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World Record Attempt for Surfers Against Sewage!

Britains top stand-up paddleboarder and Roxy rider, Claire Blacklock will attempt to cross the English channel in world record time this summer!

Along with 4 others, Claire aims to cross the channel in June this year. Setting off from Dover and aiming to arrive in Calais around 5 hours later. The event takes place between the 18th- 25th of June, with the paddlers waiting for the best tide and weather conditions in which to make the 21 mile crossing. If successful, they will be the first ever stand-up paddleboard team to have crossed the Channel and could potentially break the record for the fastest crossing- which currently stands at 5hours 9minutes.

The event has been put together by the SAS, with the support of BSUPA- with the paddlers aiming to raise about £10,000 to support SAS's campaigns to protect surfers, waveriders, waves and beaches around the UK.

You can do your bit and donate to this worthy cause/challenge! Just click on Claires picture above!

For further info on the above, click below to visit their website:

Roxy is proud to support the 'Arm Against Cervical Cancer Campaign'

This campaign aims to encourage all girls between the ages of 12 up to 18 to have the HPV vaccine.

HPV stands for human papillomavirus and causes most cases of cervical cancer, therefore, its important to have all three jabs over about six months to get the best protection.

So if you care about yourself, and your friends, then help to arm each other against cervical cancer. For more information go to: www.nhs.uk/hpv

Vancouver Day 3 & 4

Erin and myself have had an action packed week in Vancouver. Our first day here we toured the city with Sarah and Robin via the Roxy RV shop tour extravaganza. Our second day, after a week of bus touring, we were long over due for some snow time and hopped in the RV to Whistler. After shredding we drove back to the city and had the fortune of eating at the best Ramen noodle soup house I have tasted this side of the Pacific (I forget the name, but it’s on Denman and Alberni, and you should go there).
It’s hard for me to imagine a day topping the combination of riding and ramen, but alas day 3 in Vancouver did just that. Erin and I went riding at Mount Seymour with the winners of a Roxy contest (Hi Jamie and Casey!). The hill was clouded by a dense fog for most of the morning, but we had so much fun that in good time we shredded the fog away. Looking down a sparkly Vancouver and the bay is another must do, so get your butts to British Columbia!

Cute Canadian fans

Erin on the highest gondola we’ve ever ridden.

A little bit of Japan in Vancouver

Our Seymour shred crew

Aline Bock takes victory at the second stage of the Freeride World Tour

As the female Freeride Wolrd Tour riders did not take part in the Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch, their second FWT contest took place yesterday in Fieberbrunn.

German Aline Bock took victory in the snowboard category with a solid run, putting her on top of the leaderboard of the Freeride World Ranking.

"Snow conditions were just perfect for me. It was also good not to have too much time to get nervous on start. First, I wasn't happy with my bib number but turned out so well. It was great fun to be part of the Scott Big Mountain and riding here" said Aline Bock

Roxy in Vancouver: Shop Tours

I met up with the Roxy team Saturday morning at the Quiksilver office and I got my first look at my whip for the next week – the Roxy RV. I gotta say, I’m hella popular in this thing. At first I was confused by all the people staring, but within the first five minutes of driving downtown someone yelled “ROXXXXYYYYY, WOOOOOOOOOO!!!” and I realized it’s not me, it’s the RV… maybe I should drive this thing full time?!

First thing on the agenda? Shop tours of North Shore Girl, Showcase, Pacific Boarder, and Comor. Team riders Erin Comstock, Amber Stackhouse, Robyn Van Gyn and Sarah Burke arrived with Roxy cupcakes and swag.

Cupcake delivery to Comor by Sarah Burke

Kelly Etsel Heading to Pacific Boarder

Team RV out for lunch

Signing posters at the Hollyburn Country Club

Kyre, Sarah, Amber, Kelly, Shawna, Danielle and Robyn surfing alongside the bus.

LISA WIIK TAKES OVER THE TOUR LEAD AT 5STAR BURTON CANADIAN OPEN

The 5Star Burton Canadian Open in Calgary, Alberta came to a close with the slopestyle finals at the Winsport Canada Olympic Park this Sunday. It was the young gun who took the titles and put on an amazing show despite the difficult foggy conditions. 19-year old Enni Rukajarvi from Finland took her fourth TTR title this season an awarded with 850 TTR ranking points. Lisa Wiik (NOR) was the TTR star of weekend with her second place finish in slopestyle combined with her fifth place finish in Saturday’s halfpipe finals pushing her ahead of Sarka Pancochova (CZE) taking the Swatch TTR Tour lead.

