The contest has ended... Congrats to Rusty team riders Willian Cardoso for making it to the quarter finals, and Josh Kerr for making it through to round 5!
The Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach has been cranking through this past week and weekend with some amazing surfing going down at the legendary Australian break. Rusty team riders Josh Kerr and Willian Cardoso have both been standouts in the event pushing their way through the heats to rack up the points.
Unfortunately Kerrzy went down yesterday in round 5 against Santa Cruz's Nat Young, even though Josh had put on an amazing show, it came down to the last 15 secs of the heat.
Congrats to Rusty team rider Willian Cardoso for taking the win in his round 4 heat and advancing to the quarter finals! Look for him to blow up and continue his momentum when he goes toe to toe with Nat Young to try and get through to the semis.
Rusty team rider Josh Kerr has been on a terror in the contests down under, taking 2nd place this past weekend at the Margaret River Drug Aware Pro in Australia! Kerrzy was able to blaze through heats to make it to his second final in three weeks!
Kerrzy was up against Hawaiian charger Dusty Pane in the finals, and despite an incredible display of surfing power, Kerrzy was inched out of the first place spot taking home the 2nd place win. Kerrzy now gets to add to his collection of growing Margaret River Pro trophies (he won in 2010 as well) and prep for the next stop.
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Just in case you stopped frothing for a second on all the unbelievable barrels ridden at Kirra this past couple of weeks TransWorld Surf just posted an edit from themadhueys.com featuring an all star line up including Rusty team rider Josh Kerr getting shacked off their heads repeatedly!
Check out the keg that Kerrzy gets at the end of the edit, if that doesn't make you want to grab you board and get on a plane to Australia to get barreled nothing else will!
Check out the feature on Transworld Surf with Rusty team rider Josh Kerr showing and explaining the step by step moves to stomping Alley Oops. Kerrzy is an air master and there are few professional surfers who can pull these off as smooth and gracefully as he does. Check out the photos on transworldsurf.com, then get in the water and keep hucking until you get it!
Check out the full frame feature from Stab Magazine of Rusty team rider Josh Kerr spinning a alley oop in Western Australia. Kerrzy has been out and about in Australia for about a month now and since the contest ended he has been frothing and surfing 3-4 times a day! Look for plenty more photos to be filtering through on stabmag,com and follow Kerrzy on instagram @josh_kerr84
Check out the clips of Rusty team rider Josh Kerr on the Surfline.com feature "Kirra Burners". The edit features a stack of sick waves from Kerrzy showing how to put the local knowledge to work threading some amazing barrels after the gold coast pro event wrapped up. If this doesn't get you frothing and dreaming about getting super shacked we don't know what else will!
The Quick pro kicked off yesterday afternoon at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast in Australia. Rusty team rider Josh Kerr will be competing in the event against the top surfers in the world as they kick off the 2013 WCT season. Kerrzy's local knowledge and wave selection will be key during the comp to push through the heats, and post the scores to get the points.
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Josh Kerr is the man! Not only can he post 10's at Pipe and huck giant airs, he is also a guy who loves to bring smiles and stoke to all those around him, especially those in need of a few smiles.
Kerrzy and family made a special visit yesterday to Rady's Children Hospital in San Diego to bring some cheer and some goodies to some very special kids who need some cheering up.
Kerrzy took his family shopping to pick out some new toys and goodies for the kids at the hospital, and he was more than happy to sign a few posters while hanging out and talking with the groms.