Tagged with Surfing Hainan

A weekend of sun, sand and surf in China

Growing up on the Great Lakes in Southern Ontario, surfing was always an abstract thing. It was something you did in video games, or watched in movies. It was exotic and a bit magical. This past weekend the family and I had an opportunity to attend China’s longest running surf competition, the 2012 Skullcandy Surfing …Read More

Ryan McLaughlin

// Nov 7, 2012 //

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China Sports

2012 Surfing Hainan Open, celebrating 5th anniversary

Surfing Hainan Open, China’s longest running surf competition, hits the shores of Hainan’s picturesque Riyue Bay this November 4-5. For the first time ever, competition organizers are expecting the lion’s share of the 40 competitors to be Chinese nationals; a big milestone for the sport, which is just starting to come into its adolescence in …Read More

Ryan McLaughlin

// Oct 22, 2012 //

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