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25 WAVES. 25 ARTISTS. 25 UNIQUE PIECES ON THE AUCTION BLOCK.
25 WAVES. 25 ARTISTS. 25 UNIQUE PIECES ON THE AUCTION BLOCK.
Shepard Fairey, Andy Davis, Wolfgang Bloch
YOU CAN'T MISS SURFRIDER FOUNDATION'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009

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Surfrider 25th Anniversary
 
VOLCOM STONE'S VQS SEASLUG SURF SERIES - ZUMA BEACH, CA
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VOLCOM STONE'S VQS SEASLUG SURF SERIES - ZUMA BEACH, CA
The time of year had come for our annual trip to Malibu, California for the first Seaslug event of the new season. A combo swell was filling in and graced the beach of Zuma the morning of the event, which made for peaky rippable conditions. With the stage set and kids frothing to get the SeaSlug event started, we kicked it off in style at 8am. Here’s how it all went down.
Like a posse of angry shoppers, the girls were full of anxiety waiting for their final to get under way. When it was time to get it on, the local females took over and dominated the heat. Frankie Harrer and Chandler Parr were taking turns locking in good scores throughout the final. Morgan Gore put up a good showing too but, had a pending Biology final on her mind. But in the end it was Chandler Parr and her impressive hacks that would earn her the victory, a Rivera complete skateboard and backpack full of other goodies. Billie Malkin, Filippa Ferrara, and Amanda LeVett rounded out the final.
Not even a freshly mixed up batch of saturated Country Time lemonade could keep the groms out of the water. Vinny Leonelli, Conner Lundy, and Ashton Malkin put up a good fight in the early rounds, but couldn’t find their rhythm in the final. Jay Christianson drove from San Diego to win, but he came up a wave short in the final. With the help of some handy coconut juice and a long last name, Thelen McKinna-Worrell turned up the heat in the final and left Logan Rauhut burnt to the crisp. Thelen grabbed the win, a Volcom beach cruiser and bag loaded with prizes.
The Juniors final was next and they didn't disappoint. It was a fierce battle to the end, but some Juniors had too many helpings of the six foot subs for lunch. Kent Nishya and Conrad Carr exchanged the lead for most of the final, but it would be swept away as Simon Murdoch found a gem of a wave and slashed it to shore to pick up the win and those valuable Crustaceous qualifier points. Bobby Okvist, Dimitri Papavassiliou, and Sam Regan rounded out the final.
As the day was coming to the end, the Pro-am finalists were hazed for that $500 first place prize. Matt King and Rodger Eales won their quarters to advance straight in the final, but I guess the long wait was too much to overcome, as they ran out of momentum. Shaun Donovan, the other quarter final winner, was poised and ready, but also would come up short in the end. Tyson Parsons and Gabe Boucher would be sucked into the void as each could only muster one good wave. Matt McCabe held off is day job to stay and compete for the money, which would definetly pay off in the end. He got fired from his job, but won the final and the Electric Volt Thrower move of the event with a huge frontside air that sealed the win. Matt would go home with $550, a Vestal watch, Rivera Skateboard and a message to his old boss. "Take this job and SHOVE IT."
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RESULTS

PRO/AM
1. Matt McCabe $500
2. Shaun Donovan
3. Gabe Boucher
4. Matt King
5. Tyson Parsons
6. Rodger Eales

JUNIORS
1. Simon Murdoch
2. Conrad Carr
3. Kent Nishya
4. Sam Regan
5. Bobby Okvist
6. Dimitri Papavassiliou

GROM
1. Thelen Mckinna-Worrell
2. Logan Rauhut
3. Jay Christianson
4. Ashton Malkin
5. Conner Lundy
6. Vinny Leonelli

GIRLS
1. Chandler Parr
2. Frankie Harrer
3. Morgan Gore
4. Billie Malkin
5. Filippa Ferrara
6. Amanda LeVett

Electric Volt Thrower
Matt McCabe $50
All photos provided by Timmy O'Rouke.
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RIP CURL'S MICK FANNING WINS HURLEY PRO TRESTLES, CLAIMS $105K AND ASP WORLD #2 SPOT
 
Three Answers with Taylor Steele


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Surfing’s most prolific filmmaker talks about premiering his long-awaited Rob Machado profile, The Drifter. —Nathan Myers

 

SURFING MAGAZINE: We heard that a hand-held bootleg appeared on YouTube after the Bali premier of The Drifter — how classic Indo is that?
TAYLOR STEELE: Yeah, in Bali you can buy all these pirated Hollywood movies where someone gets up and walks across the screen. They set up a cheap camera in the back of the theatre and just shoot the movie. So to have someone do that to our movie gives me mixed feelings. I like that people really want to get it out there like a big time movie. On the other hand, a lot of people worked hard to make this movie high production. I want everyone to see it with its proper colors and sound. [BTW: the YouTube version was rapidly removed.]

 

What was the weirdest thing that happened during the Japan premiers?
Japan is so weird and futuristic so it’s more like what was normal. I love how different it is there and the people are cool and respectful. The weirdest thing was doing a promo where Rob, Jon Swift and I went surfing and they videoed us. That doesn’t happen where I get videoed trying to shred. A lot of pressure to turn on one-foot waves. It was comedy. Luckily, Rob was there to get the clips for them.

 

Why is the US the last to see The Drifter premiers?
Well, the first show was at a Bali Film Festival and that makes perfect sense. [Editor’s note: The Drifter took first prize at the festival.] One of the movie’s main stars is the location. It was nice to have guys that helped on the movie that live in Indo see the film. Then, with everyone’s schedule it just worked out that we would go to Japan before the craziness starts in SoCal. With all the events in September going on Trestles, ASR & premieres, we decided to stay clear of that and release our own deal a bit later on. September 25th we will be showing it at theNew York Surf Film Festival then it will be rolling through everywhere else soon after.

 

The Drifter - Rob Machado from Koastal Media on Vimeo.

 
Andy Finch Claims 2009 World Heli Challenge
 
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