On a very special and untimely sad notice, I would like to share a message regarding one of our very own amazing and talented Latina American water women and very talented upcoming surfer who was chosen and training to represent her home country of El Salvador for the Olympic Surf Team.

It is with a heavy heart that the ISA has learned about the passing of El Salvador’s Katherine Diaz. Katherine embodied the joy and energy that make surfing so special and dear to us all, as a global ambassador of the sport. She excelled at the international competition level, representing her country with pride at both the ISA World Surfing Games and ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. We send our heartfelt condolences to Katherine’s family, the surfers of El Salvador, and to all those in the international surfing community whose lives she touched.

We will never forget you ~ +++

Con gran pesar, la ISA se enteró del fallecimiento de Katherine Díaz de El Salvador. Katherine representó la alegría y la energía que hacen que el surf sea tan especial y querido para todos nosotros. Fue una embajadora mundial de este deporte. También se destacó a nivel competitivo internacional, representando a su país con orgullo tanto en el ISA World Surfing Games como en el ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. Enviamos nuestras más sinceras condolencias a la familia de Katherine, a los surfistas de El Salvador, y a todos aquellos en la comunidad internacional de surf cuyas vidas ella tocó.

Nunca te olvidaremos ~