The Kustom Air Strike is the worlds richest aerial surfing event, putting up a USD$50, 000 incentive for one crazy air.  It's been won in the past by such innovators as Dion Agius, Julian Wilson and Dusty Payne and It's On Again in 2010. Our buddy Mitch Coleborn had a good shot at it last year with a crazy indo loop & as you can see above isn't holding back this year. The online shootout began at kustomairstrike.com on 01.01.2010 and runs until end of August 2010.  Clips will be posted as they receive them, so jump on and cast your votes. The top rated clips will be judged by a panel of 5 judges, and fifty gees will be rained on the surfer that produces the craziest air.   

Our good buddy from Portugal Tiago "Saca" Pires enjoyed a relaxing Mexican holiday with fellow countryman Marlon Lipke last November.

Water was warm, waves were fun, with this one scoring the cover of SURF PORTUGAL magazine

 Image courtesy of SURF PORTUGAL ©

Wanna feel like you were there? Click the image below to watch the video

 

Hello Boys & Girls

It's that time of year again for former world champion, & good friend of Chilli, Barton Lynch to host arguably the funnest grom contest in... the world!

We here at Chilli Surfboards are offering the first place of each division a brand new custom Chilli surfboard!

Don't think you've got a chance at taking one of those boards for her first surf... think again. There will be 8 brand new demo boards on the beach for one lucky entrant of each age division to christen.

All you have to do is sign up for the Chilli Newsletter, select the age division you have entered in & there's a pretty damn good chance that YOU will be the one giving the fresh new board it's first wax job

Gotta be in it to win it so what are you waiting for!

First of you have to be able to make it to Palm Beach, Sydney Australia for October 5 - 9, 2009, so take a few minutes to collect yourself, work out your speech about how important it is that you attend Blast Off & go & pitch it to your mum & dad.
If you're successful, click the poster to complete an entry form, then click this link to enter your details to enter the comp!
Be quick as entries close Friday 18 September 2009

Note: Competition open for entrants in the 2009 BL Blast Off only. Winners will be drawn on the day of the event, so get there early

Check out the video from last years event

The new issue of Australia's Waves Magazine, on sale now, comes with the hot new surf flick Eight Days Eight Slaves attached to its cover. The movie is the long-awaited sequel to Seven Days Seven Slaves, made eight years ago. Eight Days stars Tim Curran, Damo Hobgood, Jake Pato, Benji Weatherley, Taj Burrow, Luke Hitcho, Chilli part-timer Garrett Parkes and our boy Nathan Webster. Nudes was one of the original Seven Days cast members and proves that despite being a little older, a little rounder and a whole lot hairier he can still swing the axe. Nudes has one of the strongest sections along with Hitcho and Timmy Curran. Oz Wright also has a tidy little bonus section in the movie. The mag is on the news stands now. Grab it!

Chilli riders Cooper Chapman [Narrabeen], Creed McTaggert [Margaret River] and Matty Banting [Port Macquarie] are psyching up for big results at the ISA World Junior Championships that kick off in Ecuador this March. The boys will going up against each other and teams from all over the world in their quest to claim the ISA World Junior Title. As well as having huge individual aspirations the young Aussie's will be working together to try and claim gold for Australia for the fourth consecutive year. Chilli Surfboards owner and designer, James Cheal, has plenty of praise for his junior riders: "All the boys have been surfing insane leading up to this Championship shot and I just want to wish them well and remind them that if you're not first, you're last! Nah, I'm kidding. Go mad, fellas. Hope the boards serve you well!" Stay tuned to the site for more news on the ISA World Junior Championships. In the meantime, check some ancient Matty Banting footage we found on youtube while you're here. Kid surfs 10 times better than that now. Watch out world!

Ever heard of Aaron "Gorkin" Cormican? He's a fisherman from Florida that rides for …Lost [the good people that distribute Chilli Surfboards in the States]. Aside from the whole killing fish thing Gorkin also does some of the finest airs you'll ever see, he's even got his own freaky move called the Gorkin Flip. Former World Number 2 Shane Beschen also pays his rent with …Lost contract dollars. Recently the boys dropped by the …Lost office and picked up some Chilli's to play around on in Hawaii. The footage above suggests they enjoyed em.

Below we tracked down some old Gorkin footage including that marvellous flip that takes place around the 1.31 minute mark. Mental!!!