GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – The local government of Guiuan was pleased with the number of participants in this year’s surfing competition held at the Calicoan Island.
At the opening ceremony, Association of barangay chairmen federation president Paul Gonzalez expressed satisfaction and thanks to those who went to Calicoan to participate in the competition especially those who are from outside the region.
Around 200 surfers from all over the country and some foreigners were in Calicoan for the 7th Odyssey National Surfing Competition.
Some of the competitors came from Pagudpud, La Union, Baler, Manila, Siargao, Tanauan(Leyte) Borongan and Guiuan.
Gonzalez said that the participation showed by surfers show their full support to the promotion of Calicoan as one of the top surfing sites in the country having been dubbed as the surfing capital of the Visayas.
He added that Calicoan waves used to frighten people in their municipality only to find out that those waves will make Guiuan known to the country and will put it in one of the sought after surfing sites not just locally but also by foreign surfers.
Moreover, Keina Kwan, surf club secretary, revealed that aside from local surfers, foreign surfers had expressed their intention to participate in the competition, but they were not granted as the competition is a national in scope and not an international competition.
Among the categories in the surfing competition are the men’s open long board; men’s open short board; junior short board; wahini long board; wahini short board and the pawikan category which is a special category in the event
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