Thailand Surfrider Magazine - Issue 1

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Men’s Open winner Hussain Areef from the Maldives

Occy Grom Comp Results

Then Tai asked him when he would be back, to which Occy responded, “If that’s an invitation, and it sounded like it was, for sure I’m coming back!” which got a big round of cheers and claps from the crowd.

1. Jay-R Esquivel (Philippines) 2. Nazrin “Yen” Nasruddin (Malaysia)

Over the three day competition held at the seaside town of Cherating on the east coast of Malaysia, 115 contestants from 11 countries gathered to compete for fun, prestige, prizes and goodies including surfboards, Billabong boardies, shirts and backpacks, Nixon watches, Von Zipper eyewear, Kustom footwear and more, in the Occy Grom Comp and the Billabong Pro Am that run from the 8th to the 10th of January, which included Men’s Open, Women’s, Masters, Grommet and Bodyboarding division.

3. Didaqt Musaddiq (Malaysia) 4. Suhaimi “Semmy” Bin Hassan (Malaysia)

Occy Grom Comp and Billabong Pro Am First Place Finishers

Men's Open

1. Hussain Areef (Maldives) 2. Jay-R Esquivel (Philippines) 3. Didaqt Musaddiq (Malaysia) 4. Tunku Khairil (Malaysia) Mark “Occy” Occhilupo having a free-surf between heats at Cherating Point

Masters

The stoked contestants, crew and spectators at the Occy Grom Comp and Billabong Pro Am Cherating Beach, Malaysia

The Billabong Pro Am and Occy Grom Comp are sponsored by Billabong, Kustom, Von Zipper, Nixon, the Municipality of Kuantan, Visit Malaysia, Tourism Pahang, Satu Suku, June Stone, and the Residence Inn Cherating. Check out the Billabong Asia website for webclips of the event at www.Billabong.com

1. Art (Malaysia) 2. Raymond Chong (Malaysia) 3. Aaron Wright (USA) 4. Tim Brent (Australia)

Women's Open 1. Gemala (Indonesia) 2. Cheryl Tang (Singapore) 3. Brenda Lee (Malaysia) 4. Farisha Mazlan (Malaysia)

Bodyboard

1. Ali Khushruwan Ahmad (Maldives)

2. Waqi (Malaysia) 3. Ahmad Rusyuddin (Malaysia) 4. Zarulaliff Bin Zulkifli (Malaysia) 40

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