So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 Explained

Event:	So Sri Lanka Pro 2019
Location:	Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka
Dates:	25 September - 29 September
Competitors:	124
Nations:	24
Win Value:	USD 2000
Gold:	Mitch Parkinson
Silver:	Oney Anwar
Previous:	2011
Next:	TBD

The So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 was a surfing competition which was held as a part of the World Surfing League Qualifying Series 3000.^{[1] [2]} This was the second edition of the Sri Lanka Pro League and it was also the first such event to be conducted since 2011 after 8 years.^[3] It was held from 25 September to 29 September in Arugam Bay coinciding the World Tourism Day on 27 September.^{[4] [5]} The event featured 124 competitors from 24 nations including the retired former world champion Mark Occhilupo.^[6] The event was titled as So Sri Lanka which is also used as a slogan to promote tourism industry in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau from 2018. Sri Lankan Airlines is the official airline partner for the series.

So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 was hosted as a means of developing and promoting the tourism sector in Sri Lanka which was notably affected following the 2019 Easter attacks. The ground arrangements were prepared by Lanka Sportreizen and the event was officially launched on 4 September 2019.^[7] It was organized by Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Surfing Federation in affiliation with World Surf League. Australia's Julian Wilson is the defending champion who won the tournament in 2011.

Australia's Mitch Parkinson won the tournament defeating Oney Anwar of Indonesia by scoring a whopping 19.17 with a lead of six points against his opponent in the final.^{[8] [9]} The final was also the first matchup between these two in a WSL event and also marked Parkinson's first WSL career title victory.

Competition

The competition featured 124 competitors from 24 nations. The tournament consists of five rounds followed by knockout stages.^[10] Round 1 consisting of eight heat events began and concluded on 25 September 2019, the first day of the five day competition. The round consisting of 16 heat events 2 began and concluded on 26 September 2019. Round 3 consisting of 16 heat events of the competition began on 27 September 2019 and concluded on 28 September. Round 4 and Round 5 each comprising 8 heat events began on 28 September and concluded on the same day. Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final were all held on the final day of the event on 29 September 2019.

Seeding Round

Round 1

Heat 1 1 Pedro Coelho 11.84 2 Sachin Tharaka 6.63 3 Ajeesh Mohamed 5.87

Heat 2 1 Parasurman Kavinthiran 11.34 2 Yashika Shehan 7.97 3 Kavishka Deshan 6.07

Heat 3 1 Kian Martin 12.10 2 Mohd Daud 8.00 3 Lesitha Prabath 7.80

Heat 4 1 Suranga Pradeep 9.73 2 Anra Milan 8.44 3 Imalka Madushanka 6.00

Heat 5 1 Clinton Gravett 15.24 2 Nyoman Satria 12.06 3 Vignesh Kumar 5.37

Heat 6 1 Waduke Sanjey 8.50 2 Sanjay Selvmani 6.27 3 Subodha Hansaka 5.06

Heat 7 1 Mitch Parkinson 13.67 2 Muhammad Didaqt Musaddiq 6.27 3 Manikandan Desappan 5.06

Heat 8 1 Tipi Jabrik 8.50 2 Anushantha Andradasa 6.27 3 Pradeep Kumara 5.06

Round 2

Heat 1 1 Noah Beschen Q 12.67 2 Kaiki Yamanaka Q 10.64 3 Maxime Dos Anjos E 9.90 4 Pedro Coelho E 8.40

Heat 2 1 Rinta Oooto Q 13.33 2 Darcy Crump Q 10.30 3 Sachin Tharaka E 6.03

Heat 3 1 Lucas Wrice Q 13.94 2 Gaspard Larsonneur Q 11.40 3 Duke Nagtzaam E 8.16 4 Perceval Fayon E 7.34

Heat 4 1 Cooper Davies Q 13.76 2 Maddy Job Q 12.86 3 Chanu Anjan E 5.07 4 Parasurman Kavinthiran E 3.84

Heat 5 1 Francisco Bellorin Q 13.94 2 Kairi Noro Q 12.13 3 Kian Martin E 10.43 4 Daniel Farr E 10.30

Heat 6 1 Dylan Moffat Q 11.27 2 Dean Vandewalle Q 8.66 3 Shane Sykes E 8.40 4 Mohd Daud E 3.30

