Chilli Blog

Banting X Medina

Posted on: Monday, April 16, 2012

Matt Banting and Gabriel Medina are hot property right now. Whilst the on the Gold Coast, they spent an afternoon away from the circus, down the coast. Smallish slop and they definitely make the best of it!

Banting Bus

Posted on: Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Matty has been traveling around the east coast winning comps and stealing hearts. All the time, traveling in a big bus!

Check out the wave at 1.51 mins. We replayed it a bunch of times and still cant figure out how he made it. Mental!

Banting makes history!

Posted on: Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Chilli Surfboards would like to throw a big congratulations out to MATT BANTING!

If you have been living under a rock for the past week, we will fill you in.... Matt has just made history by becoming the first person ever to win a Pro Junior and 6 Star Mens WQS in the same event!

The Australian Open of Surfing was held at Manly beach over the last week. With unprecedented surfing from Matt, he not only surfed his way through to the finals of the Pro Junior devision, beating fellow Aussie, Tim McDonald. He also surfed his way from round one (no seeding) all the way through to the finals of the mens devision! On the way to the final, he beat the likes of Jordy Smith and delivered the highest heat score for the whole event. All this coming from the ripe old age of a 17 year old! Matt was surfing the new revised STEP DOWN

In the final, Matt beat, American Even Geiselman. He was in the lead from start to finish and never looked like faultering.

Congratulations Matty, we are super proud of you!

At home with Matt Banting...

Posted on: Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Matt Banting has been on the road a lot lately. Filming for this and that.

He finally had some time to spend at home, with good mate, Mick Campbell. This is what they found...

Tre Daper....

Posted on: Monday, April 18, 2011

Matt Banting has been editing his own clips. Not bad for a 16 year old super grom!

tre dräper from Matt Banting on Vimeo.

Matt Banting Profile - Quiksilver Pro

Posted on: Monday, March 07, 2011

Round 2 - Heats of Demand

Posted on: Monday, March 07, 2011

Time for the youngsters to back it up after both Laura and Matty got 2nds in there first round clashes. Maybe it was the nerves as it was both their first ever WCT heat? Maybe it was their opponents? What ever it was, its gone!

Matt Banting v Bede Durbidge

Laura Enever v Jesse Miley-Dyer

Quiksilver Pro - Round One - Heats on demand

Posted on: Monday, March 07, 2011

Round 1 saw the starting of many new things and faces for 2011. Banting, up against the giant, 10 x World Champion Kelly Slater. Laura in her maiden WCT heat. Tiago, with a new sponsor, ready to show what he has. There some ups and downs.

Matt Banting v Kelly Slater v Kai Otton

Tiago Pires v Damien Hobgood v Jadson Andre

Laura Enever v Sally Fitzgibbons v Claire Bevilacqua

Come on Matt Banting!

Posted on: Saturday, February 19, 2011

16 year old Chilli team rider, Matt Banting has been given a wild card into this years Quiksilver Pro at Snapper.

He is the youngest ever to be given the privilege of competing against the worlds elite surfers. He has drawn 10x world champion Kelly Slater in round 1!

We know how good he surfs and will be backing him all the way. Good luck Matty!!

WILDCARD from Matt Banting on Vimeo.

So you think you can hack?

Posted on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Matt Banting show's us, he has what it takes to hack with the best of em'!

Aka legend haker Matt Hoy!

So You Think You Can Hack? from Waves Magazine on Vimeo.