Volcom’s Totally Crustaceous Tour Europe

Volcom’s Totally Crustaceous Tour Europe kicked off in June of 2009 with sick waves for the Mulletfish surf series in Hossegor and will conclude in May of 2010 with the biggest prize purse yet of $50,000 at the VQS World Champs in Newport Beach, Ca.

The VQS consists of separate qualifiers in regional areas from Spain, France, Canary Islands, Portugal, Norway, Reunion Island and England but also in 4 other continents.

Each event has four separate divisions: Groms (14 & Under), Juniors (15-17), Girls (25 & Under) and the Pro-Am (18 and over). All contests are totally free to enter and have tons of prizes and giveaways from Volcom and other supporting companies including surfboards, snowboards, skateboards, bicycles, motorcycles, video games and a prize pack for the best move of the day offered by Electric.

Finalists of every category of each event will then be invited to compete in Volcom’s Totally Crustaceous VQS European Championships in April 2010 with more prizes to win and some flights tickets with free accommodation to the VQS world Champs in California.

European VQS Calendar for 2009/2010 include:

13-14/06/09 France Mulletfish Hossegor
4-5/07/09 Portugal Rumblefish Amado
29-30/08/09 France Mulletfish Crozon
10-11/10/09 UK Sidfish Porthtowan
17-18/10/09 Norway Codfish Stavanger
17-18/10/09 Spain Duckfish Vigo
Late fall Portugal Rumblefish Porto
14-15/11/09 Reunion Dodofish 3 bassins
05-06/12/09 Spain Torofish Chiclana
06-07/02/10 Canary Island Lavafish Punta Hidalgo, Tenerife
13-14/02/10 Canary Island Lavafish Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
24-25/04/10 European VQS Champs, France
5-6-7/05/10 Totally Crustaceous Tour world Champs, 54th Newport Beach California

story via surfers village

With the success of The Jetty Clam Jam last fall comes the 1st annual Coquina Jam, an all-female, team-oriented surf contest to be held at Hudson Avenue in Harvey Cedars, NJ on August 26th. As more and more ladies pleaded to compete in The Clam Jam, Jetty figured it best to dedicate an entire day (and contest) to them! The 32 local surfers will be randomly paired together in teams of 2 and the final 4 teams will advance to the women’s final which will be held @ The 3rd Annual Jetty Clam Jam on October 10th.

In 2008, Sarah Pfeiffer took the first-ever girls Clam Jam trophy, edging out Morgan Gore, as the two women fought their way through monster storm surf and caught electrifying waves to the excitement of a packed beach.

The Coquina Jam will run from 5-8 pm and The Coquina Concert and After Party will be held from 8-10 pm across the street at Sunset Park. A raffle benefiting breast cancer will be running all day with plenty of great prizes including a pink surfboard custom shaped by Brian Wynn.

The Coquina after Party costs $10 to attend and will feature some of the hottest local female artists and performers.

On the same day, Randy Townsend will be hosting a surf camp at Hudson Avenue. Townsend will be in the water all day giving pointers as well as signing autographs on the latest Jetty poster!

for more info please visit http://jettylife.com/

original story from surfline

Ever launched a huge punt off a perfectly formed potato chip or been mindlessly shacked in a leafy cave? Waves are all around us, you just need to use your imagination to find them.

The FCS MINDSURF Photo challenge is about using your imagination to find waves in random places. To enter simply find and shoot an imaginary wave then submit your photo.

It’s simple… SEE it, SHOOT it, and WIN a stack of mindblowing prizes.

The FCS MINDSURF Photo Challenge runs from 24th June 2009 until the 1st September 2009. Check out www.surffcs.com/mindsurf for full details on how to enter.

PRIZE PACKAGE:
•    6’1 Julian Wilson model LSD surfboard
•    Lomo fisheye underwater camera
•    6’3 FCS Dayrunner
•    6ft FCS Comp leash
•    Set of FCS fins of your choice

original story via surfinglife.com