Pipeline Challenge 2013 30th anniversary.Same old issues

This coming february 19th 2013 at Hawaii Pipeline will take place the 30th anniversary Iba world tour with the best bodyboarders on the planet ready  to compete,sadly this year and way to often this event have become an uphill battle to get it going, mainly do to lack of sponsorship, even so when the sport have steadily grown world wide, meaning more people are buying bodyboarding products but still is not quiet enough to fully support the sport specially in the USA, look at the other spots where the iba tour is taking place; south America, Australia, Europe.. each city and specially the towns where the events are been held are happy to host it,everybody gets involve from the local authorities to the business owners knowing the potential this competition brings in term of revenue and tourism. Why is it  so hard here in america?Well the point is that little by little bodyboarding is spreading around the world, more people are realizing the complexity and skill level that bodyboarding requires now in days specially at professional level. none the less there is still a lot of work to do about it.  there are a few thing we can do to help the Iba Tour and any bodyboarding events, following  the events on the web,going to your local spot and make bodyboarding present in the lineup and most important of all, buy goods from companies that support bodyboarding. the future of the Iba tour and bodyboarding in general is in our hands lets keep the sport strong and lets work together for a more successful less struggling future competitions.http://ibaworldtour.com/category/news