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IB Kusuma Rai
Tanabe Crowned 2012 Quiksilver’s King of the Groms SEA Champion
9 July 2012,
Kuta-Bali: 15 year old Ida Bagus
Kusuma Rai Tanabe (Gusde) of Kuta was crowned the 2012 Quiksilver King of the
Groms SEA champion yesterday on Kuta Beach in front of his family and friends
after winning a very close 25 minute final dual against Aussie expat Reef Doig, who is also 15 years old.
The two Under 16
year old surfers had battled through two days of challenging wave conditions
and a talented field of frothing grommets (surfer slang for kids under 16) to
meet on Sunday afternoon and decide who would be crowned the “King” and receive
the all-expense-paid trip to the Quiksilver King of the Groms International
Final in France, as well as a brand new Yamaha motorbike.
It was a epic
final in 1-2 foot beach break waves, where most waves allowed one or two turns
at best, as these young rippers went blow for blow, smashing the lip, racing and
floating over sections, pulling out all the stops to impress the judges and get the
big scores.
In the exciting
climax, with less than a minute left and Gusde in the lead, young
Reef spied a nice little wave lining up and then took off, knowing he
only
needed a small score of 3.05 to take the win. After smashing
three turns to finish the wave off, Reef, Gusde and everybody on the
beach walked back to the judging tower waiting for the announcement, but
they wouldn't hear the news until
later at the beachside presentation.
“It was close….but not close enough Reef,” exclaimed Quiksilver’s Tipi
Jabrik to Reef and the waiting crowd as the presentation began.
“You needed a 3.05 and the judges gave you a 2.9! Good effort Reef, and congratulations
to Gusde, the new King of the Groms SEA Champion!”
Even though he was the
runner up, Reef was still smiling and from the podium replied to Tipi
and the audience, “It was a great final and thanks to
my sponsors, and congratulations to Gusde who was ripping!”
Gusde was
perhaps still in shock from the announcement of his win, for when asked
how he
felt about winning the King of the Groms title and getting a trip to
France
could just smile and reply, “I’m really happy, so happy!” He'll no
doubt be working on his French and English language skills from now on
in preparation for his trip.
A total of 97
boy and girl groms joined up for the annual Quiksilver
King of the Grom’s SEA Final at Kuta Beach, and new this year was the addition of a special
Roxy Jam for the girls, where they could compete together instead of
mixing it up with the boys.
A total of 16
girls surfed together in the inaugural Roxy Jam, with 10-year-old Joniati
“Cinta” Hansel winning the final with her massive floater. She then got an equally massive hug and kiss
from her father shaper Bruce Hansel back on the beach, as well as received a Roxy
voucher for 2 million rupiah (over $200 USD) and the Coca-Cola Encouragement
Award of a new custom made surfboard.
Quiksilver’s
Jake Paterson was asked to comment on the level of performance and improvements
he has seen in Bali’s surfing scene this year as compared to the past few
years, and he replied, “The level of surfing here is just going through the
roof. This weekend the waves
were pretty small and difficult to surf, but those kids were out there ripping
the bags out of em. So I’d say the
future of Indo surfing is looking really good. What impressed me the most were the 10 and 12 year olds though. The 14 -16 year old group are really
good right now, but this next wave of kids will be incredible. I’m looking forward to seeing how they
develop over the next few years, and I can’t wait to come back and do it all
again next year!
The Quiksilver
King of the Groms SEA Final was part of the Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia
and
Quiksilver “Bali’s Big Eco Weekend”, an annual event organized with the
intention of bringing environmental awareness to the public and private
sectors of
Indonesia and the world regarding Bali and Indonesia’s problems with
waste
management and keeping the beaches and water clean.
To help draw
attention and raise awareness of these issues facing Bali, Quiksilver elicited
help from their world famous team of surfing legends, 4-time World Champion
Mark Richards, 2-time World Champion Tom Carroll, 1989 World Champion Martin
Potter, outlaw power surfer Matt Hoy, and Pipeline Master Jake Paterson.
These five
legends came to the beach and signed posters, watched the groms surf, and then
surfed themselves in the Locals vs Legends tag team challenge. It was a definite highlight of the day
for the beach crowd, with superb and hilarious commentary by Surfing World
Editor Vaughan Blakey, as the Legends took on the local Quiksilver Grom and the
Quiksilver Local teams.
It the end it
was the Quiksilver Local team taking the trophy off the Legends, who had won
last year with a horn-beating wave by Jake Paterson. But this time it was the Local’s Tipi Jabrik who got the
winning wave over Jake, to come in to the beach with his board held high.
But Jake wasn’t
too upset, saying, “Don’t worry Tipi, next year when the waves are bigger we’ll
get it back…just you wait!
Tom Carroll was the new
legend on the team this year, and had a great time as well, also
mentioning wave size as having something to do with their loss, saying,
“This legends thing was good fun, but the waves were so small I couldn’t
hardly
surf! But it was really fun
hanging out with MR, Pottz, Hoyo and Jake as well as with Ketut Menda and all
the Bali crew, and seeing those groms surfing against us. There was a great
crowd too, and I’m glad they enjoyed it as much as we did.”
