NSSA NEWS
2nd NSSA Surf contest of the season
Coming soon! Join us next Saturday December 14, 2024 and participate in our 2nd surf contest of the season. Seeding points for NSSA Regional Championship 2025 are awarded to NSSA members. More information: ernie@nssapuertorico.org
NSSA Puerto Rico Training Center
We are pleased to welcome all our athletes / members to our Training Center & Main office for the NSSA Puerto Rico Conference at the Luis "Canena" Marquez Stadium in Aguadilla. Our athletic program is free of charge to all athletes / participants. Opening on December 1st, 2024. More info: ernie@nssapuertorico.org
2024 NSSA East Coast Championship
Mya Kuzmovich is the 2024 NSSA ECC Open Girls Champion, leading a contingent of great talents from The Island. Super girls like Nancy Adams and Amari Moore taking the honors at the finals; Gwendolyn Adams, Jack Young were also among the finalist in their Open Women and Open Men finals Congratulations!!
Wavemaps: "We are building the future of forecasting"
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Our Mission
The NSSA Puerto Rico Conference is a non-profit organization registered under the IRS 501c3 (IRS) and a Conference of the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA), California USA, a non-profit organization whose mission is to encourage and assist its members in their interests in learning and developing the fundamentals and skills of Sport Surfing, ensuring that all young competitors stay in school and educate themselves so that they can be successful in whatever they choose to do, while competing in surfing events and sessions. professionally structured and high-quality training, providing the opportunity for all young athletes from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Basin to fulfill their dreams of becoming professional surfers. No amateur youth athlete should think about turning pro until it is proven in NSSA National events as a great steppingstone to professionalism and the message is very clear: textbooks first, surfboards second. Established in 2018 by Surfing Coach, Ernesto "Ernie" Álvarez, experienced coach, veteran competitor, environmental activist, and educator, NSSA Puerto Rico promotes the qualities of good coaching, discipline, and competitive excellence while supporting the merits of training. academic providing a fun and safe sports experience for all its athletes.
2024-25 Open Season
Welcome to our Seeding surfing events schedule. We our focused on bringing top notch competitive events using the NSSA competition formats and our evaluation methodology to measure the results in real time and create the necessary data to evaluate our athletes with the best international technology of computerized judging systems and high quality equipment, as well as trained competition officials to ensure the success of our competitive program.
These events are part of the pathway to compete in the prestigious NSSA National Championship which has being the platform for all US surfing champions and many of the top Championship Tour surfers.
Athletic Development Program
The Athletic Development Program of the NSSA Puerto Rico promotes health, good nutrition and physical well-being in harmony with one of the most important natural resources of Puerto Rico, providing education, discipline and sports training as well as reaffirming good values. good conduct and civility. The Program will serve as a deterrent for school dropouts and will raise the self-esteem and quality of life of its participants. Our youth program can not only focus on the motor field, on the merely competitive, but it has to go further, developing all the aspects that will build the personality of our athletes. In each of our weekly training sessions at the Sports Training Centers, in each of our fundamental and main competitions and throughout each of the NSSA Puerto Rico seasons.
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