VOLCOM OZ/NZ EVENTS

WILD IN THE PARKS CHAMPS 2010/2011

2011-05-08T23:46:00.001-07:00

WILD IN THE PARKS 2010/2011

So the Wild In the Parks Champs for 2010/2011 has just been and gone. With rain for week’s prior, we were a little worried the event would even get a chance to run. But lucky as we are the sun came out and shone bright for all to enjoy.

Feeble Grind

With all the talent we had seen through the year in qualifying I new the day was going to be a hard one to judge, and yes I was right. Never have I seen the judges deliberate for the length of time they were, and it was truly a battle every heat as to who would move through to the next.

The day started with the 15 and under. These kids just get better and better, how they gain the level of skills they have so early is beyond me. It was great to see some of these kids travel from NZ such as Cade Wilson-Russ. Cade is 13 yet looks like a solid little man on a board. He may not of made the finals, but his skating stood out so strong that all day I would hear people speaking his name, complementing his talents.

In the final we have Anthony Davie, Ryder Lawson, Billy Loveder and Danni Campbell. These kids were great! All had a chance to take the winnings and this heat was actually the hardest for the judges.

In 3^rd place we had Anthony Davie. Anthony has been getting stronger and stronger over the years, and I see him having a great time with his skateboarding every time I see him. In 2^nd place we had one of the most exciting youngsters to watch at the moment, Ryder Lawson. Ryder is on another level for a kid of his age and one that is sure to reach the international stage in the years to come. This kid can back smith a rail like it’s a warm up trick also has a bag of tricks bigger than Santa’s sack on Christmas Eve. In 1^st place we had local ripper Billy Loveder. Billy has been on the scene for year, but its not often you see him competing. You could see his street skating shine through on the park, linking tricks and using tech little feet to hop around the joint. The kickflip nose stall revert tricks into the bank were amazing. Flipping down the stairs was an easy task for this young lad also. Well done guys!

360 Flip

The girls division had stepped it up this year, maybe it was the 500 large on the line this year or maybe they are simply pushing each other harder than ever, either way it made for some great skating.

In 3^rd place we had Aimee Massie. Aimee had flown down from Queensland and had no intention on leaving empty handed. She skated all day and looked like she was really enjoying herself out there. In 2^nd we had Ellie Summerhayes. Ellie was absolutely killing it all day, with big flips out of the kicker like Varial Heels, and kickies down the 6 she definitely made it hard for first place winner Izzy Muttu. Izzy held strong all day and definitely had some moves the other girls couldn’t compete with. Izzy was rocking switch flips off drops along with switch 50-50’s and switch front boards on the flat bar… scary stuff! Well done girls you all killed it, as you can see in the video above.

Ollie

Foot plant

Backside Flip

Switch Backside Nose Grind

$50 were going out for every worthy trick. Fakie Flip Tailslide off the 3 block.

5-0

Then as always we leave the big boys for last! This year we saw a lot of new talent come through qualifiers and also a new breed of younger than usual skaters competing in the open’s final. All the guys in the opens deserve a massive shout out as you all did so well, and it was really tight the whole day.

In 3^rd we had Mikey Mendoza. Mikey is 13 and was meant to be in the 15 & under division but due to traffic jams he could not control he ended up missing his heat, so we chucked him in the opens. To place 3^rd in this division at his age say’s a lot for this kids future. The Tre Flip down the big 3 may have been after time, but I am sure everyone there still remembers his style and grace on the landing like it just happened.

2^nd place went to Barry Mansfield. Barry was on fire all day, with tricks unlike anyone else on the course it was a pleasure watching him. The Frontside Flips over and into the bank were every shot and stylish and anything. Barry also made it hard for the first place winner, but not much could hold out Nik Stipanovic from taking the title this day. It happened to be Niks 16^th birthday and it really showed. He was on fire all day. Even in between heats he was shredding around the course. Nik was skating the park like a NYC veteran! Lines unlike any I have seen at the park. His style, consistency and trick selection made him a sure choice for 1^st place.

Busy Back Decker

Kickie to Fakie

Nollie Flip

Back Smith

Back Blunt

Boneless

Kickie

Going for it...

Eat down!

360 Flip

Footplant

Switch Flip. Matty Dillon Electric best trick winner

Winners 1st Izzy Muttu, 2nd Ellie Summerhayes, 3rd Aimee Massie

1st Billy Loveder, 2nd Ryder Lawson, 3rd Anthony Davie

1st Nik Stipanovic. 2nd Barry Mansfield, 3rd Mikey Mandoza

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So that’s it. Another year is done and dusted, thank you everyone for supporting the event and I cant wait to see you all again for the new season.

VOLCOM GLAM ROCK VQS OZ CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011

2011-04-17T20:45:00.000-07:00

VQS Champs manly from Andrew Christie on Vimeo.
The Final Volcom Stone’s Totally Crustaceous surf series for 2010 / 2011 hit Manly Beach last Friday and Saturday.

