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Josh Kerr is on a cover shot rampage! He already had STAB Magazine on the shelves and now he just nabbed his second cover shot of the month on Australia's Surfing Life Magazine... Big congratulations to Kerrzy!

Rusty went all out at this year's US Open. We had a full on carnival in front of Jack's complete with a jumbo slot machine and hi striker hammer while our team signed autographs for fans. Also, the Rusty crew was cranking out custom hats from our press and handing out free swag to all who came by the booth. After the day was over we headed to 301 Beachfront for a rocking after party with the Rusty team and some special guests such as Grind TV's Erica Hosseini.

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Here's the last batch of photos from the Rusty team's trip to Costa Rica...

Here's some more shots of the Rusty team in action on their Costa Rica trip.

The Rusty team just got back in town from a week down in Costa Rica and it looks like they got some pretty solid shots and good waves. Scroll down for the pictures and a recap from Ryan Bautista, Rusty Oz's team manager.

“Mate, Costa Rica is such an epic joint. F***in beautiful. There is a lush jungle on the beachside, beers are cheap, Bosko (Waves Magazine Senior photographer) isn’t snoring. It’s awesome. For the first few days it was small but we ended up having ball anyway with just [Jay] Davies and Damien Fahrenfort. The swell has since picked up a fair bit and it looks like it could be good over the next few days."

"[Josh Kerr] and [Nate] Yeomans turned up and have been lighting s*** up. The swell has been pumping and we’ve been surfing around Hermosa. There are a few days left so hopefully the swell will hang around.”

Josh Kerr has been on fire lately, winning Innersection and now scored the cover of the latest Stab issue!

A big congratulations goes out to Josh Kerr for claiming the summer round of Innersection with his mental airs and insane tube rides! He beat out some tough competition including John John Florence, Clay Marzo, and Ozzy Wright. What's even more insane is that Kerrazy didn't use his best clips which he is saving for The Kerrazy Kronicles and the final round of Innersection! Thanks to all those who voted for Kerrazy and look for the section in Taylor Steele's Innersection which comes out in December!

Today is your last chance to see his winning clip before the final movie comes out, so head over to Innersection.tv!

Below is an interview from Innersection after Kerrazy found out he won the contest:

Congratulations, you just won your round.
Shut up. No way. Mean. I thought John John was gonna win for sure.

I think Australia came to your support...maybe Hwaii got divided with two top contenders. Who knows?
Awesome. Stoked. It was hard to decide what to use. I didn't wanna use up all my best clips, so I just went with six good sessions.

So, you're holding back clips?
Yeah, for the final Innersection and for my movie. I've been employing a filmer for a year and a half so that help.

And being off tour must help, too.
Yeah, I was in Bali for three months, so that helps. Hard not to get clips in Bali. You can shoot every day and you can always find a place that's fun, no matter what the swell is doing.

Were you watching the whole round of Innersection?
I was actually pretty into it. During the ratings, it was cool to watch people going past each other. Some great surfing. I was like, "wow, this is a really hard round to have entered."

Did you have some favorites?
Quite a few. I was stoked on Pat G, John John, Clay, Ozzy...then, Marlon's was sick, Dillon Perillo. Ian Walsh. Ry Craike. All of them had something pretty good in there, but those were all really solid ones.

Well, that's pretty much the top ten list, once we implemented our judging system.
Yeah, I was a little concerned about that, and then I saw the way the judging when down and I was pretty stoked. That seems to make a lot of sense. That's really good.

Yeah, we want people deciding this, and not computers. If you don't care about any of the other clips, then you shouldn't be deciding. Like, Marlon didn't have as many clicks, but people who'd seen all the sections agreed it was one of the best.
For sure, that was a sick section. Definitely deserved to be in the top ten.

I got some angry letters and I looked up the person's account and saw that they had only watched one section on the site. I was like, how can you even be calling me out on this?
Yeah, they got real quiet after that, huh?

So, how was your feedback from the site?
It was all pretty positive. I've never really had that sort of feedback. You don't really have that in surfing, so it was great to see everyone getting all pumped on it. The guy who films for me, Jimmy Graham, he did a really good job editing it, just in the short period he had.

He's pretty young, huh?
He's only 18.

So, filmed by Jimmy, directed by Josh?
Yeah, I'd let him do it, then go back and see what he's done and say, Nah, you need to swap that out, switch those things, do that...he surfs, but he more just froths and filming and watching surf vids. I wanted my approach to it, with putting sessions together. No random one-turn clips. No random sessions. I wanted there to be a few waves from each session so they felt like actual sessions. Two or three waves from six sessions...that's basically how it put it together.

Are you doing the Kustom Airstrike event too?
I've just put up a few, but nothing to crazy yet. I'd like to put up the last maneuver from my Innersection on there, but not sure if I'm gonna or not yet. I was kinda stoked on that one.

So, I've got a critique on your section: Where's the theme? Nothing but walking down the beach shots...you can do better than that?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanted to but just kinda ran out of time. But I've definitely got some ideas for the DVD. We've already been talking up some ideas. If we're gonna do it, we wanna do it full on.

That's great to hear. It's good to qualify not being 100%...cause then you have some surprises to pull out on the DVD. Like Peter Devries' section, his felt so right to me...I wonder how he's going to improve his theme beyond the scenery he already had.
I think he needs to wrestle a bear. He get into all the shots with the animals. Swim with the orcas, kill the bald eagle and make a hat from it. (laughs)

[At this point in the conversation, Josh revealed some really cool ideas for his final section's lifestyle footage...but I'm not going to ruin it for you.]

