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South Africa's Jordy Smith
will be in the thick of things at the Founders' Cup of
Surfing, an historic region-versus-region team event
featuring a cross-section of the world's best surfers to
be held at Surf Ranch in Lemoore, California, from 5 to
6 May.
Five teams ¡V United States of America, Brazil,
Australia, Europe and World ¡V made up of men's and
women's surfers from the elite WSL Championship Tour,
will compete over the two-day event at the world-class,
man-made wave venue of Surf Ranch.
The competition will be hosted against a festival
backdrop honouring the culture of surfing ¡V food, music,
beverage, art and special guests will all be on site for
enjoyment.
South Africa's Smith, universally regarded as one of the
most progressive and powerful surfers on the planet,
will captain the five-person World Team.
"Being able to captain the World Team is a real honour,"
Smith said.
"Our respective countries may not have the same numbers
at the elite level as the USA, Brazil and Australia, but
we are able to draw from a huge talent pool. It should
be really exciting.
"This technology has captured the imagination of the
global surfing community and created a number of new
opportunities for the WSL," Sophie Goldschmidt, World
Surf League CEO, said.
"The Founders' Cup of Surfing will be the organisation's
first public event at the facility and we're very
excited to showcase the wave and the world's best
surfers through this unique team format in May."
The Surf Ranch facility, which was revealed online to
the public in December 2015, boasts the best man-made
wave in history ¡V a 700-yard, high-performance,
bi-directional wave featuring barrel and other sections.
¡V Source: www.enca.com |
