SOLID SWELL CONDITIONS KICK OFF DAY ONE AT THE ROTE OPEN 2009 IN EAST INDONESIA

16 September 2009, Nemberala – Rote Island: Solid 4-6 foot surf got the Rote Open 2009 started in fine form on the first day of competition at the righthand reef break of Bo'a Beach on the east Indonesia island of Rote today.

Hundreds of Rote locals as well as dozens of international tourists and surfers flocked to the beach to attend the opening ceremony and then get a glimpse of Indonesia's top surfers such as Dede Suryana, Lee Wilson, Marlon Gerber, Betet Merta, and Garut Widiarta take on the firing reefbreak of Bo'a.

In this first day of competition, Rounds 1 and 2 were completed as well as the first two heat of Round 3. Tomorrow the swell is expected to drop slightly, so Contest Director and Coca Cola ISC Tour CEO Tipi Jabrik started things off early at 7:30 am and pushed through the day to finish up just as the sun was going down around 6 pm.

The extremely exciting surfing displayed today was a testament the powerful and well formed wave here at Bo'a, with a couple of surfboards broken and leg ropes snapped, but no injuries other than perhaps a sunburn or two for those who forget to liberally apply the much needed sunblock!

Tomorrow's competition is scheduled to begin at 7 am to complete Rounds 3 and 4, and the day after will most likely see the Women's Division take to the water. The swell is expected to increase again in about two days time, when the final day of competition will be completed including the (over 35) Masters Division.

The Rote Open 2009 is presented by the Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour and sponsored by the government of Rote Ndao, PTR Communications, Garuda Indonesia, Merpati Airlines, Trans Nusa Airlines, Heineken. SurfTime, Magic Wave and Lines. It is a 6 Star Prime Coca-Cola ISC event with a total prize purse of $7,000 USD.

Stay tuned for more…..

Text By Tim Hain - ISC


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Eka I. Rochmansyah
Media Coordinator ISC






Photo 1 : Official


















Photo 2 : Lee Wilson


















Photo 3 : Last Heat Of Day


















Photo 4 : End Of Day

GOOFYFOOTERS DOMINATE AND LEE WILSON OUT IN ROUND 4 OF DAY 3 AT THE OAKLEY PRO 09

20 August 2009, Canggu-Bali : 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.

Wilson had held on to his priority for the last 5 minutes, but the strong winds and increasingly long waits for waves left him with only a marginal wave with which to work with. Suargita had worked the inside section, bashing the lip from the underside, racking up enough points to take over the lead and eventually the heat win.

Overall, it was a day for goofyfooters at a venue that is usually dominated by regularfooted surfers, who can take full advantage of the right handed reef break to break out every trick in their repertoire, especially in today's windy and bumpy conditions.

But today it was Suargita, Mustofa Jeksen, Raditya Rondi, and Garut Widiarta who turned up the afterburners blasted away, in the end winning the majority of the Round 4 heats against their regularfooted competitors.

Agus Purnawan, Dedy Santoso, and Devis Ratif on their forehands advanced to the quarterfinals along with Made Awan, who is also a regularfooter but didn't have to surf his heat as Pepen Hendrik was unable to compete, having pulled a groin muscle during the final minutes of yesterdays competition.

Today's action got started early at 6:50 am, with the wind already starting to ripple the surface of the Indian Ocean. It was anticipated that the swell would be dropping with a longer swell period, and it was indeed a touch smaller with longer waits between sets, but the wind was the factor that steadily eroded the wave conditions to the point that at just after 9:00 am when Heat 8 of Round 4 was finished, the announcement went out that the surfing was finished for the day.

The next announcement was far more enjoyable….Everyone was invited to the nearby Echo Beach restaurant for a BBQ lunch to feast on fish, chicken, rice, salad, veggies and even drink a few San Miguel Lights if they wanted!

Standby time tomorrow will again be at 6:30 am, and though the forecast is calling for a significant increase in swell, it is expected that a slight decrease in the morning winds and the rising tide will provide great conditions for the completion of the event tomorrow.

Photos and Text : Tim Hain-ISC


Thanks,


Eka I. Rochmansyah
Media Coordinator ISC






Photo 1 : Mustofa Jeksen


















Photo 2 : Garut Widiartha


















Photo 3 : Betet Mertha


















Photo 4 : Lee Wilson


























Photo 5 : Windy Canggu

PRESS RELEASE RUSTY RUMBLE IN DA JUNGLE 2007

Rusty’s Rumble In Da Jungle 2007 finished with a bang on Monday 23rd April, the anticipated swell arriving with 4-5ft lines grinding down the Sanur Reef. Lee Wilson, Kuta, was the in-form surfer all event and was finally able to get the monkey off his back and above his head to be crowned the 2007 Rumble In Da Jungle champion.













A roller coaster start to the event proved just how fickle Sanur can be, and patience is a must for all involved. Thursday 19/4/07 started with a clean looking 3-4ft swell, however the extreme new moon tides (which almost washed the competition site out), brought deteriorating conditions and forced the contest to be put on hold only 3 heats into round 2.

A building swell and glassy conditions, called for competition kick start again on Sunday 22/4/07 at 2pm. However a gnarly, late arriving SE trade wind cut through the line up, again forcing organizers to put the contest on hold at the end of round 2.
Patience is a virtue as they say, and it all came together on Monday 23/4/07. Conditions ranged from excellent 5ft cylinders to testing 3ft on the high tide, but that is mother-nature right? Rusty were able to extract every ounce of daylight, running the mammoth 29 heats in the day to get the job done……

Obviously Lee Wilson was the stand out exposing his complete bag of tricks, however, special mention must go to the local Sanur boys Nyoman Sukasta and Wayan ‘Tenggo’ Darmayasa who both wreaked havoc on the top seeds placing 2nd and equal 3rd respectively.

In the masters division a flowing Wayan Pica proved too strong for Made Kasim’s huge backside hacks.

A big thanks go to the Sanur Beach Community, The Sanur Wild Surfers, The ISC, Von Zipper, Surf Time, Magic Wave, Jollie, Happen, Trax, MTV, Global TV, Hard Rock Radio, Bir Bintang and Smirnoff.

A RUMBLE IN DA JUNGLE party was held at M-BAR-GO on Saturday 28/4/07, with local rockers Snickers & Devil Dice, DJ, Bikini Show, Big Screen flicks and give aways.

Pro Tour Results:
1. Lee Wilson (Bali-Australia)
2. Nyoman Sukasta (Sanur-Bali)
3. Wayan “Tenggo” Darmayasa (Sanur-Bali)
3. Made Artha (Kuta-Bali














Masters Results:
1. Wayan Pica (Kuta-Bali)
2. Made Kasim (Kuta-Bali)
3. Made Gachang (Sanur-Bali)
4. Wayan Gantiyasa (Kuta-Bali














Von Zipper Best Barrel : Kane J. Faint





















Text by : Thai Little - Photos By : Tim Hain

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Eka IRS
Sales & Marketing Manager