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Women and Longboard
Divisions See Action on Day One of Quiksilver Open Phuket Thailand
12 September 2012, Patong Beach-Phuket: The 17 Women’s Division competitors
were sent out first this morning under sunny tropical skies and fun two foot
waves, to start off Day One of the 6-star ASC/ISC sanctioned Quiksilver Open
Phuket at Patong Beach.
Local Thai surfer and current ASC rankings leader Annissa
Flynn had no trouble winning her heat today and looks in form to make it into
the finals on Saturday, which will score her the 2012 Asian Surfing
Championship Women’s title that will be awarded at the beachside awards
presentation on Saturday night.
Also advancing into the semifinals with impressive
performances were Taiwan’s Jesse Hong and Indonesia’s Gamala Hanafia. Hanafia took the highest combined heat
score honors with a total of 9.75, while Hong scored a close second with 9.25.
A special guest was in attendance today to watch the women surfing
action as well as to sign a few autographs for her admiring fans, non other
than current and 5-time Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore. She will be giving a surf clinic on
Saturday afternoon as well as appearing to help open the new Quiksilver Women’s
store in the Jungceylon Shopping Center on Friday evening… and getting in a few
waves of her own in between. While
watching the first heats of the Women’s Division, she commented, “Wow, I’m
really surprised that there are this many girls competing here. I thought there would maybe be 5 or 6,
so to see this many is amazing!”
Then it was on to the Longboard Division action, where after
a trial heat and Heat 1 the contest was suspended as a storm front moved
through. Heavy winds and rain
delayed the action for a couple of hours, but resumed with larger and
more powerful surf to finish off the remaining three scheduled heats.
Arip “Mencos” Hidayat from West Java, 2011 ASC Longboard
champ and current ratings leader put on an impressive performance in the
challenging conditions of Heat One to advance to the semifinals, and in the
last heat of the afternoon number 2 ranked Luke Landrigan drew applause from
the crowds with both nose rides and big turns in the stormy waves to win his
heat. “It was a lot better
out there than in looked from the beach,” said Landrigan. “With the increase in size from the
storm there was more power to work with, so I’m glad we took that break. I’m really looking
forward to getting through the semifinals to see if I can best Mencos. He’s got a really good bag of tricks
and he’s the reigning champion, so I’ll need some luck for sure,” he concluded.
Tomorrow’s plan is to run the first two rounds of the Men’s
Open Division as well as the first round of the Master’s Division, with the
competitors told to be standing by on the beach at 7:30 am.
The swell is predicted to increase
substantially overnight, and even with the onshore winds it will make for great
conditions to get the early rounds of the Men’s Open underway.
Before the start of the surfing competition today, as is
usual in most Asian countries before an event commences an opening ceremony was
performed, with prayers, speeches and traditional performances.
In his speech, the Mayor of Patong Beach thanked Quiksilver
as well as all the sponsors for selecting his town to host this extraordinary
surfing event for the second year in a row, and then Quiksilver SEA CEO Paul
Hutson presented him a check for 50,000 Baht (almost $1,700 USD) on behalf of
the Quiksilver Foundation.
A massive beach cleanup followed led by Quiksilver Thailand
General Manager Surached Munghtong and Quiksilver Sports Marketing Manager Tipi
Jabrik, with several large groups of children and adults scouring the beach to
ensure it was spotless for the start of the event.
During the next few days during the surfing competition
there will also be exciting skate and BMX demonstrations by DC teams from
America and Australia, as mini ramps have been set up beachside for all to
watch.
So tell everybody you know to come on down to Patong Beach
in Phuket for the next 3 days of amazing action both in and out of the
water. And yes, the rumor that a
super talented progressive free surfer from Western Australia will be flying in
to show off at the event is true…Ry Craike is here!
The
Quiksilver Open Phuket Thailand is sponsored by Quiksilver Thailand, Yamaha,
D.A.D., Nok Air, Chang, the Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa, and the Tourism
Authority of Thailand, with partners the Phuket Province, the Patong
Municipality, Phuket Best Event, and supported by Surfing Thailand, the Asian
Surfing Championships, the Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championships, Very TV,
HOT FM, and the Green Channel. International media support provided by
the ASC includes: Surfersvillage.com, MyLifeonBoard.net, Balibelly.tv,
Baliwaves.com, Lines Magazine, SurfTime Magazine, Magic Wave Surf
Community Newspaper, Royal Video Magazine, Alam TV Bali, and the Outdoor
Channel.
For more information contact:
Quiksilver
Thailand:
Surached Munghtong, General Manager
Phone: +668194075385
Email: surached@quiksilver.in.th
Surfing
Thailand:
Chanin “Joob” Aiyarak, President
Phone: +66819565854
Email: joob@surfingthailand.org
Asian
Surfing Championships/Coca-Cola
Indonesian Surfing Championships
Michaela Partin, Tour Manager
Phone: +6281805584486
Email: marketing@isctour.com
Tim Hain, Media and Communications
Mobile: +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 Torquay, 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
the Asian Surfing Championships
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.
--
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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