Billabong joins the ASP 6 Star SriLankan Airlines Pro at Arugam Bay

Wednesday June 2 2010: Coolangatta Australia, Immediate Release:

The fast approaching SriLankan Airlines Pro at Arugam Bay today announced the inclusion of Billabong as a support sponsor to this exciting new addition to the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Six-Star World Tour.

With just two weeks remaining until the event begins, Billabong’s involvement adds to the events prestige and its overall activation.

Billabong Asia Brand Manager Peter Thew is excited to enter into this partnership in a region that boasts a myriad of incredible surf locations. "We are constantly having new places and new pockets of surfing communities brought to our attention all through the Asia region" said Thew. "It's a huge honour to be teaming up with SriLankan Airlines and ASP Australasia to further help highlight another one of these truly amazing parts of the world."

The event begins on June 18 and the field line-up is super high quality and international with surfers travelling from all key ASP regions throughout the world.

Wild card surfers into the event are to be announced shortly.

The SriLankan Airlines Pro will be live webcast and will include a quality produced and globally distributed television show along with television newsfeeds distributed internationally throughout the event as well as highest quality digital images focusing on the event, the environment, wildlife and of course the abundance of surf from the region.

Attached Photo: Jadson Andre thrived in the hot north Indian Ocean at last year’s SriLankan Airlines Pro where he placed second and this year he’ll be hoping to go one place better at Arugam Bay! Photo: ASP Australasia

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