November 2011 - Magic Wave

REST IN PEACE PAK RIZANI “THE FOUNDING FATHER OF BALI SURFING CLUB”
Paddle out utk Pak RIzani akan
dilakukan pada hari Minggu, 13
November 2011 di Pantai Halfway
Kuta. Jam 17.00
Pls join us - Paddle Out tribute
to respect Mr Rizani on Sunday,
Nov 13 2011, Halfway - Kuta
beach @ 17.00 Bali Time
Testimonial from friends
Peter Neely
I have great respect for theachievements
of Pak Rizani. Spurred on by
the enthusiastic dreams of Kim “Fly”
Bradley (RIP), he established The
Bali Surfing Club in 1979 to organize
healthy contests among the
growing first generation of Balinese
surfers. When the club started
there were only 60 members,
among them Ketut Nugra, Nyoman
“Bobby” Radiasa, Ny man Sadia,
Wayan Sudirka, Gede Narmada,
Wayan Suwenda, Gus “Ripper”
Gina, Agung Adi, Made “Joe” Darsana,
Wayan Budi, Nyoman “Godfrey”
Suardana, Wayan Wijana,
Nyoman Jalad and other surfers
mainly from Kuta and Legian, but
also Sanur (10), Uluwatu (5), and
Canggu (5). The club’s first contest
attracted a huge crowd, including
the Governor of Bali and the
Minister of Sport.Years later “Fly”
remembered: “To see the sport get
that recognition by the government
was great for us, because it made
us proud, and it gave our sport and
our lifestyle credibility in the eyes
of the Indonesian people. And we
couldn’t have done it without Pak
Rizani
Made Mangku
Rizani adalah Pioneer surfing Indonesia
sekalipun bukan seorang
surfer beliau sangat peduli dengan
surfing. Tahun 1976 hampir setiap
ada kontes, Lasirawati Losmen -nya
selalu jadi sponsor. Beliau juga
memberi inspirasi club2 di bali, dan
Sanur Surfing Club setelah Kuta dan
kotes pertama adalah Bali Pro di
bawah naungan BSC/Bali Surfing
Club dan Pak Rizani lah ketuanya
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Steve Palmer
I rememberRizani’s involvement
in Bali Surfing Club starting with
the intial formating with Bobby,
Wayan Kanto, Mike Boyum at Lassis
in themid 70. Rizani’s valuable
help was so important when we
held our OM Bali Pro’s in 79,80 &
81 fully rate ASP events where he
help us through themazer of generals
to hold one of Indonesia’s first
ever profesional sporting event he
was excited that the young Bali
surfer would have a change to see
theworlds top pro’s surfing bali
wave’s like ulu’s.
He was later a key organizer when
we held the quik bali grommet
contest in the 90’s and also when we
had the Quikselver pro in G-land
(Mid 90’s) so pretty well 5 of the 6
top pro event every held in Indonesia
were becouse of his dedicate effort.
I doubt that many surfer reading
this even know who Rizani was
Bali surfing is really poor in respect
to it’s elders who came before them.
this is something that needs to be
addressed if you ever want to have
any kind of roots to surfing in Bali
i feel deeply honored to know personally
and to have worked alongsideRizani
for surfing in Indonesia
Sanola Wau
Risani; first time i meet him in Nias
1992 open Nias surf comp
He has high motifation for young
generation in Indonesia about surfing
and full suport Until now Indonesia
popular in the world thank you
Pak risani everyting you have done.
Paul Anderson
It was with great sadness I heard
about the passing of Bapak Rizani
especially as it was too late to
pay my respects to his family .
As coordinator for Om Clothing’s
involvement with sponsoring surfing
I worked very closely with Bapak
Rizani and was a frequent visitor
to Lasirawati’s Losmen and Restaurant
where he lived for intensive
brain storming sessions with all the
Bali Surfing Club gang .Pak Rizani
opened the doors for Indonesian
surfing to be accepted by the
government and especially by the
Sports and Culture Ministry which
was also at that time covering Religious
Affairs.
There was a view in some circles
at the time that all western influences
were bad for the country and
there was even some discussion of
blackbanning surfing . The Government
even sent a special adviser to
go with us on an exploration trip to
East Java to study what we were all
about and our socio economic affect
in coastal villages and tourism . This
was the first exploration past Gland.
Hardly anyone ever went to Lombok
and just a few hardy souls had
been to Nias. Canggu was a secret
spot , there were hardly any roads
on the bukit . The rest was unknown
! There was also a view also at the
time in Jakarta that tourism needed
to be 5 star and needed to be able
to supply everything for western
tastes . Well we proved that we
had a great influence in the fishing
villages , that we could hang
out and communicate with the local
people via our knowledge of the
sea , we didn’t need to survive on
5 star food and we brought economic
development to places that
would never see a tourist in decades
. We visited places that hadn’t
seen a westerner since the war of
Independence so our intereaction
and commmunity acceptance was
studied intensely . As a University
Professor, dedicated practioner
of Islam and well connected in the
political elite of that time Pak Rizani
paved the way for an acceptance at
the highest level that surfing was an
activity suitable for Indonesia and
garnered support from the Tourism
Promotion Board to allow licences
for events and activities revolving
around Surfing . Pak Rizani even
arranged for Kim Bradley , Dave
Wylie and myself to be personally
sponsored by the Tourism Minister
Pak Tirtosudiro to stay in Indonesia
and support the Bali Surfing Club’s
quest to develop their surfing and
explore new horizons . For Kim
the Fly this became a long journey
and Dave is down in Sumba still
doing it . I learnt a lot about the
Indonesian beauracracy and media
from him and found myself fronting
press conferences and meetings
with Ministers and Governors alike
. It was a rare experience which I
learned a hell of a lot from including
the language of government .
When we go back to the times when
Indonesia was recovering from many
catastrophic events in it’s history and
security was a major concern , tourism
and economic development flew
on the back of surfing’s entrepid
adventurers and the backpackers
searching for new Shangrila’s .
Handicraft industries grew accross
the archipeligo and transport and
accomodation in remote places took
off . Even though his star faded a
bit as he got older his contribution
at that time was momentuous and
everyone surfing here today owes
something to Bapak Rizani’s legacy
.
Sachan
Semua kita sangat merasa kehilangansalah
satu tokoh surfing Indonesia.
Dia banyak memberikan waktu
dan tenagauntuk kemajuan surfing
di Indonesia
Kami dari komunitas surfing di sanur
mengucapkan rasa bela sungkawa
yang sangat besar dan juga buat
para surfer local lainnya untuk
bersama sama melanjutkan apa
yang sudah dirintis
Dengan mengetahui perjalanan surfing
Indonesia Kita bisa mawas diri
dan respect.
November 2011