World Tour

World Tour

The World Tour is the men's international bodyboarding tour, which started at 1994 and has undergone a few changes in names and regulations since.

Every year the bodyboarder who top-scores in the ranking, by winning points competing in the World Tour events around the world, is given the world title. This title is recognized by all bodyboarders and undisputed by any other organization in the world.

The tour is governed by the International Bodyboarding Association that can be reached at http://www.ibatour.com, which is also the governing body of world bodyboarding.

The current World Tour champion is Australian Ben Player. The most successful competitor on this tour has been Brazilian Guilherme Tâmega. The rider with the most word titles however is Mike Stewart All are still competing against each other in the tour world tour.

The main goal of the World Tour is to promote bodyboarding around the world by running international quality events that encourage technical riding. The majority of the venues on tour are in the most technical waves in the world. Some of these are the most challenging waves in the world; breaks like the Shark Island Challenge at Shark Island (Australia). The Teahupoo Challenge at Teahupoo (Tahiti), and finishing the tour is the Honalua Maui event and Pipeline Oahu. The tour also has other great events around the world. The Sintra Pro (Portugal) for example is getting increased attention by both media and bodyboarders.

External links

* [http://www.662mob.com/ Bodyboarding] USA coverage of the World Bodyboarding Tour
* [http://www.bodyboarder.com/ Bodyboarding Community] Worldwide coverage of the World Bodyboarding Tour


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