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By The Blogging Tomato, 08.05.2013 10:46

I won the Volcom VQS in Hossegor

It’s with great joy that I can announce that I won the European Volcom VQS Contest in Hossegor, which went down last Wednesday. Actually I wasn’t even scheduled to compete, but as the event got closer its start they realized that they still had a few free spots for participants and luckily, I got one of them.

I started in the U16 category, which featured kids from all over Europe. My first heat was pretty good, but the waves were small. After a stand by of two hours I was told that I made it into the semifinal, which was held on the following day.

Luckily the waves on the day of the semifinal were a lot better and the wind smoothed down as well – perfect conditions for the first heats. There were a lot of amazing surfers on this day, but I was able to get a good wave right on the start which send me right into the final.

The final went even better – I scored a lot of important points with a radical backside turn, but I was aware that I needed a second good wave for the victory. And what can I say – it came. I made a beautiful cutback, followed by a frontside reversed and in the end, this secured the trophy.

This victory means a lot to me and I am proud to call it my best performance. The prize was amazing as well: I was given a new board and 800 euros!

Thank you so much for all your support and crossed fingers!

Yours, Jonas

PS: For any girls and boys that want to learn how to surf: I will work as a surf coach at the chillandsurf camp in Portugal, throughout the entire month of July. I would love to see you there and rock the waves together! More information can be found on: www.chillandsurf.com

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Sieg beim Volcom VQS in Hossegor

Mit Freude kann ich euch berichten, dass ich am Mittwoch den europäischen Volcom VQS-Contest in Hossegor gewonnen habe. Eigentlich hätte ich gar nicht starten sollen, doch kurz vor Beginn hatte sich herausgestellt, dass es noch freie Plätze für Wildcards gab und zum Glück bekam ich eine.

Ich startete in der Unter-16-Kategorie, wo Kids aus ganz Europa mit dabei waren. Mein erster Heat war ziemlich gut, doch die Wellen waren sehr klein und nach zwei Stunden Stand by hat man mir gesagt, dass ich im  Semifinale am nächsten Tag dabei sein werde.

Tags darauf waren die Wellen dann auch besser und der Wind beruhigte sich. Beste Bedingungen also für ein paar coole Heats. Im Semifinale waren dann sehr gute Surfer am Start, doch ich hatte gleich zu Beginn eine gute Welle, die mir den Einzug ins Finale bescherte.

Im Finale hatte ich dann gleich eine gute Welle auf der ich mit einem radikalen Backsideturn fette Punkte holen konnte, doch für den Sieg benötigte ich eine zweite gute Welle. Und die kam: mir gelang ein schöner Cutback gefolgt von einem Frontside Reverse und ich holte mir den Pokal.

Dieser Sieg bedeutet mir extrem viel denn es war meine bisher beste Performance. Und auch der Preis war extrem cool. Ich bekam ein neues Board und so nebenbei noch 800 Euro!!!

Danke fürs Daumendrücken!

Euer Jonas

PS: Ich werde heuer im Juli übrigens das Surf-Coaching beim Kids-Camp am Chillandsurfcamp leiten. Alle motivierten Jungs und Mädels sollten da vorbeischauen. Wir werden die Wellen in Portugal rocken!
Infos gibt es auf www.chillandsurf.com

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By The Blogging Tomato, 29.04.2013 11:33

Last weekend I participated in the first edition of the Rip Curl Grom Search in Capbreton, which featured a mix of the best regional kids and the best riders from all over the world. There are a number of Rip Curl Grom Searchs this year and the winner of the tour is qualified to compete in the European finals. Whoever wins those is allowed to surf in the international finals, which are taking place at the ASP World Tour in Bells Beach.

After a really good first heat (which I won) I moved on to the quarter finals where I had to compete against three friends of mine. The waves weren’t that great and unfortunately, rather small. After two better waves I was in first place, but ten minutes towards the end I dropped into a wave of a competitor and was fined by the judges. Because of that, my best wave was divided by two, which meant that I wasn’t able to score anything better than the third place. After that, there were no more good waves and I couldn’t qualify myself for the next heat.
But depite everything I am very happy to have made it into the quarterfinals and hopefully I will do better the next time.

I will do my very best,

Jonas

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Letztes Wochenende nahm ich an der ersten Ausgabe der Rip Curl Grom Search in Capbreton teil. Die besten Kids aus der Region (-16) waren am Start gemixt mit Ridern aus der ganzen Welt. Es gibt mehrere Rip Curl Grom Searchs in diesem Jahr, der Gewiner dieser Tour qualifiziert sich dann für das Europe-Final und wer dort den Sieg davon trägt, darf zum internationalen Finale das im Zuge ASP World Tour in Bells Beach ausgetragen wird.
Nach einem ziemlich guten ersten Heat (den ich gewann), kam ich dann ins Viertelfinale wo ich gegen drei gute Freunde von mir gesurft bin. Die Wellen waren dann nicht besonders gut und ziemlich klein. Nach zwei guten Wellen war ich in erster Position, doch 10 Minuten bevor der Heat zu Ende war dropte ich einem meiner Konkurrenten in die Welle und ich wurde von den Judges bestraft. Dadurch wurde meine beste Welle durch 2 dividiert und ich kam über den dritten Platz nicht mehr hinaus. Leider gab es danach keine guten Wellen mehr für mich und ich  konnte mich nicht für den nächsten Heat qualifizieren.
Trotzdem bin ich ziemlich froh es ins Viertelfinale geschafft zu haben und hoffe das ich es nächstes mal weiter schaffe.

Ich werde mein Bestes geben!

Euer Jonas

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By The Blogging Tomato, 16.04.2013 15:55

On the first stage of the Crevettes Tour, Blue Tomato Teamrider Jonas Bachan surfed straight into the semifinals and was able to score some first important points for the overall ranking. Last week’s second stage went even better when Jonas fought his way through the highest waves into the final.

The final heat took 25 minutes and after two very good waves Jonas scored the second place and a lot more points for the ranking and the qualification of the Championnats d’Aquitaine, (which he won in 2012) as well as for the French State Championships.

Well done, Jonas!

Jonas also adorns the official tour poster of the Crevettes Tour 2013 – with a cutback and a “crevette head”.

Bei der ersten Etappe der Crevettes Tour in Soustons ist Blue Tomato Teamrider Jonas Bachan bis ins Semifinale gesurft und konnte somit die ersten wichtigen Punkte  für die Gesamtwertung sammeln.
Vergangenes Wochenende war der 2. Tour-Stop in Capbreton und in weit überkopf hohen Wellen konnte sich JB bis ins Finale durchkämpfen.

Der Final Heat dauerte 25 Minuten und nach zwei sehr gut bewerteten Wellen sicherte sich Jonas den 2. Platz und damit erneut wichtige Punkte für die Overallwertung und die Qualifikation für die Championnats d’Aquitaine (die er letztes Jahr gewinnen konnte) bzw. die französischen Staatsmeisterschaften.

Well done Jonas!

Jonas schmückt übrigens mit einem Cutback und einem “Crevettes Kopf” das offizielle Tourposter der Crevettes Tour 2013.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 07.05.2012 11:46

Surf World Champion Kelly Slater is currently supporting ecological projects on Bali.

The 11-time Surf Worl Champion Kelly Slater supports the Bali beach clean-up with a brand new surfboard he donated in cooperation with Quiksilver Indonesia for an eBay auction (http://bit.ly/JOWemQ).

The funds raised will be donated to Bale’s ROLE Foundation, an environmental non-profit.

After his recent surf trip to Bali he was stunned and aghast at the huge amount of waste at the beaches so that he started to call attention to create incentives for keeping Bali beaches clean.
“However I can get engaged to help out to at least educate and spread the word to help motivate the people who know how to do the right thing to start creating some change here, I’m happy to do that,” said Slater in a press release. “Giving a board is something simple but giving some time is something I’d feel really good about. The board is a start and if it’s going to raise some funds, I’ll match the funds with whatever the board raises. I’ll match that myself.”

