17 August 2009, Phuket-Thailand:  11 year old Annissa Flynn took both Junior and Women’s division wins yesterday the Quiksilver King of the Jungle event at Kamala Beach, coming in only briefly to change rash shirts before padding out again between the two finals. She deftly maneuvered her way through the often tricky 2-foot beachbreak during the two 20-minute final heats to capitalize on scoring opportunities, besting her rivals and coming back to the beach with incredible back-to-back wins.

August 15, 2009

Padang Padang, Bali –– It was billed as a gathering of the best tuberiders in the world at the best barrel in Bali, and the Rip Curl Cup Invitational at Padang Padang delivered as advertised.

Jamie O'Brien took home the cup in what will go down as one of the most spectacular displays of high-stakes tuberiding in the history of competitive surfing. The 26-year-old surfing sensation from the North Shore of Oahu battled through a field of 16 of Indonesia's best surfers and 16 of the world's top tube riders to meet legendary Balinese surfer and two-time Rip Curl Cup champion Made “Bol” Adi Putra in the final.

August 11, 2009

Padang Padang, Bali –– The waves remained small in Bali Tuesday, but all that should chage dramatically by week's end. Contest directors for the 2009 Rip Curl Cup Invitational at Padang Padang have switched the official event status from red to yellow, or “high alert." Currently there is a nice low pressure system forming in the southernmost regions of the Indian Ocean. So far it's been tracking on an ideal northerly course to potentially send massive amounts of southwest swell towards the Indonesian Archipelago. Right now the estimated time of arrival is looking like Friday, August 14, with the peak hitting over the weekend. Tides for Padang are also looking ideal during this time, with medium tides all day. Contest directors are eyeing this storm closely and the 32 contestants for this year's Rip Curl Cup have all been put on notice for a possible Friday morning start. Many of the 16 international invitees are already in Bali or are preparing to book flights. For now, it's on when it's on...

Washington/Tokyo - A tsunami watch was cancelled Monday for South and Southeast Asia after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale struck in the Indian Ocean.

The earthquake was centred about 262 kilometres north of India's Andaman Islands and took place at 1956 GMT, the US Geological Survey (USGS) in Denver, Colorado, reported. It struck in the early Tuesday morning hours local time and was 30 kilometres below the earth's surface.

The Pacific tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii issued a tsunami watch for Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand, saying the earthquake was strong enough to produce a tsunami along coastlines within 1,000 kilometres of its epicentre.

However, it cancelled the warning a few hours later "as sea levels indicated that a significant tsunami was not generated."//DPA

source: Nation

10 August 2009, Bali-Indonesia:  After a hugely successful start to the inaugural Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series 2009 with the Monsoon Riders event at Kalim Beach in Phuket Thailand over the weekend of June 12-14, the second event of the series named the King of the Jungle will spring into action on the weekend of August 14-16th at the scenic venue of Kamala Beach.

Kamala Beach lies just north of the busy and action packed town of Patong Beach, and in stark contrast is a mellow fishing village situated in quiet bay ringed by a white sand beach and surrounded by green forested hills, one of the most beautiful beaches on the island of Phuket.

ไปเจอมาจากเวบพันทิพ เลยเอามาฝากเพื่อนๆสมาชิกครับ

9 วิธีง่ายๆ ที่จะดูแลตัวเองให้พ้นจากไข้หวัด 2009 และช่วยลดการระบาด

1.วิธีที่ง่าย ที่สุดคือ หลีกเลี่ยงโอกาสเสี่ยงต่างๆ เช่น สถานที่แออัด โรงพยาบาล ห้างสรรพสินค้า หรือจะเรียกว่า ปฏิบัติการอยู่บ้าน ต้านหวัด ก็ได้ นอกจากนั้นแล้วก็ต้องล้างมือให้สะอาดบ่อยๆ ด้วยสบู่หรือแอลกอฮอล์