With finalist from all over Australia turning up to compete for the title and a shot at the trip to Newport Beach, California up for grabs in both the juniors and opens division to compete in the international VQS Champs. With the 3 to 4 foot south swell rolling in, we knew there was going to be some crazy surfing going down over the 2 days

Volcom Champs site

The stage was set, guitars where plugged in, the drums ready to be bashed and all the rockers dressed in there leopard skin pants and there tight denim jackets where ready to head bang , stage dive and rock there way to the man on man finals.

stage

First act up for the day was the Glitter girls with the first 2 going straight in to the quarter finals and 3^rd and 4^rd having to battle it out in the bonus round . With 15 minute heats best 2 waves for the first few rounds, surfers had to be quick with there wave selection as the condition were predicted to pick up as the day progressed.We head banged our way into the Glam grom’s first round with all competitors surfing way above and beyond there age.

Grom getting some air

It wasn’t all about the surfing with loads of giver aways up on stage with yoyo and air guitar competition, crazy jam session on the drums and all the Glam Rock fun you could expect to find at the Volcom OZ Championships.

kids rock'in out

Contest director

Day one was finished off with the Juniors , opens first round , Quarter finals of the girls and groms. What a day sunny, fun waves and kids everywhere rock’in out.

Jasper Enersby

DAY TWO

We woke up on Saturday to the sound of bucketing down rain and a 30 not south wind but as they say the show must go on . So we went in to damage control, sand bagging the tents the best we could, putting extra banners up to try and protect us from the rain and just prayed the whole contest side doesn’t blow away.The good thing was the waves had picked up so at 8am we got the junior and open quarters under way with Cooper Chapman a stand out in the Juniors and Daniel Vardy in the opens.

Cooper Chapman

With the rain pooring down we moved onto the semi finals with only the winner from each semi going through to the man on man finals.Before the finals started we had the Electric Volt Thrower expression session with guest appearance from volcom’s Ozzie Wright, Jordy Lawler, Blake Levett and locals Dan Karen and Luke Cheadle. $500 going to the winner Luke Cheadle who pulled a huge air reverse.

Ozzie Wright carving

The Glitter girls final was up first with Ali Kelly ripping her way to the win over Winni Paul, then we moved into the Glam grom’s with Jacob Willcox scoring an 8.5 and an 8.0 on his way to a win over Cody Robinson.Jacob Willcox made another appearance in the Jumping Juniors final with a solid performance against Volcom’s own Jordy Lawler with both scoring rides in the high nines but at the end of the day there would only be one winner off to America and that was Jordy Lawler.

Jordy Lawler on his way to winning the Juniors

We finished the day with the pro am division, Daniel Vardy came out firing with a really nice left hander doing two huge turns and taking the lead. Then it was Dan Karen turn to put on a show catching two fast waves and taking the early lead off Vardy.Wave for wave both Dan’s went with the lead changing time after time and just when it looked like Vardy had won Dan Karen paddle into a nice left hander with 15 seconds to go , needing a 7.5 to win jammed three big turns and scored an 7.8 and went home with the win and the ticket to the U.S.

Dan Karen winner of the pro am division

Glitter Girls

1st Ali Kelly

2nd Winni Paul

Glam Grom

1st Jacob Willcox

2nd Cody Robinson

Jumping Juniors

1st Jordy Lawler

2nd Jacob Willcox

Posion pro am

1st Dan Karren

2nd Daniel Vardy

Luke Cheadle winner of the Electric Volt Thrower.

What a year on the Volcom VQS series congratulation to all winners and thanks to everyone who took part in our events . See you next year.

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VOLCOM VQS NEW ZEALAND

2011-03-28T20:49:00.000-07:00

The Volcom VQS series hit New Zealand on the weekend ,the plan was for the event to be run on Saturday at Raglan on the famous point break but as surfers we all know that mother nature doesn’t always come to the party.We arrived on sun up at Raglan’s manu bay to find it dead flat and howling off shore.The local boys told me of this wave 20 minutes south that always has waves called Ruapuke Beach, swell magnet they said . So the decision was made to move the event.Off we went in the Volcom van winding around the muddy cliff top roads in the pouring rain. When we arrived at the beach to find the waves where rolling in at around 2 inches, we had to make the call to have a lay day and run the event the next day back at Ruapuke and just pray for a little bump in the swell over night.

Big floater

The next day we got to the Beach to find 2 to 3 foot waves in the corner ,we had made the right decision . The comp was on , with air tickets to the World VQS Championships in Newport Beach California up for grabs we new there would be some crazy surfing going down.

We started of the day with the juniors at around 8am,everyone looked amped we had the music pumping fun waves loads of prizes and by the end the day there would be two people going home with air tickets to America.

Huge fins out

After that we went into the opens which had a really strong showing with all the local rippers, Volcom own Luke Cederman went mad in his first heat finding some good left handers in to the rocks.

