The So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 was a surfing competition which was held as a part of the World Surfing League Qualifying Series 3000.So Sri Lanka Pro World Surf League 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. It was held from 25 September to 29 September in Arugam Bay coinciding the World Tourism Day on 27 September. The event featured 124 competitors from 24 nations including the retired former world champion Mark Occhilupo. 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. SriLankan 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. 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. 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. 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 1Pedro Coelho11.84 2Sachin Tharaka6.63 3Ajeesh Mohamed5.87 Heat 2 1Parasurman Kavinthiran11.34 2Yashika Shehan7.97 3Kavishka Deshan6.07 Heat 3 1Kian Martin12.10 2Mohd Daud8.00 3Lesitha Prabath7.80 Heat 4 1Suranga Pradeep9.73 2Anra Milan8.44 3Imalka Madushanka6.00
Heat 5 1Clinton Gravett15.24 2Nyoman Satria12.06 3Vignesh Kumar5.37 Heat 6 1Waduke Sanjey8.50 2Sanjay Selvmani6.27 3Subodha Hansaka5.06 Heat 7 1Mitch Parkinson13.67 2Muhammad Didaqt Musaddiq6.27 3Manikandan Desappan5.06 Heat 8 1Tipi Jabrik8.50 2Anushantha Andradasa6.27 3Pradeep Kumara5.06
Round 2 Heat 1 1Noah Beschen Q 12.67 2Kaiki Yamanaka Q 10.64 3Maxime Dos Anjos E9.904Pedro Coelho E8.40 Heat 2 1Rinta Oooto Q 13.33 2Darcy Crump Q 10.30 3Sachin Tharaka E6.03 Heat 3 1Lucas Wrice Q 13.94 2Gaspard Larsonneur Q 11.40 3Duke Nagtzaam E8.164Perceval Fayon E7.34 Heat 4 1Cooper Davies Q 13.76 2Maddy Job Q 12.86 3Chanu Anjan E5.074Parasurman Kavinthiran E3.84
Heat 5 1Francisco Bellorin Q 13.94 2Kairi Noro Q 12.13 3Kian Martin E10.434Daniel Farr E10.30 Heat 6 1Dylan Moffat Q 11.27 2Dean Vandewalle Q 8.66 3Shane Sykes E8.404Mohd Daud E3.30 Heat 7 1Kai Tandler Q 13.93 2Arnau Riera Q 8.56 3Caina Souza E8.234Suranga Pradeep E4.27 Heat 8 1Tomas King Q 13.00 2Oney Anwar Q 9.40 3Varun Tandjung E7.504Anra Milan E6.70
Heat 9 1Sam Coffey Q 13.57 2Santiago Muniz Q 12.90 3Momoto Tsuzuki E8.834Clinton Gravett E6.60 Heat 10 1Bronson Meydi Q 12.67 2Nyoman Satria Q 10.30 3Anthony Fillingim E10.004Remy Juboori E6.73 Heat 11 1Mathis Crozon Q 12.87 2Connor Lyons Q 11.33 3David Noy E8.144Asanga Sunjeewa E5.64
Heat 12 1Thomas Cervi Q14.33 2Tomas Lopez Moreno Q12.10 3Zachary Keenan E10.304Sanjay Selvmani E4.67
Heat 13 1Mickey McDonagh Q11.60 2Mitch Parkinson Q9.10 3Hinata Aizawa E8.36 Heat 14 1Kurtis Vaughan Q 11.87 2Callum Robson Q 11.83 3Tully Wylie E9.704Muhannad Didaqt Musaddiq E7.30 Heat 15 1Ryan Slattery Q 11.54 2Tipi Jabrik Q 10.33 3Eduardo Mottz E9.974Pablo Montero E6.43 Heat 16 1Gabriel Villaran Q 12.20 2Luis Perloiro Q12.10 3Anushantha Andradasa E7.104Blem Ben Zvi E5.34 results
