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Green Sanur Reef Barrels Make for Epic Round 4 Action on Day 3 of Rusty’s Rumble in Da Jungle

Tuesday May 6 - Bangsal Beach, Sanur: As forecast, a solid 4-6 foot swell hit Sanur Reef today producing some of the most perfectly lined up sheet glass barrels the Rusty Rumble in Da Jungle event has ever seen. There was no wind at all and the golden morning sun broke through the low clouds to light up the beach and fire up the crew for Round 4’s man-on-man action.

Goofy footers Made “Garut” Widiarta and Raditya Rondi got things started at 6:50 am in the 3-4 foot waves. Apparently “the Reef “was just warming up and not ready to give these guys all the goods yet. But Rondi didn’t mind, because he got the jump on Garut and stayed there, hacking away at the lip just getting under one small one near the end of the heat to win. Garut has some nice up under the lip gashes, but just couldn’t pull off a big score.

Heat 2 saw Kadek Murtika jump on the first wave just to get some points on the board. Betet exercised some patience, passing up a few before locking into a wave that he gave a few hacks to before pulling off a nasty floater for a finish. He sealed it with long one all the way to the inside, and though Murtika came back with a nice little barrel of his own, Betet held on to win.

In Heat 3, Agus Purnawan just couldn’t seem to stay out of the barrel, nabbing wave after wave while Wayan “Gobleg” Suyadna couldn’t buy a barrel if he had all the money in the world. Agus had a smile as wide as the tubes he had ridden as he paddled back to the beach with his quarterfinal birth locked in.
Not to be outdone, Tipi Jabrik’s 9-point tube ride in Heat 4 was positively epic, as he joins Made Awan and Kane Faint in the run for the “Best Barrel” of the comp. Some of the set waves by now were about 6 foot and just plain awesome to see. Ketut “Mega” Semadhi managed a few nice hacks up under the lip on a couple of waves, but got shut down on his one barrel opportunity and spent the rest of the time listening to MC Ribut telling him that he was combo’d and needed 12 plus points to win.

In another natural vs goofyfooter matchup, Devis Ratif took down Rizal Tanjung in Heat 5. Devis took off first and pumped to the inside where he got into and almost out of the inside barrel section. Riz got the next set wave and got a couple nice turns in but the wave didn’t open up for him. Devis pulled ahead by cutting up a long one all the way to the inside to take the lead, and then got a nice inside barrel and big score. Riz had one more chance and did all he could, slashing his wave to the inside til it opened up for him. He stayed in as long and as deep as he could, but it just didn’t score high enough to overcome Devis’ lead.

Having spent a lot of her energy during Heats 3 through 5, Mother Nature took a bit of a break during Heat 6, so Mohamad “Joey Barrel” Joid and Nyoman “Koming” Wastika spent a lot of time paddling around and waiting. Joey blew his best scoring opportunity on his first wave, freefalling down the face. Koming on the other hand managed to squeeze into and out of a little inside keg to get a decent score on the board, and together with another couple of 2 foot waves took the lead and the heat win, as Joey never found another good scoring wave.
The wave action picked up again for Heat 7 but so did the onshore wind, which began to rough up the water on the outside but left the faces still mostly glassy. Pepen Hendrik had the eye of the tiger, lining up on the lip and then slotting himself deep into the inside section and coming out hot to best goofyfooter Moh Yunus, who slashed away at the lip with abandon but couldn’t come up with a barrel ride to score any big points.

There was no Heat 8 as Komang Putra Hermawan was having school exams back in home at Nusa Lembongan (so I heard) so couldn’t make it, and so Made Awan slipped into the quarterfinal without even getting wet.
Next up was the Masters, consisting of two heats, one a four man heat and one a three man heat.

