Volcom’s $10,000 KickFlipOff Contest Entries
Justin Cote
- October 09 2008
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- 12 comments
To date, no one has ever documented a cleanly landed kickflip on a surfboard. Volcom is giving away $10,000 to the first person that can land a “proper” kickflip while surfing! By proper we mean an “above the lip” kickflip where first you launch an air, use your front foot to flip the board, and then land on it and ride out cleanly. No backwash, no fingerflips, no grabs, no laybacks. Just a proper kickflip.
Here are some recent entries and attempts…
Ozzie Wright giving it a go…and breaking down the rules of the comp.
Ben Wei with some attempts in Oceanside…
Puerto Rican ripper Aron Geiger going for the flip…
Ozzie Wright getting pretty close in Oz…
Oceanside’s Derek Bockelman is definitely a contender…
Etam Paese from Brazil needs tom get above the lip according to the rules…
Mike Morrissey nearly pulls it but is far from being above the lip…
And finally Warren Smith gives it a go…
Stay tuned for more entries as they come in…
Official Rules And Regulations For Volcom Stone’s $10,000 Kickflip-Off Contest! Read Carefully!
Rules:
1. Your entry must be on video from the start of the trick through the ride out. No photos allowed.
2. This contest is open to everyone. The contest begins today November 21st, 2007, and will run until there’s a winner.
3. The kickflip must be a real air “above the lip” - No backwash, No chop hops, or anything in the flats or below the lip of the wave.
4. All waves must be self caught - You must paddle into the wave. This means NO tow-ats, step-offs, jetskis, boats, dinghys, winches, canoes, oars, helicopters, dolphins or assistance of any kind.
5. No grabs of any kind. Not before, not after, not during.
6. You must completely “ride out” of the kickflip. That means if you land on the back of the wave and fail to continue surfing the wave - it’s not a make!
7. No heelflips. Or else we’d have called it the Heelflip-Off.
8. No shoes. Who surfs in shoes anyway? Regular “made for surfing” booties are acceptable.
9. You must be riding a real surfboard with at least one fin. No boogie boards, softboards, wakeboards, wakeskates, skimboards, kiteboards, trays etc.
Entry form must be printed out and sent with footage to:
Volcom’s Kickflip-Off
1740 Monrovia Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
*All kickflip entries are subject to verification and review by Volcom. No video tampering please. Let’s make this legit!
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October 9th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Is there a prize for getting one of your testicles sliced off trying a kick flip?
October 10th, 2008 at 10:04 am
How come no good surfers are trying this?
October 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Hey Barry,
Ozzie Wright rips harder than you, but that’s not saying much you donkey!!! Morrissey and Warren Smith rip as well. Not sure why you say no good surfers are trying the kick flip. All the guys on the WCT are making good money and can’t afford to hurt themselves trying a kick flip, when they have contests and results to think about. Wake up you clown!!!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Looks like all Ozzie’s good at running into rocks and looking like a drug addict
October 10th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
T Dog’s right, Bitterman needs to check out a book from the library on modern surfing. Ozzie fricken rips dude, and with the progressive judging format now, he could make the WCT anytime he wanted. In fact, i’ll go even further, he’s one of the top 5 best surfers in the world. Get a clue Barney Bitterman
October 12th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Ozzie does kill it, and he will pull one real soon. Does he surf different than others?, yeah for sure, but no discounting his ability.
October 13th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Ozzie Wright rips but top 5 in the world? your high
October 13th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
dude its gona b sick when someone gets it. and by the way… OZZIE RIPS
October 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
ozzie rips harder than you could ever BARRY. He would kill you with his kickflip manueverability, and his paint brush. You would die from not realizing how cool and nuts he is.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
i could do one of those.
May 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Ozzie shreds man, good to see some surfers with their own style. He will win it. Go you good thing!