Rosarito Beach Pro WQS Surf Contest Moved to Aug. 7th -9th

March 18th, 2009- The City of Rosarito Beach and FDt Marketing, organizers of the Rosarito Beach Pro Surf Contest, announced today that the 1st annual surf contest has been moved to  August 7th. The event, which is setup up as an ASP WQS 1 star, is being moved for two reasons.  One, to help give event organizers more time to work with the current event sponsors on developing their sponsor programs and activation for the event.

“The movement or postponement of this event is in no way related to the media attacks on Rosarito Safety, I still believe tourists can come down to Rosarito, have a good time, and not worry about crime and violence. My major focus is sponsorship activation, and timing. Knowing these companies are contributing a portion of their budgets to this event, I want to make sure the correct sponsorship activation and benefit is in place and provided for all companies getting involved”, Jeff Stoner, President of FDt Marketing.

 The new date given to the Rosarito Beach Pro, not only helps out the event organizers, but two helps create another contest during the summer for the surfers. “After reviewing the ASP schedule, we realized there would a great opportunity to move the Rosarito event back, we decided on Aug 7th-9th because of the other contest surrounding those dates. The US Open is two weeks beforehand, followed by the Puerto Escondido event, and with the Rosarito Beach Pro sliding in behind those two events, it gives surfers another contest before the 2 week layoff in the schedule.”, said Jeff Stoner. He goes on to say, “We are dedicated to the success of each event we organize and develop, and this contest is no different. We want to put on the best contest possible for the surfers, and felt that by moving the event it would help with surfer attendance while allowing us to continue to work with our current sponsors on the programs they seek.”

You can find all the updated information on the Rosarito website at www.rosarito.org . For event questions please contact FDt Marketing at 858.272.2191. And other information, visit the PLA website .