22 September, 2019
Sri Lanka will be hosting the World Surf League (WSL) 2019 men’s event at Arugam Bay from September 25 to 29. It will serve as a qualification for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, where surfing will be featured for the first time as an Olympic sport. This event will attract all leading surfers the world over who will be vying to qualify to the Olympic Games. It also opens out the opportunity for local surfers to compete with these international participants who are ranked quite high.
The local surfers will have to face a qualification event to enter the WSL on a wild card. This will open the doors to gauge the standard of the Sri Lankan surfers.