Surfing in Costa Rica
Costa Rica's Surfer Jason Torres Takes Home Silver Medal
By Explore Costa Rica.com staff
Nov 17, 2009, 05:29

Costa Rica's Surfer Jason Torres Takes Home Silver Medal

Costa Rica's surfer Jason Torres makes history. Four years ago, Torres went to the Pan-American Surfing Games in Lima, Peru, earned the country's one and only gold medal as a Junior.

The surfer from Costa Rica's central Pacific Jaco beach, surfed his way to second place in the Open division at the 9th Pan-American Surfing Games. Last week, in Playa Olivenca de Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, a surfing competition gathered all the nations of North, Central and South America.

Torres earned a silver medal for himself and boosting the Costa Rica National Surf Team and that took home their own silver medal. The surf team made their fourth consecutive visit to the podium since 2003, when they took the bronze in Ecuador.

Costa Rica's silver was all the more significant since they were unable to bring a full contingent of competitors to Brazil due to financial constraints. Several athletes pulled double duty in various divisions, such as Carlos Muñoz in Open and Junior, Nataly Bernold in Women's and Junior, Isaac Vega in Open and Bodyboard Male, Anthony Fillingim in Junior and Bodyboard Male, and Lisbeth Vindas in Women's and Bodyboard Female.

“Hopefully, this win will enable all to see that the institution of surfing is doing well in Costa Rica, so that people can support it and see that it gives a lot of merit to the country,” said José Ureña, president of the Costa Rica Surf Federation.

“We arrived incomplete because the price of the airline tickets was so expensive, so I want to thank the surfers we had and (I'm) pleased that they made Costa Rica the second-best surfing nation on the American continent.”

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