VOLCOM COMPETITIONS: 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010

VOLCOM STONE'S VQS CRUSTACEOUS TOUR 2010/2011 WESTERN AUSTRALIA SATURDAY 9TH OCTOBER

The first event of the VQS series for 2010/11 was held in WA at Scarborough Beach. We arrived to the beach at dawn and were surprise to find fun 1 to 2 foot waves up and down the beach after the swell maps where reading dead flat the night before.

Early morning bliss

The competitors started flocking down to the beach around 7am to sign up for the event, all pumped up for a big day of surfing and fun in the warm Western Australian sun.

Volcom event site

The day was jam packed with heats starting with the girls, followed by the groms, juniors and pro am divisions. If you weren’t in the water surfing a heat there was lots of fun activities happening on the beach with games running all day from sand castle competitions to dance offs with lots of prizes up for grabs.

Beach games

Volcom chair

Grom giveaways

The Electric Bolt Thrower “move of the day” was won buy Mitch Taylor busting a big front side air and taking home fifty bucks cash and a pair of Electric sunnies.

Bronte Macually setting up the winning turn in the final

The girls final hit the water around mid arvo with Bronte Macaullay taking out the final in true family style (Dave Macaullay Father) one of WA’s best goofie footers, in 2^nd Luciana Burke, 3rd place was Skip Van Peer and in 4^th Emily Lucchesi.

One of the girls going over the falls

Girl getting carried up the beach after final

In the junior final we saw 3 of our grom finalist make another appearance with Jacob Willox winning back to back finals and taking home a truck load of prizes. 2^nd we had James Flemmimg 3^rd Joshua Burke and in 4^th Matt Baker.

Jacob Willcox winner of the grommets and juniors

The main event of the day was the pro am division with Darcy Maynard using his local knowledge to take out the event from Mitch Taylor, 3^rd was Nicholas Muntz and Volcom’s own Cortney Brown coming in 4^th.

Darcy Maynard took out the pro am division

We finished with a presentation at around 4pm to top off a great day down at Scarborough Beach, with all the finalist winning entries into the Australian VQS Championships at Manly Beach on the 15^th and 16^th of April 2011.Well done to all those competitors

Pro am

1st Darcy Maynard

2nd Mitch Taylor

3rd Nicholas Muntz

4th Cortny Brown

juniors 15-17

1st Jacob Willox

2nd James Flemming

3rd Joshua Burke

4th Matt Baker

grommets 14 and under

1st Jacob Willox

2nd Harry Mcpherson

3rd James Flemming

4th Joshua Burke

girls

1st Bronte Macuallay

2nd Skip Van Peer

3rd Emilly Lucchesi

4th Luciana Burke

We would like to thank everybody who helped out on the day to make our event such a success. Thank you! And an extra special thanks to all our supporting sponsors.

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Monday, May 3, 2010

2010 WILD IN THE PARKS CHAMPS

So we just held the Volcom Wild In The Parks Champs for 2010! With weather in shambles as we arrived, it was lucky the event went ahead at all. But with a lot of work from the Volcom team, with sweeping water off the park and drying it with shirts, the event went ahead by 11:30am.

With the sun finally out, so came the people. The crowd was huge by midday, so we got the games a going! This year we had the Volcom to Paradise theme. To go with the theme we had Pass The Pineapple, Pineapple Put Off and Coconut Bowling.

Pineapple mid flight

Pineapple pizza for lunch

Nathen trew. Style and flair!

This was by far the best year I have seen for woman’s skating. With many of the girls traveling from Perth and Adelaide, it really shows their commitment to skating. All girls threw down on Saturday, but it was the top 3 we were after, and that was Sarah Hewitt in 3rd. Sarah showed great consistency with backside flips on the bank and kickies down the 3.In 2^nd, we had Jennifer Oakes, who killed it all day with dope one footers and back 180’s down the 6 stairs. This left 1^st place to Kat Williams. Kat was consistent and stylish, she shows a lot of control on the board and that’s why she was 1^st for the 2^nd year running.

Well done to all the girls!

The 15 & under were insane. I swear these kids are getting better every year. The top 3 here could have gone in the opens, with such style and variety. In 3^rd we had Anthony Davie. Anthony is a 15 year old, with a mans style and a trick selection t boot. He nailed switch biggies every shot down the 6 all day! Along with a lot more tricks, he was definitely a threat from the get go. In 2^nd we had last years winner Nik Stipanovic. Nick had more switch trick than any other of that division, but just could keep up the consistency towards the end of the finals. This left it to Dani Campbell for the Win. Dani was one of the smallest competitors for the day, but his maturity on board shone through. He was what we call a skaters, skater. With a diverse bag of tricks, and the ability to take them to all the obstacles, he was great to watch, and fully deserved 1^st place.

Front Lip

Switch flip. Harry Clarck

Kicky Front Board. Jake Smyth

Harry Holding on, while Jake evacuates

Then it came to the big boys! This division is what always gets the blood pumping. This year was definitely tough for the judges. A big shout out is in order for Nathan Trew. Nath didn’t make the finals, but was a crowd favourite all day. He skates like a man having more fun in the sun than anyone Iv'e seen in a long time! Keep the passion Nath!

But what we all came to see was who could take the 1^st place prize, of the trip to America! With so many good skaters in the event, it was hard to even cut down into a final heat. But in the end it was Manly local Jake Smyth in 3^rd. Jake has the buttery smooth style that has had him in the finals for the past 3 years. He is a force to be reckoned with at these events, and a future hopeful for a win. In 2^nd place we had, Alex Powell. Alex is a Sydney local who skates with amazing style and a dope trick selection. At the start of the day he wasn’t sure if he was going to enter, due to an injury to his shoulder. But after a few mates got him hyped, he stepped out onto the course and demolished it. Can’t wait to see what he can do next year, if he can pull 2^nd with an injured shoulder. In 1^st place we had Perth ripper Harry Clark. Harry has placed top 3 for the past few years as well, and I couldn’t be happier to see him take it out. Harry skates that park like no other. With lines flowing from all over, and manuals to places no one else would dare.