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Finalists Decided and Oakley-Lines Air Show Run on Day Two of Oakley Pro Junior at Canggu

06 August 2011

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Oakley Pro Junior 2011

August 1- 14, 2011

Canggu Beach, Bali - Indonesia

 

It was another exciting day at the Oakley Pro Junior at Canggu Beach, with challenging wave conditions at both the Sand Bar and the Rivermouth breaks creating both opportunities and upsets during the day’s competition.  Early low tide conditions had 2-3 foot waves breaking all over the place, and then as the tide was rising 4 foot plus lumpy bombs would close out the beach.

 

But wave selection and a bit of luck all played their parts, and smashing his way into a final’s berth was Simarai, who seemed almost more surprised than anyone that he made it that far.  “I haven’t been in a final for a long time,” he said after his semifinal win over Gazali Hamzah.  “And since this is my last contest as a Pro Junior I’m really happy to have made it this far.  Hopefully I can win tomorrow!”

 

Simarai will be meeting an in form Putra Hermawan in tomorrow’s final, who again posted the day’s highest single wave score of 8.25 out of 10 points, as well as the highest heat score of the day, 15.75 out of a possible 20 points.  Hermawan was also the standout in the afternoon’s Oakley Lines Air Show, a 35-minute free-for-all that had 8 of Indonesia’s best Pro Juniors going all out to land the biggest and best air to take the Rp 500,000 prize.  The winner will be announced on the podium tomorrow.

 

There were some surprising eliminations today, with Canggu’s local wunderkind Jeren Kiring fell to Simarai’s powerful surfing attack at the Sandbar, and then last week’s Pro Junior contest runner up Gazali Hamzah was narrowly defeated by Simarai in the semifinals at the Rivermouth. 

 

In the much anticipated duel between Darmaputra Tonjo and his twin brother Made Darmayasa, Tonjo had his brother combo’d for most of the heat to take a decisive heat win, ending with a combined wave score of 15.50 points to Darmayasa’s 12.65.  Darmayasa was left needing an 8.95 wave score when the horn blew.

 

Tonjo however, soon went down in his semifinal match against Putra Hermawan, ending his run to the final.  It remains to be seen who will emerge as the Pro Junior rankings leader, but for now Tonjo is still in the Number One spot, but it will be between Hermawan and Simarai to decide who gets the wild card entry into the Oakley World Pro Junior being held in October at Keramas.

 

The call for tomorrow is for a 9:00 am standby, as the swell is expected to be increasing requiring a higher tide for the best surfing conditions. 

 

In addition to the Pro Junior final tomorrow, surf club teams from Medewi, Legian, Seminyak and Lembongan will be competing for the 2 top spots in the semi-final battle of the first-in-Indonesia Oakley Surf Tag Series. The final of the Oakley Indonesia Surf Tag Series will be held during Oakley World Pro Junior in October. 

 

To check out a video of yesterday’s action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh5TkBO3-k4 and to see theheat draws and scores from today’s action and more, www.isctour.com/events/oakleyprojr11/

 

The Oakley Pro Junior is sponsored/supported by Oakley, Surfing Magazine, Surfer Magazine, ASP, Surfersvillage.com, SurfTime, Lines, RVM, Baliwaves.com, GUS and San Miguel Light, and sanctioned by the Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championships.

 

For further details please see below contacts:

 

Oakley Indonesia

Gino Andrias

Sports and Alternate Marketing Manager

Ph: +62 8123 927 527

Email: gino@oakleyindonesia.com

 

Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championships

Tim Hain

Coca-Cola ISC Tour Media Director

Ph: +62 8123 606 674

Email: tim@isctour.com

 

 

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About the Coca-Coca Cola Indonesian Surfing Championships

 

The Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championships is the sanctioning body for professional surfing in Indonesia.  The ISC was established in 2004 to provide surfing athletes with a consistent, legitimate, and respected forum where they can compete and measure themselves against their peers, a stepping-stone towards their ultimate goal of becoming a professional surfer at the international level. With the support of Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia, through organized surfing competitions the Coca-Cola ISC seeks to grow the awareness of the sport of surfing in Indonesia and throughout the Asian region for the benefit of the surfers, their community, their environment, their nation and the surfing industry.

