Stewart @ Soldiers Beach Pro
The 2010 Soldiers Beach Pro presented by Beachin’ Surf and The Beachcomber will be the 2nd event on the 2010 IBA World Men’s Tour and will also be dual sanctioned as an IBA Australian Rebel Sport Pro Tour 5 Star event.
The event will also be coupled with round 1 of the NSW State titles so the week will see some 250 competitors taking to the waters off Soldiers Beach.
Nine times world champion Mike Stewart will headline a star studded field that includes current World Champion Jeff Hubbard (Hawaii), Jared Houston (Sth Africa) French wiz-kid Pierre Louis Costes and Pipe winner Amaury Laverhne (Reunion Island)
In fact the event will showcase several Former World champions who between them have notched up an impressive 16 World Titles.
- Mike Stewart 9
- Jeff Hubbard 2
- Ben Player 2
- Damian King 2
- Andrew Lester 1 (ISA World Amateur Champion)
The event will be surrounded by a series of promotions and the first one will be on Monday 12th at 5pm at the Village green in Toukley. All the bodyboarding idols from the event will be there and Marty Simpson (Australian Idol) will be playing live followed by a movie night under the stars. The 2010 IBA World Tour will head to South America after Australia with events in Chile, Brazil & Peru. It will stop in 10 different countries over 16 events before concluding in December in Gran Caneria with the Confital Pro.
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The International Bodyboarding Association World Tour is the sports official tour and each year crowns the World Bodyboarding Champion. The NSW State titles will take place from Monday 12th April till Wednesday 14th April and will feature around 150 riders from Byron Bay to Eden. The IBA World Tour Men’s event will begin Thursday 15th April and conclude Sunday 18th April with a presentation at the Beachcomber Hotel.
The Soldiers Beach Pro event is carrying 1000 ratings points and a cool USD$20,000 prize purse as well as 5 Star points on the IBAA Rebel Sport Pro Tour.
The Soldiers Beach Pro is presented by Beachin’ Surf & The Beachcomber. Supported by Rebel Sport, RAW Bodyboards, www.ibodyboard.com Chiko suncream and Dunes
More info can be found at www.ibaworldtour.com or by calling event director Terry Mckenna on 0401023661
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