France wins the team title at the World Longboard Championship in El Sunzal; Peru's Piccolo Clemente takes men's gold
Summary
The Surf City El Salvador ISA World Longboard Championship 2026 ended on Thursday, October 22, at El Sunzal beach in La Libertad. France won the team gold medal and the United States took silver. In the men's division, 44-year-old Peruvian Piccolo Clemente won the final ahead of American Tony Silvagni, earning his second ISA world title. Alice Lemoigne won the women's division. The outlets we checked disagree on which country finished third in the team ranking, so we left it out.
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