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Join us at La Jolla Shores on Friday from 8am - 2pm to try all the latest Rusty shred sticks...

SAT. NOVEMBER 5TH 9AM TO 3PM.
RUSTY (and Hurley ) TEE’S, WALKSHORTS, BOARDSHORTS, DENIM, HOODIES, JACKETS, WOVENS, BACKPACKS,Etc
** MENS SIZES BOTTOM =32, TOPS= M&L
WOMENS: TEE’S, JACKETS, SWEATERS, FLEECE, DRESSES, ACCESSORIES, ETC
** WOMENS BOTTOM SIZES= 5, TOPS= S & M

** BIRD ROCK SURF IS LOCATED AT 5509 LA JOLLA BLVD, LA JOLLA**

Over the weekend at the annual Wildcoast Dempsey/Holder Memorial held at Imperial Beach, young gun Jay Christenson took what was his... First Place. Congrats to the grom! Add another trophy to the mantle.

If you have been wondering what surfboard model Jake Halstead has been riding lately, what board Kerr dominated Chopes with, or the inspiration for the Bali Single, tune in to listen to Rusty talk tech about various Rusty Surfboard models of the past and present. Thanks for our friends over at Solspot for the interview...

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Sacred Craft Surfboard Exhibition this weekend at the Del Mar Fair Grounds! The event was virtually an over-sized candy store for surfboard lovers... beautiful boards inspired from every decade were present and many boards were accompanied by dynamic airsprays that added an extra bit of uniqueness. Whether you wanted to check out the latest in high performance surfboard innovation, have a look at the retro throw back boards, or even gander at some hand planes, Sacred Craft had it all! Rusty Surfboards was present for the weekend in full force! The Rusty booth was equipped with various fan favorite boards from the past and a ton of our latest high performance models, defining the future. Have a look...

Sacred Craft Surfboard Exhibition

A variety of Rusty Surfboards models

More Rusty Surfboards... Including the "Dirty Bomb" and the "Vortex Converter"

The Rusty booth was packed!

picking out his next stick...

Custom stringer work on these boards, a Classic Rusty and an old school "Music" board (one of Rusty's previous labels)

A vintage Canyon Surfboard (another label that Rusty used to shape for before he started Rusty Surfboards)

Henry Hester's vintage asymmetrical... seems fitting to display this board since the expo was in honor of Carl Ekstrom (known for his asymmetrical designs)

Rusty Surfboards fan favorite... The Dirty Bomb

Jamie Sterling's Big Wave Gun

dream quiver

Photos and Text: Brody

SURFBOARD INDUSTRY GATHERS FOR HISTORIC EXPO IN DEL MAR
Over 150 booths makes Sacred Craft largest surfboard expo; Windansea icon Carl Ekstrom to be honored; schedule of events set for October 8 & 9.

For more details and a schedule for the weekend click HERE.

Join the Surfrider Foundation and Rusty in celebrating Raptoberfest – a month long effort to raise awareness of the impacts plastic have on our marine environments. For the entire month of October, Surfrider will be talking about the environmental dangers of plastics – especially single-use plastics - and offering tips on how to reduce your plastic footprint. Share your own tips on how to Rise Above Plastics on Surfrider's Facebook and Twitter pages and you could win some super cool surf gear compliments of Rusty.

Click HERE for more on Raptoberfest.

Our friends over at Surfing Magazine recently featured Marlon and his big win in their "You Are Here" section on their website.... Photos and Words by Nathan Myers

Marlon Gerber doesn’t have time to celebrate. It’s 8 a.m. Monday morning in Kuta and there’s just enough time for one victory beer before he heads to the airport. Breakfast of champions.

He’s just secured the 2011 Indonesian Surfing Championship on Rote Island, but he’s bailing his own award ceremony for Thailand, where he’ll compete for the Asian Surfing Championships. Just one quick Bintang before it’s back to the heat.

All this rushing around and jersey-wearing stuff is very un-Marlon. Here’s a man who appreciates his beauty sleep, chilling for hours on The Balcony veranda, and walk-able afternoon sessions at Kuta Beach. Marlon likes to cruise.

He does it well, too. And with a style that’s every photographer’s wet dream, Marlon’s become one of Indo’s best-known photo pros, with cover shots, Taylor Steele video parts and more coverage in the international mags than most of the local boys. This is the good life…and he’s passed up modeling and acting offers to keep it that way. Simple. Pure. Cruise-y.

But winning contests? Not so much.

Until the end of last year, Marlon had never really won anything. Then this year, he pretty much gutted the tour wide open…winning the ISC title before the season was even over.

