Surfing Republica - National Surf Pre-Selection begins training with its sights set on Paris 2024
The athlete training and selection process will be done by region and will seek to choose the best candidates for the upcoming commitments of the national team.
This weekend the first training session for the Paris, France 2024 Olympic process will begin and will be led by the official national team coach Diego Naranjo.
This training process is structured to visit four regions of the country, on two occasions, where training will be done with selected surfers from each place and from there they will be observed and assigned correction tasks, if necessary, in order to analyze their growth and start outlining a possible team with the best athletes on a second visit. 
However, those who are selected must meet the CT, Challenger Series, QS and ALAS competition requirements, as their ranking level will determine their final priority for national representation dates.
The first training session will take place from October 7th to 9th at Jacó Beach, and the roster will include athletes from the Central and South Pacific regions. Additionally, there are athletes from the Caribbean on the roster; they are currently in the Pacific area due to the strong waves, as the peak surf season in the Caribbean begins around December and January, coinciding with their visit to the region for training. 
The list of surfers for this first meeting is as follows:
Open Category
Oscar Urbina
Maikol Torres
Darshan Antequera
Jason Torres
Justine Sanchez
Tosh Talboth
Axel Castro
Sam Reidy
Ariel Gutiérrez
Aron Alvarez
Anthony Segura
Women's Category
Rachell Agüero
Erika Berra
Eva Woodland
Nataly Bernold
Kristel Stanley
Merary Jiménez
Junior Category
David Monge
Ethan Hollander
Eduardo Rugama
Brandon Gutierrez
Amets Garai
Cerezo Lion
Tomás Casafont
Matiw González
Axel Obando
Eli Sol Hernández
Alessandro Carrillo
It is important to note that athletes Brisa Hennessy, Leilani McGonagle, and Carlos Muñoz will not be participating in this first training session due to their schedules. However, Naranjo has requested that once the selection of athletes is narrowed down after the training sessions, he would like to work with them to assess their physical condition and have a benchmark of their current form.
The next training process sessions will be held on the following dates:
November 4-6, 2022 Nosara Beach.
December 2-4, 2022 Santa Teresa Beach.
Late December 2022 or during January 2023 - Caribbean Region.