According to ROLE, some 5,000 tons of solid waste are dumped illegally each day in Bali.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 07.02.2012 17:30

Girls are sometimes facing a tough job in the snowboarding scene, but nevertheless they keep on going and love what they do: shredding the mountain and just having a good time with friends. We have exclusively interviewed our five female Blue Tomato team riders. Find out what they think about girls riding!

photo by carlos blanchard

Sponsors: Blue Tomato, Billabong, Swatch, Oakley, Neff, 32, Etnies, Dakine, Les Ettes

How did you spend your last season?

I had planned to be filming all winter, but I hurt my ankle on the first shooting day of the season and I got stuck in Europe with no snow. That’s when I got a wildcard for the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix and won. After that event I ended up competing on the whole tour. I wanted to film in between the contests but I got hurt again. So at the end it’s been a full on competing winter. Quite different for me as I hadn’t competed for a very long time, but hey, a World Champ’s Title looks always good on a CV!

What do you think about the progression of girls snowboarding in the last few years?

The level has improved big time! When I started most of the girls you had seen in the ads just look nice and turn a 360. Nowadays girls are ripping with all 720, 900 and double corks…hell yeah ! But I wish it was growing faster and better! Especially in Europe with still very unequal prize money on the freeride competitions and still no girls in all the main city events, like Air and Style and Freestyle CH etc..

Have you ever had a part in a snowboard video?

Yes, I had some in the Psykopit movies at the time and in the Burton videos too. My favorite part was the one in Roshambo. It was the opening part of the movie and really the only year I’ve had a real film crew all winter with me and no injuries. Before and after that I had a couple of shots at trips with Thermos, Anomaly TGR, The Community Project, the Uniquely movie etc..

Do you think girl movies can inspire other girls to put together a crew to show off their riding and start filming?

Of course and that’s what we need! That’s also how all the main “guys film crews” started filming their friends. I think that’s the best way to find motivation, push each other and find sponsors. Projects like Lipstick Production are essential and they will motivate the younger girls to go out and shred!

Check also Anne-Flore Marxer‘s teamrider styles:

Urska Pribosic

Sponsors: Blue Tomato, Rip Curl, Elan, Amplifi

What are the reasons that girls snowboarding hasn’t received as much attention as guys snowboarding?

Why do girls need women’s-specific snowboard gear?

What’s your favorite girls brand and why?

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By The Blogging Tomato, 18.11.2011 11:44

Blue Tomato Teamriderin Lisa Veith erzählt von ihrem Surftrip auf der “Sama Sama” durch die indonesischen Gewässer, von tollen Wellen und allem was zu einem solchen Trip dazugehört:

Part One  (über die Reisenden, nette und weniger nette Australier, kitschige Palmeninseln und Fin-Cut-Näherei)

11 Boardbags, 3 Kühlboxen und 3 Reisetaschen türmen sich vor dem kleinen zierlichen Schalterbeamten vom Bodenpersonal auf.
9, 12, 7, 18… schreibt er auf einen Zettel untereinander, dann rechnet er alles zusammen: 158kg Gepäck. Wir sind zu viert!
Auf jedem internationalen Flughafen würde einem dieser Sachverhalt die Schweißperlen aufsteigen lassen, mit der Erwartung demnächst viel Geld im 3 stelligen €-Bereich für Übergepäck loszuwerden. Uns stehen zwar auch die Schweißperlen im Gesicht, aber allein aufgrund der tropischen Umgebungstemperatur!
Wir sind am Domestic Airport Ngurah Rai, Denpasar, Bali.
Unser Ziel: Padang, Sumatra.
Dort wartet die „Sama Sama“ auf uns, das chilligste und gemütlichste Surfboot das ich kenne! (Deswegen heuer ich ja auch schon zum 5. mal dort an.)
Mit ihr werden wir die weltbekannten Surfsports der Mentawais erkunden!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 21.09.2011 11:10