Luke Cederman

Nice speed turn

Some New Zealand sea life

By the mid afternoon we got into the business end of the event with the girls final up first, Alexis pouter started the heat with an 8 point ride and backed it up with a 5 ,surfing really top to bottom making it look so easy. Then we had the grom final with Ben Wallis coming home with the win in front of Taylor Hutchingson and in 3^rd was Isac kettle.

Jess Santorik before the final

The Junior final was won by Elliot Pacerata Reid, winning himself a flight to Newport Beach California for the world VQS championship. Next up we had the pro am division which was the closes heat of the day with only 2 points between 1^st and 4^th places but at the end we could only have one winner and that was Zen Wallis. Well done and good luck at the world Champs.

Zen Wallis winner of the pro am division

Girls final

1st Alexis Poulter

2nd Jess Santonik

3rd Anna Hawes

grom final

1st Ben Wallis

2nd Taylor Hutchindson

3rd Tsac Kettle

Junior final

1st Elliot Paerata Reid

2nd Ben Poulter

3rd Sid West

4th Sean Kettle

Open final

1st Zen Wallis

2nd Mickey Banks

3rd Alex Dive

4th Tane Wallis

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VOLCOM TOTALLY CRUSTACOUS TOUR/ AVALON BEACH

2011-02-27T16:39:00.000-08:00

Volcom's VQS Avalon Beach February 26th 2011 from Volcom Australia / New Zealand on Vimeo.

Volcom’s Totally Crustaceous tour stopped off at Sydney’s Avalon Beach over the weekend. This was the last chance for people to qualify for the VQS championships at Manly Beach on April 15-16^th 2011 so we new this one was going to be huge. We had to postpone this event in December due to lack of swell, so as the sun pocked itself up over the horizon we where very happy to see a perfect right hand bank off the pool with some really nice 4 footers.

The boys started to get the tents up as I was left to do the sign up, it started with about 20 groms asking the same question over and over, when is my heat, what age am I in, can I go in 2 age groups . This was fine till the numbers started to grow from 20 to 40 then to 80 then there was over 140 people fighting to get an entry form, no one wanted to miss out today with the waves pumping.

So we decided when the numbers hit over 160 we where going to do 10 minute heats best 1 wave or risk surfing the finals in the dark.

Early morning

Once we had the draw up around 730am,it was time to get the heats under way so we started with the Groms, Juniors , Opens and then the girls. There were some big up sets in the early rounds with Cooper Chapman booming out of the juniors but he did redeem himself later in the day by winning the final from Volcom’s own David Vlug, they were the stand outs off the day scoring huge in the final both busting big ariels in the dieing seconds. Cooper also took home Electrics Volt Thrower award for landing a huge grab ariel earning 50 cash for his effort.

Cooper Chapman flying high

Jackson Baker

Girls on the beach

There where a few new things going on at this event with Boony on the hat press printing Volcon VQS hats on demand and we also had GSI (global surf industries) bring down 11 demo boards for people to ride, the fin-less boards were a hit with the groms.

Boony printing hats

We made the finals 15 minutes best 2 waves, the girl’s were up first with Freya Prum winning ,next in the water was Grom’s with Jackson Baker taking that one out with 2 high scoring rides, and Jake Sylvester won the Junior’s with a total of 15.5 out off 20.

The last heat off the day was a cracker with it coming down to the dieing seconds, Copper Chapman and David Vlug both from Narrabeen going mad with some crazy new school surfing but in the end there could only be one winner and that Cooper.

Girls finalist
1st Freya Prum
2nd Jane Ensore
3rd ale Kelly
4th skye Burgess

Grom finalist
1st Jackson Baker
2nd Teague Robertson
3rd Riley Cadman
4th Riley Laing

Junior finalist
1st Jake Sylvester
2nd Michael Bain
3rd Jamaica Evans
4th Jordan Bulmer

Open finalist
1st Cooper Chapman
2nd David Vlug
3rd Chris Salisbury
4th Jake Mcdonald

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VOLCOM VQS HITS GUNNAMATTA BEACH VICTORIA

2011-02-13T19:30:00.000-08:00

We arrived at Gunnamtta beach carpark at 530am for the 4th stop on Volcom's Totally Crustaceous Tour 2010/11.We couldn't see much as the sun was yet to rise but as we walked down the path and stepped out on to the lookout it hit me in the face like a punch from Mike Tyson, 35 knot on shore!

We had to get moving, putting these tents up was going to be a huge task. The first tent was bending inside-out and we battled with it for half an hour before reinforcements arrived with a drill and some roofing bolts.

Once the tents where bolted to the lookout it was game on! People started arriving in car loads,it takes more than a little onshore wind to stop them down there.

Nice vertical snap

The day started off with the pro am division,with our best turn out all year!
The draw filled up in 20 minutes, with the juniors next, then groms and then girls.

Big air by Mitch Baker

Mitch Baker was the surfer of the day taking out the Electric Bolt Thrower with a huge air reverse scoring himself $50 and also taking out the pro am division. Coming in 2nd was Caiden Fowler, 3rd Tom Allen and 4th Cal Nicolson.

