The tide’s dropping, the swell rising, and the 22nd annual Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang is about to begin. Surfers and organizers awoke Wednesday morning to find the Bukit Peninsula pulsing with a southwest groundswell that should continue throughout the day. As the saying goes for this event, “It’s on when it’s on.” Well, it’s on. Tune in to Rip Curl’s live stream below, and keep scrolling for the heat draw.
Here’s how the men’s format works: Each surfer gets two 40-minute heats. A surfer’s best two waves from either of the two rounds go to the surfer’s overall leaderboard total, scored out of a possible 20 points. The top four surfers on the leaderboard advance through to the final.
Unfortunately, due to the last-minute nature of the event and with the swell arriving early in the waiting period, half of the women’s field was unable to make it to the Bukit in time. The women’s division will now just run a straight 40-minute final.
On the men’s side, Noa Deane and Harry Bryant are out and replaced by fellow Australians Shaun Manners and Kipp Caddy. First up in the day is the Icons Heat of local legends and others who have put loads of time into the famed lefthander.
Heat Draw
Icons Heat (60 minutes):
Betet Merta (INA)
Dean Morrison (AUS)
Jim Banks (AUS)
Mega Semadhi (INA)
Bruno Santos (BRA)
Rizal Tandjung (INA)
Men’s Round 1:
Heat 1
Shaun Manners (AUS)
Alik Rudiarta (INA)
Kipp Caddy (AUS)
Garut Widiarta (INA)
Heat 2
Made Adi Putra (INA)
Balaram Stack (USA)
Bronson Meydi (INA)
Jackson Dorian (HAW)
Heat 3
Mason Ho (HAW)
Westen Hirst (INA)
Tosh Tudor (USA)
Dylan Wilcoxen (INA)
Heat 4
Tommy Sobry (INA)
Ivan Florence (HAW)
Ketut Agus (INA)
Landon McNamara (HAW)
Men’s Round 2
Heat 1
Westen Hirst (INA)
Ivan Florence (HAW)
Garut Widiarta (INA)
Balaram Stack (USA)
Heat 2
Shaun Manners (AUS)
Dylan Wilcoxen (INA)
Jackson Dorian (HAW)
Tommy Sobry (INA)
Heat 3
Tosh Tudor (USA)
Bronson Meydi (INA)
Landon McNamara (HAW)
Alik Rudiarta (INA)
Heat 4
Ketut Agus (INA)
Mason Ho (HAW)
Made Adi Putra (INA)
Kipp Caddy (AUS)
Women’s Final
Jasmine Studer (INA)
Willow Hardy (AUS)
Ziggy McKenzie (AUS)
Kya Heuer (INA)