Achile Kindt 4th place @ Protest Pro Tour Moliets!
Achile Kindt, Benelux Quiksilver teamrider, put down a great performance at the Protest Pro Tour. Congratz to Achile and his fourth place!
The second stop of the Belgian Pro Tour 2010 took place this weekend in Moliets. The Benelux 2010 shortboard competition is now halfway.
Coming up in September is the Quiksilver Mushy Masters in Domburg and Belgian Pro Tour Final 2010 is planned in October in Blankenberge.
photo: copyright Wouter Struyf
Pieterjan Claeys kicking it in the first Jaydee Skateshop Broadcasting
Check it out: PJ showing off some awesome tricks in the first Broadcasting of Jaydee Skateshop - a new recently opened skateshop in Bruges.
http://vimeo.com/14373238
This is now official, Morrocco's young surfer and Quiksilver Team rider Ramzi Boukhiam, will be part of the 2010 ASP World Junior Championships after finishing at the 3rd position of ASP Junior European ranking.
After a brilliant 2010 campain, Ramzi Boukhiam born in Agadir, Morrocco and settled in France, earned his first qualification for an ASP World Championship. He will be then 17 years old.
Finalist of the 3rd European Pro Junior event in Canaria Islands at the very beginning of august, and quarter finalist in Lacanau yesterday, the “pearl of the desert” will join the elite of junior surfing along with DC surfer Marc Lacomare and Maxime Huscenot, 2009 ASP Junior World Champion, invited as a wildcard.
The Quiksilver Team surfer from Reunion Island, Maxime Huscenot had caused majorupset last January when he became the first Frenchman to be crowned ASP Junior World Champion (Pauline Ado did the same in the girls category in 2008).
Marc Lacomare, 20 years old and 2009 Junior European Champion, is also qualified for the ASP Junior World Championship as being the best European junior on WQS tour this year (he recently won the 5 star WQS event in Fistral Beach, UK).
For the first time, the next edition of the ASP World Junior Surfing Championships will be held in two phases : in Bali on Keramas spot for October 2 to 13 and then Narrabeen, Australiafrom January 8 to 16 early 2011.
St Jean de Luz. (August 12, 2010)—“Scratching The Surface,” the highly anticipated first feature-length HD surf film starring Julian Wilson, debuts this month with a premiere on Wednesday, August 18 at 10pm, at the Place des Landais (Hossegor), following by a huge after party at the legendary “Rockfood “.
“I'm really proud of this film and grateful I had the opportunity to create something unique in surf filmmaking,” said Julian. “I wanted to make a film before I got sucked into full-time competition and demanding schedule that goes along with it. So instead of competing last year, I put my heart and soul into this project because I didn't know when I'd ever get the chance again.”
Directed by Matt Beauchesne at Irons Brothers Productions, “Scratching the Surface” documents the adventures of Julian, along with friends and fellow professionals Dane Reynolds, Taj Burrow, Dusty Payne, Mick Fanning and others as they spend a year hitting some of the world's most beautiful surf spots. Destinations include South Africa, Australia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, California, Hawaii, France, Spain and Brazil. A large part of the film was also shot in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia on a boat trip with Dane, Dusty and Taj. “Scratching The Surface” also teamed Julian and Matt with Brain Farm Cinema, whose goal was to evolve the way surf films are made by utilizing helicopters and the Phantom camera, shooting entirely in HD, and incorporating an energetic and unique soundtrack.
“Our goal with this film was to be creative, have fun, and enjoy capturing what it is like to be Julian Wilson,” says Matt Beauchesne. “Julian has a bright and vibrant personality that we wanted to carry over into the film's overall feel. He is living every kid's dream and we wanted to shoot this film through his eyes.”
To get an early peek of this groundbreaking film, the “Scratching The Surface” trailer and webisodes can be viewed at www.quiksilver.com & www.julianwilson.com
Travis Rice Named Champion At 2010 World Heli Challenge
Competitors at the 2010 World Heli Challenge in New Zealand last week woke up to a heavy inversion and there was no question about whether the Extreme Day would run. Bound and determined to make the day a success, event founder Tony Harrington and technical director, Nick Mills, headed out in a helicopter through breaking cloud to assess the situation. Breaking through the cloud they found the perfect venue for the day's contest and in the end it was an epic day in the mountains. Highlights included Quiksilver team rider Travis Ride wowing judges with a crazy line and a near disaster when Ted Davenport set off a class two avalanche that he managed to ski out of.
The winners in each category get free entry to the 2011 World Heli Challenge. Snowboarders also get free entry to King of the Hill event in Alaska while Skiers receive the same for the return of the World Extreme Skiing Championships, also in Alaska. Congratulations to Travis Rice!
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