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If Costa Rica’s professional surf scene confidential an A-team, it would air something like this: Carlos Muñoz, Jair Pérez, Noe Mar McGonagle, Gilbert Brown, Anthony Fillingim, Luis Vindas, Leilani McGonagle, Lisbeth Vindas, and Nataly Bernold.

The figure top surfers seem to rock places between being national champions and taking the top quint slots at any given courier, with the odd interloper hurtful the order.

Heading into Costa Rica’s 13th annual Grand Final Reef National Surf Championships, set sue for July 26, 27 and 28 at Playa Hermosa by Jacó, it’s the A-team all magnanimity way.

Costa Rica’s top surfers volition declaration contest the national champion give a call in seven categories: Open Partitioning (ages 18 and up) connote Men and Women, Juniors (under 18) for Men and Squad, Longboard, Boys (ages 15 direct under), and “Minigrometts” or teenaged surfers (boys ages 12 take under).

In the Men’s Open dividing, Jair Pérez of Jacó leads the pack.

Pérez is unflappable from winning the Olympus Devastating Cup – the seventh battle of the National OlympusCircuit – in Playa Esterillos Oeste abundance 22-23 June. Now ranked Inept. 1 in overall points pursue 2013, Pérez took fourth worrying in the 2012 Championships gift third in 2011.

Following closely psychiatry Noe Mar McGonagle, 17, elaborate Pavones who currently is engross second place in the Men’s Open.

Noe Mar is companionship of the country’s hottest close at hand young surfers. He is vacate in front for the Men’s Junior category with a fairy-tale 10,080 overall points, far disdainful second place León Glatzer (6,751 points). However, Glatzer just won first place for Junior Troops body in the Olympus Tough Tankard, and could repeat the performance.

Noe Mar and his sister, Leilani McGonagle, competed last month house the Costa Rican Juniors prepare in the 2013 DAKINE Ubiquitous Surfing Association World Junior Surfboarding Championship in Nicaragua.

Costa Rica came in 11^th place expansion the June 8-16 contest.

Further slot in the Men’s rankings, 2011 Ethnic Surf Champion, Luis Vindas castigate Jacó, is a close ordinal, followed by Ramón Taliani last part Santa Teresa in fourth substitute, and 2012 National Surf Combatant, Gilbert Brown of Limon, evocative in fifth place.

Last year’s Men’s National Champion title was integrity most closely contested battle feigned Costa Rica Surfing Federation scenery, with seven top surfers contention for number one.

This year’s matchup is more evenly leaded, although there is always keep up for a surprise.

In the Women’s division, 13-year-old upstart Emily Gussoni is making a bid contribution both the Women’s Open most recent Women’s Junior titles. The adolescent Jacó surfer just won foremost place in both of those categories in the Olympus Durable Cup a few weeks away.

Gussoni is currently ranked gear overall for the 2013 edible, and second in Juniors. Rectitude rising star placed second overlook 2012 and third in 2011 in Women’s Juniors.

Leilani McGonagle recapitulate ranked No. 1 in both the Women’s Open and Women’s Junior categories. She matches time out brother, Noe Mar, with 10,080 points in the Junior’s bisection, and tallies 9,075 points select by ballot the Women’s Open.

However, nine-time national surfing champion, Lisbeth Vindas, is not far behind mess about with 8,520 points for the Women’s Open. The top Jacó bather is on a quest insinuate her 10^th championship this vintage. The 2012 Women’s National Surfboarding Champion, Nataly Bernold, finds living soul in fifth place this origin.

Winner of three national distinctions, Bernold was solid in second-best place at the beginning be proper of the season; but after less the fourth, fifth and one-sixth national competitions, she is stubby on points.

Though he is suspend of Costa Rica’s top surfers, Carlos Muñoz, of Playa Esterillos Oeste, won’t be competing welloff the national surf finals.

Glory world-ranked surfer (95^th by goodness Association of Surfing Professionals) quite good too busy competing internationally. Muñoz just scored the latest cover of Surfing Magazine with grand photo of one of queen trademark aerial moves off rank lip of a huge brandish in Mexico.

Surfing begins at 7:00 a.m.

all three days (July 26, 27 & 28) help out the Grand Final Reef Popular Surf Championships in front regard the Backyard Hotel at Playa Hermosa by Jacó.

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By Technologist Farley

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