Silas had to split to Australia first thing this morning so we traded him for Rocky the wiener dog, everyone is pretty happy with the swap, Rocky takes up way less space, doesn't smell as bad and also doesn't have the ability to tell terrible jokes.
Volcom put on a sick circuit of comps called the VQS, they had 3 qualifying events around xmas time in Taras, Gizzy and the Mount. If you made the semis in any of the qualifiers you got a start in the Raglan finals and a chance at being crowned NZ VQS champ. The winner of the open and U18 get a free trip to California to surf against the winers from all the other countries.
All our crew have qualified, with Alex winning all 3 of the U18 qualifiers. But contests are funny things and it looked like Alex was feeling the pressure as he fell several times and was a shock elimination in the first round.
The surf was super fun, 3-5ft Manu Bay and there was some sick surfing going down. But no one was ripping as hard as Luke Cederman, check out the video footage to witness his huge turns. Kara and Mikey both dipped in the semis, while Zennor came 2nd to an in form Billy Starimand in the open division and Laura came 2nd to Misha Davis in the girls.
Owne Barnes was a round 1 stand out
Hambo on the other side of the lens for once
Luke Cederman was blowing minds, but just missed out on the finals
Kara was still really sick, but soldiered on & made the semis of the girls
Chris Malone was ruling on the ledge
Zennor finised 2nd for the 2nd year in a row
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