As the official National Sports Association (NSA) for surfing in the Philippines, the United Philippine Surfing Association (UPSA) is responsible for the selection of the Philippine National Surfing Team, across all divisions, categories and age brackets.

Only the top four (4) athletes in both Men’s and Women’s Open Shortboard and Longboard divisions shall be considered for the Philippine Surfing National Team’s selection criteria.

Selection Criteria of the UPSA Rule Book

Selection is based on:

1. UPSA-sanctioned National Events
2. International-sanctioned Events:
   • Such as WSL where the qualification level exceeds the parallel level of the UPSA National Events.
     • WSL Challenger Series (CS)
     • WSL Championship Tour (Shortboard),
     • WSL World Longboard Tour (Longboard).

Rankings and Seedings Selection

• UPSA reserves the right to provide positions for the top 16 seeded surfers based on tournament rankings (Section III. Article 1.6 of the UPSA Rule Book).
• Final results for the UPSA National Tour will be calculated of the four (4) best results of the year. In the event there are four (4) or less events, all events will be counted (Section V. Article 1 of the UPSA Rule Book).
• In the event of an equal ranking tie break while the National Tour is on-going, the selection for the first seeded equal rank for the next event will be based on the following technicalities:
  1. The first seeded will be the athlete that reached the highest round in the previous event.
  2. If athletes with equal ranks reached the same round in the previous event, then the selection for the first seeded is the athlete that reached the highest total heat score from the previous event.

For any inquiries regarding the rankings, please contact us on Facebook and Instagram, or send us an email at hello@upsa.ph with the following email subject:

• Email Subject: Rankings Inquiry – Full Name of Athlete – Division