Hoover, Skinner rule La Union qualifier as Filipinos earn tour spots

American teenager Cash Hoover and Great Britain’s Ben Skinner topped the World Surf League La Union International Pro World Longboard Tour Qualifier recently off Urbiztondo Beach in La Union. Hoover, 16, won the women’s division, while Skinner, 41, claimed the men’s title in the first-of-its-kind event that awarded 2026 World Longboard Tour wild cards to