DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MASTERS TEAM place 14th in the ISA WORLD MASTERS SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010...

Dominicans obtained their best ever result in a World Surfing Contest in the first edition of the Masters competition, held January 2007 in the perfect waves of Rincón, Puerto Rico, obtaining an overall 6th in the team positions, with their two Kahunas surfers placing 5th and 6th –Ariel Mendez and Robert Reid respectively.

This year, as they have told us, the team is focused and stronger than last year.

Dominican Republic Masters Team

Masters
Victor Peralta
Miguel Mesa

Grand Masters
Luis Aracena
Aldo Ruiz

Kahunas
Robert Reid
Ariel Méndez

Grand Kahunas
Hans Moller

Master Ladies
Virginia Esteban

Alternates
Antonio Grullón
Miguel García
Román Ramos

Team Manager
Raúl Van Eiken

Team Director
Luis Aracena

According to the Team Director, Luis Aracena, “Last year’s success of our team was a matter of consistency. All of our team members, with the exception of one, made it through at least one round. Some of them placed in the top 10, such as Mendez and Reid who placed 5th and 6th. We’re stoked and optimistic for the upcoming event, we’ve new additions like Victor Peralta for the Masters division; he’s one of the country top surfers, former National Champ for several times. We’re hoping to improve on our last year’s position, knowing that strong countries as Australia will be competing and also Brazil will be with a full team.”