BILLABONG RENAMES ITS GROMMET SERIES TO BLOODLINES BALI 2017 BALI, INDONESIA - The annual Billabong junior competition series is back; and for its 2017 edition, it’s grown bigger and better! Previously known as Billabong Grommet Attack, the competition series is now renamed to Billabong Bloodlines Bali. The change of the series title is off the back of the brand’s famed … [Read more...]
BILLABONG GROMMET ATTACK SERIES IS BACK
ASC SANCTIONED BILLABONG GROMMET ATTACK SERIES IS BACK FOR ITS 2016 INSTALLMENT BALI, INDONESIA - The annual Billabong Grommet Attack series is back for its 2016 installment, with the first leg (pending on wave conditions) set to take place this 29 May at Seminyak Beach; and the second and last scheduled for 17 July and 28 August at Padma Beach and Kuta Beach … [Read more...]
Raditya Rondi Wins Billabong Cherating Pro 2011 – Becomes First ASC Surfing Champion
12 December 2011 – Cherating, Malaysia: In an exciting finale to the Billabong Cherating Pro 2011, Indonesia’s Raditya Rondi dominated both the relentlessly pounding South China Sea waves and his fellow finalists to take the Men’s Open Division victory yesterday at Cherating Point in East Malaysia. With this being the final event of the inaugural 2011 Asian Surfing … [Read more...]
Wet and Wild Start on Day 1 of Billabong Cherating Pro 2011 in Malaysia
10 December 2011 – Cherating, Malaysia: The forecast for a new South China Sea swell to start off the Billabong Cherating Pro in Malaysia was delivered in full today, with smallish early morning conditions steadily giving way to very contestable 1 meter waves by mid day, but also bringing with it torrential rains and a brief thunder and lightning storm. But none of this … [Read more...]
Aceh Boardriders Host Aceh Surfing Competition on March 19-20
17 March 2011, Kuta-Bali: Billabong SEA is proud to announce their support of the Aceh Boardriders Aceh Surfing Competition Series 11 to be held at Lhoknga Beach in Banda Aceh on the 19th and 20th of March 2011. The two-day annual event includes the surfing competition as well as beach games and a beach cleanup, with 30 local contestants having registered so far. This is … [Read more...]
International Competitors See Action on Day 2 of Rote Open 2010 Presented by Billabong
15 September 2010, Rote Island – East Indonesia: A mixed field of international surfers from Australia, America, and Italy were joined by the top surfers from Indonesia today in the Rote Open 2010 presented by Billabong at Boa Beach on the island of Rote to battle it out in the first round of the International Open division. At stake is just over $10,000 in prize money … [Read more...]
Opening Ceremony and Good Waves on Day One of Rote Open 2010 Presented by Billabong
14 September 2010, Rote Island-East Indonesia: The Rote Open 2010 presented by Billabong was kicked off at scenic Boa Beach on the beautiful island of Rote in East Indonesia today with an opening ceremony complete with local traditional dancing and a passionate speech by the Regent of Rote, and then the local Rote surfers took to the consistent 2-4 foot reef break waves to … [Read more...]
Billabong joins the ASP 6 Star SriLankan Airlines Pro at Arugam Bay
The fast approaching SriLankan Airlines Pro at Arugam Bay today announced the inclusion of Billabong as a support sponsor to this exciting new addition to the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Six-Star World Tour. With just two weeks remaining until the event begins, Billabong’s involvement adds to the events prestige and its overall activation. Billabong Asia … [Read more...]
Jay-R Esquivel from the Philippines Takes Out the Occy Grom Comp in Malaysia
(Sunday 10 January, 2010): 13 year-old Jay-R Esquivel from the Philippines won his first international grommet contest today at the Billabong Occy Grom Comp at Cherating Beach in Malaysia. Young Jay-R put on an amazing display of surfing during all three days of competition at the long, sandy-bottomed point break, getting cheers and wowing the crowd on the beach. The … [Read more...]
A New Swell and Sunny Skies Greet the Billabong Pro Am and Occy Grom Comp for Day Two of Competition
(Saturday 9 January, 2010): A welcome new swell and clear sunny skies greeted the contestants, crew, and spectators on Day 2 of the Billabong Pro Am Malaysia and Occy Grom Comp today at beautiful Cherating Beach in Malaysia, and with the increase in swell size, everybody was frothing to jump in the water and dig their fins into the 2-3 foot walls reeling down the point. The … [Read more...]
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