Balifornian Tours Photo of the Day 12/18/2010

Huge surf crashes below as a king long-tailed macaque protects sacred Uluwatu Temple.

Monkeys are held sacred by the Balinese.  They help generate the forest and protect temples such as Uluwatu Temple.  There are thousands of long-tailed macaques dwelling in the dry forest near Uluwatu Temple. They are divided into three groups of monkeys that cover three separate regions of the temple. Each territory is lead by king monkey that monitors their area and protects it from outsider monkeys.
Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia 2010. Balifornian Tours

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New 2010 Indonesia Surfing Champion is Crowned

Putra Hermawan is the 2010 Indonesia Surfing Champion - Bali Surfing News and Blog

Written by Editor at SurferToday.com

When a national champion is crowned in the last seconds of surfing contest you're witnessing a breathtaking moment. It happened in Asia. The 2010 Indonesia Pro Surfing Tour reached its climax in the Rip Curl Surf and Music Festival, held at Kuta Beach’s famous "Halfways". Dedi Santosa was trying to beat Marlon Gerber and needed an 8.65-point wave to claim the 2010 Coca-Cola ISC Tour. But Santosa missed the score in the last 30 seconds of the final heat and delivered the championship to Putra Hermawan. 18-year-old Putra Hermawan is the youngest ever ISC Tour Open Division champion. Marlon Gerber, the event winner, dedicated his first ISC tour win to his friend Andy Irons who tragically passed away recently. Husni won the Longboard Division for the second time, Dyah Rahayu Dewi took her second win in a row in the Women’s Division and Jeren Kiring claimed the National GromSearch Final. 2010 Coca-Cola ISC Tour Open Division Results: 1. Putra Hermawan 2. Dedi Santoso 3. Pepen Hendrik Rip Curl Surf and Music Festival results: 1. Marlon Gerber 2. Dedi Santosa 3. Raditya Rondi 4. Wayan Suprayitna

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Best Surfer Party Caps Off Best Quiksilver-Roxy Open 2010 Event in Bali

Best Surfer Party Caps Off Best Quiksilver-Roxy Open 2010 Event in Bali

PRESS RELEASE from Surf line

Capping off Quiksilver's Best Surf Comp was their Best Surfer Party on Saturday night November 6 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Hard Rock Café on Kuta Beach in Bali that got started around 9 pm and wrapped up just before 2 am.

Julian Wilson's "Scratching the Surface" movie, a Roxy Short-Short competition, Quiksilver-Roxy fashion show, the Quiksilver and Roxy Open surfing awards presentation, and the pumping live rock music of I AM Giant were on the agenda for the waiting crowd, who were amped and ready to party thanks to sponsors Jim Beam and Heineken.

First up to wow the audience were 10 beautiful women vying for the Roxy Short-Short title. The judges had some tough calls to make for sure, but after two rounds they came to agree that 17-year-old Dian Juwita Fatmala was the perfect choice. She won cash and Roxy products for her turns around the bartop and got heaps of attention from the boys lined up at the bar trying to get as close as possible to her.

In between rounds of the Roxy Short-Short competition, Quiksilver and Roxy's latest and greatest fashions were paraded around the bartop with some super hot models showing them off.

Next was the Quiksilver Open and Roxy Open 2010 surfing awards presentation, so MC's Jake "the Snake" Paterson and Tipi Jabrik called the Master's, Women's, and Open Division finalists up to the bar top and presented them with their trophies and winner's checks. An additional award that was given was the Lines Magazine Air Show prize of Rp 1 million to Raditya Rondi.

Before moving over to the Hard Rock Café, a special announcement was also made regarding the results of the Quiksilver Big Sale that was held earlier in the day at the Quiksilver office on Jalan Legian in Kuta.

From 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, Quiksilver, Roxy and DC products were sold for 90% off retail price and the proceeds given to SurfAid International to help with their aid work in the Mentawai Islands tsunami and given to IDEP Foundation to those affected by the Merapi Volcano in the Jogjakarta area. At last count the sale raised a whopping Rp 121 million (over $13,000 USD), for the victims.

And then it was time to shift into high gear and start rocking into the night with the London-based band I Am Giant, a talented quartet of musicians that are Quiksilver's Ambassadors for Europe, playing in countless festivals and events like the recent Quiksilver Pro in Biarritz, France. Their music is also on many extreme sports DVD's including "Cloud 9 Movie" the Kelly Slater story.

So needless to say, the crowd got their share and more of fine musical entertainment, as well as dancing and drinking and all that goes along with a Quiksilver Best Surfer Party night at the Hard Rock Café.

The Quiksilver Open, Roxy Open, and Best Surfer Party were presented by Jim Beam, supported by Roxy, DC, Hard Rock Hotel, Hard Rock Café, Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia and Heineken, with media partners TRAX, FHM, Fitness, Men's Fitness, Juice, Area, SurfTime, Lines, Coca-Cola Indonesia Surfing Championships, and RVM.


Quiksilver and Roxy Open 2010:

Open Division
1. Putra Hermawan (Nusa Lembongan)
2. Dedi Santosa (Kuta)
3. Mustofa Jeksen (Kuta) Equal 3rd
3. Wayan Susiana (Nusa Lembongan) Equal 3rd

Women's Division
1. Diah Rahayu Dewi (Seminyak)
2. Yasnyiar Gea (Nias)
3. Gemala (Jakarta)
4. Jasmine (Kuta)

Masters Division
1. Nyoman Wastika (Sanur)
2. Ketut Wirtawan (Kuta)
3. Made Lapur (Uluwatu)
4. Wayan Budayasa (Sanur)


Specialty Awards:
Coca-Cola Best Wave Award - Putra Hermawan
Lines Magazine Air Show Award - Raditya Rondi

Bali Bids Farewell to Surfing Champ Andy Irons

From our friends at www.indosurflife.com

Andy Irons tragic passing this week has left surfing communities around the world reeling. Whether he was a fellow competitor, a travel companion, the subject of photographer or videographers project, a friendly guy out and about the surfer whose inspiring moves were captured in the magazines or DVDs; whatever he represented to different people, he will be missed.

The Balinese surfing community held a late afternoon paddle-out in honor of Andy’s memory at Halfway on Friday 5^th November. Rizal Tanjung, Rob Machado,  Mikala Jones and Jake “the snake” Patterson joined other professional surfers, friends and family to remember A.I.



Top 5 reasons to visit Bali

By Prachi Kadam | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Fashion designer Mandira Wirk shares why her beach-side experience to this island destination made for a memorable time. No boredom: I was in Bali for a couple of days and I could definitely see why people sometimes just don’t leave it. It is the type of place where you can honestly spend weeks and still have things to do and never be bored. Surf, surf, surf: One of the first things I did when I got there was to scout around looking for a surf school. I was able to stand up after only a few tries and today I started catching some bigger waves and maneuvering a bit more. Shopping: Besides the water fun, I did many fun things like shopping at flea markets. Bali has an awesome variety to offer. Silver jewellery, sarongs and other such things are value buys. Food: Munching on some mouth-watering delicacies was also a major indulgence for me and I had a great time doing so here. Meeting folks: The nightlife here is rocking. It is as anybody would want — wild and filled with fun and frolic. I was just sitting on the beach, and some teenagers just came up to me and started taking so many pictures! There was a rotation going on of people and cameras, it was hilarious!