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‘Lend me a hand, I’ll put Sri Lanka on the world map’- BY KEVIN DE ALWIS Lakshan Madushan winning a recent championship Source:Sundayobserver Sri Lanka’s self-taught surfing champ Lakshan Madushan traded the cricket pitch for the waves and will stop at nothing to conquer every wave in the ocean as the nation’s foremost exponent: Lakshan Madushan is the current top ranked surfer in Sri Lanka and had his maiden experience with the waves from the age of 10 years at his birth place in Weligama in the south. In an interview with the Sunday Observer, the 22-year old surfer who also conducts a surfing camp in his home town said he sees a very bright future for the sport in Sri Lanka if benefactors and godfathers can rally around like they do with other Olympic sports in the island. ...