Borongan’s Surf in the City to award biggest prize money in PH surfing history

SURF in the City in Borongan, Eastern Samar is set to present the biggest prize money in surfing competition history in the Philippines, amounting to P1.1 million, during its third hosting of the National Surfing Competition from November 26 to December 3, 2022.

“I am grateful to our local government’s leadership for their unwavering and united support for this sports movement. We hope that this will become a template for other sports as well as a great foundation to our vision to professionalize surfing and produce the next Filipino surfing athlete who will bag medals in the Olympics,” said Borongan City Information Office Officer-in-Charge Rupert Ambil during the National Surf Summit in San Fernando City, La Union on Thursday, October 27.

The top prize for both longboard and shortboard category is set at P80,000 for the 1st placer, P50,000 for the 2nd placer, while two 3rd placers will receive P25,000 each.

Also, four 5th placers and eight 9th placers will receive P10,000 and P5,000, respectively.

In the groms division, a surfing category for aged 18 and below, winners will receive P20,000 for the 1st placer, P15,000 for the 2nd placer, and P8,000 for the two 3rd placers.

According to Ambil, the surfing competition “will close the gap between the prize money received in the Men's and Women’s Division by giving the same amount to winners from both categories.”

“We are excited to welcome back our surfers from around the Philippines. We look forward to sharing with them our beautiful and clean surfing playground, along with the usual Boronganon hospitality and top-notch events organization,” added Borongan City Mayor Dayan Agda.

This year’s Surf in the City is jointly organized by the City Government of Borongan, the Provincial Government of Eastern Samar headed by Governor Ben Evardone, and the Office of Congresswoman Maria Fe Abunda of the province’s lone legislative district.

The annual Surf in the City will gather the best surfers from all over the country as they compete for the 3rd leg of national surfing competition sanctioned by the United Philippine Surfing Association (UPSA), the national sports body for surfing in the Philippines. (SunStar Philippines)