Volcom to Shell out $10k for Kick-flip on a Surfboard
The search continues……
Nearly a month later and Volcom’s added ‘motivation‘ has still yet to produce a successfully executed and documented ‘kick-flip’ by a surfer. For those unfamiliar with the contest, Volcom’s motivation comes in the form of $10,000 to the first person to produce video of themselves cleanly stomping this yet-to-be documented maneuver.
The contest, which began on November 21 and will run until a winner is produced, has no doubt inspired countless attempts by surfers all over the world. There have been several documented attempts nearly-executed that can be seen on Youtube, but to date there is still no known footage of a surfer landing a “proper, above-the-lip” kickflip.
By “proper” and “above-the-lip”, Volcom is very clear that one must launch an air, use their front foot to flip the board, and then land on it and ride it out cleanly. There is a list of rules that the winning entry must abide by, including no tow-ats, no grabs of any kind, no wakeboards, boogie boards, or trays, no shoes (booties okay), and (my personal favorite) no dolphin-assistance.
Although this extremely difficult maneuver has yet to be successfully landed, it’s not a matter of if, but when. Surfing has always been and always will be a sport of progression and it’s only a matter of time until someone is filmed riding this one out and receives 10,000 reasons to justify the many “sick-days” taken from school or work to in order to paddle out. And as stoked as someone will soon be to have Volcom add to their bank account, one can only imagine the feeling that will come from riding out the first ever documented kickflip on a wave.
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Posted by Cameron on Monday, December 17th, 2007 in Surfing.
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January 7th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
No dolphin assistance? That’s total BS! Imagine how cool that would be to have flipper launch you and your board into the air, have the board flip and then land it proper. Not only should it not be outlawed, it should be mandatory!
January 7th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ENTER!
January 7th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
LOST video, its either “What’s really going on” or “What’s really going wrong”. My memory is telling me the guy pulled it off and rode for a bit after but I may be wrong, I don’t have that video anymore, can someone check?
January 7th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
[...] Kickflip Contest for 10k - A typical video documented kickflip contest. The first one to do it will get 10 thousand dollars! From Volcom. But heres the catch.. On a Surfboard! Over the lip, if you can do a kickflip, and have someone film it, you will get 10 thousand dollars from Volcom. [...]
January 8th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
In the LOST video it is not a kick flip but an ollie shove it.
January 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
wow thats going to be amazing ….i cant wait to see it
January 9th, 2008 at 12:17 am
10k is cool but i need more incentive than that to stop playing W.O.W. my skill level is far too sick on there to let go to waste. maybe if they up the prize $ a bit more I’d consider it.?
January 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Damn. All I can do is heelflips and impossibles
on a long board.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
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March 24th, 2008 at 6:24 am
First ever Switch 360 Flip on a surfboard gets $100000000000!!
March 27th, 2008 at 8:17 am
First ever nollie big heel back lip 270 out on a surfboard gets $100000000000000000000000. This must be clean, no sketchy hand tag ride aways. It also has to be on atleast a five foot rail. It can be a wreched ship or a homemade rail no ledges. Good luck.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
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