Craig Colbran

On the second and final day of the 2011 Billabong Surfing Hainan Open, Australian Craig Colbran pleased the judges with his seasoned, stylistic surfing. Colbran is a veteran of the event, and his familiarity with the left-handed point break at Riyuewan gave him a clear advantage, as he continued to pick off the better waves of his heats. With surf in the chest- to shoulder-high range, Colbran beat out Guo Hengliang (Taiwan), Barret Seymour (USA), and Rory MacDonald (Taiwan).

“The waves definitely picked up on the second day, and I was stoked to get as many good rides as I did. I’ve been coming to this comp for four years now, and I’m really happy to have captured the title,” remarked Colbran.

In Women’s Shortboard, Hung Chechun beat out fellow Taiwanese surfer in the two-woman final. If a second place in the shortboard wasn’t enough for Wenling, she also won first place in Women’s Longboarding, besting Darci Liu (China).

The Men’s Longboard event went to Chen Dongming (Taiwan), with Mongolian native Tie Zhuang in close second. Daniel Lau (Hawaii) came in third, and Riyuewan local Huang Wen came in third.

Guo Hengliang and Rory Macdonald, as the two best Chinese surfers, won wildards for theHainan ASP 4 Star event in January. Wu Ruquan of China won the Best Wipeout award, going head first over the falls in his morning heat. Barret Seymour’s 360 backside turn won him Best Move of the competition.

Rory Macdonald

The event attracted over a hundred spectators, who beat the heat with bottles of Hainan Beer. The Bo’ao Bed and Breakfast served pancakes, eggs, and sausages for breakfast, and Sanya institution Dolphin Bar was on hand to serve grilled hamburgers. Skullcandy event staff poured shots of vodka down their skull-shaped ice block luge to get help the party atmosphere. Billabong representatives from Singapore and Hainan were on hand to help with the event and to network with China’s surf community. Maneesiam Eua Fua, from Billabong’s Singapore office, said during her speech at the Prizegiving Ceremony “I have had such a great weekend, and am happy to have met so many great surfers from around Asia. We are hoping for an even more succesful event next year”. Next year will be the Surfing Hainan Open’s fifth anniversary.

Photos by Vaughn Hill

2011 Billabong Surfing Hainan Open Results

Men’s Shortboard
1 Craig Colbran Australia
2 Guo Hengliang Taiwan, China
3 Barret Seymour USA
4 Rory Macdonald Taiwan, China

Women’s Shortboard
1 Hung Che Chun Taiwan, China
2 Zhou Wenling Taiwan, China
3 Iris Lim Hong Kong
4 Monica Rhiel Venezuela

Men’s Longboard
1 Chen Tongming Taiwan, China
2 Tie Zhuang China
3 Daniel Lau USA
4 Huang Wen China

Women’s Longboard
1 Zhou Wenling Taiwan, China
2 Darci Liu China
3 Monica Guo China
4 Monica Riehl Venezuela

Under 16s
1 Rory Macdonald Taiwan, China
2 Chang Feng Chu Taiwan, China
3 Qiu Zhou China
4 Jon Arten Ukraine

在2011年Billabong冲浪海南开赛的第二天决赛日，澳大利亚的Craig Colbran他的冲浪风格赢得的裁判的肯定，Craig已是一个冲浪老手了，而且对于反脚的他日月湾的左手浪正是很适合他的，在他冲的时候风浪也慢慢的大起来了，差不多是有胸到肩高的浪，他击败了来自台湾的郭恒良，美国的Bareet Seymour, 台湾的潘海心。

第二天的浪绝对比前一天大一些，所以我很激动尽量能抓多少好浪就抓多少，这已经是我第四年来参加这个活动，而且我很高兴能拿到这个头衔，Colbran说。

女子短板洪喆君击败了台湾选手也是进入两项女子决赛的文玲，如果女子短板的第二名对于文玲来说还不足，她同时也获得了女子长坂的第一名，击败了中国大陆的刘丹。

男子长坂赢家的台湾的陈东铭，内蒙古选手铁庄获得第二名，夏威夷的Daniel Lau获得第三名，日月湾本地选手黄文获得第四名。

郭恒良和潘海心成为最佳中国冲浪手，获得外卡参加明年一月由ASP组织的四星赛事，吴如泉赢得最佳落水姿势奖，Barret Seymour’s 一个360反转的动作赢得了比赛中的最佳动作奖。

这次活动吸引了上百人来参观，加上海南啤酒的冰啤，博鳌的早餐供应有煎饼，煎蛋，热狗肠，还有三亚最好的西餐吧海豚西餐也在现场热卖汉堡，Skullcandy的工作人员用雕刻成骷髅头状的冰块来和伏特加为活动增加气氛，Billabong新加坡和海南的代表也在现场帮助赛事，来自Billabong新加坡办事处Maneesiam Eua Fua在颁奖典礼的发言中说：我度过了一个很美好的周末，而且很高兴能在这里认识很多来自亚洲的优秀冲浪手，我希望明年的赛事会更加的成功，明年会是冲浪海南开赛的第五年周年纪念日。