 

 

 

 

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Para Finalis Telah Ditentukan dan Oakley-Lines Air Show Digelar di Hari Kedua Event Oakley Pro Junior di Canggu

 

Hari kedua yang menarik untuk event surf Oakley Pro Junior di pantai Canggu, dengan kondisi ombak yang menantang di lokasi yang terapit pasir hitam dan sungai  yang menyajikan peluang sekaligus  tantangan selama kompetisi digelar. Kondisi awal ombak yaitu setinggi 2-3 kaki terlihat di beberapa spot, dan selanjutnya ombak  menaikkan intensitasnya setinggi 4 kaki ditambah gumpalan-gumpalan seperti yang akan ‘menutup’ pantai.

 

Tapi ombak pilihan ditambah keberuntungan memainkan perannya untuk para peserta kali ini, dan salah satunya yang lolos ke babak final adalah Simarai yang terlihat sangat terkejut  dibanding yang lainnya atas hasil yang ia tuai tersebut. “Sudah lama saya belum pernah lagi masuk ke babak final,” ucapnya setelah kemenangannya di semifinal atas Gazali Hamzah.  “Dan semenjak ini adalah kontes saya yang terakhir sebagai Pro Junior, tentunya saya sangat senang. Semoga saya bisa menang besok!”

 

Di babak final besok, Simarai akan bertemu dengan Putra Hermawanyang kembali mencetak skor single-wave tertinggi 8.25  mendekati poin 10 dan menjadikan skor tertinggi heat hari ini, 15.75 mendekati poin 20. Hermawan juga menjadi surfer ‘standout’ di ajang Oakley Lines Air Show yang digelar sore hari,   sebuah gelaran ‘aksi-manuver-bebas’ selama 35 menit yang menyajikan 8 surfer Pro Junior Indonesia terbaik beradu skill di udara untuk memperebutkan hadiah sebesar Rp. 500.000. Pemenangnya sendiri baru akan diumumkan besok.

 

Kejutan lainnya terjadi di babak eliminasi, yaitu surfer lokal ‘ajaib’ Jeren Kiring yang harus mengakui keunggulan Simarai, dan runner up Pro Junior minggu lalu Gazali Hamzah juga harus kalah tipis oleh Simarai di semifinal yang di helat di pantai terapit sungai itu.

 

Duel yang paling banyak ditunggu-tunggu yaitu antara Darmaputra Tonjo dengan saudara kembarnya Made Darmayasa, Tonjo menyajikan aksi ‘kombo’ yang impresif saat pertarungan di heat untuk menentukan kemenangan, dan berakhir dengan kombinasi skor wave 15.50 mengalahkan Darmawasa yang hanya meraih 12.65. Darmayasa membutuhkan 8.95 poin lagi saat terompet tanda heat dibunyikan tanda heat berakhir.

 

Bagaimanapun, Tonjo setelahnya harus menelan kekalahan atas Putra Hermawan di semifinal, mengakhiri impiannya untuk terus melaju ke final. Hal ini seperti pertanda siapa yang akan memimpin di ranking Pro Junior, tapi untuk sekarang Tonjo masih menjadi spot Nomor Satu, dan terakhir tinggal Hermawan dan Simarai yang akan menentukan  siapa yang berhak mengantungi wild card untuk masuk di ajang surf akbar Oakley World Pro Junior yang bakal dihelat bulan Oktober ini di Keramas.

 

Panggilan untuk besok yaitu pukul 9 pagi, dan diharapkan ombak akan kembali menyajikan intensitasnya demi menyajikan spot terbaik  untuk berlaga.

 

Sebagai tambahan untuk final Pro Junior besok, tim surf dari  Medewi, Legian, Seminyak dan Lembongan akan saling bertarung untuk memperebutkan 2 top spot di semifinal event pertama-di-Indonesia, Oakley Surf Tag Series. Babak final dari Oakley Indonesia Surf Tag Series akan digelar selama event Oakley World Pro Junior nanti dihelat bulan Oktober nanti.

 

Untuk melihat video dari aksi kemarin silakan klik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh5TkBO3-k4  dan untuk menyimak heat draw  juga skor hari ini serta lainnya, buka www.isctour.com/events/oakleyprojr11/

 

Event Oakley Pro Junior disponsori/didukung oleh Oakley, Surfing Magazine, Surfer Magazine, ASP, Surfersvillage.com, SurfTime, Lines, RVM, Baliwaves.com, GUS dan San Miguel Light, juga sanctioned dariCoca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship.