3 October 2011, Kuta-Bali: Lakey Peterson’s misfortune was Dyah Rayahu Dewi’s fortune today, as the lucky Balinese girl was called in to replace Lakey in the 4th heat of Round 1 today as the Oaklely World Pro Junior competition kicked off at Canggu Beach in Bali.
The 17 year old from Seminyak was at school earlier this morning around 9:30 am when she received a phone call from her surf team manager, telling her that there was a spot open at the contest as one of the competitors had an injury and couldn’t surf. “I was sitting at my desk and saw I had a call from Yudha (her surf team manager) and so I picked up. I was surprised and excited by the news, so the first thing I did was to tell my teacher I had a fever and had to go home,” she said with a grin.
“But I really did go home,” Dyah continued. “I went home as fast as I could, grabbed my board and gear and drove straight to Canggu. There is no way I was going to pass up a chance to come here and surf with the best girls in the world!”
As she readied for her heat she was visibly nervous as she watched the girls already in the water, but smiled and listened to some advice from Coca-Cola ISC CEO Tipi Jabrik as he gave her some tips on positioning and words of support. Just before running down to the beach she said, “These girls are all so good that it’s hard to be very confident, but I’m excited just to be here and will go out and do my best.”
The conditions seemed to be the biggest challenge for all three of the girls during the heat, with big wide sets closing out the break with regularity, and only the infrequent medium sized waves providing and real scoring opportunities. Dyah only caught one wave during her 30-minute heat and so ended up in 3rd place, but the good news is that tomorrow she’ll have another chance in Round 2 and intends to put on a much better performance.
“It was really hard out there,” she said. “I feel like I spent most of the heat paddling around. I hope tomorrow the waves are a lot better, because I know I can do better than I did today!”
Round 1 got started at just after 10 am, with a rising tide and some glassy 3-4 foot sets rolling into both the Sandbar and the Rivermouth Right. The under 20 year old girls from all over the world proceeded to put on a great show to open up the competition, including Hawaii’s Coco Ho, who handily won her first round heat to advance directly to Round 3.
Contest Director Beau Emerton made the call to stop competition today after Round One of the Women’s competition was completed, and requested that the competitors be back at Canggu Beach tomorrow at 9 pm to assess the conditions with the plan to continue with Rounds 2 and 3.
Stay tuned for more exciting action as the competition heats up!
About the Oakley World Pro Junior 2011
With a holding period of Oct. 3-14, the event will see the best of the best juniors in a field of 48 men and 18 women compete. Six men each, 20 years and under, will represent ASP Australasia, ASP South America, ASP North America and ASP Europe, five each from ASP Africa, ASP Hawaii and ASPJapan, as well as nine wildcards to round out the prestigious field. Two women each will represent each region.
Wildcards for the event were also recently named and include: Brazil’s Peterson Crisanto, Italo Ferreira and CaioIbelli, Australia’s Noa Deane, Dean Bowen and Felicity Palmateer, New Zealand’s Sarah Mason,Tahiti’sMateiaHiquily and KealaNaihe. Two additional Indonesian wild cards earned tickets into the main event after a local trial: Ida BagusSimarai and DarmaputraTonjo.
The complete list of competitors, as well as additional information and a live webcast can be found at oakleyprojunior.com. Follow on Twitter @OakleyAction or tweets at #OakleyProJr
Kejutan Surfer Bali Dyah Rayahu Dewi Yang Masuk di Hari 1 Ajang Oakley World Pro Junior 2011
3 Oktober 2011, Kuta Bali: ketidakberuntungan Lakey Peterson adalah keberuntungan bagi Dyah Rayahu Dewi, saat surfer beruntung asal Bali ini diminta untuk menggantikan Lakey di heat 4 babak 1 hari ini saat Oakley World Pro Junior digelar.
