Men's Surfing
On 19 October 2008, 20 year old Garut Widiarta Rip Curl’s rider from Bali became the first surfer in history to win a gold medal in the sport of surfing at an Olympic event at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia. The talented young surfer proudly held up the Indonesian flag as he and silver medalist Raditya Rondi accepted the cheers of the crowd in front of the judging tower.
In an intense 30 minute round of competition in their home break of Kuta Beach, the two cousins fought a pitched battle in the 2 foot low tide surf with Rondi leading for most of the heat, until Widiarta maneuvered into the perfect position to let loose with a couple of amazing aerial displays that had the judges reaching punching some big numbers into their keypads.
When the horn blew Widiarta had tallied up a score of 18.50 for his best two waves, leaving Rondi just short with 17.20. 10 surfers from 5 countries, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, the Maldives, and Vietnam competed today in the 1st Asian Beach Games men’s shortboard surfing event, with Widiarta winning the gold over Raditya Rondi and Shigenori Suzuki from Japan getting the bronze. This is truly a benchmark for surfing, as it is the first time the sport of surfing has ever been included in an Olympic event.
Shortboard surfing event Result:
Gold :Made Garut Widiarta (Indonesia) , Silver:Raditya Rondi (Indonesia) , Bronze: Shigenori Suzuki (Japan)
Women’s Surfing
On 21 October 2008, Akiko Kiyonoga raced through four rounds of surfing in the Women’s surfing event of the Asian Beach Games at Kuta Beach to claim a gold medal for Japan today. The silver was taken home by Indonesia’s Yasniar Gea. Kiyonoga was matched up against Gea from Indonesian in the Grand Final and came back to the beach with the win, scoring a total of 13 points for her best two waves against Gea’s 9 points. Gea had previously bested Kiyonoga in the four woman 2nd Qualifier, but when they met again in the final Kiyonoga went straight to work and by the end of the final had 11 waves to Gea’s 6, with high scores of 6.0 and 7.0 ,to Gea’s 3.75 and 5.25. Bringing back bronze medals today were Marianita Alcala from the Philippines, who had the highest single wave point score of the day, an 8.0, and 15-year-old Diah Rahayu Dewi from Indonesia.
Shortboard surfing event Result:
Gold : Akiko Kiyonoga (Japan), Silver : Yasniar Gea(Indonesia), Bronze: Marianita Alcala (Philippines), Bronze : Diah Rahayu Dewi (Indonesia)
Aerial competition
On 22 October 2008, Indonesia’s Dede Suryana completely dominated the Aerial competition at the Asian Beach Games in Bali today. Suryana leapt to the lead in the first heat of the day and consistently outscored his opponents in every subsequent heat through to the final, racking up 8 and 9 point waves with regularity and leaving the rest of the field far behind. Winning the silver was Yuichi Kurogi from Japan, and countryman Shuhei Kato took home a bronze. Also in the final was fellow Indonesian Made “Bol” Adi Putra, a very proficient aerial specialist himself, who today just couldn’t find the waves in the final that would allow him to display that proficiency to its fullest. He did however end the competition with a bronze medal, having gotten several high scoring waves earlier in the day to get him into the final with the two competitors from Japan. The beach was pumping with music and cheering during all 40 minutes of the grand final, with flags waving and drums beating to encourage the competitors on. The ocean could have been a little more generous in terms of high quality waves, with only 1-2 foot surf on offer, but Suryana made the most of it to the delight of the crowd on the beach, who proudly celebrated the moment with him. Dede Suryana fly’s high to Win Second Gold Medal for Indonesia in Aerial Competition
Aerial competition Result: Gold :Dede Suryana (Indonesia), Silver : Yuichi Kurogi (Japan),
Bronze: Shuhei Kato (Japan), Bronze: Made “Bol” Adi Putra (Indonesia)
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