2 August, Somewhere-Indonesia: The man didn’t become world champion 8 times by making mistakes, but it seemed today that maybe if Kelly Slater would have hassled Tiago Pires just a bit more in the last few seconds of the heat, given that he had priority, the lead, and less than a minute to go, there would have been a different headline in the news To paraphrase his words in … [Read more...]
Round Two of Rip Curl Pro Search Starts off At “Primary Location” Today in Solid Six Foot Surf
31 July, Somewhere, Bali: After an amazing start to the Rip Curl Pro Search at the “secondary” location yesterday, Round Two returned to the “primary” location today where the early morning light illuminated a virtually picture perfect scene of 6 foot lines rolling in and caroming off the reef. Heat One kicked off at 8 am just short of high tide with local wildcard Komang … [Read more...]
Rip Curl Pro Search Opens with Amazing Waves and Spectacular Surfing
30 July - Somewhere, Indonesia: The opening ceremony yesterday certainly pleased the swell gods tremendously, as the dawn revealed what most have called the best day of the year at the secondary “Somewhere” lefthand reefbreak of the Rip Curl Pro Search, where the worlds best surfers got shacked, shot out, and shut down on solid 5-6 foot Indo barrels all day long today. Joel … [Read more...]
Rip Curl Pro Search – Opening Ceremony Today
29 July, 2008 - Somewhere, Indonesia: Rip Curl's Global Marketing Manager Neil Ridgeway opened things up by welcoming everyone and thanking them for their support, assuring one and all that it would be another epic Search event. Rip Curl Indonesia's General Manager Jeff Anderson followed up and thanked first and foremost the ASP for bringing back a WCT event to Indonesia. … [Read more...]
Komang Sujaya Wins Rip Curl Cup at Uluwatu – gains a Wildcard Entry to Rip Curl Pro Search WCT Event
26 July, Uluwatu-Bali: In a tightly contested final, Komang “Gogo” Sujaya narrowly defeated Dede Suryana in the final seconds of a blazing sundown victory at the Rip Curl Cup on Friday at Uluwatu to claim Indonesia’s most prestigious prize purse yet on the Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour. For his first ISC Tour win, the goofyfooter from Kuta got to hoist the perpetual … [Read more...]
The Coca-Cola ISC Tour Adds New Event: Rip Curl Presents – Scar Reef Pro West Sumbawa
21 July 2008, Kuta-Bali: The Coca-Cola ISC Tour is delighted to officially announce that Rip Curl has been selected as the presenting sponsor for the 6 star prime Scar Reef Pro West Sumbawa by the event organizers in Taliwang, West Sumbawa. An independent group of surfers based in Scar Reef have been working tirelessly during the last three years In efforts to promote … [Read more...]
Putu Anggara Wins Ticket to France in Quiksilver’s King of the Groms Final at Kuta Beach in Bali
18 July, Kuta-Bali: 15-year-old Putu Anggara from Nusa Lembongan became Indonesia’s King of the Groms today with his win in the Quiksilver King of the Groms Final at Kuta Beach, and climbed down from the podium with an all-expense paid trip to Hossegor France to compete in the World King of the Groms final in September of this year. In testing beachbreak conditions at … [Read more...]
Ketut “Mega” Semadhi Captures First Balinese Win in Billabong Pro Junior Series at Kuta Reef
ISC Tour (Kuta-Bali, July 12, 2008): With his win today at Kuta Reef, Ketut “Mega” Yoga Semadhi became the first Balinese surfer to climb atop the podium in a Billabong Pro Junior Series competition, taking on a strong field of international Pro Juniors and coming back to the beach with a hard fought victory. After exchanging the lead several times in the hotly … [Read more...]
Defending Champion Madison Williams Knocked Out in Third Round of Billabong Pro Junior Series Event
(Kuta-Bali, July 11,2008): Billabong Pro Junior big gun and defending Kuta Reef champion Madison Williams was the first shock exit of the event early in Round Three. With an improving swell and solid off shore conditions Williams struggled to find the scores needed in one of the most stacked heats of the competition to date. Blake Ainsworth (Kirra, Aus) and Made “Garut” … [Read more...]
Slight Delay for the Start of the Billabong Pro Junior Series Indonesia Kuta Reef Event
(Kuta-Bali, July 9,2008): The highly anticipated second stop of the Billabong Pro Junior Series in Indonesia was delayed on the first day of the competition window due to a combination of howling offshore winds and a treacherous low tide. Event organizers and officials were surprised by the conditions at the start of the day, which offered a much smaller swell than originally … [Read more...]
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