The surfing in your section was pretty undeniable.
Yeah, but there were lots of good sections. Lot of those would have qualified in an earlier round if they'd entered.

I tried to tell them.
Next round could be heavy. I wonder if Jordy and them are gonna enter.

Well, they've been mumbling about it. We'll see if they can get it together. Dane can goof off on his bisquit and get more traffic then Surfline...so I don't think he'd have much trouble qualifying.
I got man-love for that guy, too. (laughs)

Okay, so on your (shallow left-hand Indo wave no one can ever name cause it's soooo secret) waves, was Ozzy Wright and Ian there on the same day? Cause it looked like it to me.
Yeah, they were. That day was epic. So many of the boys were out there.

I think Craig Anderson was filming his final part that day.
Yeah, he was with us. He'll be bummed. I've got all that footage as a session in my movie from a different angle.

When's your movie coming out?
Mid-November. So we're already starting to edit a bit, and gonna go to Costa Rica for a few more stuff. And I'm locking away a few sessions for Innersection. I'm looking for six sections with 2-3 waves from each one. That's what I like to watch, so that's how I try to edit.

You been enjoying life more since dropping the tour?
For sure. No commitments. Hang in Bali for three months. I'm in the states for 4 months. Mex and Costa when there's waves. That's the dream right there, right?

Do you ever think about a world title?
I think that's a bit out of my reach, I think (laughs), but I miss the tour when there's good waves. It's always good to beat those guys, so you dream of getting in on a man-on-man heat when the waves are pumping and trying to beat them. But it's nice to pick and choose. It's more what I want to do.

When you think about 100K, what comes to mind - is it a house payment or a Ferrari?
There's definitely a really good toy in there. I wouldn't spend it all on a toy, but I'd probably go 50/50. I mean, after taxes it's only $50k anyway.

You know the 100K is in Indonesian Rupiah, right?
Well, then I'd probably buy a nice cocktail at Ku-De-Ta.

Actually, the round is on you...so if you need me to loan you something, well, I can't.
All good. I'm stoked. Thanks so much.

Here are a few clips of airs Kerrazy almost pulled for his entry into the Kustom Airstrike contest - the quest for the $50,000 air.

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Interview from Australia Surfing Life

Josh Kerr’s been a busy man of late. There’s been weeks on end of tearing up Indo, airshow judging duties and pumping Snapper to attend to. The list goes on. He’s on a quest to bag one ‘bullshit air’ for the Kustom Airstrike 50K prize purse, whilst bagging a surplus of keepers for Innersection.tv and his upcoming movie, The Kerrazy Kronicles.

In a spare moment en route to a rare GC semi-secret spot ASL chatted to Kerrzy about uncovering a new wave of groms, adolescent drunkenness, his move to the US and plans to bring air shows back to center stage.

Where you at mate? What’s going on?
I’m just driving up to (censored). There’s a bit of swell around but it’s too blown out round Coolie. It should be pumping up there though. Shieldsy (ASL photographer Andrew Shield) is sitting next to me so we’ll have the shots to you tonight.

Sweet. So you’ve been enjoying the recent run of waves then?
Ah mate, it’s so good to come home from Bali to pumping Snapper. It’s been the best it’s been in ages out there over the last week or so. There’s plenty of swell, more on the way, the bank’s in good shape. It’s good times out there.

Rusty just held the Gromfest down in Lennox and you staged your own Kerrazy Airshow Invitational…
It was a great contest. The kids were ripping and I was seriously blown away. It’s scary how good these little groms are. The judges and I invited the kids who we hoped would flare up, and they didn’t disappoint. Cooper Chapman was the standout for sure. He nearly stuck some insane Gorkin flip type thing. I’m not sure what you’d even call it, but it was crazy. Jack Robinson was on fire. How old is that kid? Like twelve or something. He’s a full freak.

How have times changed since you were in the Rusty Gromfest?
I was only in this contest once and we just got drunk and chased girls around Lennox. But what I do remember is that no one was really trying airs. Nowadays these kids have grown up stomping air reverses before they can even turn, and the level has gone through the roof. If you think that a kid like Jack Robbo is twelve and doing Kerrupt flips, then imagine what he’ll be like in five years.

If a kid wants to be an air guy or free surfer do you think they need to bother with contests?
No, not at all. I mean I’ve done the whole contest scene, but then there are plenty of guys like Ry Craike and Jay Davies who have just gone out free surfing from the get go. Then there’s Dane Reynolds, Jordy Smith and co who are on the Tour but still nail plenty of clips. So yeah, I don’t think it really matters.

What I’d like to do is bring the whole air show concept into the World Juniors. There’s a lot of kids who want to just hunt out that one section and bust a big air. If air shows are held with more regularity then that’s got to be good thing for surfing. That’s what I’m trying to do with my event and hopefully it’ll expand.

What’s coming up next for you?
Well we’re just pulling up to (censored) and looks like it should be pumping. I guess in the coming weeks I’m off to the States, to San Diego, to put the finishing touches on my movie and bag some more footage for Innersection. I reckon we’ll do a few trips down to Mexico and see what happens. I’m not leaving while this swell is sticking around the Goldy though. No way.

For those of you who haven't heard of Taylor Steele's Innersection, it's the famed surf director latest film. However, the catch is that YOU decide what parts make the final film!

Rusty team riders Josh Kerr and Marlon Gerber made the top ten for the summer round of the contest, but only the top five of each round make the film which comes out in Decemeber. Click the links below to view the parts they submitted and make sure to vote for them in your top five!

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Click here to see Josh Kerr's section

Click here to see Marlon Gerber's section