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Cimaja Delivers Non-Stop
Action for Day One of the Quiksilver Open West Java
14 June 2012,
Cimaja-West Java: Cimaja Beach
delivered non-stop action in the form of perfectly pumping 3-4 foot waves, with
the lucky competitors tearing into them with gusto to start off the Quiksilver
Open West Java 2012 today.
Competitors from the Women’s, Longboard, and Open Division all
saw action today at the scenic cobblestone point break of Cimaja on the West
Coast of the island of Java, with the 15 women from countries including
Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines, the USA, and Indonesia taking to the water
at 8 am to start things off.
The undisputed favorite in the Women’s Division was Nilbie
Blancada from the Philippines.
Nilbie hails from Siargao Island and her home break is the world class
wave of Cloud 9, and her experience showed as she impressed the judges and the
crowd who clapped and cheered as she proceeded to aggressively attack the
Cimaja waves and post the Women’s Division highest single wave score of an 8.0
(out of a possible 10) in her semifinal heat, and also the highest combined
heat score of 14.75 out of 20.
This was her first time surfing at Cimaja, and her first
trip to Indonesia for that matter, so she was delighted to have made into the
final, which will be held on Sunday.
“It was a little bit hard because I didn’t know what to expect with this
wave, but I just tried to surf as good as I could,” explained Nilbie. “The wave were a little bit tricky, you
have to learn how to surf it, and I’m happy I did ok today,” she added.
Last year’s event winner Indonesian Iis Trisnawati put
together an impressive backside attack to clearly signal her intention to once
again hoist the winners check and trophy come Sunday, scoring the second
highest single wave score of 7.0 out of 10.
The finalist that will battle it out on Sunday are a great
international mix, with Iis Trisnawati from Indonesia, Nilbie Blancada from the
Philippines, Jessie Hong from Taiwan, and Australian expat Aysia Doig from
Bali.
In Longboard action today, last year’s event winner and 2011
Coca-Cola ISC Longboard Division champion Arif “Mencos” Hidayat put on a
stellar performance for the fans on the beach, wowing and the judges with a
9.20 point wave that included a switchfoot Hang 5 to Hang 10, a switchfoot drop
knee cutback, and a 360 spinner.
The Philippines Luke Landrigan also earned his place in the
finals with consistent and critical traditional longboarding combined with
progressive maneuvers, thus setting up the final four that includes Landrigan,
Hidayat (Java), Gilang (Java) and Teiki Balian (France).
With the Women’s and Longboarding finalists decided, the
Open Division Round 1 contestants were let loose on their chase for a first
heat win and a ticket to advance to surf again in Round 2 tomorrow.
Bali’s Wayan Suprayitna and Nusa Lembongan’s Angga Mardiana
nabbed highest score honors in Round 1, with Suprayitna posting a 6.75 and
Mardiana a 6.5.
Judge Made “Sachan” Sudiarta liked what he saw during Round
1, picking out Mardiana, fellow Lembongan boy Agus Frimanto, and Dylan Amar as
surfers to watch out for in Round 2, saying “With these kinds of waves it was
great to see those boys really committing to big powerful turns on the open
face, which I think will see them scoring well tomorrow. I’m excited for tomorrow already, as
the swell is expected to pick up a foot or so overnight, which will make for
another epic day at Cimaja Beach.”
Cimaja is always a favorite stop on the Coca-Cola ISC tour,
as its wave quality and consistency is legendary. After a free surf session before the contest began, last
year’s winner Lee was asked about how the waves were. He replied, “The waves
were really fun this morning, and they are shaping up to be pretty much the
same this year as last year, which were pretty damn good. But you have to know which waves are
going to be the best ones, and hopefully I’ll be able to do that.” Does he fancy his chances to be the
winner again? “I never count my
chickens man, never. Just go out
there and surf,” he replied with a grin.
The Quiksilver Open West Java was officially opened with a
mid morning opening ceremony beachside, while the contest was in progress. Vice Regent Drs. Ahmad Jajuli and the
Head of the West Java Tourism Department Drs. Nunumg Sobari MM both gave
speeches and wished the contestants good luck, while promising to continue to
support surfing in West Java, which was well received by the audience.
