JAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Lampung province will host an international surfing championship organized by world's prominent surfing leagues from April 15 to 20 with hundreds of professional surfers were expected to take part in the event, an official said here on Tuesday.
The 2017 Krui Pro International Surfing Competition would be jointly organized by the World Surf League (WSL), Asian Surfing Championship (ASC) and Indonesia Wave Surfing Association (PSOI), to be held in the province's prominent beaches, which are popular among professional surfers worldwide.
"ASC team has surveyed the location and recognized that Tanjung Setia Beach and Mandiri Beach in the province's regency of Pesisir Barat are suitable for the upcoming international level championship," Tourism Deputy Minister for National Marketing, Esthy Reko Astuti, said.
The team also learned that the two beaches were fit to host surfing competition contended in Asian Games sports event scheduled to be held in Indonesia next year, according to Esthy.
The upcoming pro surfing event would be the first to be held in the province. During the 5-day event, various categories of competition would be contended by men and women surfers, including the WSL's QS 1000 class.