Rukajarvi is on a Roll in 2010

The women’s final on the slopestyle course saw Rukajarvi repeat her incredible success from the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam in Saalbach and the 6star Burton European Open only a few weeks back. Her winning run consisted of a Cab-on to boardslide, gap 50/50, frontside 360, 50/50 on the downrail, 50/50 to indy along the wallride, a smooth frontside 360 tailgrab, backside 540 indy and a Cab 720 mute. With this result she has now moved into Swatch TTR World No.4 and is enthusiastic about her result “Im happy about the TTR Top 5 and my next competitions will be the US Open and the Roxy Chicken Jam in US”

 

The Chase for the 2009/2010 Women’s TTR Title is Hot

Lisa Wiik, who in 2008/2009 finished her season in TTR World No 2, was able to pull out some solid results at the Canadian Open to put her into the TTR top spot. Claiming two strong 5Star results, she displayed her experience to cope with tough conditions and strong competition both in the halfpipe and on the slopestyle course.  However, her lead over Pancochova is only by a few points and with with Sina Candrian (SUI) only a few points behind after her 3rd place finish in slopestyle, there is going to be some heavy competition when the TTR Tour comes back online following the Olympics.

Roxy Snow Camps 2010- Morzine

^{You still have the opportunity to join Roxy and Lesley McKenna for a place on this years snow camps at Starskichalets, Morzine...}

.....but warning there's only a few spots left!!

With expert tuition, creative 'apres ski' activities, tasty half board, goodie bags, lift passes, transfers, fun times... all included- all for only £680!

If reports on last years camps are anything to go on, its sure to be a week to remember!

    

Roxy Team wins double again!

Aimee, Kendall, Enni and Silje at the Canadian Open

The Burton Canadian Open has just finished and we have yet more Roxy winners. Enni Rukajarvi won the ladies slopestyle in her impressive no nonsense, ultra stylish and silky smooth way with Lisa Wiik stepping up her technical tricks to take a well deserved second place. Added to her 5th place in the halfpipe yesterday, this puts Lisa at the top of the Burton Global Open standings and Enni close behind, in second, for a Roxy one, two in the overall!  To add an nice icing to the cake, New Zealand Roxy rider Kendall Brown took the top spot in the ladies halfpipe contest, beating the top Canadian riders in their home pipe. Great news for our top form riders.

Lisa and Enni at the top of the pipe

The contest was a closely fought event with the top spots changing throughout in both the pipe and slope. The girls were pushing themselves hard, especially in the slopestyle, showing that the European Roxy riders are at the forefront of ladies slopestyle riding. While Kendall, Lisa and Enni were riding in Calgary, Kjersti was throwing it down in Vermont at the Last Dew Tour stop. Proving yet again that she is the ultimate all rounder, she shone in both the  pipe and slopestyle, taking 3rd in the pipe and in the overall pipe standings and 5th in the slopestyle finals. She will join both Lisa and Kendall in Vancouver in a few days where the girls will meet the other Roxy Olympians, Torah, Mirabelle, Paulina and Lesley. The pipe comp will be on the 18th in Vancouver.

Meanwhile, our very own skier Lena Stoffel has also been on the podium for Roxy in the Mayrhofen Freeski Open. The standard of the competition was high and Lena brought out her newly learnt misty flip to clinch the title. Well done Lena! She will now head to the free ride contest in St Moritz where she hopes her powder riding is as good as her park skills!

Winter X 14 Wrap-Up

After making it through Winter X snowboarding slopestyle qualifiers on Saturday, Roxy rider Kjersti Buaas was one of a select group of six girls to advance on to the final. Luckily a looming storm held off just long enough for sunny skies and smooth corduroy conditions for Sunday’s main event . Some of the highlights of the contest include Kjersti’s stylish frontside 360 stalefish, Jenny Jone’s flawless frontside 720 indy and Janna Meyen’s cab 900 attempt (she came down just a little backseat). Unfortunately Kjersti over rotated her frontside 720 and missed the podium by one spot, but on the bright side her over rotation was so smooth that I’m pretty sure she’ll be landing front 900s very soon (maybe even a 1080?). All in all, the event was strong showing of the progression of women’s snowboarding slopestyle- keep it up ladies!

If you missed the action, check it out here at ESPN 360.

Winter X 14 Day 2

Last night at Winter X 14, under a enormous full moon, the women competed in the skiing superpipe competition. While most of the girls put down traditional runs of clean flat spins, Roxy’s Sarah Burke pushed the envelope once again and introduced back to back flips into the women’s event. Never one to play it safe, and after having only just learned the flare in practice hours before, Sarah threw the flare down on both walls in all runs of finals (in addition to a huge 900 and 720). While the tricks weren’t quite polished enough for the podium this year, the rest of the field better step it up for X Games 15 because by then Sarah is sure to have them locked and large! See the event here at ESPN 360.

Stay tuned for more as the women’s snowboard slopestyle is sure to be a good show.