Heat 1 of the Masters saw Made Artha and Made Gachan advance over Ketut Menda and Wayan Widiarta. In Heat 2 Wayan Pica raced his way to the lead and was followed by Wayan Gantiyasa, leaving Made “Sachang” Sudiarta out of the final as the horn blew.
According to Contest Director and GM Kane Faint, the next best opportunity to run the remainder of the event looks to be Wednesday the 14th of May. With ample time left in the waiting period, and swells arriving every few days, he prefers to wait to finish on a high note. Been great so far, so why not?

Sanur’s Fickle Side Shows up for Round 3 of Rusty Rumble in Da Jungle

Saturday 3 May 2008- Bangsal Beach, Sanur: After watching the glorious bombing sets of yesterday, arriving at the beach to be greeted by the inconsistent and lumpy 2-foot surf creeping over the coral reef this morning was akin to waking up in another dimension. Was this really the same place? But a the sight of a 3-foot set on the horizon and a surfer getting pitted off the drop gave hope for more to come and so started Round 3 action today on Day Two of the Rusty Rumble in Da Jungle

But the optimism slowly began to fade as the few heats saw slim pickins for any ride longer than a few turns. In Heat 1 Garut somehow managed to find two waves to tee off on for a combined score of 12 to win the heat, while Made Awan took second with an amazingly low total score of 6.83.

Though it looked very meager at times, and most of these guys are used to surfing in much better conditions, when you’re in Round Three and want to make it through our heat, pray for some luck and that you don’t blow your chance to score, if and when it comes.
Heat 2 saw young Kadek Murtika from Canggu take advantage of the small conditions to tear the tops off of whatever came his way, whereas Tipi Jabrik was in last place until he found two 5+ waves with only a few minutes left to take second spot. I guess he was praying harder than the other guys eh?

In Heat 3 it wasn’t a surprise that local Agus Purnawan found the best scoring waves, knowing this break like he does, scoring a 6 and a 4 to win. Second spot went to Moh Yunus, whose highest scoring wave was a 3.7. Made Lapur needs some juice to work with, and he couldn’t a wave with much of that unfortunately.

By Heat 4 the wind starting to turn onshore a bit, and still there were long waits between good scoring opportunities, but at least the wave faces were still glassy and the sun was out. Mega (Ketut Yoga Semadhi) was all over the place, racking up wave after wave but nothing over about 3 points, leaving him in last place for most of the heat. Raditya Rondi started out with a high 4 pointer to jump to the lead, but in the last 5 minutes Mega popped a 4 and a 5.5 to push him down to second spot. Kopling and Suarez, being the larger guys, had a tough time making something from very little and took 3rd and 4th respectively.

Heat 5 saw a bit of an increase in wave count and size, and gave Rizal some of the best waves so far in the day’s action. He picked off a couple nice ones to take the lead over Joey Barrel and Wayan Budiasa with a combined score of 11.6. Joey ended up getting a 6.5, the highest score of the heat, but couldn’t get another to match it and had to settle for 2nd place. Wayan couldn’t find a wave that would let him get more than a 2.5, so placed third.

Betet’s first wave got him into the lead in Heat 6, and he followed it up by a couple more in the 4+ range, but a determined Koming blasted a 6 pointer that when combined with his 3 pointer, beat out Betet for the heat win by .03 points. Made Artha and Komang Alit seemed to have nothing but small closeouts come their way so didn’t make it through.

In Heat 7, Dede Suryana’s luck from the day before seemed to have deserted him, as he just didn’t pull off a couple of big maneuvers and it left him behind, which when surfing against Pepen Hendrik is not where you want to be. Pepen slotted into a barrel, then almost pulled of a sick air on his next wave, and shredded another long wave to get the lead and keep it. Devis also stepped up and nailed a couple, ending up just a little more than 1 point behind Pepen. Dede and Soma each had wave counts of 6, whereas Pepen and Devis did it with 3 waves each.
At the start of Heat 8 Prayit and Dedy Santoso looked to be gunning for the heat win, but as seemed to be the trend a high wave count signaled doom in the end. Young Putra Hermawan picked apart each wave seriously and methodically, while Gobleg just barely got past a charging Prayit to advance to the next round. By the time the horn blew, the wind had really picked up and Contest Director and Rusty GM Kane Faint called for an hour break to see if conditions would change.

