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INTRODUCTION
The Evolution Continues : 10 More Years of Tubes
Last year, history was made at Padang Padang: the 10-year anniversary of the Rip Curl Cup Invitational; the first-ever live webcast of the event to the world; and the first-ever true Padang local (Mega Semadhi) to claim the crown. What new surfing history will be made during the 2014 Rip Curl Cup? One thing is for sure: the attention of the surfing world will be focused squarely on Padang to find out. The waiting period for the 2014 Rip Curl Cup runs from July 5th – August 17th. Indonesia’s longest-running surf contest, the Rip Curl Cup Invitational has seen some of the finest tube masters of the modern era compete in the 4
spitting barrels of Padang Padang. International icons such as Jamie O’Brien, Dean Morrison, Chris Ward, Makua Rothman, Ry Craike and Ozzie Wright have all put on historic performances. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s top surfers like Rizal, Garut, Bol, Mega, Lee Wilson, Marlon Gerber and Dede Suryana have consistently proven they can compete with the best in the world at the Balinese Pipeline. As the Rip Curl Cup embarks on another ten years, the event continues to evolve. Rip Curl has taken feedback from past competitors and made important changes to the format of the event; changes that will make the most explosive surf contest
on earth even more entertaining for fans watching around the world. New for 2014, the Rip Curl Cup will feature a reduced field of just 24 invited surfers (12 Indonesian and 12 international). The smaller invite list has allowed contest directors to cull Round 1 competition into 3-man heats (previously Round 1 featured 4-man heats). After Round 1, all heats will be man-vs-man to eliminate hassling for waves and ensure that it’s all about who can come out of the craziest barrel, period. The 12 international invitees to the 2014 Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang Invitational are: Tom Curren (USA), Taylor Knox (USA), Chris Ward (USA), Jamie O Brien (HAW), Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), Flynn Novak (HAW), Bethany Hamilton (HAW), Bruno Santos (BRAZ), Ricardo dos Santos (BRAZ), Francisco Alves (PRT), Jacob Willcox (AUS), and Ricardo Christie (NZ).
pete in 2014: Rizal Tanjung, Bol Adi Putra, Garut Widiarta, Pepen Hendrik, Dede Suryana, Mega Semadhi, Lee Wilson, Raditya Rondi, Betet Merta, and Alik Rudiarta. The additional two local spots remaining in the event will be determined by the local trials, to be held at Uluwatu or Padang on the best day of surf conditions between June 14th - 28th. The winner of the trials and the highest placing surfer hailing from Bali’s Bukit peninsula will both gain entry into the main event and the chance to compete for one of the most coveted titles in surfing. The Rip Curl Cup will be webcast live to the world via live.ripcurl.com and on your smartphone with the Rip Curl Live Events App.
Rip Curl has announced 10 of the 12 Indonesian surfers invited to com-
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DATES WAITING PERIOD July 5th - August 17th 2014.
LOCAL TRIALS To be held at Uluwatu or Padang on the best day of surf conditions between June 14th - 28th.
OPENING CEREMONY July 5th @ 3 PM, Padang Padang Beach, Bali. Meet the surfers, press conference, traditional Balinese Kecak dance.
RIP CURL CUP MASKED BALL August 9th, Rooftop party at Rip Curl South East Asia headquarters, Sunset Road.
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PADANG - PADANG Among all of Bali’s surfing treasures, Padang Padang is truly the crown gem. Like most sought-after prizes however, scoring this mythical wave is easier said than done. We asked Kuta kingpin Garut Widiarta, the heir to the throne at Padang, to break down what makes this iconic wave tick. Here’s a look at the mechanics of Padang, according to one of its most respected locals: Garut : Padang is like our proving grounds. There are so many amazing barrels in Indo, and every year it seems like there is a new discovery of some crazy new wave, but Padang is still the original Bali Pipeline and the spot where you’re guaranteed to see the boys like Rizal and Bol out when there’s a really big swell in prime season. In Bali, if you want to be respected in big barrels, you have to show up at Padang. Padang works best on a huge southwest swell – the more west the better – and medium-low tides. It needs SE dry season trade winds to really be classic Padang and early mornings can get morning sickness lumpiness a lot of the time. It’s super fickle and doesn’t all come together very often, but when it does, Padang is still one of my all-time favorite barrels in Indo.
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On your way down to the beach from the road you go past the Labuan Sait temple, where the local people from Pecatu village come to celebrate Melasti ceremony. We also come here for a special ceremony to ask for good waves and a safe event at the opening ceremony for the Padang Cup every year. You have to walk down the steps, past the temple, and through a narrow cave to get to the beach. Sometimes there can be a lot of foot traffic, so be patient because not a lot of people can fit in the rock tunnel. And watch out for monkeys!