As part of these
Quiksilver legends activities during their stay in Bali, they participated in a charity golf tournament and dinner
at the Pan Pacific Nirwana Bali Resort, where their replica surfboards along with other items were auctioned off to raise a
whopping $44,000 USD to help clean up Bali’s beaches.
These funds
along with funds donated by Garuda Indonesia and other sponsors will buy
beach-cleaning equipment to help with the effort to get Bali cleaner and
greener.
Quiksilver SEA
CEO Paul Hutson was excited and proud of the great results from the weekend,
saying “I think it’s safe to say that our expectations were more than exceeded
this weekend, and for that I’d like to thank our presenting sponsor Garuda
Indonesia, our surfing legends for giving their time up to come and help us,
our great partner Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia, Yamaha and the whole list of
other sponsors, the lifeguards that help us out every year, and everybody that
helped make this weekend a huge success.
Raising a total of Rp 452,400,000 (about $48,000 USD) is quite an
achievement, and will result in a substantial leap forward in our mission to
help us clean up Bali, setting an example for all of Indonesia and also other
parts of the world to follow.”
To find out more about what happened
during the Bali’s Big Eco Weekend to www.bbew.coca-colaamatil.co.id.
Check out the
cool video clips by Coca-Cola ISC’s Sean Gilhooley at:
Quiksilver KOG
Day 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BhG75yDVNk&feature=youtu.be
Quiksilver KOG Day 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N25RCRga0zY&feature=youtu.be
And at www.isctour.com/events/kog12 you can see the scores, photos and more
from each day’s competition. On Facebook check out Indonesian Surfing
Championship and Quiksilver Indonesia.
Quiksilver
King of the Groms SEA Final Contest Results:
1. Ida Bagus Susuma Rai Tanabe (Bali)
2. Reef Doig (Australia/Bali)
Equal 3rd
place: Made Tedi (Bali) and Angga
Bayu (Bali)
Roxy Jam
Results:
1. Joniata “Cinta” Hansel (Bali)
2. Julika (Bali)
3. Taina Izquiredo (Bali/PR)
4. Kailani Johnson (Bali/USA)
Coca-Cola
Encouragement Award –
Joniata “Cinta” Hansel
The Quiksilver
King of the Groms 2011 was presented by Coke Zero and supported by Yamaha, with
media partners Now Bali!, Now Jakarta!, TRAX, FHM, Esquire, Fitness for Men,
Bali & Beyond, Kaskus, Hard Rock FM Bali, Dreambox, BAM, Lines Magazine,
Surfersvillage.com, SurfTime Magazine, Magic Wave Surf Community Newspaper,
Balibelly.tv, Baliwaves.com, RVM Alam TV Bali., and the Outdoor Channel, and
assisted in the Coca-Cola ISC’s “Keepin’ it Green” program by GUS, the ROLE
Foundation, and Climate Wave.
The Quiksilver
King of the Groms 2012 is a Grade 2 Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship
sanctioned Junior Division event, with the Coca-Cola ISC Junior Division
members receiving points towards their 2011 Coca-Cola ISC Junior Division
Championship ranking.
Media Contacts:
Quiksilver SEA
Ni Putu Purniati
Marketing
Manager Quiksilver
Tel:
+62811387805
Email:
purnie@quiksilver.co.id
Coca-Cola ISC
Tour
Tim Hain – Media
and Communications
Tel:
+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 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 Torque, Australia.
For
further information about Quiksilver, Inc., you are invited to take a look into
our world at:
www.quiksilverinc.com,
www.quiksilverfoundation.org,
www.quiksilver.com,
www.roxy.com,
www.dcshoecousa.com,
www.hawkclothing.com.
About Coca-Cola
Amatil Indonesia:
“Coca-Cola” was first introduced in Indonesia in 1927 and was
produced locally in 1932. Coca-Cola System in Indonesia consists of Coca-Cola
Indonesia (CCI) as the representative from The Coca-Cola Company / TCCC- USA
with its bottling partners where in Indonesia conducted by Coca-Cola Amatil
Indonesia.
CCAI is the leading manufacturer and distributor of soft drinks in
Indonesia. It manufactures and distributes under license products of The
Coca-Cola Company (TCCC). The company’s headquarter Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) is
one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages in Asia
Pacific region and one of the world’s top five Coca-Cola bottlers. Currently
CCAI has production facilities set up in Medan, Padang, Lampung,
Cibitung-Bekasi, Bandung Semarang, Surabaya and Denpasar. We employ over 10,000
people and operate thousands of vehicles to deliver more than 100 million cases
of beverages per year to hundreds of thousands of retail outlets throughout the
archipelago.
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. Find
out more at www.isctour.com
--
Tim Hain
Media and Communications
Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour - Asian Surfing Championship Tour
CV. Selancar Indonesia (ISC)
Jl. Raya Kuta No. 21
Pertokoan Kuta Raya Blok 9 Abian Base
Kuta, Bali 80361
INDONESIA
Phone/Fax: +62 361 768293
Mobile: +62 8123606674
Email: tim@isctour.com
www.isctour.com
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