MBBA Annual Calendar 2022 Launched
Monday 27th of December 2021
Since its inception in 2013, Maldives Bodyboarding Association has been nurturing talents who are drawn to the waves. As the sole governing body for bodyboarding in the Maldives, MBBA has had an eventful journey. Many groundbreaking events were held for the first time in the country and more are to come in 2022, revealed MBBA recently.
The promising MBBA Annual Calendar 2022 highlights opportunities for everyone to take part in the sports and exciting activities planned throughout the year. It is also an open call for interested parties to invest in bodyboarding in the Maldives, the only watersports that has brought multiple top international wins to its shores.
2022 will begin with Youth Development Programs kicking off in Male’ City in an attempt to recruit enthusiastic juniors to the sports. YDP will be held in M. Mulak too, later in the year. There are currently 4 athletes in the National Bodyboarding team, and MBBA hopes to train and introduce a National Junior Bodyboarding team in 2022. This will be a boost of encouragement for upcoming athletes to professionally take up bodyboarding and take the sport to new levels.
Focus events are also in line for bodyboarders regarding safety which will be taught in the Basic First Aid Course scheduled in February. This course is aimed to educate athletes to be able to attend to minor injuries while bodyboarding in the Maldivian waters, and other relevant practices for safety while out in the sea. Opportunity is open for those interested in becoming judges of the sport to take up the Bodyboarding Judging Course in August.
In another first-of-its-kind launch, MBBA has planned for the Maldives National Bodyboarding League to catch the waves in 2022. Bodyboarders can participate in a series of challenges planned over the months and collect points. The athlete with the highest number of points collectively from all challenges at the end of the year will be crowned the National Bodyboarding Champion. Furthermore, top rankers will be selected for the National Bodyboarding Team for the following year.
The most exciting event on the calendar is the Maldives Bodyboarding Festival 2022 planned for December – a week-long celebration of bodyboarding in the Maldives. This festival will be open to the public to come and participate in awareness sessions, cleaning days, and connect with like-minded people sharing the spirit of the sport.
MBBA is an affiliated member Maldives Sports Council and the International Bodyboarding Cooperation (IBC) too. Building on this, MBBA is organizing an International Bodyboarding event to be held in the Maldives next year. Qualifying bodyboarders will have this platform to battle it out against top internationally ranked athletes in the biggest bodyboarding event that will take place in the Maldives.
The busy calendar also mentions the first MBBA Awards 2022 which is scheduled to wind up the year in December. Marking its successes of the year and rewarding the successors, MBBA Awards will officially recognize everyone who took part in the rise of bodyboarding in 2022.