Padang beach is one of the best spots in Bali to watch the sunset. It’s a full scene here at sunset and the sand is packed with people from all over the world: hot chicks in tiny bikinis, strange characters playing weird instruments, even the ice cream man. When a big west swell is hitting Bali, all the boys will be hanging out in the warungs on the beach before and after their surfs, enjoying a Bintang and watching the show on the beach and in the lineup.
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The paddle out at Padang is pretty straightforward and easy, which is one of the reasons why it gets so crowded out there. Just paddle straight out from the beach through the deep water channel. At low tide when there is a solid swell there can be a strong rip current running out, so save some energy for the paddle back in against the rip.
This rock is a favorite spot for local fishermen to cast lines. You paddle right by them on your way out to the break. The view of the fishermen on the rock while a surfer gets a deep tube in the background is one of those special things about Padang and they are often in the foreground in a lot of the most famous surf shots of Padang. Watch out you don’t get hooked on their lines when paddling out!
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E. TAKE OFF ZONE It’s a really small takeoff area at Padang, which means there’s not a lot of waves to go around, especially when it’s crowded with 50+ surfers and bodyboarders. Padang doesn’t break often, so when it does everyone wants to get one of those perfect green barrels. The wave is a pretty straightforward drop into a perfect yawning barrel. After that it’s a grinding barrel and a race to the exit. The wave is usually pretty short. Just stand tall and get spat out. F. INSIDE BOWL This is the inside bowl section where the barrel can open up really wide. On a good day this section is usually packed with water photographers setting up for the money shot. This is also where you can get pinched if the swell is too south or the tide is too high. Or you get spat out onto the shoulder and either do a big turn or throw a big claim – if you’re into that kind of thing. It can get really shallow on the inside and if you don’t make the barrel, you can wind up on the reef at low tide. The reef here is sharp and filled with spikes and holes. A wipeout at any tide can mean a scalping, but especially at lower tides. G. OUTSIDE CORNER (ULUWATU) Outside Corner needs to be at least 8 to 10 feet for Padang to really start breaking. The cool thing is that 10
you can see the sets breaking up at The Corner before they hit down at Padang, so you have a pretty good indicator when a big set is coming. On super big swells, sometimes guys get washed down from Outside Corner and have to come in through the channel at Padang. H. PADANG RIGHT & IMPOSSIBLES On small days, the right across the channel from Padang is one of the best beginner waves on Bali. It’s usually super crowded and can almost be more dangerous than real Padang because of all the surf camps and out of control beginners crashing into each other with big longboards. Further north, the lefts at Impossibles can be really fun on a bigger day. Super fast walls and barrel sections. Bring your Mach 5 channel bottom board. I. CLIFF LOOKOUT & JUDGES’ TOWER This is where most people check the wave from these days (the old check spot looking into the wave has been taken over by a big hotel). This is also where the judges’ tower is positioned for the Rip Curl Cup. On a good day of waves at Padang, the cliff will be covered with people and they’ll usually start screaming when there’s big set stacking up on the horizon. Coming out of a deep Padang barrel to the sound of people hooting on the cliff is still one of the best feelings in surfing.
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TROPHY Designed by local Balinese artists at MOD Jewelry, makers of past Association of Surfing Professionals championship rings and awards. It was entirely hand-carved from teak wood and inlayed with silver. The bowl is carved into the shape of a flower and is mounted above wood made to look like a craggy chunk of Padang reef. Each year the Cup is filled with Bintang and the winner must wash it all down on the victory podium. In the tradition of all great sporting prizes, the winner’s name is permanently inscribed on the trophy. Each winner receives his own version of the trophy, but the original Cup remains at Rip Curl headquarters in Bali for all to behold.
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INTERVIEW
Mega Semadhi Catching Up With The Defending Rip Curl Cup Champion In 2012, Mega Semadhi came tantalizingly close to victory at the Rip Curl Cup, only to have the title snatched away from him by Chris Ward who scored an improbable perfect-10 barrel to overtake Mega in the dying seconds of the championship final. In 2013, Mega claimed he was out for redemption and made good on that promise, locking into a classic late afternoon Padang barrel with one minute and 40 seconds remaining in the Final to leapfrog from third place into the lead and win the 10th annual Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang Invitational. It was the first time in history a surfer born and raised on Bali’s Bukit Peninsula (the site of Padang Padang) won the event. We caught up with the Mega as he prepared to once again do the local community proud and defend his title in 2014...
