Phuket Boardriders Club

Annissa Tita Flynn from Phuket met today with Phuket Governor Khun Wichai Phraisa-ngop regarding her upcoming surf trip to Bali and sponsorship by international surf clothing company Roxy.

Annissa, who placed in both the Wahine (ladies) division as well as in the Grom (kids) division in the recent “Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series - Monsoon Riders” surfing competition at Kalim Beach, Patong has received sponsorship from Quiksilver’s Roxy clothing line for girls.

As previously mentioned by the Phuket Boardriders Club, Quiksilver’s Jake Patterson, officially invited Annissa to compete in the “Quiksilver King of The Groms” surfing competition in Kuta Beach, Bali on July 8th through 13th.

Her sponsorship includes clothes, international attention and experience, as well as an opportunity to represent Thailand on the global stage.

Phuket Boardriders Club, is really proud to see Annissa have such a great and deserving opportunity!

Quiksilver hopes to “Motivate the Thai youth to participate at the beach - keeping them off the streets.”

News: Steven Martin

Photo: Joob Aiyarak

This Year’s Thailand Surf Series sponsored by Quiksilver showed the world the beauty and grace of one of Thailand’s up-coming female surfers. Placing in both the Wahine (ladies) division as well as in the Grom (kids) division was our own Annissa Tita Flynn from Phuket Thaihua School.

In an official letter from Quiksilver’s Jake Paterson (Sports and Marketing SEA), Annissa has been officially invited to compete in the “Quiksilver King of The Grom” surfing competition in Kuta Beach, Bali on July 9th through 12th.

On behalf of the Phuket Boardriders Club, we would like to send our congratulations and a warm ALOHA to Annissa!

Annissa Tita Flynn was born underwater in a spa bath in Sydney Australia, and has loved being in the water ever since! She started surfing less than two years ago but quickly became a true grom in heart and soul! When Annissa is not surfing she loves doing her homework and playing the video game 'Surfs-Up'. Young Annissa sends us all an environmental message, “I wish people wouldn't use so many plastic bags so we don't find them in the surf”.

News by Steven A. Martin
Photo by Tim Hain

Steven Nye has edit video clip from Quiksilver TSS - Monsoon Riders Kalim Beach, cool music and ripping. Check it out at http://www.phuketboardriders.com/members/profile/165/video/639

สตีฟได้ทำวีดีโอในการแข่งขัที่กะหลิมไว้ครับ เท่มากเลย เข้าไปดูได้ที่ http://www.phuketboardriders.com/members/profile/165/video/639

Thank you Steven, we love your work, keep posting.

c u in da water!

Took a road trip from Pattaya to Phuket with a couple of Starboard SUP's, wanted to check out the Quicksilver Event at Kalim.

Blew a radiator on the way down and got towed last 70km into town. But as far as these annoyances go, it went very smoothly and I only lost a few hours.
The people in the South of Thailand are very friendly and helpful and everything looked very clean with less rubbish lying around than in other parts of the country.

Arrived on a small day which was perfect for me. Staying at Patong Beach North end about half kilometer south of Kalim Beach. I wanted to take my SUP's to the contest and let people have a play but the main event sponsor, for the next 3 contests do not want any other manufacture to promote at the events. Fair enough, it is thier cash, it is a bit of a shame though as it does shut out local businesses who have traditionally played a part in the local surf scene there.

Even the small swell we had over the contest was great compared to the tiny wind swell in I have been playing with in Pattaya. It was really great fun, to charge down some waves and try to pull out of them before they closed out.

Paddling through whitewater on an SUP is good fun. An SUP will never move like a pure short board, it is just too damn fat. But with SUP you are working your balance the whole time you are out there. Especially paddling back out through whitewater which takes as much technnique as catching the waves.

There was a good vibe at the contest and I was surprised to see that Phuket has its own very cool surf culture, with better swell comming through than many people would have ever guessed. The main breaks will no doubt get pretty crowded but with Stand Up Paddle you can surf of peak on pretty much anything that is moving.

Will come back again for sure, Thanks to Salt Water Dreaming who showed me around, and made me feel very welcome.

www.isup.asia

We have 70 pictures taken by our sponsor "Phuket Neo Photo Club" - www.PhuketNeoPhoto.com

Please check http://www.phuketboardriders.com/members/profile/1/albums/38

Enjoy.