2011 Billabong冲浪海南开赛赛事结果

男子短板
第一名  Craig Colbran        澳大利亚
第二名  郭恒良                  中国台湾
第三名  Barret Seymour      美国
第四名  潘海心                  中国台湾

女子短板
第一名  洪喆君            中国台湾
第二名  周文玲            中国台湾
第三名  Iris Lim           香港
第四名  Monica Rhiel   委内瑞拉

男子长坂
第一名 陈东铭   中国台湾
第二名 铁庄      中国内蒙古
第三名 Daniel Lau 美国
第四名 黄文        中国海南

女子长坂
第一名  周文玲  中国台湾
第二名  刘丹     中国湖北
第三名  郭淑娟  中国广西
第四名 Monica Riehl  委内瑞拉

16岁以下选手
第一名  潘海心  中国台湾
第二名  张复正  中国台湾
第三名  邱灼     中国成都
第四名 Jon Arten  乌克兰

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2011年Billabong冲浪海南开赛第一天在日月湾，全天都有差不多肚脐到胸高得浪。十多个不同国际的选手们给门带来了很好的表演，今天大部分都是长板比赛，今天表现最好的大部分都是中国选手。

来自内蒙古得铁桩表现得非常好，他跟黄文海南本地人在日月湾长大得最好的走板选手，他们今天得表现比起在过去得赛事中有太大的变化了，在男子长板比赛中铁桩黄文的对手是夏威夷的Daniel Lau跟台湾的陈东铭。

女子长板赛周玟玲和刘丹都赢了他们的第一轮，直接进入明天的决赛。

今天唯一的决赛项目是16岁以下组，赢得16岁以下冠军的是Rory Macdonald潘海心，同一组比赛的还有张复正他们两个都是来自台湾的，他们都是今天的最佳技巧动作选手。

周玟玲和洪吉吉君今天最好的短板女选手，进入到明天的决赛中。男子短板在第一天没有比，预报显示星期天的的浪会比星期六的更好。

On Day One of the 2011 Billabong Surfing Hainan Open,  belly- to chest-high waves rolled into Riyuewan throughout the day. Contestants from over ten different nations made the best of the conditions. With mostly longboard heats running in the first day, there were some standout performances from the Chinese competitors.

Inner Mongolian surfer Tie Zhuang was spectacular, with the best nose rides of the day. Huang Wen who grew up on the Riyuewan beach, was a whole different surfer from the previous year’s competition, slinging his longboard around with ease. Tie Zhuang and Huang Wen will compete against Daniel Lau of Hawaii and Chen Tongming of Taiwan for the Men’s Longboard title.

In the women’s longboard division, Darci Liu and Chou Wenling both won their heats, advancing to the finals to be held tomorrow.

In the only final held on the first day, the Under-16s went to Rory Macdonald. Both Rory and Chang Fengchu, both from Taiwan, had some of the best maneuvers of the day.

Chou Wenling and Hung Chechun bested their fellow female shortboarders, and will compete in the final tomorrow. The Men’s Shortboard was postponed on Day One, as the swell forecasts showed Sunday being a good foot larger than Saturday’s surf.

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The 2011 Billabong Surfing Hainan Open will be held this weekend, December 3^rd and 4^th. For the first time in its four-year history, Chinese competitors will be the majority, with nearly twenty Chinese surfers from the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan coming to participate.

Tie Zhuang, a Mongolian transplant who has been surfing in Hainan for the last four years, will be a surfer to watch as he displays his versatility and style in both the shortboard and longboard divisions.  He has been riding for Billabong’s Hainan team over a year, while pushing his skill level as he begins to charge larger surf while maintaining his finesse.

The two best Chinese surfers at the Billabong Surfing Hainan Open will qualify for wildcard slots in the ASP 4-Star Men’s Shortboard event in January 2012.  Tie Zhuang will have his eyes on the prize as he contends for one of these positions.

As will Huang Moyu, a 24-year-old Xiamen native who moved to Hainan to attend university in 2006. Moyu’s slicing carves are fun to watch, and show how comfortable he is on the rail.

Eight surfers will be making their way from Taiwan, and will have amongst their ranks entrants in to all of the five divisions – Men’s Shortboard and Longboard, Women’s Shortboard and Longboard, and Under-16s. Skilled Shortboarder Guo Hengliang will give Tie Zhuang and Moyu a run for their money as he tries to capture on of the wildcard slots.

In Women’s Longboarding, local Skullcandy team rider Darci Liu will hope to capture a top placement, which will mean trying to best Taiwan’s Zhou Wenling.

The Billabong Surfing Hainan Open looks to hold its reputation as Hainan’s biggest weekend beach festival. Hainan Beer will keep the beer flowing, while the Bo’Ao Bed and Breakfast will serve pancakes, and Sanya’s Dolphin Bar will serve grilled hamburgers throughout the day.

The Sanya Cricket Club will hold their monthly match on the beach while the surfers compete in the water.

