BUTUAN CITY – Preparations are underway for the 2023 Siargao International Surfing Tournament, dubbed as the most exciting and thrilling sea sporting event of the year, at Cloud 9 in the country’s surfing capital, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, from October 25 to 31. General...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – One-hundred sixty-five surfers from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are competing in the second leg of the 2023 NextGen Pilipinas Surfing National Tour in Calicoan Island here from September 15 to 21. The competition sanctioned by the United Philippine Surfing...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – Ten years after typhoon “Yolanda” or “Haiyan” barreled through Eastern Visayas and made its first landfall here, Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan is relaunching the town as one of the region’s top tourism destinations especially in historical and surfing...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Provincial Government of La Union is preparing for the 17 th La Union Surfing Break from November 3 to 5. The office of La Union Gov. Rafy Ortega-David said LUSB 2023 is expected to be bigger and grander as the towns of San Juan, Bacnotan, and Agoo, and this city...
A bill declaring Baler in Aurora province as the “Birthplace of Philippine Surfing” lapsed into law last Aug. 6, a statement posted in the Official Gazette said. (Photo from the Surf Atlas) Republic Act No. 11957, also known as “An Act Recognizing the Municipality of Baler in the Province of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Borongan City in Eastern Samar is hosting the 2nd National Surfing Summit and Surf City Festival from Nov. 24 to 26. The city has invited surfers and surfing enthusiasts to the landmark event with the theme "Surfing Horizons: Unveiling New Destinations, Igniting Tourism" and goal...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, Feb. 20, lauded Filipino ace surfer Rogelio “JayR” Esquivel, Jr. for bringing “pride and honor” to the country and showing that Filipinos “can compete against the best in the world” when he won in an international surfing competition in January....
The newly-completed P29 million flood mitigation structure in the coastal town of San Juan, La Union has provided protection to the millions of residents including tourists in the area known as the “Surfing Capital of Northern Philippines,” the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)...
BORONGAN CITY – As Surf in the City 2022, the biggest sporting event in Eastern Visayas opens, the Philippine National Surfing Team trained more than 60 aspiring young athletes in the Groms Grassroot Program for young surfers here from Nov. 24 to 25. “Grom” is short for the slang term...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has rolled out its vaccination program in Siargao Island where over 13,000 tourism workers are targeted to be inoculated in a bid to sustain the recovery of the pandemic-hit industry there. A tourism worker in Siargao, dubbed as the surfing capital of the...
The Philippines' surfing capital, Siargao Island, has been included in TIME magazine's "The World's 100 Greatest Places of 2021" list, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced. Cloud 9 Boardwalk (Photo by Tommy Schultz) In the July 20 issue of magazine, writer Duncan Forgan said Siargao earned its...
Siargao, known as the Philippines' surfing capital, has landed in the "ten most charming islands to go on holiday this summer" list of fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue Paris. (Photo from Unsplash) Vogue Paris lifestyle editor Jade Simon described Siargao as a destination that "offers soaring...