ภาพถ่ายงานแข่งเซิปร์ที่กะหลิม โดย ภูเก็ตนีโอโฟโต้คลับ จำนวน ๗๐ ภาพ ดูได้ที่
http://www.phuketboardriders.com/members/profile/1/albums/38

ขอบคุณครับ

15 June 2009, Phuket –Thailand: Ekkarat Sriden of Kamala Beach used his small wave prowess to full effect in a challenging final at Kalim Beach on Sunday to take the top spot in the Men’s Open division at the first contest of the three event Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series in the beautiful world class tourist destination of Phuket.

“I knew if I got the right waves I could win, but it was really hard sometimes to know which one would give me the chance to do a big move”, said Sriden after the 25 minute final. “I surf with the other guys all the time, so I knew I had to be aggressive to win” he added. And he did just that, posting 4.5 points on his first wave to take the lead before adding several 3 point + waves to finish with a two wave best score total of 8.25 to best runner up Jamie Smith’s 6.50.

The first event of the three event series named The Monsoon Riders saw over 100 surfers competing in four divisions, Men’s Open, Longboard, Women’s, and Junior’s (under 14 years old) over a three day period starting on Friday June 12 and finished up on Monday June 14. A truly international field of competitors, the event attracted surfers from Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hawaii, the USA, and Thailand.

At the opening ceremony on the Kalim Beach strip overlooking the coral reef righthander on Friday morning, the competitors and the spectators were treated to some native Thai dances and performances before the Vice Governor of Phuket Mr. Worapoj Rattasima thanked the Phuket Boardriders Club and Quiksilver SEA for their work in promoting surfing and tourism in Thailand and the Phuket area, pledging his continued support of their efforts.

Shortly after the opening ceremony, the first of the 64 surfers signed up to compete in the Men’s Open division took to the water. The warm water and beautiful weather conditions made for fun competition and proved great entertainment for the spectators gathered on the golden sands of Kalim Beach. Round 1 of the Men’s Open and Round 1 of the Longboard division were completed in the first day’s action.

Day Two saw and increase in swell size to very good 3 foot (1 meter) conditions, allowing the surfers more opportunities for an even greater variety of maneuvers to the delight of the fans on the beach. The Women’s, Juniors, Longboard and Men’s Open divisions all competed on Saturday, setting things up for a Sunday finish.

The Sunday morning sun revealed a drop in swell size, but as the remaining contestants consisted of local Phuket surfers, with the exception of Australian Bree Evens in the Women’s Division, all were familiar with the set up and conditions so it was business as usual and highly competitive in all divisions.

The Longboard Division looked to be having the most fun, giving the crowd on the beach the full smorgasbord of tricks including noserides, cross-stepping, headstands, fin-first takeoffs, and everything in between. But at the end of the day it was Preecha Trirat that narrowly defeated his Kata Surf Club mate Chalee Yampluem for the victory.

In the Women’s Division young Aussie Bree Evans put on a clinic, ripping her way into the top spot over 11 year old local Annisa Flynn, who although coming in second in the Women’s bested all the boys in the Junior Division to claim first place and the top spot on the podium in the Juniors. Looks like the future of women’s surfing in Phuket is in great hands!

Coming in second place in the Junior Final was exceptional young surfer Oliver Penmit, a standout in that he competed in the Junior, Longboard, and Men’s Open, reaching the finals in both the Junior and the Longboard divisions.

After the day’s competition was completed, the contest crew and surfers had a few hours to relax before heading to the Jungceylon Shopping Center in Patong Beach for an evening of entertainment, food and drinks, the awards presentation, and a bikini competition with 8 of Thailand’s sexiest girls!

The finalists in all divisions received cash ranging from 10,000 to 1,000 THB, as well as products and gift certificates from Quiksilver, Roxy, Jim Beam, Patong Paragon Hotel, and other sponsors.

Quiksilver SE Asia’s Sports Marketing Manager and ex-World Tour professional surfer Jake “the Snake” Paterson was very pleased with the entire event, saying “We are delighted on having the opportunity to be the presenting sponsor in the Thailand Surf Series, and that the Phuket Boardriders Club, the Phuket Government, and the many local businesses here are so supportive in giving their resources to grow the sport of surfing here in Thailand.” He then said, “Seeing the enthusiasm and the skill of the local surfers and the tremendous potential here, we’re looking forward to helping to it develop over the next three years and hopefully longer.”

The organizer and president of the Phuket Boardriders Club Chanin “Joob” Aiyarak added this; “ I would really like to thank Quiksilver for sponsoring our Thailand Surf Series, for with their help we can now reach a wider audience and help our young kids to learn about what a fun and healthy sport surfing is. Our future is with our kids, we cannot forget that.”

The Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series is presented by Quiksilver South East Asia, supported by the Phuket Provincial Office, Thailand Tourism and Sport Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Patong Municipality, Kamala OBT, and Karon Municipality, with media sponsors the Phuket Gazette, PG TV, Blue Wave 90.5FM, B95FM, Phuket Bulletin, MTV, Phuket Neo Photo Club, and sponsors Jim Beam, Nok Air, Kingfisher Beer, Jungceylon Shopping Center, and the Patong Paragon Hotel.

The Thailand Surf Series is sanctioned by the Asian Surfing Championships, and the next event will be the King of the Jungle at Kamala Beach from August 14-16. For more information check www.phuketboardriders.com and www.thaisurfseries.com

Monsoon Riders Contest Results:

Men’s Open:

1. Ekkarat Sriden
2. Jamie Smith
3. Noppasit Boonchuey
4. Jakkapan Thongnat

Longboard:

1. Preecha Trirat
2. Chalee Yampluem
3. Jamie Smith
4. Decha Sittidej

Women’s:

1. Bree Evans
2. Annissa Flynn
3. Sam-Ang Pheongkong
4. Kulab Boonjalran


Junior:

1. Annissa Flynn
2. Oliver Penmit
3. Panjo Schenieder
4. Panu Wisetsombat


Photos and Text by Tim Hain - ISC/ASC Media

สรุปผลการแข่งขัน ทั้ง 4 ประเภท ดังนี้

ผลการแข่งขันรุ่นกระดานสั้น
SHORT BOARD DIVISION

1st นายเอกรัตน์ ศรีเด่น - Ekkarat Sriden
2nd นายเจมี่ สมิธ - Jamie Smith
3rd นายนพสิทธ์ บุญช่วย - Noppasit Boonchuey
4th นาย จักรพันธุ์ ทองนาถ - Jakkapan Thongnat

ผลการแข่งขันรุ่นกระดานยาว
LONG BOARD DIVISION

1st นายปรีชา ตรีราช - Preecha Trirat
2nd นายชาลี แย้มปลื้ม - Chalee Yampluem
3rd นายเจมี่ สมิธ - Jamie Smith
4th นายเดชา สิทธิเดช - Decha Sittidej

ผลการแข่งขันรุ่นเยาวชน (ไม่จำกัดชนิดบอร์ด และเพศ)
GROMS DIVISION

1st ด.ญ.แอนนิสา ฟลิ้นท์ - Annissa Flynn
2nd ด.ช.โอลิเวอร์ เป็นมิตร - Oliver Penmit
3rd ด.ช.ปันโจ ชไนเดช - Panjo Scheneider
4th ด.ช. ภานุ วิเศษสมบัติ - Panu Wisetsombat

ผลการแข่งขันประเภทผู้หญิง (ไม่จำกัดชนิดบอร์ด)
WOMEN DIVISION

1st บรี อีวานส์ - Bree Evans
2nd แอนนิสา ฟลิ้นท์ - Annissa Flynn
3rd สำอาง เฟื้องคง - Sam-Ang Pheonkong
4th กุหลาบ บุญจรัญ - Kulab Boonjalran


Ekkarat Sriden- Short board winner


Annissa Flynn - Grommet winner


Bree Evans - Women winner


Preecha Trirat - Long board winner

Pictures by: Tim Hain/ISC

Phuket Boardriders Club - surf contest
Patong Beach - 07 June 2009
การแข่งขันโต้คลื่นของชมรมฯ และพบปะสังสรรค์
ณ หาดป่าตอง วันอาทิตย์ที่ ๗ มิถุนายน ๒๕๕๒


Tatsuya from Japan took the 1st place for our first club contest this year

Result
ผลการแข่งขัน
1st - Tatsuya Japan
อันดับหนึ่ง ทัตซึยะ โกโบริ จากญี่ปุ่น
2nd - Look Mhud
อันดับสอง ลูกมุด จากกะตะ
3rd - Mark Kata
อันดับสาม พี่มาร์ค จากกะตะ
4th - Dum Samart
อันดับสี่ พี่ดำสามารถ จากป่าตอง

5th - Oliver Kamala, Ton patong, Lim Kamala, Oat Patong Beach, Nicky Australia
อันดับห้า - โอลิเวอร์ ลูกบังอ๊อด, ต้นป่าตอง, โปรหลิม กมลา, โอ๊ต ป่าตองบีช, นิกกี้ ออสเตรเลีย จิงโจ้

คนที่ไม่มีชื่อ ที่เหลือ ได้ที่หก กันหมด หรอยอย่างแรง

จบข่าว

Online registration for the contest at Kalim available now please check

http://www.thaisurfseries.com/tss-regristration/

Thank you.
Joob