Quiksilver Indonesia had their own opening party on Friday
June 8 at the Rolling Stone Café in Jakarta, which started with a press
conference and then continued with the launching of Cimaja’s hometown hero and
Quiksilver team rider Dede Suryana’s new line of signature boardshorts and
T-shirts. Product giveaways of
Quiksilver and Roxy watches, sunglasses and a Freedom Dolly skateboard and
boardshorts, coupled with rockin’ live reggae music by Steven Jam had the party
going off until midnight.
The swell is expected to increase in size tomorrow for Round
2 of the Men’s Open Division, and the competitors were told to stand by and be
ready for action at 8 am.
It promises to be another epic day of non-stop action, so please
follow along with us here at the Quiksilver Open West Java 2012 on-line at www.isctour.com/events/quikwestjava
and on Facebook at both ISC and Quiksilver Indonesia, and there will be all the
up-to-the-minute heat scores and results during the day, then press releases,
photos, and video highlights after the day’s competition has ended.
The Quiksilver Open West Java 2012 is sponsored by
Quiksilver Indonesia and the Government of West Java, supported by Jim Beam,
Planet Surf, BII, Augusta Hotel, Desa Resort, Rolling Stone Café, and Coca-Cola
Amatil Indonesia, with media support from Juice, Trax, FHM, Fitness For Men,
Surfersvillage.com, Alam TV Bali, SurfTime, Magic Wave, Baliwaves.com,
Balibelly.tv, Lines, RVM, and the Outdoor Channel, and assisted in the
Coca-Cola ISC “Go Green” program by GUS, the ROLE Foundation, and Climate Wave.
Quiksilver Media Contact
Rossi Chesarah
Media Relations
Mob. +62812.86899873
Coca-Cola ISC and ASC Media
Contact
Tim Hain
Media and Communications
Mob: +628123606674
Email: tim@isctour.com
About
Quiksilver:
Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE:ZQK) is the world’s leading outdoor sports lifestyle company,
which designs, produces and distributes a diversified mix of branded apparel,
footwear, accessories, snowboards and related products. The company’s apparel
and footwear brands represent a casual lifestyle for young-minded people that
connect with its boardriding culture and heritage.
The reputation of Quiksilver’s brands is
based on outdoor action sports. The company’s Quiksilver, Roxy, DC, Lib Tech
and Hawk brands are synonymous with the heritage and culture of surfing,
skateboarding and snowboarding.
The company’s products
are sold in over 90 countries in a wide range of distribution, including surf
shops, skate shops, snow shops, its proprietary Boardriders Club shops and
Quiksilver, other company-owned retail stores, other specialty stores and
select department stores. Quiksilver’s corporate and Americas’ headquarters are
in Huntington Beach, California, while its European headquarters are in St.
Jean de Luz, France, and its Asia/Pacific headquarters are in Torquay,
Australia.
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
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. Find out more at www.istour.com
About the ASC
The Asian Surfing
Championships began in 2011 with the mission of growing the sport of surfing in
South East Asia from the grassroots level by assisting each country in
organizing professional surfing events that will develop the skills of their
surfers in healthy competition as well as to draw attention to their area for
the progression of surfing locally, nationally, and throughout the SEA area.
Organized surfing
competitions have historically been the best medium for the development of
surfers and for the sport of surfing, where learning how to compete fairly and
to being disciplined in training and competition are key skills needed not only
for surfing but also for life.
The ASC works with the local, national and
multinational event sponsors and organizers to maximize the results of these
competitive surfing events towards accomplishing the goals of sharing the sport
of surfing and bringing positive economic, social, and environmental benefits
to the people in these South East Asian countries. See more at http://www.asiansurfingtour.com
Cimaja Memberikan Aksi
Non-Stop pada Hari Pertama Quiksilver Open West Java
14 Juni 2012, Cimaja-Jawa Barat: Pantai Cimaja memberikan
aksi non-stop yang sempurna dengan ombak setinggi 3-4 meter, para peserta yang beruntung menyambutnya dengan penuh
semangat untuk memulai Quiksilver Open West Java hari ini.
