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Superb Surfing at the Volcom VQS Championship Cup

The  Pro Am Finalists,  Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffrey’s Bay),  Steven Sawyer (Jeffrey’s Bay),

Mikey Venter (Warner Beach) Slade Prestwich (Dbn) image courtesy Tyrone Bradley

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Monday 13th May 2013


Superb Surfing at the Volcom VQS Championship Cup

It looked like the Volcom “Get in the Hole!” VQS Championship Cup was going to be over before it even began. Despite favourable predictions and reports of swell marching up the coast, Saturday morning dawned with heavy rain, horrible winds and a Southerly swell bypassing the Durban’s piers.

Waiting for the winner of the Pro-Am division was a Green Jacket in homage to the traditional garb worn by a winner of the Masters, and a plane ticket to go head to head with some of the best junior surfing on the planet in the VQS Championships to be held in Fiji during the Volcom Fiji Pro, part of the World Championship Tour.

The conditions may have dampened the spirits of the crowds on the beach, but the competitors showed maturity and professionalism beyond their years, putting their heads down and grinding through the first rounds of the contest. Some commendable surfing was seen as the relentless rain turned the beach from a bunker to a water hazard.

If Saturday was like finding your ball lying in the thickest rough imaginable, Sunday was the equivalent of the most perfectly groomed fairway to ever grace a dimpled ball. A light offshore had set in overnight and just enough East had crept into the swell direction, grooming the rough conditions of the day before into perfect 2-4 foot walls ready to be blasted apart. There was even the odd barrel to be found lurking in the mid-break.

Rights were reeling off of New Pier under a bluebird sky and the groms could loosen up before their heat with a quick round of putt putt and a few games of Closest to the Pin on the VQS Links in front of the judging tower.

Volcom supplied a spread of chow and drinks for everybody to get stuck into, so spirits were high in the afternoon as one by one the different divisions teed up for their finals in conditions that allowed them to show their full range of skills. Big roundhouse hacks were traded off against airs and fins free turns above the lip, everyone looking for that elusive edge to take the lead.

The suspense and excitement built to a head with the Pro Am final an intense affair. Durban local Slade Prestwich put his local knowledge and experience to work and tap, tap, tapped it in to claim the green jacket, the trophy, and the ticket to Fiji.

Keep an eye out for footage from the weekend to start surfacing in the next couple days.


For more Hi Res images please follow this link
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24615496/JPGS_LOW.zip


RESULTS

Squids (U10)

1. James Ribbink (Durban)
2. Nathan Spalding (Durban)
3. Tai Robinson (Durban)
4. Nathan Perreira (Durban)

U14 Girls

1. Sophie Bell (Salt Rock)
2. Rachel Wood (Durban)
3. Gabi Loulvaux Umhlanga
4. Christy Gilmour (Umhlanga)

Groms (U13)

1. Koby Oberholzer (Warner Beach)
2. Karl Steen (Durban)
3. Calvin Goor (Salt Rock)
4. Nathan Wallace (Durban)

Juniors (U16)

1. Shane Sykes (Salt Rock)
2. Matt Macgilliway (Jeffrey’s Bay)
3. Ntando Msibi (Durban)
4. Koby Oberholzer (Warner Beach)

U20 Girls

1. Emma Smith (Jeffrey’s Bay)
2. Nicole Pallet (Durban)
3. Jade Story (Warner Beach)
4. Teal Hogg (Durban)

Pro Am (U20)

1. Slade Prestwich (Durban)
2. Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffrey’s Bay)
3. Steven Sawyer (Jeffrey’s Bay)
4. Mikey Venter (Warner Beach)

Ends/

Press release  compiled by:

Jonathan Channing
Marketing Manager Volcom
Cell:  0845060884
Email:  <jonathan.c@sectorgroup.co.za>



Disseminated by Nerve Communications
on behalf of  Volcom

Paul Godwin,
Nerve Communications
Cell:  0835601185
Ph: 031 2012169
Email: <mailto:mw.nerve@mweb.co.za>  

VOLCOM VQS Scores a hole in one for Durban

Press Release
For Immediate Attention
8 April 2013




VOLCOM VQS Scores a hole in one for Durban


If you’re taking a stroll along the Durban Beachfront promenade on May 11th and 12th you’d be forgiven for thinking a couple of fourballs had strayed off the local links and lost their way in the biggest bunker they’d ever seen.

They’re not desperate golfers looking for their errant drives but a bunch of surfers dressed to match the theme of Volcom’s “Get in the Hole!” VQS contest. The Volcom Qualifying Series puts as much emphasis on having fun as it does on winning heats and will take over Dairy Beach next month looking to show pros and amateurs from around the country a good time on the back nine.

The VQS, as it’s more commonly known, is a global contest series known for hijinks and mayhem mixing seamlessly with world-class surfing. The competitors like to mess around but they’re also looking for the sweet taste of victory. The winner in the Pro Am division will book a slot in the VQS world championships later this year, going up against surfers from as far afield as Europe, the Americas, Tahiti, Brazil, Japan and Australia. The VQS World Champs take place in Fiji, during the Volcom Fiji Pro WCT event.

While only one South African will surf his way to a trip overseas, everyone who shows up will get to party. Volcom are providing plenty of snacks and drinks for competitors and there will be golf themed challenges on the beach. Break out the plus fours, practice your backswing and take a walk down to one of the weirdest sports mash ups you can imagine.

You can find out more about what Volcom South Africa is up to by liking their Facebook Page at Facebook.com/Volcom.South.Africa <http://Facebook.com/Volcom.South.Africa>  or following their tweets on Twitter.com/Volcom_SA <http://Twitter.com/Volcom_SA> . Stay in touch with all the action from the “Get in the Hole!” Championship Cup by looking for the #VQS hashtag on Twitter.



Ends/

Press release compiled by:

Jonathan Channing
Marketing Manager Volcom
Cell: 0845060884
Email:  <jonathan.c@sectorgroup.co.za>



Disseminated by Nerve Communications
on behalf of Volcom

Paul Godwin,
Nerve Communications
Cell: 0835601185
Ph: 031 2012169
Email: <mailto:mw.nerve@mweb.co.za> 

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