INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Gathering more than 320 surfers from 37 countries, this ISA World Championship will feature the best junior surfers in the world and will determine the rising stars in the sport of Surfing.

Here are the 10 things you need to know about the 2015 VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship:

1. The ISA World Championship
The 2015 VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship is the biggest junior surfing competition in the world for under-18 surfers, with the 2015 edition shaping up to be the largest ISA World Junior Surfing Championship to date.

2. Record Participation
With 37 competing countries and more than 320 athletes, this year’s competition will feature the most surfers in an ISA World Junior Surfing Championship and the most countries represented in any ISA World Championship to date.

3. The Support
This year’s competition marks the second year in a row that VISSLA will sponsor the event.

VISSLA is a clothing brand that represents creative freedom, a forward-thinking philosophy, and a generation of creators and innovators. VISSLA embraces the modern do-it-yourself attitude within surf culture, performance surfing, and craftsmanship. This is a surf-everything and ride-anything mentality.

The City of Oceanside also has contributed by opening the doors of their beautiful town to the ISA, the visiting athletes and team officials.

Surfing America, the ISA Member Nation in the USA, has partnered in the hosting this historic ISA World Championship.

4. The Competition
The best junior surfers from every continent will gather to compete for their National Teams in an “Olympic-style” event. The surfers compete for medals and the honor of representing their respective countries.

The VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship is a team competition with individual Boys and Girls divisions. Each National Team includes 4 under-18 Boys, 2 under-18 Girls, 4 under-16 Boys, and 2 under-16 Girls, for a total of 12 athletes.