Alla fine Volcom ha riconosciuto e premiato il kickflip di Zoltan attribuendogli l'assegno da 10.000 dollari.

La questione controversa del kickflip di Zoltan aveva sollevato parecchie discussioni contrastanti, in particolare se fosse o meno soddisfatta la regola numero 3 del regolamento.

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Alle fine però Volcom, che inizialmente aveva decretato il suo parere negativo sulla questione, è tornata sui suoi passi ed ha premiato il kickflip di Zoltan riconoscendo che nonostante sia stato fatto sotto al lip è pure sempre una pietra miliare nella storia del surf e nel catalogo delle manovre possibili, perchè ha dimostrato che il kickflip è fattibile.

A questo punto Volcom ha ridisegnano il regolamento e rilanciato con un premio da 20.000 dollari per chi eseguirà il kicklip sopra al lip.

Volcom rilascerà un video esplicativo per spiegare il nuovo regolamento.

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Zoltan Torkos, surfer di Santa Cruz, in California, ha vinto una scommessa da 10mila dollari. Nel 2007 la Volcom (azienda di abbigliamento da surf) lancia un concorso: mette in palio 10mila dollari per chi fosse in grado di chiudere con successo il primo kickflip della storia su tavola da surf. Un colpo molto utilizzato nello skateboarding, che consiste nel dare un calcio alla coda della tavola per farle fare un giro completo di 360 gradi, per poi ritornare dopo il balzo in perfetto equilibrio. Dopo venti mesi di tentativi, Torkos è riuscito nell’impresa, mostrando al mondo intero perché si fa chiamare “The Magician”. E adesso il surfer reclama con questo video il premio in denaro. La Volcom, attraverso la sua pagina Facebook, ha aperto un sondaggio per chiedere agli utenti se Torkos meriti l’assegnazione dei 10mila dollari.

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The Gudauskas brothers even smile underwater.

SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Friday, March 4, 2011) – While the world’s best surfers have been enduring six lay days since they last did battle, the Gudauskas brothers have taken their California froth across the Pacific to light up Snapper Rocks and D’Bah. ASP World Title campaigner Patrick (USA), 25, and his twin brother Dane have been terrorizing the Gold Coast and beyond, and have documented all the action via their blog, The3Tree.com. This…is their story…

WARNING: the footage below contains copious amounts of ripping and smiles:

VIDEO: Gudauskas Brothers \"Hot Stuff Sun Dayz\"

Watch Patrick take on fellow Californian Brett Simpson (USA), 26, LIVE in Round 2 of the QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST

In 2009, I was sitting amongst a handful of ASP muckity-mucks during the Hurley Pro when discussions turned toward the soon-to-be announced World Tour restructuring. The takeaway from those conversations was: "Wait until 2011." Well, after a transitional year in which the tour was cut to 32 surfers, prize money increased, and the rating system streamlined to a "One World Ranking," here we are.

Whether those changes are responsible for it or not, the 2011 World Tour begins Saturday with the Quiksilver Pro Australia and there are plenty of fascinating questions that need answering. The King may have claimed his tenth crown last year, but will the allure of eleven prove too tempting to pass up? Can Joel Parkinson drag his battered body from a second consecutive year of derailing injury and finally win the title many predicted for him years ago? Will Taj Burrow ever break free from similar expectations? Was Jordy Smith's second-place finish last year his first or last world title run? Will Dane Reynolds come back strong from his knee injury -- or even come back at all?

Starting at the top: Kelly Slater. As has been his wont in recent years, no one -- including him -- seems to have a clue as to his intentions. We know he'll compete this time around at Snapper Rocks, but whether its his swan song or the start of a world title defense, we'll have to wait and see.

"I can't honestly answer that right now," Slater told the ASP. "I've thought about doing a farewell aloha tour and then saying bye to the tour, and I've thought about retiring after this event for real."

JoliThe enigma, Kelly Slater. Is the 2011 Quiksilver Pro the last time we'll see him compete?

Whatever he should choose to do, he's an obvious favorite to win at Snapper Rocks. Besides Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson, Slater's the only other surfer on tour to win the Quik Pro multiple times (all have two titles apiece). While it certainly doesn't seem that age is ever going to catch up with him, he is the oldest surfer on tour at 39, which makes him nearly twice as old as the youngest rookie (Alejo Muniz, who turned 21 this week). No matter what direction Slater ultimately opts for, the world will certainly be watching.

In 2009, the refrain was: "Wait until 2011." Well, after a transitional year in which the tour was cut to 32 surfers, prize money increased, and the rating system streamlined to a "One World Ranking," here we are.

Speaking of Parkinson ... two years in a row now he's been crippled by injury. In 2009 a busted ankle in Bali cost him what looked to be a cakewalk to a world title, then in 2010 a gruesome fin gash cost him the second half of the season. A glass-half-full bloke, he recently remarked on his website that "I'm hungry ... That's one of the key things with surfing on the tour; you've got to not only stay hungry to surf throughout a whole event, you've got to stay hungry over the course of a whole year."