Surfer asal Seminyak – Bali berusia 17 tahun ini datang ke sekolah pagi ini sekitar pukul 9:30 saat ia mendapat telpon dari manajer tim surfingnya, memberitahu kalau ada posisi terbuka untuknya di kontes ini dikarenakan salah satu kompetitor terkena cedera dan tidak bisa ikut berkompetisi hari ini. “Saya sedang duduk di bangku saya ketika ditelpon oleh Yudha (manajer tim surfing nya) dan langsung saya angkat. Saya kaget sekaligus senang banget dengan kabar ini, dan hal pertama yang saya lakukan adalah memberi tahu guru saya kalo saya sedang tidak enak badan dan harus pulang ke rumah,” ujarnya sambil tersenyum.
“Tapi saya benar-benar pulang ke rumah,” lanjut Dyah. “Saya pulang ke rumah secepat mungkin, ambil papan saya dan semua perlengkapannya dan langsung secepatnya ke Canggu. Tidak mungkin saya melewatkan kesempatan untuk berkompetisi dengan surfer-surfer wanita terbaik di dunia!”
Saat ia sudah siap untuk heat nya, ia terlihat tegang saat melihat surfer-surfer wanita lainnya sudah berada di laut, tapi kemudian tersenyum sambil menyimak masukan dari CEO Coca-Cola ISC Tipi Jabrik, yang intens memberi tips-tips positif juga dukungan penuh. Sesaat sebelum ia menuju pantai, ia berujar,” Mereka sangat bagus dan sangat susah bagiku untuk bisa percaya diri, tapi saya sangat senang bisa ada di sini dan akan segera meluncur ke sana dan surfing semaksimal mungkin.”
Kondisi yang tersaji menjadi tantangan terbesar untuk tiga surfer wanita tersebut selama heat berlangsung, dengan ombak yang terhitung ‘lembut’ untuk menutup set, dan sedikit langka untuk menyediakan ‘spot’ agar bisa bermanuver dan meraih poin maksimal. Dyah hanya berhasil ‘menangkap’ satu ombak selama 30 menit heat nya dan berakhir di tempat ke 3, tapi berita baiknya adalah ia masih mengantungi kesempatan besok untuk berlaga di babak 2 untuk tampil lebih maksimal dari hari ini.
“Sangat susah di luar sana,” ujarnya. “Yang saya rasakan adalah saya menghabiskan heat dengan hanya paddling terus. Saya harap besok ombaknya bisa lebih baik, karena saya tahu saya bisa melakukannya lebih baik dari hari ini!”
Direktur kontes Beau Emertonmade menyatakan kompetisi hari ini selesai setelah babak pertama dari divisi wanita usai dihelat, dan memberitahukan untuk para kompetitor agar kembali stand by di Canggu besok jam 9 pagi sekaligus memastikan kondisi yang ada untuk bisa dilanjutkan ke babak 2 dan 3.
Mengambil waiting period dari tanggal 3-14 Oktober, perhelatan ini akan menyajikan para surfer junior terbaik dari yang terbaik, mempertandingkan 48 surfer junior pria dan 18 surfer junior wanita. Mereka, masing-masing 6 pria, dengan atau di bawah umur 20 tahun akan merepresentasikan ASP Australasia, ASP Amerika Selatan, ASP Amerika Utara dan ASP Eropa, lima masing-masing dari ASP Afrika, ASP Hawaii dan ASP Jepang. Juga, 9 pemegang wildcard akan melengkapi pertarungan bergengsi ini. Dua surfer junior wanita dari masing-masing wilayah tadi juga akan ikut meramaikan perhelatan ini.
Para pemegang wildcard di ajang ini termasuk di dalamnya nama-nama seperti: surfer Brasil Peterson Crisanto, Italo Ferreira dan Caio Ibelli, surfer Australia Noa Deane, Dean Bowen dan Felicity Palmateer, perwakilan Selandia Baru Sarah Mason, surfer Tahiti Mateia Hiquily dan Keala Naihe. Dan dua tambahan pemegang wildcard yaitu perwakilan dari Indonesia sendiri, Ida BagusSimarai dan DarmaputraTonjo.
Daftar lengkap dari para kompetitor dan informasi tambahan juga live webcast bisa dilihat di oakleyprojunior.com. Follow di Twitter @OakleyAction atau tweets at #OakleyProJr
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