TAITUNG, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 2 November 2018 - The2018 Taiwan Open of Surfing kicks off at Jinzun, Taitung on November 26th andruns through December 9th. The competition this year will be grander thanprevious years. Jinzun was selected as the venue for the World LongboardSurfing Championship by the World Surfing League (WSL) for the first time in 2017. TheWorld Junior Championships will also be held this year, upgrading Jinzun fromjust one stop along the world tour. Hosting dual World Championships for surfingsets a new record for Taiwan. Since the establishment of the league, this will bethe first time that dual championships are held at a single venue. Taitung rises to anew peak in the eighth consecutive year of the Taiwan Open of Surfing.

Surfing enthusiasts from all over the world will gather in Taitung

Since the launch of the Taitung Open of Surfing in2011, Jinzun, Taitung has risen from one stop along the WSL tour, to become thelocation to host the World Junior and World Longboard Championships. Taitung's position in the world ofinternational surfing will no longer be the same. The highly anticipated dual championships will bring the world's top surfers to Taiwan. The WSLJunior Championships will feature some of the premier surfing stars such asJoel Parkinson, Gabriel Medina, Jordy Smith, Sally Fitzgibbons and LauraEnever. This event invites bothforeign and domestic competitors toJinzun, Taitung to battle it out on the waves. Domestic surfers will be able tocompete in several events including men and women's longboard, men'sshortboard, domestic team long and shortboard.

Jinzun features anunparalleled coastal terrain and low latitudinal position; the waves of Taiwan'seast coast are unique in size and shape. With first-class waves, the TaiwanOpen of Surfing is held each November, attracting surfers worldwide to come andface the challenge. The must see dual championships are this year's top surfingevent. It is under much anticipation that surfers from around the world can show off their surfing prowess. So cometo Jinzun and be sure not to miss the most unforgettable surfing event yet. Forcompetitors, forms can be downloaded off Facebookwith registration opening in November.

Event details and the latest news can be found on the official websiteand FB Fan Page

OfficialWebsite: www.taiwanopenofsurfing.org/

FACEBOOK：https://www.facebook.com/taiwanopenofsurfing/