Billabong International has announced that after discussions with the Association Of Surfing Professionals (ASP) and surfer representatives from the World Professional Surfers (WPS) it was decided the Billabong Pro Mundaka would no longer be a fixture of the ASP Men’s World Tour in 2010.
After 10-years at the location it was felt that Mundaka’s dependency on
large swells and short tide windows to allow competition made it
difficult for the event to be completed within the normal event waiting
period.
While Mundaka on its day remains one of the worlds premier breaks,
ten years of competition provided very few days of excellent conditions
at Mundaka with many of the heats being held in the back-up locations.
Billabong, the ASP and the surfers would like to take this
opportunity to sincerely thank the people, the authorities of Mundaka,
Bakio, Sopelana and the local region for their loyalty and support.
While there will be no Billabong world tour event scheduled for Europe
in 2010, the company is exploring a number of potential opportunities
for elite world tour competition in the region for 2011
Where do you think the replacement event should be? Add your comment below.
Comments
Portugal in October
Ireland in November
Morocco in December
RSS feed for comments to this post.