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After finishing runner-up to Wardo in 2012, were you feeling confident heading into last year’s Padang Cup or were you still feeling disappointed? After the Finals two years ago, I was a bit disappointed. But that moment of defeat taught me an important lesson, and it made me work even harder last year.
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How does it feel to be the first true Pecatu, Bukit local to win the Padang Cup? Winning at home is the best feeling ever. Having everyone there, my family and friends supporting me, is the stuff dreams are made of.
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Talk about the support for you from the Bukit locals during the contest and how stoked they were for you when you won.
They were everywhere: on the cliff, on the beach, on the road. They gave me extra confidence. I can still hear the cheering after that last wave in 2013. It was amazing. Hopefully we can do it again this year.
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How did the waves last year compare to the year before? Last year was better because I won! (laughing) Every year always has some slow heats, usually on the high tide. You definitely don’t want to have your heat on high tide. That’s why I just want to make every heat, so I get to surf more. Padang is such a good wave, and to get to surf it with just one other person – when would you ever get to do that again? The good thing about last year was they made a priority system in the heat so everyone had to wait his turn. With the format changes this year, it should be even better. Can’t wait!
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What do you think about the contest format changes for 2014, with only 24 invited surfers (12 local and 12 international)? Are you stoked they got rid of the 4-man heats in the opening round (Rd. 1 is now 3-man and after that is man vs man) ? It’s sick. Man-on-man heats at Padang? No hassling for waves?! Hopefully more top international guys come this year so us locals can teach them how to surf Padang! (laughing)
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Last year was the first time Padang Cup was webcast live to the world. No other ASC contest is webcast. When you are surfing in a contest and you know people all over the world are watching live does it make you nervous or does it give you added motivation? I didn’t really think about it. In that moment I only focused on winning my heat and the comp. But it’s really good that Rip Curl stepped it up – it needed to happen. Now the whole world can see Indonesian surfing – the best Indonesian waves and surfers. Not just WCT comps at Indonesian waves.
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What’s the secret to picking the best waves at Padang? Some things are secret for a reason! Haha.
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Jacob Willcox Outside of his native Western Australia, not many people had heard of Jacob Willcox when competition commenced at the 2013 Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang Invitational. However, since then the surfing world has been put on notice! Willcox, the youngest-ever surfer invited to compete in the Rip Curl Cup at just 16 years old, put on a blistering performance for the global audience watching the live webcast, finishing runner-up to Mega Semadhi and expertly threading countless incredible tube rides on the day. He went on to use his momentum from Padang Cup to defeat Kelly Slater as a wildcard at the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Portugal at Supertubos a few months later, helping to bolster his Rip Curl teammate Mick Fanning’s 2013 ASP World Title run. We caught up with the grom they call “Chippo,” now 17, to talk about his amazing run of late.
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Last year you surprised a lot of people by finishing runner-up in the Rip Curl Cup at just 16 years old. You looked very comfortable out at Padang. Do you surf waves like Padang often? I’m used to surfing barreling lefthanders. Those are the type of waves I’ve pretty much grown up surfing. Funnily enough, I’m currently on the Search for a few barreling lefts to get a bit of practice in for this year’s event.
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How does Padang compare to other heavy barrels you’ve surfed around the world? Padang Padang is definitely one of the more perfect barreling waves I have surfed. I thought it was quite similar to a few of the waves that I surf around WA. I can’t really compare it to many waves around the world as I haven’t traveled around to many places with as good of waves that can compare to Padang Padang – but I’m working on it!
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Last year three out of the four surfers in the final were goofyfoots. Do you think goofyfooters have an advantage out at Padang? I’m not too sure, to tell you the truth. If you look at the previous list of winners before Mega, it looks like the natural footers have got it over us goofy footers. But the wave is that perfect I think it’s a pretty even playing field between goofies and naturals. Go the goofies!
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You were the only international surfer in the final last year. Would you say the local surfers are the favorites in this event? Yeah, all the local guys shred out there! They are so in tune with the wave and which ones to go for, so I guess that’s a pretty big advantage! Last year I learned a lot from being out there with the Indonesian boys and seeing which waves they went on, and I guess I tried to mimic their approach a little bit out there.
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How did your runner-up finish at Padang give you confidence and build your momentum for the rest of your competitive season in 2013? Making the final and competing against some of the best tube riders in the world gave me confidence and showed me that I can be on their level when it starts to barrel. So a few months after the Padang event, when I had my heat in Portugal against Kelly (Slater) and Kolohe (Andino), I knew I had enough experience and skills in left barrels to give them a run for their money.
