Oney Anwar, Chelsea Tuach, Mencos and Aping Agudo Take Wins at REnextop Asian Surfing Tour Stop #1 at Kuta Beach, Bali
6 May 2018: Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia: In an exciting conclusion to the first stop of the Renextop Asian Surfing Tour 2018 season at Halfway Kuta Beach yesterday, it was Indonesia’s Oney Anwar taking the Men’s Shortboard win over fellow Indonesian Rio Waida in the final heat of the day, drawing massive cheers from the crowd gathered on the beach as he was chaired up to the tower.
This was not only Anwar’s second competition win in the last two weeks but also his second final against Rio Waida, both having dueled in the recent WQS 1500 Krui Pro in Sumatra, where Anwar also came away with the win.
“It was so great to be out here at Kuta Beach, competing against Rio and also against many of the other guys I used to compete against in grom comps and ISC and ASC events over the years,” said Anwar. “I’ve been training and practicing a lot, but having Rio out there pushing me really helps me up my performance a lot. Going out into that final I knew I had to really do something big, and when that good wave came I just gave it everything I had…so when I heard the announcer say the judges gave me a 9.17 it gave me lot of confidence. So happy to be here and thanks to REnextop and everyone for putting this event together for us!” he added.
In the Women’s Shortboard Division it was previous World Championship Tour surfer Chelsea Tuach from Barbados getting the win over local Kuta girl Dhea Natasya. “It was great to be surfing out there against Dhea, it was by no means an easy heat. We had some great exchanges out there and I think we put on a good show for everyone,” said Tuach. “It was kinda weird with her and beach all against me, but she was ripping and it was just nice to have a heat against her. It was great to compete against girls I’ve never surfed against before, so it’s been a really fun week for me here, throwing a little competition in with my Bali holiday,” she explained.
The Men’s Longboard Final was a cracker, with the boys from Batu Keras, West Java (the longboard Mecca of Indonesia) putting on a display of innovative longboarding that Head Judge Keenan Roxburgh said probably only a handful of other surfers in the world could do. In the end it was Arip ‘Mencos” Nurhidayat that took the win, using his amazing ability to switch feet and do innovative maneuvers in critical sections of the wave. As Roxburgh explained it, “Mencos was able to blend a series of super technical noserides with a progression of ambidextrous on rail technical surfing…it was a real mind buzz for me, and I’ve watched a lot of great longboard surfing over the years…it was something special for sure!”
The RAST #1 event is the first stop of the 2018 season, which will include stops in Thailand in July, Japan in September, and the grand finale in China in November.
RAST #1 Kuta Beach Contest Results
Men’s Shortboard
1. Oney Anwar (Indonesia)
2. Rio Waida (Indonesia)
3. Raditya Rondi (Indonesia)
3. Made Dharmayasa (Indonesia)
Women’s Shortboard
1. Chelsea Tuach (Barbados)
2. Dhea Natasya (Indonesia)
3. Brittany Penaroza (Hawaii)
3. Kairi Sekaguchi (Japan)
Men’s Longboard
1. Arip ‘Mencos’ Nurhidayat (Indonesia)
2. Deni Firdaus (Indonesia)
3. Benito Nerida (Philippines)
3. Marven Abat (Philippines)
Women’s Longboard
1. Jessah ‘Aping’ Agudo (Philippines)
2. Daisy Valdez (Philippines)
3. Jevy Mae ‘Ikit’ Agudo (Philippines)
4. Kairi Sekaguchi (Japan)
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