24 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Indonesia's Surfing Team put on a brilliant display of talent, strategy and teamwork to come home with another gold medal on the final day of surfing competition the first Asian Beach Games yesterday. Made Garut Widiarta, Made Raditya Rondi, Made Adi Putra, and Dede Suryana worked together under the direction of coaches Om Arya and Made Switra to … [Read more...]
Dede Suryana Fly’s High to Win Second Gold Medal for Indonesia in Aerial Competition Today
22 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Indonesia's Dede Suryana completely dominated the Aerial competition at the Asian Beach Games in Bali today. Suryana leapt to the lead in the first heat of the day and consistently outscored his opponents in every subsequent heat through to the final, racking up 8 and 9 point waves with regularity and leaving the rest of the field far … [Read more...]
Akiko Kiyonoga Adds Second Gold Medal for Japan With Women’s Surfing Win Today
21 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Akiko Kiyonoga raced through four rounds of surfing in the Women's surfing event of the Asian Beach Games at Kuta Beach to claim a gold medal for Japan today. The silver was taken home by Indonesia's Yasniar Gea. Japan now leads with two gold medals, the first from yesterday's Longboard win, and Indonesia adds a silver to its gold from the Men's … [Read more...]
Yuta Morimoto Takes Home Japans First Olympic Longboard Gold Medal at 1st Asian Beach Games in Bali
20 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: Yuta Morimoto from Japan put on an exciting display of Lonboarding expertise at Kuta Beach today, pulling the top combination score of the surfing competition and a 9 point ride, breaking out numerous trips to the nose and back and mixing it up with big turns, floaters, and cutbacks to come back to the beach with Japan's first surfing Olympic gold … [Read more...]
Indonesian Garut Widiarta Is Surfing’s First Olympic Gold Medalist
19 October 2008, Kuta-Bali: 20 year old Garut Widiarta from Bali became the first surfer in history to win a gold medal in the sport of surfing at an Olympic event today at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia. The talented young surfer proudly held up the Indonesian flag as he and silver medalist Raditya Rondi accepted the cheers of the crowd in front of the judging tower. In an … [Read more...]
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