Para peserta dari Divisi Longboard
(papan panjang), Wanita, dan Divisi Pria Terbuka semuanya melihat aksi hari
ini di pantai berbatu yang menjadi ciri khas dari Cimaja di Pantai Barat Pulau
Jawa, dengan 15 peserta wanita dari berbagai negara termasuk Thailand, Taiwan,
Filipina, Amerika Serikat, dan Indonesia yang memasuki lautan pukul 8 pagi untuk
mengawali kompetisi.
Peserta yang menjadi favorit di Divisi Wanita adalah Nilbie Blancada
dari Filipina. Nilbie berasal dari Pulau Siargao, dimana ombak di daerah
asalnya tersebut merupakan ombak kelas dunia Cloud 9, dan pengalamannya terlihat
pada saat membuat para juri dan penonton bertepuk tangan dan bersorak saat ia
dengan agresif menyerang ombak Cimaja dan mencetak skor tunggal tertinggi di Divisi Wanita yaitu 8,0 (dari 10 ) pada
babak semifinal, dan juga nilai tertinggi gabungan yaitu 14,75 (dari 20).
Ini adalah pertama kalinya ia berselancar di Cimaja, dan perjalanan
pertamanya ke Indonesia, jadi dia sangat senang telah mencapai babak final,
yang akan diselenggarakan pada hari Minggu. "Ini agak sulit karena saya
tidak tahu apa yang diharapkan dengan ombak ini, tapi saya hanya mencoba untuk
berselancar sebaik yang saya bisa," jelas Nilbie. "Ombaknya sedikit
rumit, anda harus mempelajari bagaimana caranya berselancar dengan ombak tersebut,
dan saya senang saya melakukannya dengan baik hari ini," tambahnya.
Pemenang tahun lalu, Iis Trisnawati dari Indonesia membuat
sebuah serangan belakang mengesankan yang jelas mengisyaratkan niatnya untuk
sekali lagi menjadi pemenang dan
menerima piala pada hari Minggu nanti, mencetak skor tertinggi kedua untuk
ombak tunggal sebesar 7,0 (dari 10).
Para finalis yang akan berkompetisi di hari Minggu nanti
merupakan sebuah perpaduan internasional yang luar biasa, ada Iis Trisnawati
dari Indonesia, Nilbie Blancada dari Filipina, Jassie Hong dari Taiwan, dan
Aysia Doig yang merupakan warga asal Australia yang saat ini tinggal di Bali.
Di divisi Longboard
hari ini, pemenang tahun lalu Arif “Mencos” Hidayat mempersembahkan keahlian
yang luar biasa untuk para penggemar yang menonton di pantai, ia berhasil
memukau para juri dan mendapatkan nilai 9.20 untuk teknik switchfoot Hang 5 - Hang 10, switchfoot
drop knee cutback, dan 360 spinner.
Luke Landrigan yang berasal dari Filipina, juga berhasil
mendapatkan tempatnya di final dengan teknik longboarding-nya yang konsisten dan tradisional digabungkan dengan
manuver yang progresif, selain Landrigan yang masuk ke final, adalah Hidayat
(Jawa), Gilang (Jawa), dan Teiki Balian (Perancis).
Dengan telah didapatkannya para finalis untuk Divisi Wanita
dan Longboarding, para peserta Divisi
Pria Terbuka Babak ke-1 berusaha untuk mengejar dan memenangkan tiket menuju babak
selanjutnya dan kembali berselancar di Babak ke-2 besok.
Wayan Suprayitna yang berasal dari Bali dan Angga Mardina
dari Nusa Lembongan (Bali) berhasil
mendapatkan nilai tertinggi di Babak ke-1, dengan perolehan angka 6.75 untuk
Supriyatna dan 6.5 untuk Mardiana.
