General Luna in Siargao venue of first ever SEA Games surfing tilt

BUTUAN CITY — Asia's surfing capital "Cloud 9" in General Luna town in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province, has been chosen official venue of the first ever surfing competition of the 26th Southeast Asian Games which will be held November 11 to 25 this year with Indonesia as host country. General Luna Mayor Atty. Jaime Rusillon has said he received formal communications from SEA Games organizers and the Department of Tourism central office in Manila informing General Luna officials that the town was chosen official venue of the SEA Games' surfing competition. Eleven Southeast Asian countries take part in SEA Games with some 6,000 athletes competing in 666 events in 56 sports. Rusillon said he was very happy that General Luna, which had hosted several local and international surfing competitions, has been chosen as venue of the SEA Games surfing tilt. Countries that will be competing in the SEA Games are the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia, Brunei, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Vietnam and Singapore. — Ben Serrano/LBG, GMA News