We are the recently formed Surfing Federation of Sri Lanka. Our mission and purpose is to create, for the first time in our history, a national body that will oversee and govern the development of the sport of surfing in Sri Lanka for all men and women.
We face a unique situation in that we must unite several cultures, religions and languages into our quest to become a surfing nation. Not an easy task, but one that we feel is worthwhile in order to create a sustainable, active, responsible and competitive future for present and future generations of Sri Lankan surfers.Read more about us »
The story of how the surf club at one of the world’s best surf breaks is striving to overcome a checkered history of conflict and natural disaster. Five years after the tsunami, the WQS arrived in Sri Lanka. Meet the local surfers who put the pros to the test at Arugam Bay Surf Club.
From fighting the waves to riding them
By M Naushad Amit
Sri Lanka has some excellent up-and-coming professionals in the sports field who are making a name for themselves as players, trainers and coaches. Cricket and rugby top the list while many in the track and field sports have also come into the limelight recently. Strangely a bunch of youngsters from Arugam Bay are on the verge of swapping their traditional profession of fishing to take up to surfing, an internationally popular sport hitherto alien to Sri Lanka and confined mainly to occasional glimpses of foreign events on television.
The Arugam Bay surfing break which was recognised by the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the global governing body in surfing has now developed to be a popular destination for international surfers. Many in Arugam Bay who were battered by the ethnic war and the raging tsunami are now gradually picking up the threads of their shattered lives and moving on by taking to surfing along with the unceasing number of international surfers who come here on training or holiday.
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(Photo courtesy of Peter Rob-o)
Indola Sports sponsored the very first WQS Sri Lanka Trials Surfing Event held in Arugam Bay, on the 16th and 17th June 2010. Indola Sports’ Sales Manager, Rebecca Palmer, attended the competition that was organised by the Arugam Bay Surf Club in association with the Surfing Federation of Sri Lanka. It had been a request of ASP Australasia Tour Manager, Dane Jordan, who visited Arugam Bay in April this year, for the local surf club to organise the closely fought Sri Lanka event. Dane was extremely impressed with Arugam Bay’s surfers, and identified their motivation and enthusiasm for the sport as being invaluable to the main Sri Lankan Airlines Pro sponsored ASP WQS 6 Star contest.
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Day 1 highlights from the UK pro surf champion of champion contest. Lots of local wildcard action and an interview with Paddle4relief founder Tim Tanton.
Serendib Dreaming- Episode I from Roger Sharp on Vimeo.
Great films from Sharpy documenting the Pro’s and SL wildcards hitting the point and blowing up!
Asanka : photo ASP/Robertson
SriLankan Airlines Pro
ASP 6-Star Mens event
Arugam Bay Point, Sri Lanka
18 – 24 June 2010
Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc
SriLankan Airlines Pro at Arugam Bay set to begin tomorrow with Sri Lankan wild-cards decided
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Julian Wilson and Babu
Julian Wilson with Sri Lanka’s youngest ASP WQS Event surfer, 16yr old Babu from Arugam Bay.(Photo: AiyaSurfPhotography)
Julian Wilson was on fire during his heat today in Arugam Bay. He posted the events highest single wave score of a 9.5 whilst accumulating a total 2 wave score of 18.10. Julian, from Queensland, Australia blitzed his fellow heat competitors following his return to form after a long lay off with a serious ankle injury. Babu was not phased by it all and just went out and had an absolute ball.
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Sri Lanka’s Top Two Surfers, Milan and Asanka – Wild Cards into the 2010 Sri Lankan Airlines Pro ASP WQS Six Star Men’s Event at Arugam Bay. (Photo: Aiya Surf Photography)
Sri Lanka’s finest surfers were out in force to compete in the WQS Sri Lanka Surf Trials. The event held over two days, 16th and 17th June, saw a tight affair between a number of surfers. The top eight battled it out under ASP Australasia jurisdiction on the 18th June following the opening ceremony held out on Main Point, Arugam Bay.
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Julian Wilson : photo ASP
SriLankan Airlines Pro
ASP 6-Star Mens event
Arugam Bay Point, Sri Lanka
18 – 24 June 2010
Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc
Sri Lankan Airlines Pro Locked and Loaded
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 14 June, 2010 : – - Several of the globe’s finest competitive surfing talents are set to hit the idyllic pointbreak of Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay from June 18 through 24 for this year’s ASP 6-Star Sri Lankan Airlines Pro.
With heaps of ratings points on offer to help the up-and-comer’s seed towards qualification for the 2011 ASP Dream Tour, there should be a wrath of action that you won’t want to miss. Log on and watch the event unfold LIVE this week to see competitors like ASP Dream Tour talent Dan Ross, 27, battle for this year’s title.
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