After the sizeable surf the day before, it was a bit surprising that the swell dropped so fast, and the thought was that a bit of time to let the tide back on out might do some good. But a few minutes later it became pretty obvious that nothing better was going to happen so it was announced that it was over for the day and to stand by for the next bump in the swell, which looks to be Tuesday morning for Round 4’s man-on-man action.
Cross your fingers…and pray for huge Sanur on Tuesday! Check out the attached heat draw for the Round 4 match ups.

Sanur Shows its Teeth on Day 1 of the Rusty Rumble in Da Jungle

Friday May 2, 2008 - Bangsal Beach, Sanur: Yesterday afternoon’s bump up in swell size turned into a heaving seething barrelfest this morning, as daybreak slowly unveiled solid 6 foot sets using the treacherous coral heads of Sanur Reef as a launching pad to throw up some very solid and intimidating barrels, perfect for the start of the Rusty Rumble in Da Jungle 2008.

And just the kind of conditions Rusty GM and Contest Director Kane Faint was frothing for and taking full advantage of, by the way. “I surfed until after dark here last night, and again before daybreak this morning, and I can’t wait to get out there again for my heat. This is what Sanur Reef is all about,” he said with a huge grin as the horn hooted to start the contest.

The first heat got underway just after 7 am, and though it was a bit cloudy early, it was actually a benefit for the judges, who had an easier time seeing without the usual blazing sun scorching their eyeballs. Happy with some sizable surf, in Heat 1 Made Awan got straight into a couple of barrels and was stoked to come away with the first heat win and advance to the 2nd round.


Not to be outdone, Kane Faint got himself a 9+ in Heat 5 to win his heat. Practice makes perfect they say. Some of the contestants looked to be intimidated a bit by the size and reputation of this break, but others took it on with relish and got every bit of juice out of each opportunity. Kombong, Kopling, Koming and Ketut Yuliarta were good examples of the dominant surfers in Round One.


The surf was still pumping, although not as many bombs as earlier, and there was no wind yet at the start of Round 2, which started of at just before 10 am. some of the bigger sets were a bit fat, but that meant that the smaller more critical inside section was where the paydirt was, and in the first heat Made Awan found both the outside and the inside for a double barrel heat winner, netting him a 9+ score from the judges.

Later in Round 2, luck or destiny call it what you will, was certainly smiling upon last weeks Quiksilver Open winner Dede Suryana. After getting started with a solid wave to put some points on the board, his rode his next wave all the way to the inside, buy upon his exit his board ended up tombstoning until a set wave broke the tail off of it on the shallow reef. He had neglected to stash an extra board on the photography boat or the transport boat, so had to paddle in, get another board, and paddle all the way back out against the current and the set waves, however in the lead. The lucky part? During all this, none of the other guys in his heat were in position to catch a wave until he was already almost all the way back to the lineup! Dede ended up catching one more wave to put his score out of reach of the others and get into Round 3. I think he’ll be bringing a backup board to the lineup tomorrow, don’t you?


By the time his heat was finished the wind has started to blow onshore a bit stronger, and so at the end of Round 2 a one hour break was called to see whether it would get stronger or whether the rain clouds to the north would push through and calm the winds. At about 2:45, Kane saw that it wasn’t going to happen and so called it off for the day. The swell looks to maybe drop slightly overnight, but maybe it will settle down into a good routine and be even more consistent in the morning. The plan is to run Round 3 and then the Masters heats and see how things go after that. All contestants are to be at the beach again at 6:30 am to prepare for a 7 am start.


See the attached heat draw for the lucky guys who will get to take on Sanur Reef again tomorrow. Good luck boys!