Round 3 Heat 1 1Noah Beschen Q 11.50 2Paul Distinguin Q 10.90 3Darcy Crump E10.234Praneeth Sandararuwan E3.70 Heat 2 1Ryland Rubens Q 12.17 2Te Butler Q 11.80 3Rinto Oooto E9.864Kaiki Yamanaka E9.44 Heat 3 1Maddy Job Q 11.90 2TeLucas Wrice Q 10.80 3Koby Oberholzer E9.144Kejiro Nishi E7.03 Heat 4 1Cooper Davies14.40 2Gaspard Larsonneur10.34 3Kei Kobayashi9.71 Heat 5 1Rafael Teixeira Q 12.74 2Francisco Bellorin Q 11.47 3Sandon Whittaker E8.304Dean Vandewalle E7.13 Heat 6 1Dylan Moffat Q 10.03 2Joh Azuchi Q 9.97 3Gearoid McDaid E9.904Kairi Noro E6.00 Heat 7 1Kai Tandler Q 14.80 2Oney Anwar Q 14.57 3Wesley Santos E12.704Jose Gundesen E12.37 Heat 8 1Jordy Maree Q 13.04 2Tomas King Q 9.63 3Lakshitha Madushan E6.004Arnau Riera E5.10 Heat 9 1Sam Coffey Q 13.66 2Leandro Usuna Q 11.80 3Nyoman Satria E8.104Amra Pranith E5.77 Heat 10 1Bronson Meydi Q 12.77 2Santiago Muniz Q 11.60 3Arashi Kato E7.834Enzo Cavallini E7.27 Heat 11 1Victor Bernando Q 14.77 2Mathis Crozob Q 11.74 3Tomas Moreno E10.874Harley Ross E8.23 Heat 12 1Rio Waida Q 11.66 2Thomas Cervi Q 10.00 3Connor Lyons E8.374Pedro Neves E8.33 Heat 13 1Jake Elkington Q 13.80 2Callum Robson Q 13.04 3Mikey McDonagh E11.834Daiki Tanaka E11.43 Heat 14 1Luke Dillon Q 11.67 2Mitch Parkinson Q 11.23 3Kurtis Vaughan E7.634Kenta Ishikawa E6.70 Heat 15 1Manuel Selman Q 12.63 2Leo Etienne Q 10.63 3Luis Perloiro E9.104Ryan Slattery E9.06 Heat 16 1Gabriel Villaran Q 12.47 2Skip McCullough Q 12.17 3Mark Occhilupo E8.744Tipi Jabrik E6.30
Round 4 Heat 1 1Gaspard Larsonneur Q 9.73 2Ryland Rubens Q 8.50 3Lucas Wrice E6.964Noah Beschen E6.30 Heat 2 1Te Butler Q 14.50 2Paul Distinguin Q 13.43 3Maddy Job E11.634Cooper Davies E9.97 Heat 3 1Rafael Teixeira Q 11.44 2Oney Anwar Q 10.70 3Dylan Moffat E10.534Tomas King E8.04 Heat 4 1Francisco Bellorin12.50 2Joh Azuchi10.70 3Kai Tandler10.504Jordy Maree E9.83 Heat 5 1Thomas Cervi Q 13.67 2Sam Coffey Q 12.20 3Mathis Crozon E11.434Bronson Meydi E10.60 Heat 6 1Victor Bernardo Q 14.56 2Rio Waida Q 14.33 3Leandro Usuna E14.034Santiago Muniz E11.36 Heat 7 1Leo Etienne Q 11.46 2Luke Dillon Q 10.50 3Jake Elkington E9.734Skip McCullough E6.96 Heat 8 1Mitch Parkinson Q 18.43 2Callum Robson Q 14.57 3Gabriel Villaran E13.364Manuel Selman E13.20
Round 5 Heat 1 1Te Butler Q 15.67 2Oney Anwar Q 14.87 3Joh Azuchi E11.604Gaspard Larsonneur E11.00 Heat 2 1Paul Distinguin Q 13.50 2Rafael Teixeira Q 13.10 3Francisco Bellorin E11.704Ryland Rubens E10.67 Heat 3 1Victor Bernardo Q 16.00 2Callum Robson Q 12.03 3Luke Dillon E8.334Thomas Cervi E6.93 Heat 4 1Mitch Parkinson Q 15.40 2Leo Etienne Q 13.27 3Rio Waida E12.004Sam Coffey E7.47
Quarterfinals Heat 1 1Te Kehukehu Butler13.10 2Rafael Teixeira12.86 Heat 2 1Oney Anwar13.80 2Paul Distinguin11.37 Heat 3 1Victor Bernardo16.43 2Leo Etienne8.67 Heat 4 1Mitch Parkinson14.43 2Callum Robson12.87
Semifinals Heat 1 1Oney Anwar15.57 2Te Kehukehu Butler14.90 Heat 2 1Mitch Parkinson16.30 2Victor Bernardo15.00
Final Heat 1 1Mitch Parkinson19.17 2Oney Anwar13.17
References
External links World Surf League So Sri Lanka Pro 2019