Made “Sachan” Sudiarta yang menjadi salah satu juri senang
dengan apa yang ia lihat di Babak ke-1, selain Mardiana, peselancar dari
Lembongan lainnya seperti Agus Frimanto dan Dylan Amar mengatakan “dengan ombak
yang bagus seperti ini, sangat menyenangkan untuk dapat melihat mereka
benar-benar berkomitmen untuk sesuatu yang luar biasa hebat, yang saya rasa mereka akan mendapatkan
nilai yang baik besok. Saya sangat bersemangat untuk besok, dimana gelombang diharapkan
akan semakin naik malam ini, yang akan membuat esok hari juga se-epik hari ini di pantai Cimaja.
Cimaja selalu menjadi tempat pemberhentian favorit dalam tur
Coca Cola ISC, dimana ombaknya dikenal memiliki kualitas dan konsistensi yang
legendaris. Setelah sesi latihan
saat sebelum dimulainya kompetisi, pemenang tahun kemarin Lee sempat di
berikan pertanyaan tentang bagaimana kondisi ombak tadi. Kemudian ia menjawab
“Ombak disini sangat bagus, dan hampir sama seperti tahun kemarin, dimana
ombaknya sangat luar biasa. Tetapi kita tetap saja harus tahu ombak mana yang
terbaik, dan saya harap saya dapat melakukan itu.” Apakah ia percaya akan
kemungkinannya untuk menjadi pemenang lagi tahun ini? “Saya tidak pernah
memperdulikan hal itu. Saya hanya pergi kesana dan berselancar,” Jawabnya
dengan senyum.
Quiksilver Open West Java secara resmi dibuka dengan upacara pembukaan pada
pagi hari di pinggir pantai , pada saat kontes sedang berlangsung. Wakil Bupati
Drs. Ahmad Jajuli dan Kepala Dinas Pariwisata Jawa Barat Drs. Nunung Sobari MM
keduanya memberikan sambutan dan ucapan selamat bertanding kepada para peserta,
serta menjanjikan untuk terus mendukung kegiatan berselancar di Jawa Barat,
yang disambut hangat oleh penonton.
Quiksilver Indonesia mengadakan pesta pembukaan mereka sendiri pada
Jumat tgl 8 Juni di Rolling Stone Cafe di Jakarta, yang dimulai dengan
konferensi pers dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengan peluncuran boardshort dan t’shirt Dede
Suryana yang merupakan kebanggaan dari Cimaja dan juga Quiksilver team rider. Jam tangan dan kacamata
Quiksilver dan Roxy, skateboard Freedom Dolly, dan boardshort menjadi hadiah
malam itu , ditambah dengan penampilan luar biasa dari musisi reggae Steven Jam
, membuat pesta berlangsung seru sampai tengah malam.
Gelombang diharapkan bertambah besar besok untuk Babak ke-2
Divisi Terbuka Pria, dan para peserta diminta untuk bersiap memulai aksi pukul
8 pagi.
Kemungkinan besar akan menjadi hari yang luar biasa dengan
aksi non-stop juga, lihat terus aksi secara online di www.isctour.com/events/quikwestjava dan di
Facebook ISC dan Quiksilver Indonesia, bisa dilihat skor terkini dan hasil
kompetisi , press release, foto, dan video highlights
setelah kompetisi hari itu berakhir.
Quiksilver Open West Java 2012 is disponsori oleh Quiksilver
Indonesia dan pemerintah Jawa Barat, didukung oleh Jim Beam, Planet Surf, BII, Augusta Hotel, Desa Resort,
Rolling Stone Café, and Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia, dengan media partner :
Juice, Trax, FHM, Fitness For Men, Surfersvillage.com, Alam TV Bali, SurfTime,
Magic Wave, Baliwaves.com, Balibelly.tv, Lines, RVM, and the Outdoor Channel,
and assisted in the Coca-Cola ISC “Go Green” program by GUS, the ROLE
Foundation, and Climate Wave.
Quiksilver
Media Contact
Rossi
Chesarah
Media
Relations
Mob.
+62812.86899873
Coca-Cola ISC and ASC Media Contact
Tim Hain
Media and
Communications
Mob:
+628123606674
Email: tim@isctour.com
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