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Simarai Trumps Hermawan to Win Oakley Pro Junior at Canggu

08 August 2011

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Oakley Pro Junior 2011

August 1- 14, 2011

Canggu Beach, Bali - Indonesia

In an unexpected climax to three days of exciting surfing at the Oakley Pro Junior surfing competition yesterday at Canggu Beach in Bali, Ida Bagus Simarai trumped 2010 Coca-Cola ISC Pro Junior and Open Champion Putra Hermawan to take his first-ever contest win and come home with Rp 9 million (just over $1,000 USD) and a wildcard spot in the Oakley World Pro Junior competition that will be held at Keramas Beach in October of this year.

“I’m so happy to have won today,” said Simarai. “I’m 20 years old and will be 21 soon, so it was my last chance as a pro junior. I’ve never won a comp before, so I don’t really know what to say other than I’m happy to finally have done it!” Later from the podium he thanked his sponsors, the judges, the ISC, and his family for all their support.

Simarai will join top ranked pro junior Darmaputra Tonjo as wildcards at the ASP sanctioned Oakley World Pro Junior at Keramas, which will run from the 3-14 of October. They will be competing against the world’s best pro junior surfers for the richest pro junior prize purse in history of $75,000 USD, a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Hermawan was obviously disappointed by his loss to goofyfooter Simarai, citing wave selection as the key to winning the final. “Simarai just seemed to be in the right position for the bigger set waves, and maintained priority for most of the heat,” he explained. “I was behind from the start so I had to surf the inside to try to get some points. The side-shore win wasn’t as strong as it has been so I didn’t make a couple of airs, and then time just ran out on me. I only needed like a 6-point wave too. It was especially disappointing because I really wanted that wildcard spot.”

The final score was Simarai with 12.10 points, having posted first a 6 and then a 6.1, whereas Hermawan finished with 10.55 points, his best a 6.85, needing to better his next best wave of 3.7 with a 5.35 to win

Hermawan received a check for Rp 5 million and was also the recipient of the Oakley-Lines Air Show for which he was awarded another Rp 500,000. Equal third place finishers Gazali Hamzah and Darmaputra Tonjo each received checks for Rp 3 million, their share of the total Rp 20 million prize purse.

The three day Oakley Pro Junior event saw 32 of Indonesia’s best pro junior (Under 21 years of age) competing at the high performance wave Mecca of Canggu for the ultimate prize of a Wildcard spot in the Oakley World Pro Junior, prize money and Coca-Cola ISC Pro Junior Division Championship points.

Just before the Pro Junior finalists took to the water yesterday, the surf club teams from Medewi, Legian, Seminyak and Lembongan paddled out and competed fiercely for the two spots in the final of the first-in-Indonesia Oakley Surf Tag Series, which will be held during Oakley World Pro Junior at Keramas this October.

It was a closely contested battle in challenging conditions, with all the teams shouting and cheering on their teammates during the 1-hour heat, but when time was called it was Lembongan taking the top spot with Seminyak the runner up.

And to ensure that that Canggu Beach was left in better condition that it was found, the goal being to leave only foot prints in the sand, the R.O.L.E Foundation crew together with the Yayasan GUS crew held a beach cleanup in order to ensure that the beach area was left free of trash….Clean and Green!

Oakley’s Sports & Alternate Marketing Manager Gino Andrias was extremely pleased with the event, saying “We had a great final today, right down to the wire with last year’s winner Putra Hermawan staging his comeback just as time was running out, against Simarai who as the underdog seemed to be the crowd favorite today. It was very exciting and everybody at the beach was riveted by the action until the end. These kids are really improving by leaps and bounds each year, so we’re very gratified by what we’ve seen throughout this entire comp.”

To check out videos of all the Oakley Pro Junior action and to see the heat draws, scores, photos and more, click on 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.

Oakley Pro Junior Indonesia Contest Results:

1. Ida Bagus Simarai (Bali)

2. Putra Hermawan (Nusa Lembongan)

3rd. Darmaputra Tonjo (Bali) and Gazali Hamzah (Sumbawa)

Oakley-Lines Air Show Winner – Putra Hermawan (Nusa Lembongan)

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

Dedicated event sites:

www.oakleyprojunior.com

http://www.oakleyindonesia.com/opj2011

Join Oakley Indonesia on Facebook: www.facebook.com/oakleyindonesia

(text and photos: Tim Hain - Coca-Cola ISC Tour)

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Simarai Mengalahkan Hermawan Untuk Menjuarai Oakley Pro Junior di Canggu

Klimaks yang tak terduga terjadi di hari ketiga kompetisi Oakley Pro Junior kemarin di pantai Canggu, Bali dimana Ida Bagus Simarai menaklukkan Coca-Cola ISC Pro Junior dan Open Champion Putra Hermawan untuk menuai kemenangan perdananya di kontes ini dan membawa pulang uang tunai sejumlah 9 juta (lebih dari $1,000 USD) juga wildcard untuk ajang Oakley World Pro Junior ayang akan digelar di pantai Keramas bulan Oktober tahun ini.

