Congratulations to Rusty team rider, East Coast stand out, and host of Fuel TV's "New Pollution," Matt Beacham, for taking high honors by claiming the cover of next month's ESM.
Holly Beck Surfing a Greener Lifestyle
Click above to check out Holly Beck's green lifestyle and surplus of tubes...
Rusty Gromfest 2010: Day 2
Eli Steele
Clean waves and great surfing on day 2 at the Rusty Gromfest at Lennox Head.
Saturday July 10, 2010: Lennox Head NSW Australia: Day two at the Rusty Gromfest saw much cleaner conditions with sunny skies and offshore winds and this assembly of Australia and many of the world's best young surfers thrived in the better conditions
West Australian surfers have been prominent on the opening two days here and again today with Margaret River pair Creed McTagggart and Bronte Macaulay both impressive winners in their 16 year and under divisions.
Both have been attending the Rusty Gromfest for a number of years and are keen to notch up a win at this prestigious event given this is their final year!
"I placed 4th last year here and I'm keen to try and win this year for sure," said McTaggart.
"I won last week on the Gold Coast at the Occy event and I feel really in good rhythm ao it would be good to win again- this is a great event and to be a part of the winning list would be special," added Creed.
"Bronte Macaulay took advantage of some great left peeling waves this morning and posted the morning's highest scoring ride with an excellent 8.25 for a series of very powerful and committed bottom to top turn combinations.
Sunshine Coast surfers continued to impress today, lead by Eli Steele and Harry Bryant. Steele demonstrated his power on face abilities by progressing through to the quarter finals in the 16 Boys, placing 2nd in his four man heat behind the events number one seed, Hirota Arai from Japan.
Earlier Steele also showed us his aerial abilities by winning through to the final of the Kerrazy Airshow Invitational, an event directed by probably the world's greatest aerialist in Josh Kerr.
Steele pulled the biggest aerial in his qualifying heat of this unique specialty event which is judged solely by Kerr.
"To perform aerials for Josh Kerr is really special - the final will be amazing because some of the international surfers seem really good at pulling aerials - I'm looking forward to the final but I'm also really keen to keep progressing to the final in the 16's division as well" said Steele who will be joined by fellow Sunshine Coast surfer Kai Hing in the aerial six man final late today.
Sydney surfer Cooper Chapman scored the day's highest scoring ride with an outstanding 9 point ride to advance to the quarter finals of the 16 Boys and Cooper is also highly fancied in the Kerrazy Airshow final.
Josh Kerr Presents Aerial Surfing Show
Super aerialist Josh Kerr will introduce his “Kerrazy Airshow Invitational” to this year’s Rusty Gromfest which begins in less than one weeks time at Lennox Head on NSW’s surf rich far north coast.
Who better than Josh Kerr to hand pick a group of surfers from the competition and free surfing sessions to surf in this specialized Kerrazy Airshow Invitational session?
The session will include Nixon prizes to the value of $3000 so expect to see massive aerials in the quest for a slice of the Nixon prize packs!
Widely regarded as the most progressive surfer in the world, Kerr will be at the Rusty Gromfest to oversee this thrilling addition which is certain to excite all these energetic young surfers.
With most of Australia’s best young surfers of 16 years and under heading to the idyllic northern NSW coast the Rusty Gromfest will again showcase fast and futuristic surfing.
This is probably the world’s most famous gathering of elite young surfers and over 15 years talent has built an honour role the envy of all “grom” events which includes surfers like Mick Fanning, Stephanie Gilmore, Bede Durbidge Chelsea Hedges, Owen Wright and Jessi Miley-Dyer to name just a few of the those who have gone on to esteemed professional surfing careers.
This year’s list of entries includes surfers who already have impressive reputations like Sarah Mason (Cabarita/NSW) who currently leads the Australasian Pro Junior Series and recently took down ASP World Champion Stephanie Gilmore in a world tour event in New Zealand!
Then there’s exciting youngsters like Michael Wright (Lennox Head), Jack Robinson (Margaret River), Cooper Chapman (Narrabeen), Kai Hing (Sunshine Coast) and Harrison Mann (Torquay).
That is a small sample of the known talents in the field, there’s many more and then there’s the new emerging surfers who arrive at the Rusty oblivious to their fellow competitors reputations, skilled and ready to take on anyone.
Other changes to this year’s event sees the 16 boys division catering for more surfers (80) than last year thanks to a round one Pro Junior style format. Round one will see 32 surfers looking to place first or second and get the opportunity to face the top 48 seeds in round two.
Congrats to Ryland Rubens
A big congratulations goes out to young Ryland Rubens for taking home a second place finish overall in the 10 and under NSSA Southwest conference and a fourth place finish at the West Coast championships.
Matt Capel Cruises Through the Australian Summer
Every winter Rusty Rider Europe team rider, Matt Capel, bails from UK to enjoy the warm Australian Summer - crowded, but warm and sunny. Here is a preview of Matty killing it around around the Gold Coast…. Enjoy the Show.
Jay Christenson Claims the WSA Under 14 Boys Title
Jay Christenson is on fire.
This past weekend Jay was able to secure his first title as the WSA Under 14 Season Champion and placed 3rd in the Under 16 Boys final. In addition, he received "The Most Radical Maneuver Of The Contest Award" for a tech nose pick. Congrats to the grom!
Have a look at a slide show of Jay's radical maneuver of the event...
Jamie Sterling Helps Save the Waves with the Relief Efforts in Chile
Jamie at Lobos
While in Chile I was given the opportunity to help the people whose lives were interrupted from the huge 8.8 earthquake and tsunami that hit in February. I joined Save the Waves foundation down in the city of Constitution. This town was severely damaged and was a mess. It looked way worse then what we were seeing on the news back in the states. Quiksilver and Cliff Bar sent clothes and energy bars down to Chile and we distributed them to school kids, the Red Cross, and the police. It was nice to see the people still smiling after what they all are going through. My heart goes out to the People of Chile.
We even scored some good waves down near the city of Constitution. Small but fun little waves.
Aloha,
Destruction at sea level
Handing out Clif bars
Ramon Navarro surfing down south in the worst hit city by the tsunami, Constitucion. At least Chile still has its beautiful left tubes...
Make shift boat engine repair shop
This fisherman has been out of work for two months because he lost his motor to the tsunami
Ramon again, displaying local knowledge...
Jamie in the thick of it
Free Surf with Jake Halstead
Rusty team rider and professional surfer, Jake Halstead, spends a majority of his waking life surfing or training for contests. However, every now and then he has an opportunity to sneak out for a free surf. We caught up with him as he was demoing his new custom Rusty shortboard and he let his surfing do the talking...
All Photos: Brody
Sipping Sahara: Marlon Gerber
Rusty team rider and Indonesian all star, Marlon Gerber, will be featured in "Castles in the Sky", Taylor Steele's newest installment in the Sipping Jetstreams Trilogy. Below we see Marlon staying cool while filming in the arid conditions...
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