Indian surfers Ajeesh Ali and Ramesh Budhilal had an impressive first round outing on day 2 of the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador as they made it through to the repechage.
While Ali recorded a best score of 2.50, Budhilal who is being considered one of the most complete young surfers in the world, recorded a score of 2.0.
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India are among four countries that made their debut in the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games. The other three debutants are Czechia, Latvia and Mauritius.
India makes historic debut at World Surfing Games
A total of 294 surfers from 63 countries are participating in the competition in a bid to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
On day 1 of the tournament, India's Sivaraj Babu became the first surfer from the country to compete in the World Surfing Games.
