Finals before winds halt the day’s action at Keramas Immediate Release: Two quarter finals run today at Keramas River- mouth in Bali before a raging on-shore wind forced the event into holding pattern on a day which began with a very promising swell. more
11 October 2009, Keramas-Gianyar: At just before 10:00 am after a two and a half hour standby, Heat 5 of Round 3 got started as the highly anticipated increase in swell finally materialized, launching solid 4-5 foot sets into the black lava reef of Keramas Beach. more
Sunday October 11 2009 Keramas River-Mouth Bail; Immediate Release: The strategy to wait for premium conditions at the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge Final 2009 paid off today as a solid swell in the 6 feet plus range moved in for the final four heats of round three as quarter finalists were decided. more
After convincingly winning his Round 2 heat earlier in the day, Mustofa Jeksen (Denpasar-Bali) was narrowly defeated by reigning Pro Junior World Champion Kai Barger (Hawaii) in the final moments of Round 3 competition today at Keramas Beach in Gianyar, Bali. more
Keramas-Gianyar: Balinese wildcard Dewa Ardika came from behind to take out the heat win out from under Australian Davey Cathels in the final minutes of the 35 minute Heat 5 of Round 1 today at Keramas Beach in Gianyar, Bali. more
Thursday October 8 2009, Keramas River Mouth Bali): Two days of surfing perfect three-to-four-feet waves yet only six heats completed and at this stage none of the 18 select world pro juniors eliminated! more
The 2009 Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge final began today in near flawless 1.25m (3 to 4 feet) surf at the now famous Keramas River - mouth Bali. more
6 October 2009, Gianyar-Bali: 20 year old Mustofa Jeksen used his small waves skills and finely honed contest experience to win the coveted wildcard spot in today’s trial event for the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge Final that is set to start tomorrow morning at Keramas Beach in Gianyar. more
At 7 am on Sunday morning October 5th at the scenic fishing village of Medewi in Northwest Bali, dozens of groms who had traveled from all over Bali and Nusa Lembongan lined up together with the local Medewi groms to sign up and compete in the fifth regional Rip Curl Gromsearch event of 2009. more
In conjunction with the final event of the Coca Cola 2009 ISC tour season, the 6-star Prime rated Quiksilver Open at Keramas, Quiksilver is proud to announce the confirmation of the internationally acclaimed ACDC tribute band Acca Dacca playing two gigs in Indonesia. more
After traveling around Indonesia since February searching for Indonesia’s best groms in places like Lombok, Sumatra, Sumbawa, and West Java, the fifth and final regional event of the 2009 Rip Curl GromSearch will take place on the 4th of October when the Rip Curl GromSearch... more
1 October 2009, Kuta-Bali: After the incredible inaugural Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge last October that saw Hawaii’s Dusty Payne win the biggest pro junior finals money in history, a whopping $20,000 USD, over France’s Marc Lacomare, the boys are coming back to Bali back again this year to do it again... more
19 September 2009, Nemberala, Rote Island: In a very closely contested 30 minute final at scenic Bo’a Beach on the East Indonesian island of Rote, Garut Widiarta narrowly defeated Marlon Gerber to bring home 20 million Rupiah (USD 2,000) and 3,500 points in the inaugural Rote Open 2009 presented by the Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing... more
The Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series 2009 finished up yesterday in spectacular but often testing surfing conditions at beautiful Kata Beach in Phuket Thailand, with this final event culminating in both Island Crown event winners and the overall championship winners of the three-event series. ... more
21 August 20, Canggu-Bali: Mustofa Jeksen from Kuta Beach won his first ever Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Champion Tour contest today at the 6-Star Oakley Pro 2009 in Canggu Beach ... more
In the final minutes of the final heat of Round 4 today at the Oakley Pro 09 at Canggu Beach, top seeded Lee Wilson was eliminated by goofyfooter Rahtu Suargita when his last wave failed to score the 4.8 points necessary to regain the lead he had held for the first half of the heat, scoring only a 3.1. more
With the second day of surfing completed at the Oakley Pro 09, Rounds 2 and 3 have finished up and tomorrow will bring the man-on-man format Round Four. more
The first round of the Oakley Pro 09 was completed today at Canggu in solid 4-5 foot surf, with some larger 6 foot sets closing out the beach on occasion. The action got underway at just after 7:30 and finished up at about 11:00, as the wind coupled with a fast dropping tide had conditions deteriorating rapidly causing the Contest Directors to thro... more
O'Brien scored an unheard of four perfect 10s during the event, including two in the same heat during Round 2 for a flawless total heat score. He earned $2,000 for the win, but the prize money was secondary to the countless memorable barrels he made during his five rounds of competition. He plans to donate all his prize money to a local Balines... more
Padang Padang, Bali –– The 2009 Rip Curl Cup Invitational at Padang Padang is set to go off in the next 24 hours. A solid southwest groundswell has hit Bali and contest directors have switched the official contest status from yellow to green, anticipating a Saturday morning start. more