So what changed? It’s clearly not a dietary thing…

SURFING: The press release from Rote said you were “taking it one heat at a time” — did you read line that off a cue card or what?

MARLON GERBER: You know, I don’t think I even said that. I think they just pick those quotes from a list sometimes.

Yeah, I’ve got that list in my wallet. So how did it really go down?

Well, that’s pretty much how I approached it. That’s how you’ve got to do it. Not get too far ahead of yourself.

After you won the first event this year you told me you were planning on winning the title this year.

Did I say that?

You did. But after that, it was like, “Let’s never speak of it again.”

Totally. There’s always that fear of jinxing it. But I really felt like I could win it this year.

What changed to make you start winning?

Just believing in myself. I always knew I had the ability. I just didn’t have the confidence to win.

Simple as that?

Rizal [Tanjung] was also a big part of my winning. He’s been kind of like a coach to me this year. Right before my heat he texted me and said, “Just surf. Don’t think about anything else. Just surf.” I remembered that in the water and it helped.

Riz has a lot of experience. He’s a former Indo champ himself, right?

Yeah. He’s a really smart competitor. So much experience. And he’s my brother.

A lot of top surfers are using coaches these days.

Yeah, Taj, Parko…lotta guys. There are so many good surfers around now that’s it’s almost more of a mental game. Anyone can win on the right day, but to put it all together in a heat for 25 minutes with the pressure on…it’s not easy.

How did it go down in Rote?

I almost lost my first heat because it was four-man and not many waves came through. I was just really nervous, too. Even the head judge came up and said, “Man, you were sucking out there.” I appreciated his honesty. The next day was a totally different story. I feel more comfortable in the man-on-man heats.

How was the final?

The final was with Cabul [Raditya Rondi]. He’s really good in any conditions. I pretty much won it in the last ten seconds. I needed an 8 and I got the score.

With an air?

Couple turns, an air, then two more turns.

That’s what it takes to get an 8 on the ISC, right? Full-on combo waves.

Oh yeah. It’s harder than the WCT. Lee [Wilson] was boosting something on every single wave. One wave he did a turn, a straight air, then an air reverse and scored a 9.5.

If you took the bottom 15 guys from the WCT and put ‘em on the Indo Tour, you think they’d get smoked?

Yeah, probably. For sure we’d have a good chance of beating them. The surfing on this tour is really good.

Do you watch the WCT events?

Not really. I watched some of New York to study how guys were winning heats, but I didn’t really learn anything. I already knew what I had to do. I just keep it simple. Try to get two good waves.

Did you realize that winning this event would secure the title for you?

No. I hadn’t done any calculations. I didn’t even want to think about it like that.

Just taking it one heat a time?

Exactly.

We’ve barely started the breakfast victory party and it’s already time to go. “People keep asking how it feels to be champ,” says Marlon, sliding the Money Maker board into his boardbag, “but I haven’t even had time to think about it. I don’t feel anything, really.”

For some people, it just takes a while to set it. For others, being champ isn’t really a defining experience. For Marlon, it’s never been a matter of points or fame or titles…it’s just the best life in world. Traveling. Surfing. Chilling.

It’s nice to know you’ve left a mark somewhere, but my suspicion is that in a few months you’ll have to remind Marlon that he was ever Indonesian Champion at all. He’ll be cruising up at The Balcony or chasing peaks down on Kuta Beach and someone will be like, “Hey, remember when you were The Champ?”

Marlon will pause for a second, think about it, then smile that easy-going, money-maker grin and say, “Oh yeah, that was pretty cool.”

And then he’ll go back to cruising. —Nathan Myers

 

Congratulations, Marlon. Check out www.isctour.com for photos, video and made-up press release quotes from the event.

For more "You Are Here" features from Surfing Magazine click HERE.

Everyone has been talking & there is word on the street that Rusty has this new single fin that is making surfing so much more fun than they can remember. People are hyped on this thing. Come shred one yourself in VA Beach on Wednesday August 24th at Freedom Surf Shop. Give one a cruise and tell us if you're in love all over again. Click below for more details. See you there.

Each month the crew at Surfline.com weed through the surplus of footage they receive to find the stand out "Punt of the Month", presented by Rusty.  This month the coveted title goes to Sebastian "Seabass" Zietz for his silky smooth superman he recently threw down in Indo- he didn't even lose any speed either, as he went straight into his next turn.  Congrats Seabass!  Click to have a look and remember to keep going above the lip because next month, the "Punt of the Month" prize pack could go to you!

Filmed by: Lachie McKinnon and Matt Wybenga