Two Hundred of the worlds best surfers making up the ASP World Qualifying Series will next week experience the Qualifying Series version of the much acclaimed dream tour of surfing as they head to the truly exotic and wave rich location of The Maldives for the Five Star Prime Rated SriLankan Airlines Pro.
With the event set to begin on June 3rd and running through to June 9th many competitors, media and officials are already planning their arrival to Dhonveli Beach to take advantage of possibly the most fun high quality surf breaks in the world.
The Maldives Islands are set in the Tropical North region of the Indian Ocean just to the south west of Sri Lanka. The event is based on the Dhonveli Beach & Spa Resort Island with a perfect peeling lefthand point break known as Pasta Point running off one corner of the island.
Within 20 minutes either side of Pasta Point lies numerous quality reef breaks which include Jails, Sultans, Honky's, Lohufushi, Ninja's, Coke's and Chicken's. All these breaks offer great waves to all the surfers at the event providing ideal preperation surf opportunities in what many regard as the warmest surfing waters in the world!
Throw in the hospitality and food surrounding the event and professional surfing life simply does not get much better than this.
With $US100 000 dollars up for grabs along with essential points as a highly rated prime rated event this years super quality field promises to be the best yet. The list of competitors includes excellent surfers from every surfing nation across the globe.
Two outstanding young surfers who have burst onto this years world scene , South Africa's Jordy Smith and USA surfer Dane Reynolds. These two super talents are the legitimate YOUNG GUNS of World Surfing and they can almost assure their pathway into next years ASP Foster's World Tour with a winning performance in the Maldives. Both will enter the event full of confidence following multiple high scoring performances during the first half of the season
Former World Tour surfer Nathan Hedge (Australia) recently returned to form with a big victory in Scotland and will be looking to continue his run at this event.
Masotoshi Ohno from Japan heads up the strong Japanese contingent emerging through the Qualifying Series.
Numerous Foster's World Tour surfers will also compete including the defending event champion Luke Munro (Aus) and Brazilian Adriano De Souza.
SriLankan Airlines Promotions Manager Mr Saminda Perera commented about the event saying, "SriLankan Airlines are extremely happy to be involved in this super event along with our key partners, ASP and the 'Maldives Tourism & Promotions Board'. The Maldives is a significant destination for SriLankan Airlines, and we welcome the opportunity to bring the world's best surfers from across the globe to the Maldivian atolls for what is the largest international sporting event held in the Maldives."
Contest Director and co ordinator Glenn Best (Tour Manager ASP Australasia) commented on the quality field by saying " This years event is sensational. With the event ideally positioned right in the middle of the contest season many of these surfers can virtually secure their position inside the top ten on the ASP World Qualifying Series Ratings with a finals performance. It's an event that everyone looks forward to and it really is the dream event on the ASP Qualifying Tour. "
It's Monsoon season in the Maldives and every year these Monsoonal winds have delivered excellent waves to this event and expectations are again high for another great event.
This year a huge media contingent will attend to supply news feeds, digital images, daily press and a live webcast which includes video and audio to the massive audience now locked into ASP webcasts.
Join the event in paradise via www.aspworldtour.com
Source: Surfline
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