Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian female longboard surfer Dhea Natasya\nhas made history after winning the World Surf League (WSL) Longboard\nQualifying Series (LQS) 1000 Hamamatsu Open 2026 in Hamamatsu, Japan, on\nSunday.<\/p>\n
Quoted from the official social media account of the Indonesian\nSurfing Association (PSOI) or Surfing Indonesia, this achievement\nentitles Dhea to compete in the WSL Longboard Tour 2026\/2027. She is the\nfirst Indonesian woman to achieve this.<\/p>\n
\u201cDhea is also the fourth Asian woman (the previous three were from\nJapan) to join the ranks of elite female longboarders in the world,\u201d\nPSOI stated in its post.<\/p>\n
In the final match at Nakatajima Beach, Hamamatsu, Dhea managed to\nscore a total of 15.87 from her two best waves. This was the highest\nscore for the women\u2019s category in the competition.<\/p>\n
Dhea also scored the best single wave score of the competition with\n8.67.<\/p>\n
This achievement is the second for the gold medalist in the women\u2019s\nlongboard at the 2019 SEA Games in WSL. Previously, in July 2025, Dhea\nwas the best in the WSL Longboard Qualifying Series Siheung Korea\nOpen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis victory (in Hamamatsu) is my second in WSL. I am very happy.\nNow I will return home and continue to train so that I am better\nprepared for the Longboard Tour,\u201d said the 25-year-old athlete, quoted\nfrom the WSL website.<\/p>\n
In addition to Dhea, Indonesian longboard surfer Dhany Widianto also\nachieved a good result in Hamamatsu by winning second place in the LQS\n1000 men\u2019s category.<\/p>\n
Dhany collected a total of 12.96 points from his two best waves. He\ngave strong competition to the champion, Taka Inoue (Japan), who scored\na total of 13.36 points from his two best waves.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesian-female-surfer-makes-history-in-japan-1780705880", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }