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Wednesday 7 august 2019

Aruban surfer wins her 12th

world title freestyle windsurfing

ORANJESTAD/FUERTEVENTURA — In the women’s fleet, it was the usu-
For the 12th time the 28-year old al suspects who prevailed and Off-
Aruban Sarah-Quita Offringa wins ringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui
the PWA Freestyle World Champi- Ultra Fins) reinforced her title as the
onship that took place last week Queen of Freestyle by claiming
on the Spanish island Fuerteven- an incredible 12th Freestyle World
tura. crown. Offringa started windsurfing
at three years old, then stopped
She has won 16 world titles in to- windsurfing for a while and started
tal and 10 consecutive freestyle again at the age of nine. Her first
titles. Women finals day at the 2019 competition was the Bonaire re-
Fuerteventura PWA World Cup saw gatta 2001 and she started freestyl-
an explosive end to proceedings ing at 10 years old. Her ambitions:
as the top 4 women left standing Represent Aruba and make peo-
in the Freestyle Double Eliminations ple more enthusiastic about wind-
went all out in the pursuit of victory. surfing. Source: PWA.q

The Aruba Tourism Authority honor loyal visitors on the island

EAGLE — Recently, Kimberley Richard-
son of the Aruba Tourism Authority had
the great pleasure to honor Aruba’s
loyal and friendly visitors as Distin-
guished Visitors and Emerald Ambas-
sador. The Distinguished Visitor cer-
tificate is presented on behalf of the
Minister of Tourism, as a token of ap-
preciation to the guests who visit Aru-
ba 10 years and more consecutively.
The Emerald Ambassador certificate is
presented to guests who visit Aruba 35
years and more consecutively.

The honorees were mom Dana and
daughter Isabella Herrera as Distin-
guished Visitors, together with grand-
mother Elaine Mastro as a goodwill
ambassador of Aruba.

This lovely family stated that they love
the island very much, especially for its
year-round sunny weather, nice sandy
beaches, beautiful sunsets, delicious
variety of foods, safety, and Aruba’s
warm and friendly people. Isabella
also spends her birthday every year in
Aruba!

Ms. Richardson together with the rep-
resentatives of the Divi Village Golf
and Beach Resort presented the cer-
tificates to the honorees, and also
handed over some presents and
thanked them for choosing Aruba as
their favorite vacation destination and
as their home away from home.q