Blue Tomato Team Rider Hansi Kainz visited Peru! Watch his impressions, skate sessions and above all the beautiful shots of nature! A great trip far away from home between unbelievable landscapes! Here you can find the complete video:

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By The Blogging Tomato, 14.09.2011 13:50

Donavon Frankenreiter visits the Blue Tomato Shop in Vienna! The american songwriter and pro surfer comes to our shop on September 22th at 4pm! Jack Johnson’s surf colleague  is going to hold a signature session and possibly, he will also play some songs of his new album “Glow”!

Donavon Frankenreiter got his first surfboard at the age of ten. Six years later he had his first guitar in his  hand and that was the start of a wild and creative journey: His double-obsession has taken him around the globe and into the hearts of the fans. “Surfing keeps me alive the music grounds me released“, says the charming 37-year-old songwriter who  just released his fourth album “Glow”.

After three years of abstinence,  Donavon Frankenreiter is finally back and in addition to  his concerts in Germany, he adds a stop at our shop in Vienna!

The fact that surfing and music have always belonged together, you know at least since the Beach Boys in the early sixties (“Surfin USA”) and  since Jack Johnson’s low-key songs!  And exactly this was Jack Johnson, who published the debut album of his long-time California surf colleague  Donavon Frankenreiter! Simple-minded “slow down, take it easy” songs, enriched with plenty of Laguna Beach romance.

Although the initial success wasnot long in coming, Frankenreiter continued those things he loved most: his wife, his son, his guitar and the ocean. With his newest album “Glow” the waves now appear to strike suddenly higher: the organ gurgles in the background, it grooves funky, the guitar is plugged into the amplifier, which sometimes remembers to the good old Neil Young. The pleasant voice remained - and that’s a great thing!

For further information check the event on the facebook page of the Blue Tomato Shop Vienna!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 06.07.2011 09:11

Finde heruas was BT Teamrider Urska Pribosic diesen Sommer macht und wie sie ihren Tag als Baywatch Nixe verbringt.

Have fun!

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See what BT Teamrider Urska Pribosic is doing during summer and how she spends her day playing a Baywatch lifeguard.

Have fun!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 24.05.2011 09:12

Hier ein cooles Video über den Surftrip von Roman Königshofer.

Roman Königshofer ist ein visueller Künstler im Bereich Kinematografie, Fotografie und Motion Design.
Neben seinem Job genießt er es zu reisen, surfen, neue Leute und verschiedene Kulturen kennen zu lernen und Zeit mit seiner Familie und seinen Freunden zu verbringen. „I love what I do. Life is good!“

Vergangenes Jahr verbrachten er und einer seiner Freunde den Sommer in Indonesien, um zu surfen, fotografieren und ein paar neue Erfahrungen zu sammeln. Nun aber präsentiert er uns stolz sein persönliches Projekt, an welchem er monatelang gearbeitet hat. Hier kannst du seinen kleinen Film über den Surftrip nach Indonesien sehen.

“This is our little baby.  I can’t wait to watch this stuff in 20 or 30 years! Haha! Or just showing it my grandchildren sometime… “

Selamat Jalan, Indonesia 2010 from Roman Königshofer | rawmeyn on Vimeo.

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Here you can see a cool video of Roman Königshofer’s surftrip in Indonesia.

Roman Königshofer is a visual artist focussing on cinematography, photography and motion design.
Besides his job he is passionate about surfing and traveling, meeting people, different cultures, nature, friends and family. “I love what I do. Life is good!”

In 2010 he and a friend of him spent their summer somewhere in Indonesia just surfing and photographing. Now he is presenting us his personal project he was working on the last few months.  Here you can see his little Indonesia surftrip movie. 

“This is our little baby. I can’t wait to watch this stuff in 20 or 30 years! Haha! Or just showing it my grandchildren sometime… “