Beach games

The Juniors final was really exciting with it coming down to the dieing seconds when Tom Lyon jagged a really nice wave scoring a 6.5 and taking out the final by 0.5 from Tom Antonie. Grant Williams got 3rd and 4th Brock Warren.

The groms final was really close with only 1.5 between 1st and 4th but at the end of the day we can only have one winner,Tristan Farras! In 2nd was Cody Robinson,3rd Francis Meade and 4th Joel Van Dijk.

We finished the day off with a presentation around 4pm with all finalist taking home huge prize packs and winning a spot in the VQS Championships which will be held at Manly Beach on the 15th and 16th of

April.

Dylan takes home his first new board thanks to Global surf industries.

Mitch Baker takes home the cash

Grom final

1st Tristan Farris

2nd Cody Robinson

3rd Francis Meade

4th Joe Van Dijk

Juniors final

1st Tom Lyon

2nd Tom Antonie

3rd Grant Williams

4th Brock Warren

Girls final

1st Georgia Fish

2nd Zoe Clark

3rd Matilda Mclellans

4th Mel Harrisson

Opens final

1st Mitch Baker

2nd Caiden Fowler

3rd Tom Allan

4th Cal Nicholson

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VOLCOM WILD IN THE PARKS GEELONG 2011

2011-02-07T16:28:00.001-08:00

Wild In The Parks 2010/2011
Geelong Waterfront Skate Park
Victoria, 5th February

So it seems I have become quite the rain dodger. With Geelong under a flash flood Friday night, most would have bet the event wouldn’t go ahead, but on my waking up Saturday morning I was surprised to see the ground was near dry. I then got to the park quickly to see what the deal was. With only a few little puddles my day was looking good. The forecast was for another day of rain, but it seemed all the clouds were in surrounding neighborhoods. So without letting the rain get us, we got the comp started early and didn’t look back. Here are some shots and a write up on the day’s event, Enjoy.

Paddy, Kickflip

Tailslide

As is always the case the younger guys are always there bright and early, so using this to our advantage we got the 15 and under division kicked off. Before we new it we were down to the finals. The finals were great to watch, actually the whole 15 and under division were great. With a gloomy day above and rain looming, the skating these kids delivered seemed to have brought out the crowd too, and by 11am the attendance was massive. In 3^rd place we had Paddy Mcevoy, Paddy was killing it. He has one of the best front shuvits I have seen on a kid of that age, with such consistency as well. In 2^nd place we had Samuel Aitkens, Sammy was incredible all day with so many different tricks all over the park. I think all the skaters from the day could have taken notes from Samuels’s ability to utilize the whole skate park, something that is very important in competition skating. Also one hell of a varial heel! In 1^st place we had Anthony Davie, Anthony is a man-child with the skating ability of a mature man. He was incredible to watch and I honestly think he is running in the top 3 people to beat at the Wild In The Parks final he has scored himself a spot inn. From the smoothed back smith to the easiest looking switch biggie’s Anthony has it all. Well-done guys.

James Guida, Bluntslide off the end

Ruby rolling

In the girls division we had 3^rd place winner Ruby then 2^nd place went to Rhianna Arnold who had already qualified in South Oz, but decided to compete again to fill out the numbers here in Geelong, great attitude Rhianna, thanks! Then in 1^st place we had Adelaide’s Jenny Oakes. Jen was on fire, with tricks on nearly every obstacle in the park then also taking it to the big stuff. Her Ollie off the big 3 and Ollie north off the long 3 were talked about the entire day. Great effort girls, cant wait to see the level at the finals!

Jen Oakes Big Ollie

Then we had the big boys, and lucky enough we were able to stall and let the numbers collect, because it was all worthwhile. With a great attendance and skills to match the 16 and over division was so much fun to watch. In 3^rd place we had Dean Brookes who skated hard as nails all day and brought out some of the most unique lines and tricks I have seen. One of my standouts was the gap to lip on the little many pad. That was awesome and really quick to get off. In 2^nd place we had Jake De Vries, Jake also had some very unique lines and was able to master tricks all over the park. His ability to slide Noseblunts over the hip with such ease and grace was great to witness. Then it came to the numero uno, the first place winner, James Guida really earned his first place title, with the most casual style, vast array of tricks and consistency to boot he was always going to be hard to beat. From Backtail Shuvs to nose many 360 shuv out he had the whole park dialed. Well done to all the winners and thanks to all the competitors who didn’t make the cut. You all ripped and I can’t wait to see you all again next year.

Noseblunt Kennybrose!!!!