Heat 7 1 Kai Tandler Q 13.93 2 Arnau Riera Q 8.56 3 Caina Souza E 8.23 4 Suranga Pradeep E 4.27

Heat 8 1 Tomas King Q 13.00 2 Oney Anwar Q 9.40 3 Varun Tandjung E 7.50 4 Anra Milan E 6.70

Heat 9 1 Sam Coffey Q 13.57 2 Santiago Muniz Q 12.90 3 Momoto Tsuzuki E 8.83 4 Clinton Gravett E 6.60

Heat 10 1 Bronson Meydi Q 12.67 2 Nyoman Satria Q 10.30 3 Anthony Fillingim E 10.00 4 Remy Juboori E 6.73

Heat 11 1 Mathis Crozon Q 12.87 2 Connor Lyons Q 11.33 3 David Noy E 8.14 4 Asanga Sunjeewa E 5.64 Heat 12 1 Thomas Cervi Q 14.33 2 Tomas Lopez Moreno Q 12.10 3 Zachary Keenan E 10.30 4 Sanjay Selvmani E 4.67

Heat 13 1 Mickey McDonagh Q 11.60 2 Mitch Parkinson Q 9.10 3 Hinata Aizawa E 8.36

Heat 14 1 Kurtis Vaughan Q 11.87 2 Callum Robson Q 11.83 3 Tully Wylie E 9.70 4 Muhannad Didaqt Musaddiq E 7.30

Heat 15 1 Ryan Slattery Q 11.54 2 Tipi Jabrik Q 10.33 3 Eduardo Mottz E 9.97 4 Pablo Montero E 6.43

Heat 16 1 Gabriel Villaran Q 12.20 2 Luis Perloiro Q 12.10 3 Anushantha Andradasa E 7.10 4 Blem Ben Zvi E 5.34

results

Round 3

Heat 1 1 Noah Beschen Q 11.50 2 Paul Distinguin Q 10.90 3 Darcy Crump E 10.23 4 Praneeth Sandararuwan E 3.70

Heat 2 1 Ryland Rubens Q 12.17 2 Te Butler Q 11.80 3 Rinto Oooto E 9.86 4 Kaiki Yamanaka E 9.44

Heat 3 1 Maddy Job Q 11.90 2 TeLucas Wrice Q 10.80 3 Koby Oberholzer E 9.14 4 Kejiro Nishi E 7.03

Heat 4 1 Cooper Davies 14.40 2 Gaspard Larsonneur 10.34 3 Kei Kobayashi 9.71

Heat 5 1 Rafael Teixeira Q 12.74 2 Francisco Bellorin Q 11.47 3 Sandon Whittaker E 8.30 4 Dean Vandewalle E 7.13

Heat 6 1 Dylan Moffat Q 10.03 2 Joh Azuchi Q 9.97 3 Gearoid McDaid E 9.90 4 Kairi Noro E 6.00

Heat 7 1 Kai Tandler Q 14.80 2 Oney Anwar Q 14.57 3 Wesley Santos E 12.70 4 Jose Gundesen E 12.37

Heat 8 1 Jordy Maree Q 13.04 2 Tomas King Q 9.63 3 Lakshitha Madushan E 6.00 4 Arnau Riera E 5.10

Heat 9 1 Sam Coffey Q 13.66 2 Leandro Usuna Q 11.80 3 Nyoman Satria E 8.10 4 Amra Pranith E 5.77

Heat 10 1 Bronson Meydi Q 12.77 2 Santiago Muniz Q 11.60 3 Arashi Kato E 7.83 4 Enzo Cavallini E 7.27

Heat 11 1 Victor Bernando Q 14.77 2 Mathis Crozob Q 11.74 3 Tomas Moreno E 10.87 4 Harley Ross E 8.23

Heat 12 1 Rio Waida Q 11.66 2 Thomas Cervi Q 10.00 3 Connor Lyons E 8.37 4 Pedro Neves E 8.33

Heat 13 1 Jake Elkington Q 13.80 2 Callum Robson Q 13.04 3 Mikey McDonagh E 11.83 4 Daiki Tanaka E 11.43

Heat 14 1 Luke Dillon Q 11.67 2 Mitch Parkinson Q 11.23 3 Kurtis Vaughan E 7.63 4 Kenta Ishikawa E 6.70

