6 October 2008, Kuta Beach-Bali: The "best all girls surf shop in the world" set out to produce " the "most fun all girls competition in the world" and on Sunday they did just that. Using the Coca-Cola ISC Women's Division competition as the basis for the event, the exuberant crew at Surfer Girl created darn near 24 hours of activity around it, turning out a very big "first … [Read more...]
Garut Widiarta Wins Wild Card Spot in Oakley’s Pro Junior Global Challenge – With Biggest Pro Junior Prize Purse Ever
6 October 2008, Gianyar-Bali: Garut Widiarta from Kuta narrowly defeated his cousin Raditya Rondi in the intense 25-minute final today, putting it all on the line in the heavy 2-3 meter waves at Keramas Beach and coming back to the beach with a big smile and a wild card spot in the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge, being held from October 7-17 here on the island of … [Read more...]
Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge Championships Comes to Bali – Wildcard Trials on October 6 at Keramas Beach in Gianyar
1 Oct. 2008, Kuta-Bali: The sixth and final Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge Championship event takes place in Bali from October 7-17, offering the winner the biggest prize money ever for a Pro Junior event, a whopping USD $20,000! And one lucky Indonesian Pro Junior will get the chance to compete for this big pot of cash. 18 of the world's best Pro Junior surfers (under … [Read more...]
Philippine’s Edito Alcala Wins Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational In Perfect Barrels!
(Saturday 27th September, 2008): PHILIPPINES surfer Edito 'Peso' Alcala is the new king of Cloud 9 after defeating the world's best tube riders to win the prestigious Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational at the remote island of Siargao in the Philippines. Cloud 9, an ultra perfect right hand reef break, lived up to expectation, serving out epic 2-2.5 metre barrelling waves for the … [Read more...]
Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational Heats Up With Round Three Action In Philippines
(Thursday 25th September, 2008): INTERNATIONAL surfing action continued at the out-of-the-way island of Siargao in the Philippines today, with round two and three of the prestigious Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational being run. With a more favourable swell on offer at the host break of Cloud 9, contest organisers opted to complete round two before running through with … [Read more...]
Round One Surfing Completed At Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational
(Wednesday 24th September, 2008): WITH inconsistent surfing conditions on offer at the remote island of Siargao in the Philippines today, the second annual Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational went mobile for day two of competition. Tuason Point, a peeling right hand reef break situated 500-metres from the tournament break of Cloud 9, hosted the prestigious tournament with the 10 … [Read more...]
Surfing Action Commences At Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational In Philippines
(Tuesday 23rd September, 2008): INTERNATIONAL surfing action returned to the Philippines today with the opening round of the highly-anticipated Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational getting underway at the remote, island jewel of Siargao. Cloud 9, once voted as amongst the ten top waves in the world, again took centre stage with 6 non-elimination round one heats being completed in … [Read more...]
Play Day at Day 1 of Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational
21 September, Siargao-Phillipines: Howling offshore winds all night and most of the day put the first round of the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational on hold for the day. Periodic standby calls were made throughout the day in hopes that the winds would die and allow the swell to rise, but when the wind finally did dissipate just before sundown it did allow some well-shaped … [Read more...]
Opening Ceremony at Cloud Nine – Already One Broken Board…But Babi Guling for Lunch!
20 Sept, Siargao, Philippines: A broken board? Has the contest even started yet? No, but the tradition here is to break a board at the opening ceremony to start off Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational, but strangely enough it's been the same board for the last three years (so I was told). Seems to be working alright so far, as they have a history of getting great waves, but … [Read more...]
Surf, Skate, and Wake Stokes the Crowds at the “I Dream of Cloud 9” Billabong Kick Off Event in Manila
Thursday 18th September (Manila, Philippines): Massive crowds lined the boardwalk of the SM Mall of Asia in Manila on the weekend to catch a glimpse of the action on offer at the Billabong "I Dream of Cloud 9" party, the kick off event for the 2nd annual international invitational surfing competition at the world famous Philippine break on Siargao Island. The event was … [Read more...]
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