Volcom Stone's Butterfish Surf Series: Pipes, Ventura 2008
comments [ 0 ]March 19, 2008 at 08:47 PM
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Volcom hosted a windy, windy event at Pipes, in Ventura. Even Tom Curren made it out to the event, but he could only make into 4th place. Matt McCabe took 1st place and $500.00. Check out the details in the Volcom Newsletter below. |
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 VOLCOM STONE'S BUTTERFISH SURF SERIES - PIPES, VENTURA |
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| There is only one word for the last stop of the 2008 Butterfish Surf Series at Pipes, WINDY!!!!! The day started of as any other Pipes contest with tons of kids and fun 3-4 ft surf, but with waist high white caps on the horizon we new to prepare for a windy day. A 1,000 zip ties later we were ready to get this thing rolling. We started off by throwing the Juniors division into the water at 8:00am sharp and boy did they score the best conditions of the day. By the time the first round of Juniors was over it was gale force winds and time for the real fun to begin. After some Easter egg hunts, food eating contests, and great surfing it was time to move into the finals. Here is how it all went down. |
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| The Girls had their work cut out for them, with conditions taking a turn for the worst we decided to switch to top one wave. So these girls had to get out there and be patient for that one wave that would take them to the winner's circle. Demi Boelsterli, Sage Erickson and Bo Stanley were wave for wave the entire heat. The separation between first and third was only one point. In the end it was Bo taking the win with Demi in second and Sage claiming third. Lexi Vanderlieth, Catherine Clark, and Keenan Reeser wrapped up the girls final. |
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| The Grom final was all familiar faces from this years VQS events, not to mention outrageous talent. First to draw blood was Crusty warrior Kent Nishiya and he looked to have it all wrapped up with his first high scoring wave, but Sam Reagen had other plans. In the closing minutes he got the wave of the heat and would cruise to victory and proceed to be serenaded by beautiful young woman feeding him grapes, sparkling cider, and praising his existence. Well not really, but he did walk away with a fat sack of prizes and a brand spanking new electric Guitar and mini amp. Frank "the tank" Curren, Skylar Lawson, Matt Becker, and Jake Kelly closed out the final. |
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| In the Junior final the wind just kept getting stronger, but between the craziness there was still some pulsing swell. Ian Jenkins was first on the board with a long right, but Simon Murdock was right on his heels bettering Ian's score by a half point. Finding a set in the closing minutes of the heat was Evan Watson, he beat the lip like it owed him money. That would prove to be enough to earn him the win and a backpack stuffed with all kinds of Volcom gear, a Vestal watch, Dakine traction pad, Future fins, and a Zoo York skate deck. Eli Cole, Antoine Allain, and David Dittmar finished out the heat. |
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| The Pro-Am final had some living legends and some fresh blood. Bobby Morris posted a couple of late scores in the heat, which moved him from last to third. Blake Howard took off on a better set wave of the heat and smack the lip multiple times to earn a seven from the judges. However, when it was all said and done its was local youngster Matt "I love butterflies, rainbows, and white striped unicorns" McCabe who left with $500.00 in cash and a face full of Monster Energy drink. Tom Curren, Guy Guy Quesada, and Pierce Flynn rounded out the final. |
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| Special thanks to our product sponsors: MONSTER ENERGY DRINK SANTA CRUZ SURFBOARDS-NHS OGIO GLOBE SHOES SPY OPTICS VESTAL OCEAN MINDED DA-KINE ACCESSORIES SECTOR 9 FREAK TRACTION FUTURE FINS ZOO YORK SKATEBOARDS BLACKLINE TRACTION FAMOUS WAX H20 AUDIO MONSTER CABLE SURFING SURFER TRANSWORLD SURF WATER MUNDO RAD pecial thanks to Chipotle for serving up a heap of burritos to all the competitors! |
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| RESULTS PRO-AM 1. Matt McCabe $500.00 2. Blake Howard 3. Bobby Morris 4. Tom Curren 5. Guy Guy Quesada 6. Pierce Flynn JUNIORS 1. Evan Watson 2. Ian Jenkins 3. Simon Murdock 4. Eli Cole 5. Antonie Allain 6. David Dittme |
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| GROM 1. Sam Reagan 2. Kent Nishiya 3. Frank Curren 4. Skylar Lawson 5. Matt Becker 6. Jake Kelly GIRLS 1. Bo Stanley 2. Demi Boelsterli 3. Sage Erickson 4. Lexi Vanderlieth 5. Catherine Clark 6. Keenan Reeser |
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| All surf photos courtesy of Steve Munch |
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| For all Volcom news, click HERE or CLICK HERE for all VQS Tour stops. If you have questions or would like more info on these events and others email us at vqsinfo@volcom.com. Don't forget - you can watch and download all of the VQS event videos to your iPod for free by clicking over to our Volcast Page! |
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