ASP Dream Tour Surfers Unleash World Class Level on Day 1 of Estoril Quiksilver Pro

ESTORIL, Guincho, Portugal (Tuesday, April 21, 2009) - The Estoril Quiksilver Pro 2009, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Men’s rated event, kicked-off today in Portugal with Round 1 and four heats of Round 2 being held in consistent wind-blown three to four foot (1 to 1.2 meter) waves at Guincho, back-up venue of the 2009 edition running until Sunday, April 26, 2009. The first day of competition witnessed world class action with ASP World Tour rookies Tim Boal (FRA) and Marlon Lipke (DEU) and Portuguese favourite Tiago Pires (PRT) taking control of proceedings with style.

Tim Boal (Anglet, FRA), 25, who had to surf in Round 1 due to entering late in the event, came-up with impressive carves and vertical committed maneuvers to easily lead and win Heat 10 against outsiders Dillon Perillo (USA), Nuno Telmo (PRT) and Ricardo Lange (DEU). Boal, who is currently rated No. 24 in the world, was surfing his first ASP WQS of the year and looked very comfortable during the 25-minute battle scoring an excellent 17.27 point result (out of a possible 20), enough to join fellow top seeds in Round 2 tomorrow.

“The waves were fun and I felt pretty relaxed out there,” Boal said. “The wind didn’t affect the conditions too much and things went pretty well for me. I broke my leash halfway through the heat but still managed to get a second good ride so I am pretty happy with that start.”

Boal, who has been travelling through Australia and Tahiti for a couple of months since the start of the ASP World Tour in February, decided to drive down to Portugal and enter the ASP WQS 6-Star event a few days ago only.

“I needed to test a few new boards and the weather and waves in France were not that good,” Boal said. “I saw there were some available spots in the event and now I am here so hopefully I can get a result before heading back to Trestles next week then Tahiti for the ASP World Tour.”

Boal will meet with Californian big wave legend Peter Mel (USA), France’s rising star Vincent Duvignac (FRA) and Dale Lovelock (AUS).

Dream Tour surfers’ domination was confirmed by fellow rookie Marlon Lipke (Faro, PRT), 24, the German surfer netting a 16.23 point score (out of a possible 20) finishing his run with an 8.50 point ride (out of a possible 10) to secure his Round 2 ticket. Lipke, who has had a tough start for his rookie season with two last-place results in Australia, unleashed his powerful attack to get out of Round 1 and get on with his Estoril Quiksilver Pro campaign.

“The waves were definitely contestable and we surfed at a good time of the day with the right tide,” Lipke said. “It was a good day and there had been lots of good scores before my heat so I was relaxed and just looked for the better waves. It’s a great feeling to surf in an event in Portugal after all that travel in the past two months.”

Lipke, who will travel to California next week and join Boal and the rest of the European Dream Tour contingent in Tahiti after that, is a former winner in the Estoril Quiksilver Pro (2007) and will be looking to better his equal 5th place finish from last year this week.

“I have no pressure and I really enjoying the bit of time in Portugal while I can,” Lipke said. “I am surfing here with nothing to lose and I am having a good time surfing a WQS event with this state of mind. Compared to last year when every heat could make a difference, it is really pleasant to paddle out here relaxed with absolutely no pressure.”

Last but not least Dream Tour surfer to compete today was Portugal’s star Tiago Pires (PRT) who opened Round 2 with a solid win pleasing his fans and sponsors for his return to Portugal. Pires, who bested American Will Tant (USA) in Heat 1 finishing with a 13.34 heat result, left the water relieved.

 ”I am happy to get that heat out of the way today,” Pires said. You never want to lose first round so that is done and I am relieved. It is the first time we have a WQS event at this time of the year at home, in between ASP World Tour events and it’s a good training for me. I have my family on the beach and it is a pleasure for me show up here and share some time with the supporting crowd and for my sponsors.”

With Round 1 favorites confirming their status, low seeds had to push their level further to try and impress the ASP judging panel in order to advance and secure another surf when Round 2 resumes. ASP Grade-2 Estoril B! Pro Junior runner-up Joachim Guichard (DNK) was one of today’s leaders the 18-year-old Danish surfer residing in Portugal going over the significant 15.00 point mark in Heat 7, a solid win that rocketed him through to Round 2 where he will now face longtime ASP WQS campaigners and former ASP European Champions Patrick Beven (Biarritz, FRA) and Justin Mujica (Estoril, PRT).

