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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/1\\/files\\/2011\\/12\\/YAH_Raditya-3.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/1\\/files\\/2011\\/12\\/YAH_Raditya-3-667x433.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Raditya Rondi, Asian Surfing Champ. Photo: Myers\\\" width=\\\"667\\\" height=\\\"433\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39909\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/12\\/YAH_Raditya-3-667x433.jpg 667w, http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/12\\/YAH_Raditya-3-321x209.jpg 321w, http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/12\\/YAH_Raditya-3.jpg 1000w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;Raditya Rondi, Asian Surfing Champ. Photo: Myers&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/tag\\/you-are-here\\/\\\"&gt;&lt;img style=\\\"float: left;margin: 0pt 15px 0pt 0pt;width: 172px\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/1\\/files\\/2011\\/02\\/youarehere_2.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"You Are Here, Nathan Myers\\\" width=\\\"160\\\" height=\\\"180\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Surely most of you have been closely following the Asian Surfing Championship series,&lt;\\/strong&gt; so I don\\u2019t need to tell you that Made Raditya Rondi (whose blogs you surely read right after Dane\\u2019s) is the new Asian champ. The first Asian champ. The only Asian champ.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI didn\\u2019t really know I was going to win it either,\\u201d says Raditya, a talented 22-year-old from Kuta Beach who finished 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;\\/sup&gt; on the competitive Indonesian tour. \\u201cBut now I\\u2019m pretty stoked to be the first Asian champ. Who knows how big this could be in a few more years.\\u201d &lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8211;Nathan Myers&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/1\\/files\\/2011\\/12\\/Raditya_sequence.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/1\\/files\\/2011\\/12\\/Raditya_sequence-667x352.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Raditya up and through the lip.\\\" width=\\\"667\\\" height=\\\"352\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39945\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/12\\/Raditya_sequence-667x352.jpg 667w, http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/12\\/Raditya_sequence-338x178.jpg 338w, http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2011\\/12\\/Raditya_sequence.jpg 1000w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAH: How does being Asian champ compare to, say, an Indonesian championship?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;RAD: It doesn\\u2019t really compare. Most of the guys just did this for fun, but they really focus on the ISC.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAH: A lot of your points came from winning ISC events that counted toward both, but you also won events in Thailand and Malaysia \\u2013 do those countries have some good surfers?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;RAD: Well, it is there home break, so you have to take them seriously.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAH: So, you\\u2019re saying, \\u201cno, not really.\\u201d &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;RAD: Okay.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAH: How were the waves?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;RAD: Malaysia has a good long left pointbreak. Really fun. But in Thailand the final day was held in half-foot closeout. So bad. But still fun.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAH: Fun because you won?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;RAD: Thailand has really good party. And cheap, good food. Everybody really enjoy themselves there. But it\\u2019s maybe a little sketchy, too. I think, like, some gangster stuff there.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAH: How was the award show in Singapore?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;RAD: That was fun because they had a Flowrider there. But it\\u2019s a strange city. So many rules. You can\\u2019t chew gum. You can\\u2019t even spit. I don\\u2019t think I could live there.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAH: So, is there a big future for the ASC tour?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;RAD: I think so. The locations are fun to visit and local surfers are really into it. In Thailand it was a like a circus on the beach. They had shooting games and entertainment for everyone. It was a very different scene, but everyone had fun. I think everyone will go back there next year.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Jakarta Post published a story about Raditya\\u2019s victory, pointing out that \\u201conly a surfer knows the feeling\\u201d and noting the he was \\u201cstoked on the win.\\u201d They also noted his nickname \\u201cCabul\\u201d meant \\u201cthe bull\\u201d and his favorite trick was to \\u201cget air.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;\\u201cThis is a spectacular moment when a surfer gathers so much momentum that he and his surfboard fly into the air above the wave, flip over then come back down and continue on with the ride.\\u201d &lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Newspapers rip.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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