Bye Vanamoutu and Hello OZ!

Here is a video I made of the place I stayed in Vanamotu. I had a seven hour lay over in New Zealand and got to edit it there. Editing is really challenging for me but people are always willing to help me out which is awesome!

I am in Australia right now and loving it! My friend Glen "Sully" Sullivan picked me up from the airport. He showed me the famous Emerald bodyboard shop that has been around for 31 years. I got to see the first Riptide mag along with the $10,000 first place check for the winner of the Shark Island contest and getting to surf Shark Island for a few days. I then took a train to meet up with my friend Eli Beach who just got home from Bali. Waves should be getting good so hopefully some photos to come!


Layovers get a little boring sometimes haha

Thanks for the ride sully!! He will be in the shark island event

My stuff after we went for a surf

Emerald

The firt Riptide magazine! So sick!

Someone in the Shark Island contest by August 9th in Australia is going to be $10,000 richer!! WHO WILL IT BE???

Eating with Eli and Jill

Scholarship proposal

Here is a commercial that my friend Eric edited for a scholarship proposal for my school check it out!!!

Vanamotu Frame Grabs and Vimeo

Eric the producer of the Drift dvd has been working hard lately filming and documenting our trip. He is working on making his second DVD which should be AMAZING!
Also I got word that Alternative Surf is going to be getting 30 more of his dvds! Here is what Ron Dog had to say about his first video; "Thumbs up. Excellent footage of unknown riders on their own turf (surf). Check out my favorite Chile and Puerto sections along with some killer helmet cam footage. All this for $19.95...how can you pass it up!"
Here are a few frame grabs to enjoy!

Been able to work on my inverts a lot!

Playful barrels

Spinning

Working on my barrel riding and all my moves going right! I love it!

Also my friend John Idano made a quick edit from some older cali Wedge footage and I got five waves in it! Starting at 53 seconds and my last clip ending at 1:19! (Thanks for the support John!)

B-Rate Series: California from John Idano on Vimeo.

Jenks Pro place to stay info

I just got this e-mail from Jason Bitzer. He is the contest director for the USBA and always puts on a great event in his old stomping ground in New Jersey. There is a ton of things going on for the event. You can subscribe to there newsletter to get all the latest on the USBA tour. Go to their website here and put your email in on the top right corner. Yes it's that easy!
While you are signing up for newsletters go to my website here and put your e-mail in the box to get the latest info on my monthly newsletters!

Here is the e-mail from Bitz;
To all,

The 2009 SCION Jenkinson's Pro is just around the corner and Marriott once again is giving huge hotel discount rates to our riders for ever pricey Holiday Weekend that surrounds Labor Day. Attached you will find an entry to this year SCION Jenkinson's Pro and below you will find your booking link to for USBA Riders and Family members with a discount rate of $59.00 per night (normal cost $120-$300 for holidays).

Please send any questions to usbatour@gmail.com

Event opening day will be September 1st

Check into the Jenks Pro will be August 31st at 7pm at the Courtyard Marriott in Redbank NJ. There will be a late entry for any beach entries to the event on a first come first serve basis!

Rider entry is attached!

For discount booking website please click the below link!
http://cwp.marriott.com/ewrrb/jenkinsonsprousbatour/


Here is a shot of my friend Chris Dett who won the amateur event last year. He is a local lifeguard and all around good guy. Maybe a new school Mike Murphy! I mean he did spend a good time in Hawaii this year with his east coast friends. I got to stay with him last year and really looking forward to this year. He will definetley be a local favorite for the event!

Vanamotu

This place is so much fun. I have been having a blast just surfing my brains out and having fun with all my friends. Here are some shots from my trip from little Travis Smiths camera and some of mine. His is the water one from a day we surfed. Waves were fun.

On my way from LAX to Rarotonga (was home for 4 hours from hawaii, packed and ate and left hectic)

Fun waves

Relaxing while the guys make some lunch

Morning meals

Heading to the beach

Getting psyched

How's this scenerary from the water!! SOO BEAUTIFUL

Fun waves

Me and my friend Tim Hamilton. Tim has been making some barrels that are just INSANE! He has been helping me a lot with my barrel riding a lot this trip soo stoked!

Checking the waves with my polarized kreeds!

This wave had such a fun ramp at the end. I named it DPHILS ramp cause he was doing things that I have only seen HUBB do!

Sandy's result and Vanamotu

The sandy beach pro was the second event on the USBA tour. The event went off in big success. Contest director Jason Bitzer and his crew did a great job putting a professional and organized event. I didn't get the result I was looking for at all. I always learn really valuable lessons in my losses which is a good thing. I got 4th place in round two. I am not sure what my overall placing was in the event but I think it was my worst result since my first Jenk Pro event three years ago! Here is a quote from day one press release; "Keahi Parker and Amateur Trevor Kam made it through their first USBA Pro heats with consistant surfing. Leaving many big names in the dust such as Kainoa Lum and Jeremy Wright who had both surfed well but where ousted by local knowledge."
I was pretty bummed on my result but the fact that I was heading to the Cook Islands for three week the very next day made me feel a lot better. The waves have been good in Cooks and I will be putting some frame grabs up from videographer Eric, the guys who made THE DRIFT.

Sandy Beach Pro coming up!

I am in Kauai right now and will be leaving to Oahu tommorow for the second event for the USBA tour. The Sandy Beach Pro!!

The event poster


The teaser for the event the footage is from last years event! Super fun waves! Dave Hubbard won the pro division


Here is a clip by Jordan Stallard of when I got to do the event two years ago! Tamega was killing it as you'll see and I have waves at 1:43 ARS to spin and at 2:08 a barrel to a roll. I made the quarters that year and I really want to better that result!