Born in Lewis, Delaware but I have lived in Puerto Rico my whole life. I like to be called Joey. This is my fifth year of competetive surfing and my third time going to the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. I used to mainly play football. I fell in love with surfing and never went back!

My name is Jack Turgis Young I'm 18 years old, and I'm honored to be representing my home Puerto Rico!  I'm super excited to be able to surf against the best surfers in my age division from around the world!

Hello my name is Miamar Soto Perez. I am 16 years old. I was born in Aguadilla Puerto Rico I live with my parents and 2 sisters. My parents also surf, and I grew up in a surfing environment which led me to compete at my 5 years of age I feel so happy being able to surf with my family. I also practice hobbies like skate, write songs, sing, theater, jiujitsu, capoeira,  gimnastics, golf and play the ukulele. I also have a jewlery business with my sisters. I love bees and apiculture. My plans for the future in surfing are making the cut in the WSL and go to the olympics and become a professional surfer. Also finishing studies in dermatology and become an enterpenour. I would love to travel the world surfing and also teach others about God Jesus and all his wonderful stories.

  Hi my name is Sinai Soto Perez, I am 14 years old. I grew up in Aguadilla Puerto Rico with my parents and my 2 sisters, we have always been a family of surfers. Since I remember, I always loved the ocean. Year by year practicing more and more and doing all the surfing competitions in the island. I join the Puerto Rican team 2 years ago with 12 years old and it is a privileged  and an honor to represent my country at such a young age in the 2022 - 2023 ISA World Junior Championships. Seeing the girls surfing generation grow has been wonderful, and to grow with it more exciting. Besides surfing there are more sports I love to do like skate, juijitsu and gymnastics, these three sports have  been an important key for my performance in surfing.My goals are to win the 2023 ISA junior championship and be a professional WSL surfer, go to the Olympics,have a physician profession and obtain more knowledge and experience throughout the years.                                                  

My name is Mya Kuzmovich and I live in Aguadilla, PR. I have been surfing since I was 2 years old and started competing when I was 9 years old. I aspire to one day quality for the World Championship Tour. One of my other surfing goals is to surf Teahupoo! My training consist of waking up early and surfing everyday before and after school and always challenging myself with bigger, steeper waves. My favorite surfers are Coco Ho and Zoe Benedetto. I also like Jon Jon Florence. My favorite foods are poké bowls and ice cream! 

I am 15 years old, grew up surfing and fishing in San Juan puerto rico,I was originally taught to surf and fish by my father Randall Selsby.

I was born in NYC, my mom is from Japan and my dad is from Puerto Rico. We moved to Puerto Rico when I was 6.  My younger sister Ema (who is also competing in this event) and I spent a lot of time at the beach growing up since my dad loves to surf. I’ve always enjoyed surfing and started to compete seriously two years ago.  So thrilled to cualify for the ISA again Rio De Janeiro was an amazing experience and im so greatful to compete this year in El Salvador. Making it to the national team was one of my goals for this year, so I am excited to compete at ISA this year and to represent my home Puerto Rico. My favorite surfers are Coco Ho and Ethan Ewing. 

I’m 13 years old. I was born in NYC, my mom is Japanese and my dad is Puerto Rican. My family moved to Puerto Rico from New York City when I turned 3, to be closer to the nature and beach.  My sister Olivia and I spent a lot of time at the beach growing up since my dad is a surfer. I’ve always enjoyed surfing.  I participated in the ISA for the first time last year at Rio de Janeiro representing Team Puerto Rico. I’m thrilled to be back in the ISA this year and face a new challenge in El Salvador! 

My name is Elian Gelabert Gonzales im 17 years old and I live in Aguadilla. Since I was very young my father and mother exposed me to nature and out door activities , witch helped spark my love for sports of every kind. I have done a little of plenty of diferent sports but never in a competitive realm. Until about a year ago, when I started competing in surfing. I always took surfing more seriously than the rest of the sports since its the only one I spent genuine time on. When I started competing I wasn't really good because I wasn't used to the pressure and apart from that I would fall a lot more than you'd like. Slowly I started getting the hang of it and that leads me to were I am know.

Hi my name is Amari Moore. I'm 12 years old and I'm from Rincon Puerto Rico. I've been surfing since I could walk and I started competing at 10 years old. I love traveling to new places to surf and see all the different cultures. My goal is to make it to the WSL Championship Tour. 

I'm 15 years old, born and raised in San Juan, but spend a lot of time in the Northwest of Puerto Rico surfing great waves in Isabela and Aguadilla.  My local break is La 8 Beach in San Juan where the ISA Paddleboard World Championships were celebrated in 2022. Aside from surfing, I love prone foil surfing and wing foil racing and surfing. Also love mountain biking.

My family moved to PR from the Mountains of Utah three and half years ago.  I picked up a surfboard for the first time and fell in love with the ocean, the waves, and the people who have helped me in this journey.