Ji-na Kim (photo) and Kim Jun-ho, who belong to ‘Wave Park’, a surfing theme park in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, participated as Korean national representatives in the WSL (World Surf league), an international surfing championship held in the Philippines from the 20th to the 26th. did.

WSL, the world’s largest professional surfing league, was launched in 1976 and holds more than 180 international competitions each year to select world champions. The competition, which was held in La Union, a popular surfing destination in the Philippines, was the first preliminary round to determine the representative of the World Longboard Tour to participate in the WSL competition in Asia.

Ji-na Kim and Jun-ho Kim, who competed in the longboard category, scored 350 points (8th place) and 150 points (24th place), respectively. Ji-na Kim said, “Although it is regrettable that it ended in the first round, it is an honor to represent Korea on the world-class surfing stage and compete with foreign professional players and show the riding of Korean players.” 슬롯사이트

Player Kim Jun-ho also said, “I saw and learned a lot while competing against players with outstanding skills, and I will prepare hard at Wave Park to achieve better results in the next competition.”

Surfing has been selected as an official event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics, drawing attention from domestic and foreign athletes. In Korea, the surfing population has soared to 1 million, making it a representative summer leisure sport.

Wave Park generates up to 1,000 waves per hour, once every 8 seconds, and supplies lukewarm water even in winter to solve the environmental inconvenience of sea surfing. Lighting is installed in the premises, so you can surf even at night.