(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...]
Mamat Claims Victory at Billabong Pro Am
(Malaysia, December 21, 2008): Cherating Beach local Mamat climbed atop the podium this afternoon to accept his first place Men's Open Division victory after a brilliant display of surfing under testing conditions in the closely contested final. He received the grand prize of a new Billabong surfboard, a Nixon watch, Billabong backpack, T-shirt, and boardshorts. He was over … [Read more...]
Surfing and Fun for Everyone on Day Two of Billabong Pro Am at Cherating BeachSurfing and Fun for Everyone on Day Two of Billabong Pro Am at Cherating Beach
(Malaysia, December 20, 2008): The second day of the Billabong Pro Am at Chereting Beach was again blessed with great weather, excellent surfing surf conditions, and an opportunity for everyone to get in involved and try the sport of surfing at this beautiful East Malaysian surf town. The morning started off with the Men's Open division in glassy 2-3 foot conditions at just … [Read more...]
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