http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/ BlackAthlete.com is a definitive place on the Internet to find coverage of Black athletes, and Black involvement in sports at all levels. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:45:56 PST en-us http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Billabong_Games_Set_For_Costa_Rica_in_09.shtml X Sports The attainment of the Billabong ISA 2009 WSG for Costa Rica has become the pinnacle of organizational management for the FSC, and was years of board of directors work led by President Jose Ureña, who put Costa Rica in the running and attended the meetings in a number of countries to make the final result a reality. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:50:00 PST http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Billabong_Games_Set_For_Costa_Rica_in_09.shtml http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Jamaican_Surfers_Headed_To_Portugal.shtml X Sports Jamaica’s National Open Surf Team is currently in preparation for the upcoming 2008 World Surfing Games to be held in Portugal in October. Jamaica will be seeking to improve on their 25th place showing at the last renewal of the Games held in Huntington Beach California back in 2006 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:52:00 PST http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Jamaican_Surfers_Headed_To_Portugal.shtml http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Wilmot_Phillips_Take_Junior_Championships.shtml X Sports The third and final event of the Jamaica Surfing Association’s 2008 National Junior Surfing Championship series was held at popular east Portland surfing beach “Long Bay” back on August 2nd. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:56:00 PST http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Wilmot_Phillips_Take_Junior_Championships.shtml http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Simmonds_Wins_2008_Makka_Pro_Juniors.shtml X Sports Surfing is steadily growing in popularity in Jamaica and this growth is constantly being highlighted by the efforts of the JSA, legitimizing Jamaica’s place in the surfing world as a prime surf vacation destination. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:56:00 PST http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Simmonds_Wins_2008_Makka_Pro_Juniors.shtml http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Regional_Surfers_Arriving_For_2008_Makka_Pro.shtml X Sports Trinidad’s National Champion Jason Apparicio and runner up Chris Dennis who nabbed the top two spots at Makka last year will not be on hand to defend their titles. Jamaican, Luke Williams who stands in fifth place overall in the series will be looking to capitalize on that fact and make a run for the series title. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:55:00 PST http://www.blackathlete.com/artman2/publish/X_Sports_32/Regional_Surfers_Arriving_For_2008_Makka_Pro.shtml