The
World Tour is the men's international
bodyboardingBodyboarding is a kind of wave riding . The average board consists of a small, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam. The board can be shaped and adapted to different riding styles, and size of rider...
tour, which started at 1994 and has undergone a few changes in names and regulations since.
Every year the bodyboarder who top-scores in the ranking, by winning points competing in the World Tour events around the world, is given the world title. This title is recognized by all bodyboarders and undisputed by any other organization in the world.
The tour is governed by the
International Bodyboarding AssociationThe International Bodyboarding Association is the governing society of international bodyboarding.It is the IBA which promotes the World Tour, the international world bodyboarding tour.*...
that can be reached at http://www.ibatour.com, which is also the governing body of world bodyboarding.
The current World Tour champion is Australian
Ben PlayerBen Player is the current 2008 bodyboarding World Champion. His victory came after placing second in the 2006 Pipeline final. He has finished #2 overall on the world bodyboarding tour several times. Ben now also helps run Movement Bodyboarding Magazine.-External links:* Movement Magazine...
.
The
World Tour is the men's international
bodyboardingBodyboarding is a kind of wave riding . The average board consists of a small, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam. The board can be shaped and adapted to different riding styles, and size of rider...
tour, which started at 1994 and has undergone a few changes in names and regulations since.
Every year the bodyboarder who top-scores in the ranking, by winning points competing in the World Tour events around the world, is given the world title. This title is recognized by all bodyboarders and undisputed by any other organization in the world.
The tour is governed by the
International Bodyboarding AssociationThe International Bodyboarding Association is the governing society of international bodyboarding.It is the IBA which promotes the World Tour, the international world bodyboarding tour.*...
that can be reached at http://www.ibatour.com, which is also the governing body of world bodyboarding.
The current World Tour champion is Australian
Ben PlayerBen Player is the current 2008 bodyboarding World Champion. His victory came after placing second in the 2006 Pipeline final. He has finished #2 overall on the world bodyboarding tour several times. Ben now also helps run Movement Bodyboarding Magazine.-External links:* Movement Magazine...
. The most successful competitor on this tour has been Brazilian
Guilherme TâmegaGuilherme Tâmega is a six-time world bodyboarding champion.Born in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Tamega is the only man to win the Shark Island Challenge bodyboarding event three times in a row. He is also competes in the international bodyboarding World Tour, which was established in 1994. In 2003...
. The rider with the most word titles however is
Mike StewartMike Stewart is a nine-time World Champion bodyboarder, one of the early pioneers of the bodyboarding sport, a pioneer of big-wave tow-in surfing and also a champion bodysurfer.- Biography :...
All are still competing against each other in the tour world tour.
The main goal of the World Tour is to promote bodyboarding around the world by running international quality events that encourage technical riding. The majority of the venues on tour are in the most technical waves in the world. Some of these are the most challenging waves in the world; breaks like the
Shark Island ChallengeThe Shark Island Challenge , held near Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia, is the most celebrated World Tour event in bodyboarding since the elimination of the Teahupoo Challenge from the world bodyboarding tour.- History :...
at
Shark IslandShark Island is a dangerous reef break about 100 metres off Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. It comprises a rock ledge that is fully exposed at low tide....
(
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). The Teahupoo Challenge at
Teahupoo (
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), and finishing the tour is the Honalua Maui event and
PipelineThe Banzai Pipeline, or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe," is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O`ahu's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves crash once they reach the shallows of a reef...
Oahu. The tour also has other great events around the world. The Sintra Pro (
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) for example is getting increased attention by both media and bodyboarders.