19 June 2013, Keramas-Bali: After being narrowly defeated yesterday by world number 3 Jordy Smith (South Africa) in the non-elimination Round 1, Indonesia’s wildcard Oney Anwar took on 2013 ASP World Champion Joel Parkinson (Australia) today in a sudden death Round 2 matchup, putting up some great scores to the delight of the fans on the beach but just not able to best Parkinson and advance to Round 3 in the pumping 4 foot barreling Keramas waves.
Oney fulfilled his promise from yesterday and chased after more waves in his heat today, catching 7 waves to Parkinson’s 6, landing one of his patented air reverses for his first big score on his 4th wave, which earned him a 7.13 score from the judges. Parko had nailed a 6.67 on his very first wave with a barrel and a long drawn out cutback, then added a 7.5 for a long wave with a variety of power maneuvers to get a solid lead. Parko’s 6th and final wave earned him an 8.6 score, which left Oney needing an 8.97 wave score to win.
On his last wave inside the final minute, Oney locked into a clean barrel, which had it been deeper and longer would have probably gotten him the score he needed. But it scored a 6.90, which left him just over 2 points short, ending the heat with his two wave heat score of 14.03 to Parko’s 16.10. A very respectable showing from the 19-year-old Indonesian surfer who hails from Lakey Peak in Sumbawa.
“I was really looking forward to getting that last wave, but I actually didn’t surf it that well,” said Oney. When asked how he felt about the heat overall, he replied, “Even though I lost I am still proud, because I was up against the world champion Joel Parkinson. Can’t wait until next time!”
2012 World Champion Joel Parkinson had this to say about Oney; “He’s a talented little surfer, so it’s really good to see him in this event. I’m sure he’ll be in a lot more. He’s a cocky little kid and I really like him, he’s got that confidence about him. I think he’ll go a long way. I sure hope so, he’s got the talent.”
So what is next for Oney? “After this I’m going to Japan for a couple of QS events, trying to get more points so I can get on the Tour someday,” he said. “And then I’ll do to comps in Europe later in the year. But now I have a lot more work to do, training and focusing on how to win heats. It’s more than just surfing out there; it’s about the mind games too. For us Indonesian surfers if we want to win we have to learn about that as well.”
Although Oney’s run at the Oakley Pro Bali has ended, he will be working on his free surfing around Indonesia until departing for Japan to get back into the contest scene. Good luck Oney!
And although Oney is out of the event, there are the world’s best surfers going crazy at Keramas in the Oakley Pro Bali, so check it out at on the webcast at www.oakleyprobali.com/live/
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