Ambrose Backside Feeble

Dean Switch Nose Grind

Lakyn Front Feebs

Anthony Back Smith

Girls Winners: Ruby, Rhianna Arnold, Jen Oakes

15 & Under winner: Paddy Mcevooy, Samuel Aitkens, Anthony Davie

Electric Move of the day: Lakyn

16 & over winners: Dean Brookes, Jake devries, James Guida

That’s now it for the qualifying events for 2010/2011. The next event is Sydney’s Championship competition where all the qualifiers over the past year will battle it out for the 2010/2011 Wild In The Parks Championship. In addition to winning this prestige’s award the winner of the 16 and over will be flown to the USA to compete in the Wild In The Parks Champs USA. Keep your eyes peeled for the list of all the Qualifiers soon to be uploaded to Volcomoznz.blogspot.com

Thanks to everyone who came down and supported the day, Nathan Dunn for Shooting, Aiden Hayes for filming and everyone who came even with the dark skies above.

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WITP CHRISTCHURCH

2011-01-31T15:28:00.000-08:00

Well what day we had here. As I arrived to the park the rain set inn and didn't look like it was going to break! After drying the park twice, and having it rain down again I thought the day was going to be a wash out. But with a little luck and perseverance we were able to smash out another amazing day of skating in Christchurch!

Smith grind

In the 15 and under the competition was tight, and every heat looks as good as the last. The sheer amount of talent in the area is amazing. I must say a big shout out to one of my favorite of the day, even though you didn't place Arak you sure did turn a lot of heads. Next year my man!

So when it came down to the crunch there could only be 3 in the final podiums, and those 3 were... In 3rd and skating like a demand possessed was Izzak Calvert, Izzak was very impressive all day with trick all around the park…a great all-rounder. Then the battle for first came to just 2. In what was one of the hardest decisions to make it finally came that Cade Wilson-Russ would take 2^nd leaving PJ Wybrow to take 1^st. both these guys have a tone of skill and the euro/step up ledge has never seen such domination from the likes of a under 15’s group. Well done to both of you and I really cant wait to see how you guys do in the final!

Feeble grind across and down

Cade. lippy

The girls division was a little short this year with only one girl entering, so instead of having her skate on her own, we put her in with the boys. Liannah Kennedy was a brave chick that got out there and gave it a good go up against the guy. Liannah has secured herself an invite to the finals also. Well done!

Feedin time

Trophies

Bake bean eating comp

Berroca eating comp

Then the big guns came to play! Christchurch you never let me down! Every year they skating in amazing here and every year the guys throw down with passion!

Well done to all they guys in this division, you all killed it. But as competitions go its always going to come to the final 3, and today was no different. In 3^rd we had Ben McConnel who had some of the most tech moves out there today. He has one of the best Nollie inward heels out there and is only young, so keep an eye out people. In second place we had Volcom’s newest Flow rider Jack Dargan. Jack landed the most tricks I have ever seen in a heat today, with Back Smiths, clean flips and a buttery nollie nose grind down the hubba to name just a few. But even with all his tricks there was no stopping first place winner Jack Woodrow. Jack has line and moves on this park that id bet no one else out there could pull off. Huge ollies from hip to hip over the many pad, Switch smith down the rail and front lipping up the hubba are just a few. This guy really knows how to skate, and is always a happy positive character at the park. Well done mate… you killed it again.

Jack Dargan, Back smith

Jack Woodrow, 50-50

Backside flip

Electric best trick winner. Cade with a Tre flip

Girls winner, Liannah Kennedy

15 and Unders Izzak Calvert , Cade Wilson-Russ and PJ Wybrow

16 and over winner, Ben McConnel, Jack Dargan, Jack Woodrow

Thanks to all the people who came and supported the event. Its you that make this happen and all worth while.Next round is WITP Geelong this saturday the 5th of February.

Photo's by Andy Brown

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WITP NERANG, QLD

2010-12-05T15:41:00.001-08:00

Wild In The Parks Nerang was meant to be held last saturday the 4th of December, but the rain wouldnt allow us the pleasure. In-stead we banned together and partied the day away in the wet with wild games, music and food.

The pics and video that follow, show you but a glimpse of the fun had. With the kids having baked bean eating comps, Berocca eating comps and dance offs, the fun seemed never ending. the red bull girls came just after the pizza arrived and gave us all that extra buzz to run through the last activity of the day and my favourite....the longest body slide on the wet grass.

hope you enjoy the following as much as we did!

Berocca eating comp.

first out

as they dissovle the expansion in the mouth becomes noticable

It all becomes too much for Mitch

Explosion!!!

Now the Baked Bean eating comp... fasted wins.

Winning!!!

Happy Winner

Promo, Promo, Promo!!!

Dash for the good in the woods

Victory

Purush Wilson made quit the appearance

Break dance off

Great ending to the move!

No one had more commitment than this fella!

Was a very close fight.

pushing it to the limits.

Winners are Grinners.

Slow Dance off.

Dancing in the rain took a new meaning

Body slidding competition.

Hold it....

Not quite the techique

Then this guy came in with tons of speed.

Started slidding

And kept slidding onto become the longest distance winner

Electrics dive and slide winner

Mopping after the storm.

Big thanks to all the people who came down and supported the day even in the rain.

