Surfing In San Juan

published: Thursday 9:35am, March 25 2010

We’re excited to present this video feature of surfing in San Juan, La Union. Featuring appearances from Luke Landrigan, Abe the Surf Guru, Marc "Maqi" Garcia as the Surf Student and their friends; this video will tickle your surfing bone and have you riding on the next bus to San Juan. Happy viewing.

San Juan. Surfing Town

San Juan town in La Union is a popular surf destination for surfing enthusiasts. San Juan boasts beaches with surfing waves for beginners, intermediate and advanced surfers.

San Juan is a town in La Union province located in the nothern Philippines. It is approximately 4 hours away by bus ride from Manila. But how did San Juan become a surfing destination.

Brian Landrigan pioneered surfing in San Juan During the 80’s Australian Brian Landrigan were frequent visitors to the Wallace Air Station in San Fernando La Union. Wallace is an airport near the shore which inspired Brian and his friends to venture out to the bay to see if there are waves to ride. And big surfing waves they found, the most promixing ones for surfing were at Barangay Urbistondo in San Juan town. Thus started their regular surfing activities on their frequent visits to the Philippines.

The Filipino locals were so amazed with the Australian surfers’ surfing abilities, riding the waves with their longboards seemed to be a lot of fun. It didn’t take long for the Philippine locals to join in the fun of surfing with their visitors.

Brian’s group typically left their surf boards with the locals knowing that the Filipino surfers were truly falling in love with the sport. It didn’t take long for some Filipinos to stand out in the sport of surfing, too.

Brian Landrigan’s hobby positioned him to be a leader and a pioneer in the Philippine surfing scene. He established the San Juan Surf Resort to answer the growing interest and requirements of the Philippine surfing aficionados.

Cool Luke. The son also rises.

Brian is also the father of Luke Landrigan , on his own right a very talented surfer, and as a half-Filipino represents the Philippines at international surfing competitions. Together, they are at the forefront of the surfing community in San Juan; leading in education and training of surfers with their Billabong Surf School , preservation of the beaches, and hosting guests at their idyllic and affordable resort, the San Juan Surf Resort.

Acknowledgments:
Thanks to Jonathan Reynera, Luke Landrigan and San Juan Surf Resort, Teacher Abe, Maqui Garcia and Chester Peralta.
Video production credits:
Video feature production by Sound Weavers.
Shot and edited by Jonathan Reynera.
Audio man Chester Peralta.

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La Union Surfing Break 4

published: Thursday 7:38am, October 1, 2011

October 30, 31 to November 1, 2009 Urbiztondo Beach, San Juan, La Union, Philippines

Watch out for:
surfing clinics, beach volleyball tournament, surfboard design competition, sand castle fun building contest, amazing race challenge, SILIP photography contest, fire dance competition, bikerace competition, frisbee, oktoberfest, halloween beach, party, surfing bodies 2009

For inquiries and details, please call:
Provincial Information & Tourism Office - (072)888-2729 (072)242-5550 local 286
Department of Tourism-Region 1 - (072)888-2098

Surf Ink Tatto Competition Part 2 Island Tour

published: Friday 4:27am, July 8 2011