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Quiksilver is pleased to announce that production has begun for Ultimate Wave, the latest giant screen production from The Stephen Low Company, presented in association with havoc, K2 Communications, and sponsored by Suzuki Automotive.

Scheduled to launch in IMAX(r) and other giant screen theaters worldwide in Fall 2009, the 3D documentary film takes the audience on a parallel journey with the scientist and the surfer as they seek to better understand and experience one of the planet’s most intriguing and dramatic phenomena, the ocean wave.

Ultimate Wave is directed by award-winning giant-screen filmmaker Stephen Low and features eight-time world champion Kelly Slater at the helm of a surf expedition, exploring the globe to find and ride the ultimate wave. An accomplished athlete, surf explorer and devout student of the natural world Slater’s fascination and engagement with the ocean will provide audiences with a remarkable portal into the world of the wave.

“This project will be incredible,” said Slater. “My life surfing and traveling around the world is a full-time adventure and my hope is to have it translate into this film.  We have some big challenges ahead of us with getting the shots we want and getting the cameras in the right place but we have some really good ideas, great locations, world-class equipment and a solid production team.  The challenges are all part of the fun. I can’t wait to get started.”

With crystal clear images and wraparound digital surround sound, IMAX (r) is the world’s most powerful and immersive movie experience. Quiksilver, Suzuki, and media partners Havoc Television and Surfline.com will help to bring film goers around the world a larger-than-life 3D look at the ocean, its power and the art and science of surfing through the Ultimate Wave.

The film project will be supported and extended by a series of 24 video vignettes many of which will feature Kelly Slater and behind the scenes clips to air on havoc’s dedicated Ultimate Wave channel at havocTV.com/UltimateWave and Quiksilver.com, as well as Surfline.com, viral video sites and havoc’s television platforms reaching over 50 MM US TV homes. Imax (r) is a registered trademark of Imax Corporation

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Quiksilver is creating a brand new winter meeting that will bring together the world’s very best freestyle snowboarders in France, on Friday 3 April 2009.
The last Super Pipe competition to be held in France before the Winter Olympics in 2010, the Quiksilver Chromatophobia aims to establish itself as one of Europe’s major snowboard meetings.

After historic events like the Quik Cup and the Slopestyle Pro, Quiksilver has opted for La Plagne, the European mecca of freestyle, which will this year be hosting the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup Final from March 18th to 21st, and Urban Plagne (www.urbanplagne.com), from April 1st to 3rd, sponsored by Quiksilver and preceding Chromatophobia.

An Olympic-standard Pipe
A SUPER-PIPE of awe-inspiring proportions – 150m long, 18m wide and 5.5m high – will be built at La Plagne to host the 16 international pro snowboarders invited, as well as the four leaders of the on-line game “King Of Snow”, sponsored by Quiksilver.
This immense structure will require some 15,000 m3 of snow, and has been designed to Olympic standards.

The Pro Riders
Mathieu Crepel, Captain of the French Snowboarding Team, bronze medallist in the Half Pipe at the 2009 World Championships, double World Champion in the Half Pipe and Big Air in 2007, first ever winner of the TTR professional world tour in 2006 and winner of the FIS World Cup in 2005, will be one of the guests of honour at this inaugural event.
The entire French Snowboarding Team will also be taking part in the competition. It’s a simply unmissable opportunity for the French team to compete in a Super Pipe with dimensions identical to the one at Cypress Mountain in Canada, which will be playing host to the Olympic Snowboard events in early 2010. Alongside Mathieu Crepel, Gary Zebrowski and Olivier Gittler and others will also be there in la Plagne.
Among the international stars in attendance will be Finland’s Markku Koski, recently crowned Big Air World Champion 2009 in Korea, and the versatile Norwegian Freddy Austbo, winner of the Nanshan Open in Beijing, China.

The Format
Fun and original, the contest format, inspired by the Mathieu Crepel Invitational 2008 event, invites each contender to select his favourite moves, which will then all go into a single pot together. The chosen tricks will then be drawn at random by the judges and the contenders will have to incorporate them into their runs, with additional moves of their choice.

The event at La Plagne will also be hosting the final of King Of Snow, the first amateur snowboard competition on the web, sponsored by Quiksilver.
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