Chelsea Tuach in peak form, manoeuvring the waves.
Suzuki Caribbean re-signs Chelsea Tuach for 2017 Season
Tue, 01/10/2017 - 12:00am
Two thousand sixteen was a historic year, not only for Barbados but for the entire Caribbean as Suzuki Caribbean Brand Ambassador, Chelsea Tuach, currently the region’s top ranked international surfer, competed as the first and lone representative on the World Surf League’s World Championship Tour.
Chelsea, at just age twenty, was the second youngest on tour and represented the smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Championship Tour.
The Barbadian surfer also competed on the World Surf League’s (WSL) World Qualification Tour in Australia, Mexico, El Salvador, the USA, Spain and Japan and ended the year in the top twenty, the highest ranked surfer, male or female, from the Caribbean region and the second highest ranked international surfer from the North American region.
Suzuki Caribbean is proud of the sterling performance of its brand Ambassador at the highest level of the sport and is firmly behind Tuach as she pursues her goals in 2017. Simon Willis, Regional Marketing Manager for Suzuki Caribbean expressed such to the media. “Chelsea epitomises Suzuki Caribbean’s “way of life” philosophy, with her passion for sport, positive living and love of travel and adventure. We are happy to be Chelsea’s main sponsor going into 2017, as she continues to represent the Brand and her country at the highest level.”
Tuach is proud to be have re-signed with Suzuki Caribbean and already is focused on doing Barbados proud. “It is an honour to represent such an amazing brand. Suzuki Caribbean has supported me all around the world and I feel very blessed to have them in my corner as I continue to strive to be the very best surfer that I can be, and bring honour to my sponsors and my country.”
With high hopes Tuach leaves the island this week for the first World Surf League (WSL) Women’s Qualification event – the Shoe City Pro to be held in Huntington Beach, California form July 13-15. She has won this event in 2013 and is hoping for another strong result to start the season.