Surfing In Sri Lanka
Surfing in Sri Lanka is one of the popular Sport in Sri Lanka, sports in Sri Lanka among foreign tourists despite not being popular among the Sri Lankan locals. Surfing in Sri Lanka dates back to early 1960s. The country has many beaches for surfing, especially in the southern and eastern regions. Places such as Arugam Bay, Hikkaduwa, Weligama, Mirissa and Unawatuna are popular surf spots in Sri Lanka and among tourists. The Tourism in Sri Lanka is also very closely related to the sport of surfing and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau considers the sport of surfing as one of the measures of attracting tourists. History Surfing was introduced to Sri Lanka somewhere around the 1960s when American surfer Rusty Miller and three of his close friends came to Sri Lanka on a holiday trip to experience surf in Sri Lankan shores. In 1993, Hikkaduwa hosted the first ever Sri Lankan local surfing competition and the tournament was successfully staged by Channa Navaratne along with a ...
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