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The foundation for this development was laid in July of this year as the ISA organized
Surf Level 1 Instructor and ISA/ILS Water Safety Courses in collaboration with the
Egyptian Surfing Association and Surf Camp Egypt. The development program
delivered by ISA Course Presenter Hans Van Den Broek (NED) trained and certified
the first Egyptian surf coaches at the ISA’s international standard. The ESA hopes to
upon this foundation to continue to grow the surfing community in Egypt, establish
additional Surf and SUP clubs, and certify more coaches and instructors.
The global growth of surfing is a key ISA objective and the organization is focussed
on the ongoing expansion of surfing across Africa. The continent has amazing and
expansive coastlines for surfing and great potential for surfing development and tourism.
With surfing’s growing popularity amongst the youth, the ISA believes the sport can
make a meaningful contribution to local economies and help fuel social development.
Many parts of Africa have a rich surfing tradition – for example, South Africa has been
a surfing stronghold for many years and, in addition to the many National Championships
held on a yearly basis, South Africa was the first African nation to host the ISA
World Championships with the edition in East London in 1978. The ISA since returned
to Durban in 2002 and 2003 for the ISA World Surfing Games and the ISA World Junior
Surfing Championship respectively.
In recent years, National Championships have also been held in Liberia, Ghana, Senegal,
The Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Sao Tome and Principe amongst other countries.
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