2. ระมัดระวังในการแตะต้องสิ่งของที่ต้องใช้ร่วมกับผู้อื่น เช่น ลูกบิดประตู ราวบันได ปุ่มกดลิฟท์ เช่น อาจจะหาดินสอแท่งเล็กๆ ไว้สำหรับกดลิฟท์โดยเฉพาะ แต่ระวังอย่านำดินสอแท่งนั้นมาสัมผัสหน้าหรือนำเข้าปาก หรืออาจใช้ข้อศอกผลักประตูแทนการใช้มือ

กรมอุตุนิยมวิทยาพยากรณ์อากาศประจำวันอังคารที่ 4 สิงหาคม 2552 ลักษณะอากาศทั่วไปเมื่อเวลา 04:00 น. ลมมรสุมตะวันตกเฉียงใต้กำลังแรงพัดปกคลุมทะเลอันดามัน ประเทศไทย และอ่าวไทย ทำให้มีฝนเป็นแห่งๆถึงกระจาย ส่วนคลื่นลมในทะเลอันดามัน และอ่าวไทยตอนบนมีคลื่นสูง 2-4 เมตร ขอให้ชาวเรือระมัดระวังอันตรายในการเดินเรือและเรือเล็กควรงดออกจากฝั่งใน ช่วงวันที่ 4-7 ส.ค. นี้
       
        อนึ่ง พายุดีเปรสชันบริเวณทะเลจีนใต้ตอนบนทวีกำลังแรงขึ้นเป็นพายุโซนร้อน “โกนี (GONI)” เคลื่อนตัวทางตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ ขอให้ผู้ที่จะเดินทางไปเกาะฮ่องกง และประเทศจีนตอนใต้ตรวจสอบสภาพอากาศก่อนออกเดินทาง

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Uluwatu, Bali – An elite group of high-stakes tube riders is set to gather at Bali’s most revered wave this weekend. The opening ceremony for the Rip Curl Cup Invitational at Padang Padang will he held on Saturday, Aug. 1, the first day of the month-long event waiting period.



Rip Curl International team riders Dean Brady (Australia), Bruno Santos (Brazil) and Koa Smith (Hawaii) are slated to compete in the event along with such international stars as Bruce Irons (Hawaii), Ry Craike (Australia) and Jamie O’Brien (Hawaii).

Surfing has become Phuket's hottest activity and latest tourist attraction

Strong winds and waves during the monsoon season in Phuket may turn away many visitors hoping to have a sunny, breezy holiday. It is worse for local business owners, as stormy June is the so-called low season.

But for Chanin Aiyarak, it is the happiest time of the year. And this year, he said, has been the best ever.

Last month, as the rain began to fall in Phuket, the inaugural Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series became the country's first international surfing championship.

Standing with a big smile in his surfer outfit was Mr Chanin, president of Phuket Boardriders Club, welcoming guests as well as the local and international media that attended this promising new event.

Well we went, we saw and we surfed...well Annissa did...but only just!

First flight on the way to Bali saw us board a Air Asia flight to Kuala Lumpur which arrived safely, we got off the aircraft and looked for the transit lounge for the connecting flight to Denpasar. No such luck, no transit lounge at KL...you first have to enter Malaysia first. So we fill out all the immigration forms and wait to be possessed with all the other people actually entering Malaysia. First whiff of trouble.. the immigration officer disappears with all out passports, he comes back and takes beckons us to a private room.....Annissas passport only has 6 weeks left on it and you cannot continue on to Indonesia.  I said whats it got to do with you...we're just here on a transfer flight!...why are we trying to get into Malaysia anyway?...No Go.. Even though we all have return tickets, and only traveling to Bali for 3 days they have trouble with it. So we beg them to let us in and take our chances at the Indonesian end....eventually after an hour they let us through immigration....we get to the left baggage area in a panic, as you have to get your bags after immigration, and there are our bags and boards on the floor by themselves, unattended!