Roxy’s Carissa Moore (15 years old/Hawaii) caused a massive upset to the local Australians by defeating the current World Champion and number one seed Stephanie Gilmore(AUS) in round three of the Roxy Pro. Carissa now will surf in the quarter finals where she will face fellow Hawaiian Melanie Bartels.
Please log onto the Roxy Pro to watch it LIVE.
Jump N’ Grind this weekend!!!!!
What: Girls only snowboard event and contest. All ages and freestyle skill levels welcome.
When: Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Where: Mont-Blanc, Quebec, Canada
Registration: 8:30-9:45 am, on-site, Saturday, March 1st.
More info: Visit www.ruggedriders.com
The winner is automatically entered into the slopestyle qualifier at the 2008 Roxy Chicken Jam!
Get ready to rip. Watch the video from last years Jump N’ Grind:
Roxy Canada signed Roxy’s first Canadian snowboarder, the up and comping riper, Robin Van Gyn!!!
For her initiation, Roxy sent Robin on her first trip to Europe to ride with the rest of the Roxy Team. They filmed in Austria. Learn more about Robin! Read her interview in Snowboard Canada women’s issue. It was conducted on the plane flight from Canada to Austria.
We’re loving this Flash piece that lets you paint like the American legend, Jackson Pollock (right). It’s a little less messy, but beautiful nonetheless!
Packing a surfboard for travel – especially air travel – can be a challenge. You want your board to arrive happy, undamaged and in one piece. This article is great and gives visual examples of how to pack your board. Instead of using bubble wrap, I recommend using one of these handy products. Also, check out wetsand for a good selection of board travel gear.
Nothing is worse than starting off a surf trip with a damaged board.
Let us know if you have any other tips or tricks in packing!
Grab your binoculars and windbreaker. Whale-watching season has begun!!
Celebrate the majestic California
Gray Whales‘ incredible 5000-mile migration from Alaska down the coast of California to Mexico with the annual Dana Point festival of Whales Parade, this weekend, March 1st.
You can join Lisa Andersen and the South Orange County Surfrider Foundation in the parade! Meet @ Strands Beach parking lot off Selva at 8:30 am.
Details:
Date: Saturday, March 1st
Place: Meet @ Strands Beach parking lot off Selva at 8:30 am. Parade starts 9:30 am
Dana Point Harbor, CA
More info: Contact Denise Erkeneff @ denisedd@cox.net
It is a sad day, we write our last blog. The journey has been amazing. We have driven almost the entire east coast of Australia. Surfed more breaks in 2 weeks than I think I have ever surfed in one period of time. And had nothing but good adventures everyday. Road trips are the ultimate surfing adventure. You are doing nothing but trecking around looking for the best waves. You don’t really know what you are going to find around the corner. Sometimes you score when and where you expect it. And sometimes the places you think are going to be going off aren’t and you find an amazing wave where you least expect it. Surfing new waves every day really helps your surfing you constantly have to adjust to something new. And its always nice when a cool local shows you a thing or two at their break like what waves are the good ones and where to sit in the line up.
Over the last two weeks we all became close and really got to know each other. We were all pushing each other with our surfing in the water and creatively with music, artwork and photography outside of the water. We had such a unique blend of people I don’t think we could have possibly hoped for a better crew. Not to mention our photographers Ryan and Zaz and filmer Sonny were the best guys ever to travel with and captured this trip better than anyone else could have. We all got along great and when the weather was bad and the road got to us all we stuck together and had fun and found other cool things to do.
“So it’s my last day with the girls in coolangatta, packing up my boards and luggage, putting an end to this amazing road trip, as I look around the apartment that we are staying in, Jen continues to play the ukulele, Kass prepares a good healthy breakfast, and Lyndsay stretches on the yoga mat. These girls are truly amazing people, in every way, artistically and athletically.
Surfing with such an eclectic group of girls has been inspiring, from The world champ herself Jen Smith, to the Most stylish Noserider Kassia Meador, and then you have the freakishly good Grom Leanne Curren, and the all round Ripper Lyndsay Noyes
Thanks Roxy for making this trip possible, thank you girls for being a part of my life and thank you Australia for having me.
Bring on the next road trip Europe here we come. Xo” Candice
So the last day of the trip the waves weren’t the best so we decided to go to this waterfall in the mountains. It was raining pretty hard, so when we rocked up the fall was flowing full force. The air was really cold because we were really high up in the Australian mountains. We threw on our wetties and had to get down in the water and check it out, being the adventurous crew we are. Water is the strongest element in nature and being there feeling all the energy around us we couldn’t help but feel alive. This was a perfect ending to a very unique trip.
Thanks for joining us on this incredible adventure. Hope this inspired you to get a few friends together pack up the car and head our on your own road trip. Who knows what you will find. Now we are off to the gold coast to watch the best female shortboarders in the world battle it out at snapper rocks for the Roxy Pro. xoxo
check out the photos!
The first ever Roxy Ride Day went off with a BANG!!
Held at 7-Springs Resort in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh, the day consistent of a plush bus ride to the hill, gorgeous scenery en route, a HUGE turnout of 80- plus girls, free Roxy 08-09 hardgoods demos available to all, a pipe and park clinic led by Roxy ski and snowboard Pro Sally Butler, and wrapped up with a viewing of Roxy’s new snow team film "Labor of Love."
All the girls walked away with goodies, including a Roxy Ride Day hoodie, Roxy tees, outerwear, a Roxy snowboard, a pair of Roxy skis, 08-09 Roxy goggles, JBl product, a Zune mp3 player and MORE!!! Big thanks to Greg Kelin at Willi’s and Dave Dinuzo from U of Pittsburgh for helping make this event a huge SUCCESS! I want to hear everyone’s thoughts, comments, and concerns, so post up!!
Happy Riding
- Jaime (Roxy Sports Mktg)
2008 Roxy Chicken Jam Mascot Superpipe Competition!
Come decked out in full mascot costume and compete against the chicken for a 5K prize purse!
March 29th, Mammoth Mountain, CA
How to Compete:
1. Find a mascot costume.
2. Register on-site. March 29th between 8 am — 10 am in the lodge at Mammoth Mountain, CA.
3. Show up on the mountain ready to compete, decked out in your full mascot gear.
Open to guys and girls of all ages, species and fur types.
Registration is FREE!
Visit the Chicken Jam website for more info.
World Champion and Roxy’s Sofia Mulanovich has opened her own surf shop with her brothers. here is her email to the team manager and friends regarding the opening night!! " thanks and have a great day. Sofia
Hi Guys and girls, hope u r all good. I am just sending some pics of the inaguration of mine and my bros store here in lima peru. The inaguration was a total sucess, there were lots of people and even a worldwide famous regaee singer (don carlos) showed up. We r all excited to have quiksilver and roxy cloth in our store. Hope u guys like the pics and looking forward to hear what u guys think.
