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"Marathon Man" Dede Suryana took the long road to win the Quiksilver Open Keramas 2008 presented by Jim Beam

April 23, Keramas-Bali: Late entry Dede Suryana from West Java was tapping into his reserves when he was asked to climb atop the podium to stand and hold his board up high to claim his win at the Quiksilver Open Keramas 2008. But his smile said it all, and his comment to Quiksilver Contest Director May Hoy was, "Ya, I was feeling a bit tired going into the final, as I have surfed this contest every round since the trial heats four days ago, but somehow got powered up again partway through the final when I got a couple of good waves. I'm just so stoked to finally win here. Last year I got second to Lee (Wilson) and I knew if I got good waves I had a chance to win this time."


2008-04-25 11:54:36

TRAVIS POTTER MALARIA FUND INFO/ PLEASE READ AND HELP.
TIMMY TURNER SPEAKS ON TRAVIS

FOR INFO ON TRAVIS LOG ON TO http://www.myspace.com/371980627

SEAL BEACH surfer and longtime Indonesian visitor Travis Potter contracted a potentially deadly strain of cerebral malaria while traveling through the Southeast Asian island chain last week. The Seal Beach goofyfoot spent a hard month searching for undiscovered waves in Papua New Guinea with a half dozen other ferals, filming for an upcoming surf movie called Isolated.He returned to Jakarta last Tuesday, April 8th to regroup and prepare for another two-week Outer Island camping trip when he was overtaken by fever and checked himself into the hospital.

"I had dinner with Travis on Tuesday night (the 8th) right before I flew home and he was fine," remembers Filmer Steve Volz, who was with Travis for the month-long hell-trip. "But he called me the next night with a huge fever, saying he had gotten malaria and was in the hospital, and that if I started getting a fever I should get checked out."Potter spent the following five days in a Jarkarta hospital, occasionally texting friends and family to them know he was OK. According to some reports, Travis' strain of malaria has a 20% mortality rate, which has people at home concerned; his Javanese wife Nino was in California when it was first discovered, but quickly flew back to Indonesia and she's with him now.

"He sounded better last time we talked to him a couple days ago," explained his father Dave on Friday afternoon. "But the treatment he went through was awful. He lost all kinds of weight."Weight wasn't the only thing Travis lost; the treatment was very expensive, and he's looking to make it to Bali to see a specialist. While he does have medical insurance, the deductibles are high, and he's going to need time to recover, so his HB friends are planning a fundraiser in Huntington this weekend. Donations are also being accepted (info below).

VIA PAYPAL:
spiritwindranch@msn.com

VIA SNAIL MAIL:
Travis Potter Malaria Relief Fund
59512 Hop Patch Spring Road
Mountain Center CA 92561


2008-04-22 01:51:07

Dan Malloy and Chris Del Moro / Sliding Liberia

2008-02-08 18:16:49