Bali is a reliable screen athletes warehouse. Many great names appear from the Island of Gods. Oka Sulaksana, who has been pursuing Indonesia in the international stage. The man was born 29 April 1971, has been fighting Asian Games as six times since 1994 in Hiroshima to 2010 in Guangzhou. Two gold medals were successfully adhered to the Asian Games 1998 and 2002. She has also been in the city of Atlanta/1996, Sydney/2000, Athens/2004, and Beijing/2008.
With the experience and a myriad of achievements, Oka now builds up and trains young athletes in Sanur, Bali. One of them is the son of Good Gusti Gopala Sulaksana and the juniorthlete I Gusti Agung Danendra Hazel Devananda Kusumantara. Entering the age in 50 years, Oka remains in a comintment and ambitious maintains Balinese tradition into a screen champion in PON.
This year, Oka will lead Balinese screen team at PON XX Papua by targeting three gold medals. He will cool at the RSX number of sons while his son, Gopala at the RS One son number and Danendra at the Bic Techno son number. Indonesia’s windsurfing legend has won seven gold medals in turn since PON XIII/1993 Jakarta to XIX/2016 West Java and is still ambitious to repeat the golden eighty.
Oka Sulaksana prepares a screen ahead of conducting intensive exercises at Duyung Beach, Sanur.
The Bali screen athlete conducts yoga movements when training in Sanur.
To get the target, Oka along the Balinese screen athletes conducts intensive exercises to sail to the middle of the sea to get a good wind and the water flow is also calculated that the screen maneuver can be maximum. In addition to conducting exercises at Duyung Beach, Sanur, Denpasar, Bali’s screen team also had exercises at Lake Batur, Bangli Regency.
"The birth of practicing in the lake to anticipate if the wind in Papua will be small and the condition of flat water while forging the physical athletes of the Balinese screen. Our preparation is maximum by doing six-time exercises a week," he said.
Photo and text : I Nyoman Hendra Wibowo
Oka Sulaksana (left) gives the direction to his team members await the training at Duyung Beach, Sanur.
The screen athlete prepares windsurfing devices ahead of training at Duyung Beach, Sanur.
Author : Nyoman Budhiana
Gopala Sulaksana wearing sun light protective cream on her face a workout.
The screen drop below the sun when preparing the surf board to practice.
High speed Bali screen game when the training is intensively in Sanur waters.
Oka Sulaksana performed a jump during exercise in the waters of Sanur.
Oka Sulakti waters mineral water in the direction of his body in the exercise.
Oka Sulaksana (left) gives the direction to his son Gopala Sulaksana.
