(Malaysia, December 21, 2008): Cherating Beach local Mamat climbed atop the podium this afternoon to accept his first place Men's Open Division victory after a brilliant display of surfing under testing conditions in the closely contested final. He received the grand prize of a new Billabong surfboard, a Nixon watch, Billabong backpack, T-shirt, and boardshorts. He was over … [Read more...]
Surfing and Fun for Everyone on Day Two of Billabong Pro Am at Cherating BeachSurfing and Fun for Everyone on Day Two of Billabong Pro Am at Cherating Beach
(Malaysia, December 20, 2008): The second day of the Billabong Pro Am at Chereting Beach was again blessed with great weather, excellent surfing surf conditions, and an opportunity for everyone to get in involved and try the sport of surfing at this beautiful East Malaysian surf town. The morning started off with the Men's Open division in glassy 2-3 foot conditions at just … [Read more...]
Bright Sun and Surf Light Up the Start of Billabong Pro Am at Cherating Beach in Malaysia
(Malaysia, December 19, 2008): Bright sun and clear skies combined with 2-3 foot waves peeling down the sand bottomed point break opened up the Billabong Pro Am today at the small east coast town of Cherating. The first heat of the Men's Open Division paddled out at just after 9 am, and by 1 pm their 12 heats had been completed and the 24 remaining stoked contestants … [Read more...]
Billabong Pro Am Malaysia Set to Kick Off With Solid Monsoon Swells
(Malaysia, December 17, 2008): The stage is set for the first annual Billabong Pro Am Malaysia surfing competition to be held at Cherating Point in the state of Pahang. Consistent monsoon swells have hit the South China Sea coastline for the past three weeks and all predictions point to an increase in swell size and quality for the duration of the event. The little known … [Read more...]
Jay-R Esquivel Claims Philippines Top Grommet Title at Billabong Grommet Competition
3 December 2008, La Union-Philippines: 12 year old La Union local Jay-R Esquivel used his local knowledge and aggressive forehand attack to put together strong combinations of hacks, turns, floaters and aerials and best Siargao's Philmar Alipayo in a closely contested final to claim the championship title at the 2nd annual Billabong Grommet Competition presented by StokedInc. … [Read more...]
Dede Suryana Wins Rip Curl Surf and Music Festival and 2008 Indonesian Pro Surfing Championship
27 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Dede Suryana put on a brilliant surfing performance at the Rip Curl Surf and Music Festival at Kuta Beach in Bali yesterday to not only claim victory at the final Coca-Cola Indonesian Championship event the season but also become Indonesia's Pro Surfing Champion of 2008. He took home a cool Rp 10 million in prize money as well as the ISC … [Read more...]
Indonesia Adds Another Gold Medal with Team Win at Final Asian Beach Games Surfing Competition
24 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Indonesia's Surfing Team put on a brilliant display of talent, strategy and teamwork to come home with another gold medal on the final day of surfing competition the first Asian Beach Games yesterday. Made Garut Widiarta, Made Raditya Rondi, Made Adi Putra, and Dede Suryana worked together under the direction of coaches Om Arya and Made Switra to … [Read more...]
Dede Suryana Fly’s High to Win Second Gold Medal for Indonesia in Aerial Competition Today
22 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Indonesia's Dede Suryana completely dominated the Aerial competition at the Asian Beach Games in Bali today. Suryana leapt to the lead in the first heat of the day and consistently outscored his opponents in every subsequent heat through to the final, racking up 8 and 9 point waves with regularity and leaving the rest of the field far … [Read more...]
Akiko Kiyonoga Adds Second Gold Medal for Japan With Women’s Surfing Win Today
21 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Akiko Kiyonoga raced through four rounds of surfing in the Women's surfing event of the Asian Beach Games at Kuta Beach to claim a gold medal for Japan today. The silver was taken home by Indonesia's Yasniar Gea. Japan now leads with two gold medals, the first from yesterday's Longboard win, and Indonesia adds a silver to its gold from the Men's … [Read more...]
Yuta Morimoto Takes Home Japans First Olympic Longboard Gold Medal at 1st Asian Beach Games in Bali
20 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Yuta Morimoto from Japan put on an exciting display of Lonboarding expertise at Kuta Beach today, pulling the top combination score of the surfing competition and a 9 point ride, breaking out numerous trips to the nose and back and mixing it up with big turns, floaters, and cutbacks to come back to the beach with Japan's first surfing Olympic gold … [Read more...]
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