“Saya sangat senang bisa menang hari ini,” ujar Simarai. “Saya berumur 20 tahun dan segera akan memasuki umur 21, jadi ini kesempatan terakhir saya sebagai pro junior. Saya belum pernah menjuarai satu kompetisipun sebelumnya, dan saya tidak tahu apa yang harus saya katakan kecuali saya senang bisa juara!” Selanjutnya di podium ia juga mengucapkan terima kasih pada sponsornya, para juri, ISC & juga keluarganya atas dukungannya.

Simarai akan bergabung dengan pemegang puncak klasemen pro junior Darmaputra Tonjo sebagai para pemegang wildcard untuk event ASP sanctioned Oakley World Pro Junior di Keramas yang akan digelar tanggal 3-14 Oktober. Mereka akan bertarung melawan surfer-surfer pro junior terbaik dari seluruh dunia untuk memperebutkan hadiah termahal dalam sejarah event pro junior yaitu $75,000 USD, sebuah kesempatan sekali seumur hidup.

Hermawan terlihat sangat kecewa dengan kekalahan dirinya dari goofyfooter Simarai, walaupun ia sudah ‘menyeleksi’ ombak terbaik untuk menang di babak final ini. “Simarai terlihat sudah ada di posisi yang benar untuk set ombak yang besar, dan menjadi priority dari keseluruhan heat,” jelasnya. “Saya berada di belakang saat start jadi saya harus surf ke dalam untuk mencuri beberapa poin. Angin dari sisi pantai yang tidak sekuat seperti biasanya jadi saya tidak bisa membuar beeberapa manuver di udara, dan saya kehabisan waktu. Saya hanya butuh 6 poin. Ini tentunya sangat mengecewakan karena saya ingin sekali mendapatkan wildcard.”

Skor akhir yaitu Simarai dengan 12.10 poin, mencetak poin pertama 6 kemudian 6.1, dimana Hermawan finis dengan 10.55 poin, skor terbaiknya yaitu 6.85, dan kemudian membutuhkan poin 3.7 agar bisa disandingkan dengan poin yang dimilikinya 5.35 untuk bisa menang.

Hermawan menerima cek sebesar Rp. 5 juta dan juga meraih juara di gelaran Oakley-Lines Air Show dengan hadiah sebesar 500.000 rupiah. Equal ketiga ditempati oleh Gazali Hamzah dan Darmaputra Tonjo yang masing-masing mengantungi cek sebesar 3 juta, dari jumlah semua total uang yang diperebutkan untuk event ini yaitu sebesar 20 juta.

Tiga hari perhelatan event Oakley Pro Junior mengikutsertakan 32 surfer pro junior Indonesia terbaik (di bawah 21 tahun) dengan performa ombak terbaik dari Canggu demi memperebutkan hadiah utama yaitu Wildcard untuk event Oakley World Pro Junior, total hadiah yang diperebutkan juga poin utama Coca-Cola ISC Pro Junior Division Championship.

Sebelum para finals Pro Junior saling beradu aksi di atas ombak kemarin, tim surf dari Medewi, Legian, Seminyak dan Lembongan saling bertarung menaklukkan ombak untuk memperebutkan tempat di final sebagai lanjutan ajang pertama-di-Indonesia Oakley Surf Tag Series, yang akan diadakan selama Oakley World Pro Junior digelar di Keramas bulan Oktober ini.

Pertempuran intens terjadi di kondisi ombak yang menantang, dengan semua tim saling mendukung bahu-membahu selama pertempuran 1 jam heat, tapi saat waktu habis adalah tim Lembongan yang meraih jatah spot di final dengan tim Seminyak sebagai runner up.

Dan untuk memastikan bahwa pantai Canggu seusai kontes ditinggalkan dengan kondisi yang sama dengan sebelum kontes dimulai, dan untuk memenuhi tujuan dari makna ‘tinggalkan hanya jejak kaki di pasir,’ kru dari R.O.L.E Foundation bersama dengan awak dari Yayasan GUS melakukan kegiatan pembersihan pantai untuk memastikan area sekitar event bersih dari sampah. Clean and Green!  

Manajer Sport dan Marketing Oakley: Gino Andrias sangat puas dengan event ini, berkata “kita menggelar babak final yang luar biasa hari ini, dengan juara tahun lalu Putra Hermawan menghadirkan comeback yang solid walaupun harus kalah waktu saat melawan Simarai, yang merupakan underdog tapi jadi surfer favorit para penonton hari ini. Sangat menarik dan semua yang hadir di pantai hari ini benar-benar terpuaskan dengan aksi-aksi yang digelar dari awal hingga akhir. Anak-anak ini meningkat sangat pesat setiap tahun, jadi tentunya kami sangat senang dengan apa yang terjadi di keseluruhan kompetisi ini.

Untuk melihat video keseluruhan aksi event dari Oakley Pro Junior 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.

Oakley Pro Junior Indonesia Contest Results:

1. Ida Bagus Simarai (Bali)

2. Putra Hermawan (Nusa Lembongan)

3rd. Darmaputra Tonjo (Bali) and Gazali Hamzah (Sumbawa)

Oakley-Lines Air Show Winner – Putra Hermawan (Nusa Lembongan)