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How is a specialty invitational event like Padang Cup different than the ASP WCT events you’ve competed in as a wildcard in Bells and Portugal? It’s definitely less tense of an environment as everyone is just chilled out and just wanting to get barreled, as opposed to WCT events that are a bit more serious because everyone is fighting for their points and their spot on the Tour. So it’s cool to go over to Padang, surf good waves, eat good food, and just enjoy the experience. That said, everyone wants to hoist that trophy on the winner’s podium!
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Name DOB Flag Stance
: Tom Current : July 3rd 1964 : USA : Regular
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: Taylor Knox : May 15th 1971 : USA : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Chris Ward : Dec 11th 1978 : USA : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Jamie O’Brien : June 9th, 1983 : HAW : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Kekoa Bacalso : July 22rd 1985 : HAW : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Flynn Novak :: HAW : Goofy
Name DOB Flag Stance
: BethanyHamilton : Feb 8th 1990 : HAW : Goofy
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Bruno Santos :: BRAZ : Goofy
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Richardo Dos Santos : May 23rd 1990 : BRAZ : Goofy
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Francisco Alves : June 26th 1993 : PRT : Goofy
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Jacob Willcox : Jun 2rd 1997 : AUS : Goofy
Name : Ricardo Christie (Rip Curl Raglan Pro Winner / Wildcard) DOB : Oct 13rd 1988 Flag : NZ Stance : Regular
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Name DOB Flag Stance
: Rizal Tandjung : Nov 23th 1975 : INDONESIA : Goofy
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Made “Bol” Adi Putra : August 5th 1980 : INDONESIA : Goofy
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: Garut Widiarta : March 9th 1988 : INDONESIA : Goofy
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: Pepen Hendrik : May 15th 1976 : INDONESIA : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Dede Suryana : Nov 10th 1985 : INDONESIA : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Mega Semadhi : July 14th 1989 : INDONESIA : Goofy
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Lee Wilson : August 10th 1988 : INDONESIA : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Alik Rudiarta :: INDONESIA : Regular
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Raditya Rondi : Jan 29th 1989 : INDONESIA : Goofy
TRIALS HIGHEST PLACED BUKIT LOCAL
Name DOB Flag Stance
: Betet Merta : Sept 27th 1980 : INDONESIA : Regular
TRIALS WINNER
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RIPCURL.COM Now you can watch the best barrel-riding show of the year from anywhere on the planet (provided you have an internet connection). Following last year’s historic inaugural live broadcast of the event, the 2014 Rip Curl Cup will once again be webcast LIVE to the world. Watch all the action at live.ripcurl.com or on your smartphone with the Rip Curl Live Events App. The LIVE webcast will include an online Heat Analyzer, so if you miss the action on contest day you can got to the event website and replay all the highlights from the contest any time, as many times as you want. And be sure to check the app and event website for weekly video updates on all the hottest surfing, parties and happenings in Bali during the waiting period. See it all at live.ripcurl.com.
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CHAMPIONS The list of past Rip Curl Cup champions includes some of the finest tuberiders of the modern era. Who will drink from the Cup in 2014 ? Stay tuned to find out...
2004, 2005
Bol Adi Putra The inaugural Rip Curl Cup in 2004 was held at Uluwatu, while 2005 featured some of the best waves in the event’s history: six-foot (Hawaiian) solid Padang, on fire. In addition to his back-toback titles, Bol has also made the finals twice, in 2009 and 2011, cementing his reputation as perhaps the most dangerous competitor out at Padang. “It was so sick, especially in 2005 because it was just the best Padang,” says Bol. “I got the bomb of the contest and it ended up in a double-page spread in Surfing Magazine. And then the whole contest was featured in the movie Shades of Bali, so my sponsor was so happy at that time. Padang is pretty much my favorite wave. I love it. Best left in Bali.”
2006
Lee Wilson The 2006 Rip Curl Cup was held at pumping, textbook-perfect Bingin. Wilson and Lakey Peak local Joey Barrel traded standup barrels. Wilson took the Cup with a beautiful wave in the dying minutes of the event on the dead low tide. “I was behind the whole time and needed high nine,” recalls Wilson. “I found it in the last couple minutes. I got a deep barrel, did a big reo and then went for a floater on the end section onto the reef. It was pretty dry.” 24
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Kane Faint Good waves fired for the early morning heats at Padang and hung around for the final, which saw 4-foot drainers at low tide. Faint, an underground charger from Lennox Head, Australia, pigdogged his way through several spitting Padang pits on his way to victory in the first-ever Padang Cup to feature international competitors against the locals. “It was an absolute honor to compete at the iconic Rip Curl Padang Cup,” says Kane, “and to take the win was just a bonus.”
