Made Adi Putra Wins Rip Curl Cup Trials with Near Perfect Scores;

Opening Ceremony for Main Event Coming Up This Sunday

Made Adi Putra “Bol” put his years of Padang-Padang tube riding prowess on full display to top the leaderboard of the Rip Curl Cup Trials yesterday with an almost perfect two-wave score of 19.45 points (out of a possible 20 points), posting first a 9.95 in his first round heat and then backing it up with a 9.50 in his second heat to earn his spot in the Main Event where he’s hoping to come away with his third Rip Curl Cup win. He has won the Rip Curl Cup twice before, in 2004 and 2005, and is keenly looking forward to another victory in 2022.

Only 8 competitors out of the 32 that started out the competition in near perfect 4-5 foot Padang-Padang made it into the exclusive Main Event invitee list at the end of the day, and none in more dramatic fashion than 2014 Rip Curl Cup winner Made “Garut” Widiarta, who was in the last heat of the day having only two small scores from his first round heat, the odds truly against him.

Perennial favorite Mustofa Jeksen was a member of the exclusive “Perfect 10” club in the Trials yesterday, earning a perfect score in his first wave of his Round 1 heat to start his charge for a spot in the Main Event, and in the final of the day Nyoman “Blacky” Satria joined that club as well with a perfect 10 score, but unfortunately didn’t have a backup score with enough points to join into the Final 8.

When the final horn sounded the end of competition, Head Judge Wayan Pica was asked for his thoughts on the day, to which he replied, “It was a certainly a challenging day in the judging tower, but it was great to see all the amazing barrel riding going on.  Differentiating between the surfer’s waves when on their backside and those on their forehand, how deep they were getting, how cleanly they got out of the barrel, keeping all those variables in mind required a lot of focus and concentration, but it was both exciting and rewarding and our panel did a great job today.  Congratulations to all the surfers that are now in the Main Event!”

Rip Curl Cup Trials 2022 Results:

• Made Adi Putra – 19.45 points
• Mega Artana – 18.38 points
• Mega Semahdi – 17.58 points
• Raditya Rondi – 16.50 points
• Mustofa Jeksen -  16.13 points
• Agus Sumertayasa – 15.39 points
• Tommy Sobry – 15.01 points
• Made Garut Widiarta – 14.08 points

Congratulations to the top 8 who will be in the Main Event, and will join the other 8 international invitees that will be announced in the Opening Ceremony, to be held at Padang-Padang Beach on the 31st of July. The Rip Curl Cup Opening Ceremony marks the start of the one-month event holding period that runs the full month of August. The Opening Ceremony celebration will begin promptly at 3 PM, followed by a meet and greet with the surfers and contest organizers. The evening will conclude with a traditional Balinese Kecak dance performance.

All media wishing to attend the Opening Ceremony event may RSVP to Geby at +62 812 3727 7863 by Friday, 29th July 2022  before 3 PM to secure their credentials.

But before the Opening Ceremony, please join our Rip Curl Planet program starting out with the Rip Curl Beach Clean Up at Padang Padang Beach on Friday, July 29th at 8 am.  The cleanup is open to anyone who would like to volunteer. Cleanup teams will collect trash from the beach, the car park, and the valley behind the beach. Trash bags and plastic gloves will be provided. Wear shoes and clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Come have some fun while cleaning up one of Bali's most beautiful beaches and the home of the Rip Curl Cup.

Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang 2022 - Official Trailer

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