Surf Competitions in Bali 2023:
Top events you shouldn’t miss!
The high season in Bali is about to start - finally! The rainy season is over, the weather and surfing conditions are getting better and better and with that, the surf competitions are coming back to the island of the gods.
We can’t wait to welcome the world’s best surfers, spending the day at the beach watching them catching their waves and doing amazing manoeuvres or even taking part on our own. What about you?! To make sure you don't miss an event during your holiday, we have put together an overview of the most exciting surf competitions in Bali 2023:
Indonesian Surfing League
April 30th - September 27th
The Indonesian Surfing League (LSI) is the first Surfing league in Indonesia and even Asia managed by the Asian Surf Cooperative (ASC). It brings together Indonesia’s top surf clubs in a yearly competition series with the aim of growing the sport of surfing in Indonesia by formate strong Surf Clubs capable of hosting events and training their own athletes.
A total of 19 surf clubs are participating in the LSI. The participants are male and female surfers who can compete in one of the six different divisions: Open Men, Open Women, Masters above 35 years old, U16 Boys, U16 Girls and U10 (Push-in division with assistance).
The LSI competition series consists of 5 rounds and the Grand Final and starts on April 30th
LSI #1: April 30th
LSI #2: May 28th
LSI #3: July 30th
LSI #4: August 20th
LSI #5: September 03rd
GRAND FINAL: September 25th-27th
(Date might be changed and surf breaks to be announced)
World Surf League
Multiple competitions
In the sport of surfing, you can’t get around the WSL. The World Surf League (WSL), established in 1976, is a global organization, that brings together the world’s best surfers across all disciplines to compete against each other. More than 180 global contests take part at the world’s best surf spots in order to crown the World Champions.
The WSL has chosen legends like Tom Caroll, Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Tom Curren, Rell Sunn, Duke Kahanamoku or Gerry Lopez. Surfers who have had a significant impact on the sport and its popularity. Did you by the way know that all our luxurious rooms in our beachfront surf hotel in Uluwatu are named after these 7 legends?
In 2023 Bali will be the venue of two WSL surf events:
Padrol Longboard Classic
June 3rd - 4th
As part of the WSL Men’s and Women’s Longboard Tour 2023, the Padrol Longboard Classics will be held in Bali at the famous beach break of Halfway between Kuta Beach and Legian Beach. Due to how the sand builds up in this section of the beach long, mostly right handed waves provide the perfect conditions for a longboard competition.
Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang
August 1st - 31th
Definitely one of the surf competition highlights of the year and the best way to see world-champion surfers in action is the Rip Curl Cup in Uluwatu. 8 of the best Indonesian surfers will be invited to compete against 8 of the world’s most talented surfers at the famous Padang Padang reef.
It is definitely a surf event you shouldn’t miss if you are around Bali during that time. The exact dates will be announced nearer the time when the tides can be more accurately forecasted and of course, we’ll keep you updated.
Besides these big surf events, there are also plenty of small local surf competitions almost every week all around the island. Additionally, Bali will also host some other sports events on the island's beaches that are worth watching.
ANOC World Beach Games
August 5th - 12th
From August 5th to 12th 2023 hundreds of athletes will come to the island of Gods to participate in the ANOC World Beach Games 2023. After the inaugural edition in Qatar, 2019 was a big success the second edition will take part in August 2023 in Bali. The athletes will compete in sports such as Aquathlon, Handball, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Waterpolo, Beach Wrestling, Karate, Freiwasserschwimmen, Basketball, AirBadminton, Surfing, Beach Sprint Rowing and WingFoil Racing.
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