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What happens when you win the "Wave of the Winter" competition in the 2010/2011 season? You get a fat stack of Rusty Guns for the 2011/2012 Season. Just ask Kalani Chapman...

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Rusty is proud to announce that Kalani Chapman has won the 2011 Volcom Wildcard Challenge. Pipeline legends Gerry Lopez (who chimed in via the internet from Canada), Derek and Michael Ho had the final say and they all unanimously voted Kalani as the winner after seeing his best five waves at Pipeline this winter. Kalani will receive the wildcard into the round of 64 for the 2011 Volcom Pipe Pro!

There were a lot of really good entries, but in the end no one could match Kalani’s waves. Make sure you keep an eye on the conditions and tune into Volcompipepro.com for the start of the waiting period on January 24th, 2011.

When the North Shore gets big and windy Kalani Chapman knows his favorite board to grab...his Rusty 9'0" Gun. Chapman cashes in on a few pre-Thanksgiving bombs and the cameras love it.

"I basically wanted to catch as many waves as possible. The waves were big and it was pretty windy. I just felt really comfortable on it. Throughout all the years of surfing Pipe you gotta learn what works and what doesn't, and I've learned that bigger boards work. So that's what I went for and it worked out. That board is sick. I wouldn't change anything about it. Hopefully some more big swells come so I can do that again."

-Kalani Chapman

Photography by: Tyler Cuddy

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Surfline has a new challenge for the Hawaiian season called "Wave of the Winter," it is pretty self explanatory really... the best wave of the winter during Surfline's six week stint on the North Shore takes the cake. Rusty Surfboards team rider, Kalani Chapman, is making big moves early in the season and already has a wave in the running. Click here to check out this heroic ride...

After a summer of lying dormant the North Shore of Oahu finally roared to life! Locals were calling it 10-15' Hawaiian which means it was full on. With Pipe breaking Kalani Chapman, Jamie Sterling, and more than a handful of other chargers from around the globe threw themselves over the ledge on this season opener...

Kalani Chapman. Photo: Bielmann

Kalani Chapman. Photo: Brent

Jamie Sterling. More photos and footage at Transworld.net

Rusty presents Changes, a surf movie that reflects on the environmental changes of our world. The world is changing and we must pay attention. Follow Josh Kerr, Jamie O'Brien and the Rusty team all over the world doing their piece to make this world a better place. Rusty gives the forks to Global Warming, its all about Global Cooling, get on it.

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North Shore finally cleans up and goes off with new swell. Jamie O'Brien and Kalani Chapman score sick tubes, check it out on Surfline.

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Pipeline comes to life and, once again, Rusty team riders anxiously greet the new swell! Click here to see some video highlights from this week on the North Shore...

The Rusty team is all over Australia's Waves Magazine this month! In addition to Jay Davies splitting the cover with Slater, this issue also features the Rusty team's trip to The Menatwais where the team got some serious work done for the new Rusty surf flick, "Changes." Jamie O'brien, Kalani Chapman, Merlon Gerber, Josh Kerr, Jayke Sharpe, and Jay Davies all have full page features! Find out more about the mag here!

If you have not seen the new Rusty video yet, you are missing out...

Our latest release is absolutely insane! Watch Jamie O'Brien, Josh Kerr, Jay Davies, Nate Yeomans, Kalani Chapman, the Harrington bros, and the rest of the Rusty gang go berserk charging waves in tropical locations, including Australia, Indo, and Hawaii. Check out this teaser and you will see the footage speaks for itself...