Surfing at the 2019 SEA Games

Surfing at the 2019 SEA Games
Venue	San Juan, La Union
Dates	2–8 December

Surfing at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines was held at waters off Barangay Urbiztondo in San Juan, La Union.[1][2]

Surfing was held from 2 to 8 December 2019.[3] There were concerns that surfing events were about to be suspended due to Typhoon Kammuri (Tisoy) affecting the waves in the venue.[4]

Four gold medals were at stake in surfing; in men's and women's shortboard and in men's and women's longboard.[4]

Roger Casugay gave up a gold medal position to save a fellow Indonesian competitor from drowning.[5][6] Casugay, won hearts on social media with his kind deed, eventually won a rematch against Nurhidayat and bested fellow Filipino surfer Rogelio Esquivel for the gold medal.[7]

Participating nations

Competitors posing for a group photo during the formal opening of the surfing competition (2 December 2019)

Six nations participated in surfing.[4]

•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Thailand

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Philippines)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines (PHI)*	2	2	3	7
2	Indonesia (INA)	2	1	3	6
3	Thailand (THA)	0	1	2	3
Totals (3 entries)		4	4	8	16

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Shortboard	Oney Anwar  Indonesia	Rio Waida  Indonesia	John Mark Tokong  Philippines
			Henry Sittipong Chapman  Thailand
Longboard	Roger Casugay  Philippines	Rogelio Esquievel  Philippines	Dean Permana  Indonesia
			Arip Nurhidayat  Indonesia

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Shortboard	Nilbie Blancada  Philippines	Annissa Tita Flynn  Thailand	Daisy Valdez  Philippines
			Tania Izquierdo  Indonesia
Longboard	Dhea Novitasari  Indonesia	Jevy Mae Agudo  Philippines	Daisy Valdez  Philippines
			Athiya Junpraset  Thailand

References

1. Lazaro, Freddie (2 December 2019). "Emergency preparedness plan set for 30th SEA Games in La Union". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
2. Sotelo, Yolanda (27 November 2019). "La Union town ready to host surfers for 30th SEA Games". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
3. "2019 SEAG Competition Schedule" (PDF). 2019seagames.com. Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
4. Lazaro, Freddie (2 December 2019). "PHISGOC suspends surfing event in La Union due to bad weather". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
5. "LOOK: Duterte meets with hero surfer Roger Casugay in Palace". GMA News Online. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
6. Magsambol, Bonz (11 December 2019). "La Union pride: Meet PH's SEA Games closing rites flag bearer Roger Casugay". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
7. "SEA Games 2019: Hero Philippines surfer to be bestowed with national honour for saving competitor's life". FOX Sports Asia. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

External links

• SEAGames PH 2019