National Open Series as well as on performances in the recently concluded 2009 Suzuki Makka Pro, and will be under the management of JSA President Billy Wilmot.
“This year the World Games will be extremely competitive with each country now being able to select professional athletes for their teams whereas originally the World Games was an amateur event.” Said Mr. Wilmot “This fact has elevated the standard of surfing at the event and has increased tremendously the amount of media attention the Games now attract. Jamaica is always a “media darling” at the games and with our surfers performing really well we are going there to make a statement… Jamaica is here!”
The trip to the event has been made possible through the collaborated sponsorship effort of Insight, Ipath, the Sports Development Foundation, COPA Airlines, Magma, Xtrak, Mailpak, Quashi
2009 Suzuki Makka Pro
Jamaican Surfing Assn.
Southhaven St Thomas
4 – 5 July 2009
Barbadians Lewis St John and Chelsea Tuach along with local boy Shane Simmonds shared the championship honors at the 2009 SUZUKI MAKKA PRO surf contest which went off without hitch at the “Makka” surfing beach in Southaven, Yallahs St Thomas on the 4th and 5th of July in 4’-5’ waves.
The event which featured top Caribbean pro surfers attracted 16 pro men, 5 pro women and 12 junior pro surfers along with thousands of patrons to the south coast’s premiere surf contest venue. The event, now in its third year, has taken on the title of “Biggest surfing contest in the English speaking Caribbean and attracted a diverse demographic of spectators from babes in arms to great grandmothers from all sectors of the society.
There was much excitement as Jamaica’s top surfers matched up against the best from Barbados and showed that the Jamaicans are a force to be reckoned with. JSA President Billy Wilmot provided lively commentary throughout the day with help from CSN Director Nic Donawah. There were loud cheers and whistles from the crowd on the beach each time a surfer executed an impressive maneuver and by the end of the day the patrons had become expert surf judges themselves.
MENS DIVISION (US$)
1st Lewis St John BAR $1,200.00
2nd Shane Simmonds JAM $ 700.00
3rd Jordan Heaselgrave BAR $ 500.00
4th Inilek Wilmot JAM $ 300.00
5th Luke Williams JAM $ 250.00
6th Ackeam Philli8ps JAM $ 200.00
7th Icah Wilmot JAM $ 150.00
8th Michael Panton JAM $ 100.00
WOMEN DIVISION (US$)
1st Chelsea Tuach BAR $600.00
2nd Ametza Nichols BAR $300.00
3rd Imani Wilmot JAM $150.00
4th Jessica Williams JAM $100.00
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Shane Simmonds JAM Trip to Trinidad
2nd Jordan Heaselgrave BAR Prizes
3rd Stefan Corbin BAR Prizes
4th Eneson Lightbourn JAM Prizes