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VOLCOM STONE'S VQS D-BAH QLD 27TH NOVEMBER 2010

2010-11-28T21:12:00.000-08:00

We arrived at Duranbah Beach car park for the second stop on Volcom Stone’s Totally Crustaceous Tour 2010/11 to find the sun was out the waves pumping 3-5 foot , fun peaks up and down the beach.

We got a big turn out with all division filling up really fast with some off the talent Qld and Northern NSW has to offer. Not everyone surfed in the event with big crowds of people packing the beach to win loads of giveaways up for grabs.

First up we had the Groms they were all ripping up the inside bowls with Volcom’s Quinn Bruce dominating the first few rounds but fell short in the final to Chris Zaffis who scored some really high heat totals in the 18 to 19 range. Quinn also picked up a custom surfboard from Hammo for stand out performance of the day.

The girls had a very close final with only a few points between 1^st and 4^th. Sopie Callister came off with the win, in 2^nd we had Wini Paul, 3^rd Chiama Irland and in 4^thAlysa Lock.

Next we had the juniors with Jake Cumberland coming away with the win, Izak Clifford in 2^nd,Volcoms own Jack Scollard 3^rd and Cody Daw in 4^th. All surfed outstanding throughout the day and relished in the perfect conditions that the famous beach break had to offer.

We had a strong showing for the pro am division with Dru Adler winning the event with a crazy last wave in the dieing seconds of the final, he managed to find a tube and finish the wave with a huge air reverse scoring a 9 point ride.

Also taking home 50 bucks for the Electric bolt thrower, not a bad day all in all for Dru.

Finishing off the day with a presentation for all the finalists and presented them with huge prize packs for all their efforts. All finalists have qualified for the VQS Australian Championships to be held at Manly Beach on April 15^th – 16^th 2011.

Thanks to everyone who come down on the day and joined in the fun and games and to all who helped with the event. And a big thanks to our supporting friends:

http://www.electricvisual.com
http://www.vestalwatches.com
http://www.Aerial7.com
http://www.redbull.com.au
http://www.futuresfins.com.au
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http://www.solrxsunscreen.com
http://www.creatures.com.au

Groms

1^st Chris Zaffis

2^nd Quinn Bruce

3^rd Sheldon Simkus

4^th Ryan Zietham

Junior

1^st Jake Cumberland

2^nd Izak Clifford

3^rd Jack Scollard

4^th Cody Daw

Girls

1^st Sophie Callister

2^nd Wni Paul

3^rd Chiama Irland

4^th Alysa Lock

Pro am

1^st Dru Adler

2^nd Jasper Enersby

3^rd Curtis Ewing

4^th Dale Lovelock

Next stop on the VQS series will be the Stalefish at Avalon Beach Sydney 18^th December.

VOLCOM VAGRANCY SIGNING AND DEMO

2010-11-25T19:01:00.000-08:00

20th of November was an unforgettable day for the skate scene of Sydney's Northern Beaches. With a line up with names like Dustin Dollin and Chima Ferguson it was a day not to be missed. The day kicked off with a in-store signing at SDS Warringah Mall Then off to Manly Vale skate park for the first demo then followed by another demo at Avalon that afternoon. With the first demo at 1:30pm the skaters had it pretty rough in the sweltering heat, but all put in an amazing effort and shredded the park till they had nothing left. After this we all went street skating and made our way to Avalon. Once at Avalon it was all on again. With Volcom putting up some cash for best tricks, the session got really heated as Vans rider Jackson Pilz took home the cash with a smooth Smith Grind all the way around the extension block and back into the tranny. As we rode into the dark of night, pizzas were shared around while young and old mingled into the evening. It's been awhile since we have had the opportunity to have all those guys skating together, so thanks to the skaters and thanks to the crowds for coming down and hanging out.

Stone man welcomes the people to the instore at SDS

Manly Vale Skate park Demo. Jack Kirk Back Lip

Dustin Backside Flip

5-0 Red

Dustin 360

Jack Back Tail

Kieran Nose Grind

Azar Ollie

Dustin Varial Heel

Azar Nollie Flip

Dustin 180 Nose grinds at Avalon Demo

Dustin Tweaks it out over the hip

Red Frontside flips

Kizza Back Nose blunt

Volcom Stone's 9191 Snowboard Movie Premier - Melbourne

2010-11-14T00:07:00.000-08:00

Australian Premier of 9191 Melbourne 4th November 2010

2010-11-07T19:47:00.001-08:00

Australian Premier of 9191
Melbourne 4th November 2010

The Australian Premier was held in Melbourne on Thursday 4th November. Easey St played host the an epic night which had it all, limited addition tee's were printed for the crowd on entry while Mariachi Los Romanticos band played the tunes before the showing of 9191 Volcom’s latest snowboard film. 9191 is the accumulation of Gigi’s visions from a season, documented in 16mm film, super 8, and HD video. 9191 was filmed around the globe in New Zealand, Austria, Switzerland, Jackson Hole, Chile and Alaska. Throughout the film,Gigi was joined by friends and teammates: Wille Yli-Luoma, Bryan Iguchi, Luke Mitrani, Curtis Ciszek, Blair Habenicht, Nicolas Muller, Jake Blauvelt, Wolle Nyvelt and others.