Heat 15 1 Manuel Selman Q 12.63 2 Leo Etienne Q 10.63 3 Luis Perloiro E 9.10 4 Ryan Slattery E 9.06

Heat 16 1 Gabriel Villaran Q 12.47 2 Skip McCullough Q 12.17 3 Mark Occhilupo E 8.74 4 Tipi Jabrik E 6.30

Round 4

Heat 1 1 Gaspard Larsonneur Q 9.73 2 Ryland Rubens Q 8.50 3 Lucas Wrice E 6.96 4 Noah Beschen E 6.30

Heat 2 1 Te Butler Q 14.50 2 Paul Distinguin Q 13.43 3 Maddy Job E 11.63 4 Cooper Davies E 9.97

Heat 3 1 Rafael Teixeira Q 11.44 2 Oney Anwar Q 10.70 3 Dylan Moffat E 10.53 4 Tomas King E 8.04

Heat 4 1 Francisco Bellorin 12.50 2 Joh Azuchi 10.70 3 Kai Tandler 10.50 4 Jordy Maree E 9.83

Heat 5 1 Thomas Cervi Q 13.67 2 Sam Coffey Q 12.20 3 Mathis Crozon E 11.43 4 Bronson Meydi E 10.60

Heat 6 1 Victor Bernardo Q 14.56 2 Rio Waida Q 14.33 3 Leandro Usuna E 14.03 4 Santiago Muniz E 11.36

Heat 7 1 Leo Etienne Q 11.46 2 Luke Dillon Q 10.50 3 Jake Elkington E 9.73 4 Skip McCullough E 6.96

Heat 8 1 Mitch Parkinson Q 18.43 2 Callum Robson Q 14.57 3 Gabriel Villaran E 13.36 4 Manuel Selman E 13.20

Round 5

Heat 1 1 Te Butler Q 15.67 2 Oney Anwar Q 14.87 3 Joh Azuchi E 11.60 4 Gaspard Larsonneur E 11.00

Heat 2 1 Paul Distinguin Q 13.50 2 Rafael Teixeira Q 13.10 3 Francisco Bellorin E 11.70 4 Ryland Rubens E 10.67

Heat 3 1 Victor Bernardo Q 16.00 2 Callum Robson Q 12.03 3 Luke Dillon E 8.33 4 Thomas Cervi E 6.93

Heat 4 1 Mitch Parkinson Q 15.40 2 Leo Etienne Q 13.27 3 Rio Waida E 12.00 4 Sam Coffey E 7.47

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 1 Te Kehukehu Butler 13.10 2 Rafael Teixeira 12.86

Heat 2 1 Oney Anwar 13.80 2 Paul Distinguin 11.37

Heat 3 1 Victor Bernardo 16.43 2 Leo Etienne 8.67

Heat 4 1 Mitch Parkinson 14.43 2 Callum Robson 12.87

Semifinals

Heat 1 1 Oney Anwar 15.57 2 Te Kehukehu Butler 14.90

Heat 2 1 Mitch Parkinson 16.30 2 Victor Bernardo 15.00

Final

Heat 1 1 Mitch Parkinson 19.17 2 Oney Anwar 13.17

External links

• World Surf League
• So Sri Lanka Pro 2019

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldsurfleague.com/asset/26667/2019evt120.pdf So Sri Lanka Pro
2. Web site: WSL set to Sri Lanka in September 2019. World Surf League. 23 September 2019.
3. Web site: So Sri Lanka kick starts on a triumphant note. bizenglish.adaderana.lk. 2019-09-29.
4. Web site: Arugam Bay World Surf League shows Sri Lanka, a safe destination. Economy Next. 23 September 2019.
5. Web site: So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 is set to run from 25 Sep to 29 Sep. Colombo Page. 23 September 2019.
6. Web site: 1999 world champion Mark Occhilupo to compete at So Sri Lanka Pro Surfing. Sunday Times. 23 September 2019.
7. Web site: Sri Lanka to make waves at world surfing. Sunday Observer. 23 September 2019.
8. Web site: Results for Mitch Parkinson at 2019 So Sri Lanka Pro. World Surf League. en. 2019-09-29.
9. Web site: Mitch Parkinson Raises The Bar at A-Bay. World Surf League. en. 2019-09-29.
10. Web site: Results - 2019 So Sri Lanka Pro. World Surf League. en. 2019-09-25.