Surfing at the 2019 SEA Games

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