After the move DJ Sandwich took over and got the the party rocking. It was a epic night had by all, check out the link below for Video and Photos.

VQS QLD ABOUT TO HIT TOWN!

2010-10-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

Get on down to Volcom Stone’s FREE stonefish surf contest, it is one day of action packed surfing, good times and loads of free stuff so don’t miss it:

27th November 2010/11

Duranbah Beach ,QLD

Registration is at 7am kicking off with the 14 & Under Groms division at 7:30am. Spots in all divisions are limited and filled on a first come first serve basis.There are four divisions; 14 & Under Groms, 15-17 Juniors, Girls and Pro-Am. Sign up on the day only Heats will be 10mins best one wave until the semi finals with the most radical manoeuvres

Volcom team rider Chris Friend surfed in the 2009 VQS at D’Bar this is what he has to say:

"The VQS Series is always the highlight of my competitive year.Its a chance to surf epic D'bah in a fun and relaxed environment. Theres no pressure and it's all about having fun and watching the grom's go mad over prizes! The short, packed heats are always a laugh and theres always some crazy surfing and beach antics sure to happen"

Chris Friend warming up

Finalists will qualify for the Australian VQS Championships at Manly Beach

on the 15th-16th of April 2011 where the champs will be crowned and the Junior & Pro-Am winners will be flown to Newport Beach, California to represent Australia and battle it out for over US$100,000.00 cash

purse at the Totally Crustaceous VQS World Champs!

Thanks to our supporting friends @:
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http://www.vestalwatches.com
http://www.Aerial7.com
http://www.redbull.com.au
http://www.futuresfins.com.au

http://www.famouswax.com

http://www.solrxsunscreen.com

Thanks to our media partners:

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http://www.coastalwatch.com

2010-10-07T16:25:00.000-07:00

Volcom Stone’s Wild In The Parks Skateboarding Series 10/11
Manning Skate Park Perth, WA
Saturday 2nd Oct 2010

Manning Skate Park, I bloody love this place. The park is so fun, and always provides us with amazing skating from all divisions. Being held on the same day as the AFL grand final I thought this might have brought numbers down…but Perth proved me wrong. The core skate community could care a less for the AFL, and there were more competitors then any other year.

Backside 5-0

Backside 180 Nosegrind

We started the day of with the 15 and under division. There were so many kids in this comp it was hard to see all the tricks going down. With that many little rippers I felt bad for the judges. But as always there must be a top 3 and this years were 3 of the best! In 3rd place we had Jordan Hids. Jordan was killing it all day, with tricks all over the park, he is definitely on the up! In 2nd place we had will Paterson, Will only just missed out on first place. The competition between he and first was insane. We actually needed a few more attempts from both to help decide the outcome. Then in first place we had Rin Hutchinson. Rin was a stand out for me, he had a big bag of tricks, smooth style and a great attitude. He actually sprained his ankle in the final, but kept of going. He spent the remainder of the day in the tent with ice on it. Tough little dude!

Wallie

After the 15 and under heats we broke it up for a while and ran some games. The games ranged from running races to Volcom says (our version of Simon says)His gave all the kids who weren’t competing a chance to join in the fun.

Backside 5050

Backside Boneless

After that we got straight into the Girls division. With only 3 girls entered we ran there heat as a final, the girls were killing it. Tj Cros came 3rd, using tricks like no comply shuvits over the little box which really took a few people by surprise. Sarah Howarth was big spinning her way into 2nd and Sophie Williams was all over it, with tricks on most obstacles in the park including the flat bars, she was a well deserved 1st place.

Frontside feeble

Mellon to Fakie

Switch Heel

Front Blunt

Front Tail

Then it came to the big boys. The 16 and over division! With clouds looming in the distance we got stuck straight into these heats and before we new it we were running the final. In the end it came down to a nail biter. We actually had to extend time a little to break the top 3 up. Quade Baker placed 3rd, Matt Brazier in 2nd and Barry Mansfield in 1st. the competition between these 3 was so tight its hard to explain. You have to come by the website and see the finals web clip for yourself. Barry Manfield is one tech Mo Fo! He has

so many very difficult tricks it was what got him over the line in the end. But it wasn’t by much. Matt and Quade were right on his tail the whole time. Well done fella’s. stella effort that one!!!

Madman, Backflip 180

Girls Winner right to left. 1st, Sophie Williams. 2nd, Sarah Howarth. 3rd, T.J cross

15 & unders 1st, Rin Hutchinson. 2nd, Will Paterson. 3rd, Jordan Hids

16 & over 1st, Barry Mansfield. 2nd, Matt Brazier. 3rd, Quade Baker.

Thanks to all the skaters and spectators who came down and supported the event. It was a great day thanks to all of you who came. Also a big shout out to Rothy and Jake, Rothy with your TV set up in the back of the Van to watch the AfL Grand final. Amazing!

And last but not least, Maxted! Thanks for shooting all day and supllying us with these great photos. Legend!

Till next time everyone, Peace!

Thanks to our supporting sponsors:

http://www.electricvisual.com
http://www.vestalwatches.com
http://www.Aerial7.com
http://www.redbull.com.au
MGTA Skateboards
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Next stop on the Wild In The Parks Tour is:
Nerang QLD
4th December, 2010

WILD IN THE PARKS CHAMPIONSHIP. USA

2010-10-06T15:25:00.000-07:00

Volcom's Wild In The Parks Championship competition was just held in Arizona USA.

Australia's qualifier Harry Clark didnt make the finals, but a fun day was had by all.

follow this link and view the clip and pictures from the day.

The sun shines on Volcom Stone's PBRJ at Mt Ruapehu NZ 2nd October 2010

2010-10-05T18:22:00.000-07:00

One of the best days of the season arrived just in time for the Peanut Butter & Rail Jam held at Turoa on 2nd October 2010. With the first blue skies in months people flocked to the mountain, this being the 2nd year at the mountain there was a huge turn out of competitors ready to jam on the 3 rails. The standard really stepped up a notch from last year with some impressive riding all day.

Open Mens

1st - Leroy Christensen , an Ohakune local boy , threw down all day with buttery style , but won it on the last hit of the day with a Cab 450 over the flat to down , He also walked away with the Electric Gooiest move with that same trick and for the win has won himself an airfare to the USA to compete in the World PBRJ championships.

2nd - Jesse Miller from Whistler Canada, Jesse killed the whole course an attacked all the features with aggression, he did some stand out tricks like half cab, forward flip out off the middle feature, an 450 outs.

3rd - Tom Battersby , Tom had over all great style on all the features , an used his smooth style an laid back approach to slot into 3rd, Tom tore apart the flat down feature with an array of butters on, an then gapping 270's over to the down.

Open Girls

1 - Christy Prior from Auckland was the stand out of the day for the Womans Open, showing Gangster Style anall out approach, Chirsty took the whole course to town an slayed all the features , her tricks included switchboardslide 270out, gap front board on the flat down , an lots of Presses an butters on the flat box.

2nd - Ellen Waugh , Ellen rode super strong all day , an was the first girl to gap front board the flat down feature, she was also in contention for best trick of the day with her impressive half cab to front board, over all she rode really well an had great style .

3rd - Vida Laird , Vida came out firing in the girls final an rode with real guts , she did a steezy front blunt on the down box, an also did great front boards on the flat box to gap.

Boys 16 - 18

1st - Matty Price killed the course in the 16 -18 age an rode with style beyond his years , Matty did an array

of tricks that included front blunt 450 out , 270 on 270 off , an finished with a stylish gap on the flat down .

2nd - Was Billy Halloran an Ohakune local boy also , Billy rode strong in the event last year an this year was no different, He used his local knowledge of the rails an park to progressively place 2nd, his style was also stand out with a unique array of presses an combs the judges were well impressed .

3rd - Tyler Kirk arrived late to the finals because he was waiting in the cafe , but when he finally made it to the top of the course he didn't waist any time getting stuck in, he killed the middle feature with cool gap outs an 270 outs.

Boys 15 under

1st - went to JJ Raywood a Volcom team rider from Wanaka , JJ rode strong throughout the day an impressed the judges with good clean style an unique tricks like front 3 tap the gap out box, an board slides on the kink box.

2nd - was Daniel Hyne from Auckland , Dan ripped the course apart an rode well on all the features , He did cool tricks like board slide 270 out on the flat feature an also killed the flat down.

3rd - went to Duncan Kukler from Auckland , Dman rode super strong an enjoyed the middle feature with cool switch board slides to gapping out , an 270 off the end.

Under 15 finalists

Jon from Turoa like PB&J

Volcom Team riders Will Jackways & Marcus Wehrle

Final Results:

Opens

1st Leroy Christensen

2nd Jesse Miller

3rd Tom Battersby

Girls

1st Christy Prior

2nd Ellen Waugh

3rd Vida Laird

16- 18's

1st Matt Prior

2nd Billy Halloran

3rd Tyler Kirk

15 & Unders

1st JJ Rayward

2nd Daniel Hyde

3rd Duncan Kurkler

Thanks to our supporting friends:

http://www.electricvisual.com

http://www.vestalwatches.com

http://www.Aerial7.com

http://www.redbull.com.au

http://www.solrx.com.au

http://www.mtruapehu.com

http://www.snowboardhub.net

And a huge thanks to:

Willie Beggs, Jordan from Snow Centre & Snow Centre crew, Kizza, Darren & Cam at Suit Case Bar, Jon from Turoa, and everybody that helped make us welcome

VOLCOM STONE'S WILS IN THE PARKS ADELAIDE

2010-09-21T19:26:00.000-07:00

Volcom Stone's Wild In The Parks Flagstaff, Adelaide