13 July 2009, Kuta-Bali: 16 year old Sandi Slamet from Cimaja-West Java won Quiksilver’s King of the Groms 2009 yesterday at Halfways-Kuta Beach, battling it out in a riveting 30 minute final against 12 year old Jeren from Canggu and coming back to the beach the ecstatic winner of the Crown and an all expense paid trip to Hossegor France to compete in the Quiksilver World King … [Read more...]
Mixed Bag Nab Quarterfinal Berths on Day 3 of Quiksilver King of the Groms at Kuta Beach
11 July 2009, Kuta-Bali: Day 3 of the Quiksilver King of the Grom at Kuta Beach saw a mixed bag of top, middle and low seeded groms gaining quarterfinal berths for tomorrows final day of competition after battling it out in Rounds 3 and 4. The surfing conditions were more challenging today with smaller and less consistent surf than the previous two days. Several heats saw … [Read more...]
Grom’s Tear It Up on Day 2 of Quiksilver King of the Groms at Kuta Beach
10 July 2009, Kuta-Bali: The level of surfing measurably increased on Day 2 at the Quiksilver King of the Groms today at Kuta Beach during Rounds 1 and 2, due to the presence of seeded groms now competing as well as the slight drop in wave size that created much cleaner conditions for the day’s surfing. The 2-3 foot waves were lined up much better, so the more proficient … [Read more...]
Trial Rounds Completed on Day 1 of Quiksilver King of the Groms at Kuta Beach
9 July 2009, Kuta-Bali: The first day of the Quiksilver King of the Groms at Halfways on Kuta Beach saw 40 young surfers age 16 and under competing for the eight open spots in the first round of competition that will start at 7:30 am tomorrow morning. Halfways on Kuta Beach was pumping with 3-4 foot sets all morning, giving the younger grommets (surfing slang for young … [Read more...]
Quiksilver’s King of the Grom Surfing Comp Set for July 9-12 at Kuta Beach, Bali
From July 9-12, Halfway on Kuta Beach Bali will witness the return of the 2009 Quiksilver King of the Groms junior surfing competition. 16 year old and under surfers (better known as Grommets) from all over Indonesia and as far as Thailand and the Philippines will be competing for the local crown . The winner will receive an all expense paid trip to France in September to … [Read more...]
Rusty Gromfest final this Sunday at Halfway, Kuta Beach
Join us at Halfway this Sunday April 5th for the third and final stop of the Rusty Gromfest Series Bali 2009. This series is held in conjunction with the 2009 Coca-Cola ISC Junior Tour so there's valuable championship points at stake! There's two age divisions - under 14 and under 16 - with great prizes and stacks of giveaways for all participants. Enter for free at the … [Read more...]
Cleaner Beaches for Bali in 2009
The future of Bali's beaches are looking brighter and brighter, with the arrival and testing of some new beach cleaning equipment that has been provided by Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia and Quiksilver Indonesia. There will be an official hand-over event this Saturday the 21st of February starting at 7:30 am in front of the SATGAS office at Kuta Beach, together with beach … [Read more...]
Dede Suryana Wins Rip Curl Surf and Music Festival and 2008 Indonesian Pro Surfing Championship
27 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Dede Suryana put on a brilliant surfing performance at the Rip Curl Surf and Music Festival at Kuta Beach in Bali yesterday to not only claim victory at the final Coca-Cola Indonesian Championship event the season but also become Indonesia's Pro Surfing Champion of 2008. He took home a cool Rp 10 million in prize money as well as the ISC … [Read more...]
Surfer Girl Makes a “Big Splash” at Kuta Beach
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 Oakley O ROKR Pro at Kuta Beach– Claims His Second Coca-Cola ISC 2008 Tour Win
17 August, Kuta-Bali: Garut Widiarta, at his home break of Kuta Beach, blitzed his way to an Indonesian Independence Day victory in the 6-star Coca-Cola ISC Tour Oakley O ROKR Pro over 2007 ISC Champion Lee Wilson in difficult 1-2 foot low tide conditions. Widiarta, a lightning fast goofyfooter, knows this stretch of beach like the back of his hand, so chose his waves … [Read more...]
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