We’ve been seeings signs for months about the Rip Curl Cup 2015 to be held in Padang Padang and were no doubt looking forward to some world-class surfing, but it turns out the waves could not stand up to the competition’s demands this year.
The event announced on its official website that the 2015 event will be called off “in the interests of the Cup’s integrity”.
Here’s the lowdown as posted to the cup’s site:
“We were really hopeful when we extended the waiting period by a day that this swell was going to deliver the goods, and we were really encouraged by what we saw last night in the expression session. Sadly the swell plateaued overnight, and with midday high tides ensuring we would have to go on hold for a couple of hours between rounds there just would not have been enough waves over the course of the day to run a fair competition. It’s a hard call to make given some of the incredible tubes we’ve already seen ridden this morning, but sadly there’s not much we can do, and everyone involved knows that it is in the Rip Curl Cup’s best interests in the long term.”
Guess we’ll wait ’til next year to check out all these legendary freesurfers.
