Source: Jamaican Surfing Association - www.geocities.com/jasurfas/

$500,000.00 MAKKA PRO SURF CONTEST SET FOR SOUTHAVEN ST THOMAS JULY 4 & 5

The “2009 SUZUKI Makka Pro” surfing contest, Jamaica’s premiere annual pro surfing event, is set to run on July 4th and 5th 2009 at the Makka surfing beach in Southaven, St. Thomas. This marks the third time Jamaica will play host to the region’s best pro surfers who will be trying their luck at the over J$500,000.00 in prize money up for the taking.

The event will be the first of four events making up the Caribbean Surfing Network’s “Caribbean Challenge Cup” series. There will be two events in Barbados and one in Trinidad. “This event will provide the opportunity for local surfers to get a good start in the ‘09 series,” said JSA President Billy Wilmot. “In any series, if you start with a win in the first event, you are number one in the series and can use that to create momentum and our surfers will have home turf advantage. Also, when you are ranked at the top, you get better heats going into the next event and everyone else has to play catch up”.

Last year, Jamaicans did well and finished in the money with second and fifth place in the open division and first and third in the junior’s. The local ladies did not do as well and finished at the bottom of the tables in their division.

Open division defending champ, Barbados’ Jonathan Reece, will be looking to defend his title against the formidable Jamaican charge being led by Wilmot brothers Inilek and Icah. Junior defending champion Jamaica’s Shane Simmonds will have tremendous local support after his crowd pleasing victory performance last year.

This year the event is being made possible through the kind sponsorship of Suzuki, The Sports Development Foundation, Insight, Xtrak, Magma, Ipath, Mailpac and the citizens of Southaven.

2008 MAKKA PRO RESULTS

OPEN MEN 

OPEN WOMEN

JUNIORS

About the International Surfing Association (ISA)
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since. The ISA's four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Mike Gerard (USA) and Karin Sierralta (Peru).

BACK TO HOME