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海南首领冲浪比赛将在12月3-4日举行，国际冲浪品牌Billabong将会是这次赛事的主赞助，今年是第四年比赛了，著名耳机品牌Skullcandy也会作为此次赛事的第二赞助商。

冲浪海南开赛将会在日月湾举办，在海南东岸线的沿岸地区，从三亚开车差不多一个小时，是整个海南岛最好的一个冲浪点，竞赛者在日月湾左边的主穴点会更好的相互较量，当东北风浪过来的时候整个冬天都有浪，经常会看到头高的浪。

每年参加冲浪海南开赛的中国选手都有增加到两倍，最先只有一个中国选手参加第一届冲浪海南开赛，今年会有15名中国人参加。

来自湖北的刘丹这是她第三次参加，前芭蕾舞演员，她带着她优雅的风格到长板上。关于冲浪海南开赛，刘丹说“我爱这个赛事因为这个赛事给很多当地冲浪者机会获得比赛的经验”。

来自湖北的刘丹在海南冲浪

黄漠雨，这是他第四次参加比赛，黄漠雨西安人四年前搬来三亚上大学开始接触到冲浪,他说“我每年都很期待这个赛事，而且是一个很好的机会能跟在中国亚洲附近的冲浪者们聚在一起。

2010年冲浪海南开赛中

Peter Thew，Billabong品牌经理人，是在新加坡亚洲办事处负责人，他说“我们很高兴今年能获得支持此次赛事的资格。海南拥有热带冲浪海岛所具备的条件，美丽的沙滩，良好的天气，还有很好的浪况…非常棒能看到这个赛事在这几年里在不断的成长着。

Billabong在今年前已经赞助了冲浪海南站立浆板及跑步两项竞赛，同样耳机品牌Skullcandy也联合赞助冲浪海南开赛，Skullcandy品牌经理Elijah Kislevitz在中国极限运动行业的老手，他说“冲浪海南开赛跟我们的品牌完美匹配-逐步改变真正把冲浪带来中国。

本次活动共有三个项目，短板，长坂，站立式浆板，分别有男子组女子组，冲浪海南开赛很受住在中国的外国人欢迎。而且今年参加比赛的很多选手在过去几年的赛事里也都有参加过，Vaughn Hill,一个住在香港的新西兰人，他参加过我们的每一个赛事，他说“我们把我们在香港冲浪圈子的朋友们组织到一起去海南比赛，每次都是很开心的，能跟很多在亚洲的冲浪者们聚在一起叙旧，不管我会不会获得名次，总会度过一个愉快的周末享受好浪，看到一些很久没见的老朋友”。

海南啤酒将三次的赞助这个活动，将整个活动中沙滩上提供冰的啤酒。

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Hainan’s premier surf competition will be held over the 3^rd and 4^th of December. International surf brand Billabong will be the presenting sponsor for the event, now in it’s fourth year, and headphones brand Skull Candy will come aboard as co-sponsor.

The Surfing Hainan Open will take place in Riyuewan, a coastal area on Hainan’s southeast coast. An hour’s drive from Sanya, it is one of Hainan’s best places for surfing.  The competitors will seek to better each other on Riyuewan’s left-hand point break, which frequently sees days of head-high surf during the fall and winter, when Northeast swells are prevalent.

The number of Chinese competitors in the Surfing Hainan Open has more than doubled every year. While only one Chinese national entered the fist Surfing Hainan Open, this year there will be fifteen Chinese.

Competing for her third time is Hubei native Darci Liu. A former ballerina, she brings a lot of grace and style to her longboarding. Regarding the Surfing Hainan Open, Darci said “I love this event because it gives local surfers a chance to get the experience of competing.”

Hubei native Darci Liu in the 2010 Surfing Hainan Open

Competing for his fourth time is Moyu Huang, a Xi’an native who started surfing four years ago when he moved to Sanya for university.  “I look forward to this competition every year. It’s a great chance for surfers around China and Asia to come together.”

Huang Moyu at the 2010 Surfing Hainan Open

Peter Thew, Brand Manager from Billabong’s head Asia office in Singapore said “We are excited to get behind this years event. Hainan Island has all that a tropical surf destination needs; beautiful beaches, great weather, and some really decent surf… it’ll be great to see this event grow over the years”.

Billabong previously sponsored Surfing Hainan’s SUP and Run Biathlon earlier this year, as did headphones brand Skull Candy, who are co-sponsoring the Surfing Hainan Open.  Brand Manager Elijah Kislevitz , an old hand in China’s extreme sports industry, said “The Surfing Hainan Open is a perfect match for our brand – making progressive change to really bring surfing to China.”

The event will feature three disciplines of shortboard, longboard, and stand up paddleboard, with separate divisions for men and women. The Surfing Hainan Open is popular with expat surfers living in China, and many of the competitors this year have competed multiple times in the years past. Vaughn Hill, a New Zealander living in Hong Kong who has come to every event, said “We get our Hong Kong surf crew together to make the trip over to Hainan for the competition. It’s always a great time, getting to catch up with my fellow surfers around Asia. No matter how I place, it’s a fun weekend of waves and seeing old friends.”

Hainan Beer will sponsor the event for the third time, with ice cold beers available on the beach throughout the event.

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