Mar 9th

นักโต้คลื่นภูเก็ตคว้าที่หนึ่งและที่สาม longboard ที่ประเทศมาเลเซีย

By Joob


เมื่อมกราคม 2010 ที่ผ่านมา สมาชิกของชมรมนักโต้คลื่นภูเก็ตจำนวน 15 คนได้เข้าร่วมการแข่งขันโต้คลื่น Monsoon Mayhem 2010 ที่หาดเดซารู ประเทศมาเลเซีย และได้คว้ารางวัล ชนะเลิศรุ่นลองบอร์ด และอันดับสามรุ่นลองบอร์ดมาครับ

ทริปของเราสนุกมาก โดยชมรมฯได้สนับสนุนค่าใช้จ่ายในการเดินทางและที่พักสำหรับนักโต้คลื่นของเรา สามารถดูภาพถ่ายของทริปนี้ได้ที่

http://www.phuketboardriders.com/members/profile/1/albums/79

ขอแสดงความยินดีกับเดย์ และดำ ด้วยครับ ที่คว้ารางวัลมา ปีหน้าเราไปกันใหม่ครับ
Jan 19th

Indonesia’s Junior Surfing Team Leaves for Auckland and the ISA Quiksilver World Junior Surfing Championships

By Joob
Ediana Putra-9924.jpg19 January 2010, Kuta, Bali: Indonesia’s elite Junior surfing team climbed about the Jetstar flight last evening at 9:45 and headed out of Bali en route to the ISA Quiksilver World Junior Surfing Championships in Piha, New Zealand. They will make a stop in Sydney Australia to pick up their other team member Oney Anwar, before jetting over the Auckland and then on to the final destination of Piha.

When they arrive in Auckland, the team will be greeted by Nick “Chongee” Ngau-Chun and the crew from Fiona Anderson’s Piha Camp Ground then whisked away to the beach, which will be their new home for the next 8 days. Team Coach Tipi Jabrik will meanwhile head into Auckland to the ISA HQ to get everyone properly checked in, while Team Manager/Media guy Tim Hain will be catching a late flight tonight from Bali to join the crew at Piha tomorrow afternoon.
Jan 12th

Jay-R Esquivel from the Philippines Takes Out the Occy Grom Comp in Malaysia

By Joob


(Sunday 10 January, 2010): 13 year-old Jay-R Esquivel from the Philippines won his first international grommet contest today at the Billabong Occy Grom Comp at Cherating Beach in Malaysia.  Young Jay-R put on an amazing display of surfing during all three days of competition at the long, sandy-bottomed point break, getting cheers and wowing the crowd on the beach.  The energetic grom showed off a well-rounded repertoire of maneuvers consistently impress the judges and rack up big points in virtually every heat.


And this talented youngster not only bested his fellow groms in the Occy Grom Comp, but he also took a second place in the Billabong Pro Am Men’s Open Division, receiving a wild card into the event to try his luck against the bigger boys.  On the podium he was asked to say a few words to audience, so the shy little shredder bravely took the microphone and said, “Thanks Billabong and thanks to my sponsor” after accepting his trophy and prizes.  Jay-R won this trip to Occy Grom Comp as a reward for his second place finish at the Billabong Grom Comp in the Philippines in December of 2009.  
Dec 16th

Monsoon Season Well and Truly Under Way in Preparation for Occy Grom Comp in Malaysia

By Joob
(Tuesday 15th December, 2009): The little known surf town of Cherating on the South China Sea coast of Malaysia will play host to its first ever Billabong Occy Grom Comp in one months time. The monsoon season, which typically starts in November and blesses the Malaysian shores for a solid four months, has already provided tourists and locals alike with some fantastic consistent waves.

In a major coup for the Asian surf scene, 1999 World Champion of Surfing Mark 'Occy' Occhilupo will bring his specialized Grommet event to the ridiculously long sand bottom point break, attracting the best young surfers in the region from January 8th to January 10th.
Dec 15th

Billabong Opens Store With SatuSuku Surf at Cherating Pt - Malaysia

By Joob
BillabongSatuSuku.jpg(Monday 14th December, 2009): It was a proud day for Malaysian surfing with the opening of the first co-concept store between Billabong and SatuSuku Surf on Saturday. The small Billabong space is set to compliment an already thriving surf scene and the well established SatuSuku Surf school and board hire business on the South China Sea side of the Malaysian coastline. Locals and tourists alike flock to Cherating Pt each monsoon season to get a taste of some of the longest sand-bottom point breaks in the world, a few boasting rides in excess of 1.5km long.

Dec 11th

Greg Long wins Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau

By Joob


Greg Long : ASP/CI by Cestari via  
 CALIFORNIA'S GREG LONG WINS QUIKSILVER IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AIKAU

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 8 December, 2009 : - - Waimea Bay -- After 25 years with most of those spent waiting, Waimea Bay delivered an event of legendary proportions today at the Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau, Fueled by Monster Energy. It was 25 years to the day since the first 'Eddie' was held and waves of up to 50 feet poured in to Oahu's North Shore as if on cue.

