In a surprising upset, 17-year-old Agus Frimanto narrowly eliminated last year’s Oakley Pro winner Mustofa Jeksen today at Canggu Beach, besting Jeksen by a mere half a point. Young Frimanto is on a roll, having won his Round 3 heat yesterday against well-seasoned competitors Made Artha, Made Awan, and Rahtu Suargita, and now has bested last year’s winner as well.
Frimanto took the first wave to lead off the heat, while Jeksen exercised patience and used his priority, waiting for the bigger sets waves to push through. Frimanto continually prowled the lineup and kept himself busy racking up points, then picked off a set wave that got him one of the top scores of the day, a 7.75.
With a minute to go and needing a 7.4 to advance, Jeksen took the next available next wave and bashed it thoroughly, but the wave just didn’t offer him quite enough and he finished with a 6.8 to exit the competition.
Frimanto was excited but put on a calm demeanor back on the beach saying, “I felt good out there, but I’m a bit surprised that I beat Mustofa. I didn’t thing about him, just tried to find some good waves and do my best. But it is a great feeling to beat last year’s winner and an even better feeling to join the other guys in the Quartersfinals. I’m super happy about that!”, he added. Frimanto hails from Nusa Lembongan and has already had international competition experience having been to Australia and New Zealand.
The day’s action got off at 7:45 am with the wave conditions just perfect for Canggu. A slight offshore breeze groomed the solid 4 foot glassy and well shaped waves rolling through on a rising tide, so the competitors and spectators couldn’t have asked for a better start to the man-on-man Round 4 action on a Sunday morning.
First up was last year’s Coca-Cola ISC Champ Lee Wilson going head to head with last year’s Oakley Pro runner up Dedi Santoso. After trading the lead several times during the heat, the 7.5 high score by Wilson proved too big a hurdle for Santoso, so he will watch the rest of the comp from the beach.
Heat 3 saw a pitched battle between Dede Suryana and Garut Widiarta, the two trading blows and the lead numerous times during the 20-minute heat. In the end it was Suryana’s 7.5 and 6.25 scores that trumped Widiarta’s 7.5 and 6.1. After the heat Widiarta was philosophical about the loss saying, “I had fun out there even though I lost the heat. We were both surfing good and it was pretty much about who got the longest and most lined up wave. If I could have gotten one more good one…but time just ran out. So I’m out of the comp and I’d love to be surfing the Quarters tomorrow, but now I can go free surf the Sand Bar while its going off, so its not all that bad is it,” he added grinning.
Other surfers advancing into the Quarterfinals with heat wins today were Marlon Gerber, who will take on his best mate Lee Wilson, then Dede Suryana will take on goofyfooter Komang “Gogo” Sujaya, Pepen Hendrik will be up against Made Awan, and finally the two dark horses Agus Frimanto and Wayan Suprayitna will fight it out for a semifinal berth. See attached Heat Draw for the full rundown.
After Round 4 was finished, the Masters Division contestants were called up for their heats. The waves were still pumping and these 35 and older men took full advantage of the great waves, giving the spectators and the younger guys quite a show. At the end of 5 heats of surfing Ida Bagus Rai, Ketut “Kombong” Juliarta, Wayan “Ompong” Budiasa, and Made Lapur all made the cut and will face off in the Masters Final that will be held tomorrow.
It is expected that the contest will be completed tomorrow; so all contestants, crew and spectators should be at Canggu Beach at 7:30 am for a possible 8 am start.
Rookie Agus Frimanto Menggulingkan Mustofa Jeksen, dan Meraih Tempat di Perempat Final di Oakley Pro 2010 di Canggu
Secara mengejutkan, Agus Frimanto berhasil menggulingkan pemenang Oakley Pro tahun lalu; Mustofa Jeksen hari ini di Canggu dengan perbedaan tipis: setengah point.. Agus Frimanto rupanya sedang berada dalam performance puncak, setelah di round 3 kemarin berhasil mengalahkan kompetitor berat lainnya, seperti Made Artha, Made Awan, Rahtu Suargitha, dan lanjut mengalahkan juara tahun kemarin
Frimanto menggunakan ombak pertama untuk memimpin heat, sementara Mustofa memilih untuk lebih bersabar dengan menunggu ombak prioritas untuk meraih posisi. Agus Frimanto disisi lain secara konsisten menggunakan ombak-ombak berukuran sedang untuk memperkokoh kedudukannya dan menggunakan ombak set yang datang untuk meraih score tertinggi di hari itu 7.75
Dengan sisa waktu satu menit dan memerlukan score 7.4 untuk meraih posisi, Mustofa menggunakan prioritas di ombak berikutnya namun belum berhasil menggeser kedudukannya dan terjungkal keluar kompetisi
Ujar Frimanto disaat kembali ke pantai, “Saya merasa mantap diluar sana dan terkejut bahwa telah mengalahkan Mustofa. Saya hanya berusaha memilih ombak yang baik, terasa menyenangkan berhasil mengalahkan juara tahun lalu, dan lebih menyenangkan bahwa saya berhasil melaju ke perempat final, sangat menggembirakan” Ujar Frimanto yang berasal dari Lembongan dan telah memiliki pengalaman berkompetisi secara internasional di Australia dan Selandia Baru
Aksi peselancar hari ini dimulai pukul 7.45 pagi dengan kondisi ombak yang sempurna di Canggu. Angin yang sedikit offshore dan ombak sebesar 4ft terbit seiring pasang yang menjadi ajang pertarungan di round 4
Yang bertarung di awal hari adalah juara Coca Cola ISC Lee Wilson yang berhadapan dengan runner up Oakley Pro tahun lalu: Dedi Santoso. Setelah berebut posisi selama beberapa saat, dengan score 7.5 dari Lee Wilson, menjadikan dia kontestan yang susah dikalahkan oleh Dedi Santoso yang harus terjungkal keluar
Pada heat ke 3, perebutan posisi antara Dede Suryana dan Garut Widiarta terlihat sengit yang berakhir pada Dede Suryana meraih 7.5 dan 6.25 dan mengalahkan Garut yang hanya memperoleh 7.5 dan 6.1. Dengan sedikit berfilosofi, Garut menerima kekalahannya “Ya memang saya kalah, tapi itu membuat saya bisa surfing sampai puas di Sand Bar, gak jelek-jelek amat” ucapnya
Peselancar lainnya yang berhasil melaju ke perempat final adalah Marlon Gerber yang akan berhadapan dengan Lee Wilson, Dede Suryana akan bertarung dengan Gogo Sujaya, Pepen Hendrik melawan Made Awan dan akhirnya, kuda hitam Agus Frimanto akan melawan Wayan Suprayitna untuk memperebutkan tempat di semi final
Setelah mengakhiri round 4, kontes berlanjut dengan kategori master yang diperuntukkan bagi surfer berusia diatas 35 tahun. Diakhir 5 heat yang dipertandingkan akhirnya memunculkan beberapa nama yang akan melaju ke final esok, yaitu: Ida Bagus Rai, Ketut “Kombong” Juliarta, Wayan “Ompong” Budiasa dan Made Lapur
Diharapkan kontes akan berakhir besok, jadi diharapkan semua kontestan, crew dan penonton berada di Canggu pukul 7.30 untuk kemungkinan mulai pukul 8 pagi
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