By MOOK Travel Life Network, Chen Guanxin, compiled and reported
The “2013 Taiwan Sandboarding Season Exile Taiwan Skimboards Sandboarding Exchange Competition,” jointly organized by Pingtung County and Exile Skimboards Taiwan, will take place on March 23 and 24 at Kenting Bay. The event will feature Sam Stinnett, the men’s world sandboarding champion from the United States, and Keiao Bucasas, the women’s world champion, who will lead athletes from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and other countries, as well as top Taiwanese sandboarders, in an exchange that showcases rarely seen sandboarding skills.
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The upcoming Taiwan Sandboarding Season event this weekend will feature world champion sandboarders—both male and female—demonstrating dazzling techniques. (Photo provided by Pingtung County-)
The Pingtung County Tourism and Communications Department noted that Kenting boasts unique natural advantages, especially with its wide and flat sandy beach at Kenting Bay, making it highly suitable for shallow-water sandboarding. Since Pingtung County first collaborated with the Hengchun Peninsula Tourism Industry Alliance and Exile Skimboards Taiwan to hold the sandboarding season in 2011, it has attracted many sandboarding enthusiasts from Southeast Asia to experience the sport in Taiwan. Therefore, the county government hopes to enhance Pingtung’s international tourism profile by continuously hosting high-level international competitions and inviting world-class sandboarders to participate.
This exchange competition has attracted over 80 domestic and international sandboarding enthusiasts. On March 23, the sandboarding exchange competition will be held, divided into men’s, women’s, and masters categories. The men’s category alone has 71 participants, making it the most competitive, including two elementary school students aged 10 and 11 who will take on older competitors. On March 24, international athletes will provide demonstrations and lessons. Everyone is welcome to come and watch the top athletes showcase their skills and style.
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