With younger brother Clyde still in the lineup, at age 60, joined by the contemporary top guns of big wave riding, a packed arena celebrated every gutsy ride in brilliant sunshine befitting of a tribute to local hero Eddie Aikau.

When all was said and done, it was California's Greg Long, 26, (San Clemente) who made a late charge in the final heat of the day to claim the $55,000 winner's purse. Long committed to an unbelievable never-say-die attack, securing all four of his top scores - several of them death-defying and one of them a perfect 100-point ride, in macking 40- to 50-foot waves. It was the high point of his career to-date - pretty incredible given that he only rode Waimea for the first time this week.

"I'm so happy just to be here, invited into the biggest event of big waves in the world with all my heroes, I'm so excited," said Long.

Dec 8th

Photos/Eddie Aikau competitors put in practise session

By Joob
Waimea, Saturday 5 December © ASP/ CI/ Cestari via Getty Images


Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational in Memory of Eddie Aikau
Fueled by Monster

ASP Specialty Event
Waimea Bay Oahu, Hawaii
1 December 2009 - 28 February 2010

Quiksilver Eddie Aikau competitors put in practise session  

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 6 December, 2009 : - - Waimea Bay, Hawaii - **WARNING: The National Weather Service issued high surf warnings to local residents yesterday. 'In the interest of public safety, the Civil Defense may close roads and beach accesses along the North Shore. The safest place to be is away from coastal areas'.

Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau invitees & alternates enjoyed a solid 18- to 20-foot warmup swell at Waimea Bay Saturday.The National Weather Service reports that swell will build early Monday and continue into Tuesday and Wednesday with open ocean swell heights exceeding 22 feet, meaning wave heights of 30 feet or higher at North Shore surf spots.  

Nov 19th

2009 Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Awards Night Celebration at Kuta, Bali

By Joob
19 November 2009, Kuta-Bali:  The 2009 Coca-Cola ISC Tour capped off its best season ever with a year-end Awards Presentation Night at the Discovery Kartika Hotel Ballroom in Kuta on Saturday night November 14th, crowning Indonesia's new surfing champions in 6 divisions, and recognizing the contributions of its sponsors and supporters while providing food and drink for the hundreds of surf industry and media invitees, and finishing it off by rocking out with the live band Pandora.

As is customary at the end of the ISC Tour season, hundreds of surfers, surf industry members, media, and supporters of the Coca-Cola ISC tour received invitations to attend the Awards Presentation Night and to join in recognizing Indonesia’s newest surfing champions and to celebrate the end of the ISC’s 6th year of continued growth and success. 

Nov 18th

เกิดแผ่นดินไหวระดับปานกลางที่อินโดนีเซีย

By Joob
จาการ์ตา 18 พ.ย.-เกิดแผ่นดินไหวระดับปานกลาง วัดความรุนแรงได้ 5.6 ริคเตอร์ที่จังหวัดชวาตะวันตกของอินโดนีเซีย แต่ยังไม่มีรายงานความเสียหายหรือการเตือนภัยเกิดคลื่นสึนามิ

แผ่น ดินไหวเกิดขึ้นในเวลา 09.17 น.ตามเวลาประเทศไทย ห่างจากเมืองทาสิคมาลายาไปทางทิศตะวันตก 214 กิโลเมตร และที่ระดับความลึก 66 กิโลเมตร

อินโดนีเซียตั้งอยู่ในบริเวณที่เรียกว่า “วงแหวนแห่งไฟ” ของมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก ซึ่งเป็นที่มาบรรจบกันของเปลือกทวีป ทำให้เกิดแผ่นดินไหวและภูเขาไฟระเบิดอยู่เป็นประจำ โดยแผ่นดินไหวรุนแรงครั้งล่าสุดในวันที่ 30 กันยายนที่ผ่านมา วัดความรุนแรงได้ 7.6 ริคเตอร์ที่เกาะสุมาตรา ทำให้ประชาชนเสียชีวิตกว่า 1,000 คน.-สำนักข่าวไทย

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Nov 13th

Quiksilver Open 2009 - Winner Presentation

By Joob
QUIKSILVER OPEN 2009 - WINNER PRESENTATION
 
Quik Open winners.jpg

09 November: Following the final event of the 6 star prime Quiksilver Open at Keramas, the winner presentation took place at the CenterStage of the Hard Rock Hotel Bali last Saturday. The Event kicked off by duo MC Tipi Jabrik and Matt Hoy with a Roxy Short Short Competition. The 11 finalists from Bali and Jakarta competed for a chance to become the next Roxy model. In the end, Anastasia from Bali was the lucky girl selected by the judges as the winner on the final night. The event finished off with the screening of the Quiksilver Open 2009 video highlights followed by the presentation of trophies to the winners.