2008
Gogo Sujaya Gogo defeated Dede Suryana in the final at Uluwatu, which featured long rides and solid tubes at good 3 to 4-foot Racetrack. With the win, Gogo earned a wildcard into the Rip Curl Pro Search WCT event, held at Padang and Ulus. “I was so happy,” says Gogo. “It was the only time in my life I got to surf against the WCT guys. In Round 1 I surfed with Kelly (Slater) and Timmy Reyes. In the second round I surfed against Taj Burrow. I will never forget that.”
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2009
Jamie O’Brien On the best day of the year at Padang, the final came down to the event’s only two-time champion versus the youngest Pipe Master in history. After all the spray had cleared, Hawaii’s Jamie O’Brien beat out Kuta’s Made “Bol” Adi Putra to claim the title. O’Brien scored an unheard-of four perfect 10s during the event, including two in Round 2 for a flawless heat score. All told, the ‘09 Padang Cup was one of the greatest collective displays of tuberiding in the history of competitive surfing. “This is right up there with my Pipe Masters and Teahupoo trials wins,” O’Brien said after being escorted from the beach to the winner’s podium on the shoulders of his friends and soaked with champagne. “I got so barreled today. I’ve never had so much fun in a surf contest in my life.”
2011
Lee Wilson After a one-year hiatus, 2011 saw the return of the Rip Curl Cup, once again held in epic barrels at Padang Padang. Indonesia’s Lee Wilson backdoored several impossibly deep barrels on his backhand to win his second Rip Curl Cup, defeating one of the most talented fields in event history, including the likes of Chris Ward (California), Makua Rothman (Hawaii), Anthony Walsh (Australia), and Dean Morrison (Australia). With the victory, Wilson claimed the Cup back for Indonesia from reigning champion Jamie O’Brien and joined fellow Indo legend Bol Adi Putra as the only other two-time winner of the Rip Curl Cup. “This is the best win I’ve ever had, hands down,” Wilson said.
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2012
Chris Ward With barely a minute remaining in the ninth annual Rip Curl Cup Invitational at Padang Padang, California’s Chris Ward scored a perfect 10 backside barrel to leapfrog into first place and win the Ultimate Tuberiding Contest, besting Bali’s Mega Semadhi (2nd place), Java’s Dede Suryana (3rd), and Australia’s Ry Craike (4th) in pumping six-foot tubes at Padang Padang. Wardo followed it up by getting down on one knee and proposing to his girlfriend on the winner’s podium in front of a massive crowd. She said yes, at which point people rushed the stage and it collapsed (no one was hurt). All of this before the 33-year-old Ward even had a chance to shake off his jet lag. Another epic Padang Cup moment for the ages.
2013
Mega Semadhi Mega Semadhi made history last year when he became the first-ever Padang (Bukit Peninsula) local to win the Rip Curl Cup. By topping a field of world-class barrel riders from Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, USA, Hawaii, and Brazil, Mega established Indonesian surfing as a force to be reckoned with. The local crowd on hand at Padang erupted after Mega scored a comeback victory in the final, leapfrogging 16-yearold West Australian Jacob Willcox and Kuta’s Raditya Rondi for first place. Mega was absolutely ecstatic with his comeback win in his 10th Rip Curl Cup appearance and to be able to get the monkey off his back that had haunted him since the previous year’s bitter last-second runner-up defeat to Chris Ward. “This win means so much to me, here at my home and in front of my family, and because of last year too,” Semadhi said. “In those final minutes I was trying to be patient, thinking that if I could lose in the final minutes like last year, I could also be the one to win in the last minute too. When that last set came in I said not this one, not this one, I gotta pick the right one. And then it was like a fairly tale come true when I heard the score and that I won.” 27
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PARTNERS Dear Sponsors and Partners, For the past 10 years, Rip Curl has hosted the most successful surfing competition in SE Asia - unsurpassed with excitement and drama in one of the most mystical and unique surf spots on the planet. 2013 marked the most ambitious Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang in the event’s history, providing viewing audiences from all corners of the globe a chance to witness this great event via our first ever LIVE WEBCAST. Through great working partnership of tireless event team combined with generous support from our sponsors, we have made past years spectacular. We are writing today to Thank You for being a Partner and Sponsor of the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang 2014 event and look forward to working with you to make it one remember for years to come! Rip Curl would like to thank : Sponsors; Telkomsel, Telkom, Hidden Valley Resort, Albens, Bintang, Beach Hut and BIMC. Media partners: Australian Surfing Life (ASL) Surfline.com, Surftime magazine, Bali Alternative Media. Sincerely, Rip Curl South East Asia
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