Edito "Piso" Alcala rocks the Philippine surf scene winning the 2009 Cloud 9 Masters

Edito “Piso” Alcala, Siargao Island’s Surf Boy Wonder, continued his domination of the Philippine surf scene taking the championship in high performance conditions at the 2009 Cloud 9 Masters Competition in Siargao Island.  Piso has run an unparalleled winning streak, emerging victorious in every surf comp he has attended,  since his spectacular win at the Billabong Cloud 9 International competition in August 2008, the Philippines’ most prestigious surf competition.

The 2009 Cloud 9 Masters were held under a barrel-less Cloud 9, the usually reliable tubing wave that has the distinction of being the Philippines’ most famous and arguably perfect wave. Pumping consistent 2-3 foot sets, the conditions demanded a complete display of surf skills from carves to aerials to cutbacks.

The man-to-man semi-final pitted both Piso Alcala against former Philippine champion Dionesio “Dodo” Espejon (both StokedInc-Billabong teamriders) in a tightly-contested heat. Piso captured the heat with a fine display of relentless hacks and carves with an aerial thrown in.

The finals saw Piso meeting 2008 Cloud 9 Masters champ Arkipo Figuron. With a ferocious attack comprised of solid top turns, an aerial, into a re-entry, Piso Alcala took home the grand prize.

Piso’s unblemished record of victories is a unique accomplishment in Philippine surf history; no surfer has dominated the sport with such authority. All this Piso manages to do in a quiet almost modestly nonchalant way. “I just find myself really lucky winning all the time,” says Piso, “especially with so many great Filipino surfers today. I wanna thank Stoked Inc, JV Borromeo, and Billabong for all their support. And I am looking forward to being on the Bali trip with the entire StokedInc-Billabong Philippine Surf Team this August that Kuya JV Borromeo is sponsoring for us, so we can train with the Billabong Bali team there. I think we’ll really learn a lot from them.”

Edito “Piso” Alcala. The 2008-2009 Philippine Men’s Surfer of The Year. Indubitably.