Parker Coffin turned 14 on September 26th. Being one of the top ams in the US there are a lot of sacarfices made. One of them, is not being at home with your friends on your 14th birthday. Parker was in Oceanside for a NSSA Open season surf contest #2 but here was a gift waiting for him at the end of that weekend. That gift was a win in the NSSA Open Junior division at Oceanside Harbor south jetty. The finals was toe to toe battle between Parker and Kolohe Andino, leaving the other 2 in that heat combo’d for that win. Below are couple of pics from that weekend. Don’t forget to check back later on this week for the vid of Parker ripping.
Enjoy!
Parker with his eye on the prize
Parker in the Tron and proud father Rich in the Haymaker enjoying the winning moment
The ultimate birthday gift for a 14 year old. Happy Birthday Parker!
On September 20-26, 2009 - Cape Hatteras, North Carolina was the ESA Championships. Nick Rupp from North Carolina does one of the hardest thing to do as a winning athlete, defend your title. You enter the beach with a target on your back. Everybody wants to take that title from you. Despite the pressures of defending your title cool mannered Nick Rupp from North Carolina rose to the occasion.
Spy’s Iouri Podladtchikov wins the Crossover at the 15th annual Freestyle.ch event in Zurich. For the people who are not familiar with this event, it is Europe’s largest freestyle sports event. A pageant of talent in the freestyle arena 20 snowboarders and freeskiers, 8 FMXers and 12 skateboarders will go head-to-head in two equally rated qualifications, then on the next night the best in the four freestyle sports disciplines flaunt their tricks in the «Ultimate Crossover Session», ensuring a bombastic display of daredevil feats in a tantalizing fight for the crossover.champ title. Check out the official link http://zurich.freestyle.ch/news/view/72. Congrats Iouri, we are psyched for you!
Last night at the La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas, CA the world premiere of Todd Richard’s film Me Myself & I took place. The theatre was packed, beach balls were flying, and the whole feel of the place was positive. Todd and Josh Landan (film maker) took the stage and gave the crowd a brief intro on how this film came about. The film was inspiring and showed some of the best year in snowboarding still to this day. Todd’s story is one of accomplishment and drive. It truly shows you that if you set your mind on something and work hard towards it, anything is possible.
We here at Spy want to thank Todd for helping making snowboard what it is today, and thank him for all the support through the years!
The NSSA Open season has begun. Parker Coffin and Kanoa Igarashi surf the 1st event in Huntington Beach CA on September 19-20, 2009. Paker Coffin takes home 4th place in the Junior’s division while Kanoa Igarashi places 3rd in the Boys division and 2nd in the Junior’s division.
Parker after a long sunny weekend looking a little sun burnt holding his 4th palce trophy
Fellow team rider Kanoa also looking a little sun dried and ready to call it a day.
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
Whether you like wakeboarding or not, you need to go pick up a copy of the new Parks Bonifay Documentary. It is one the best video’s I have ever seen, hands down. Video’s are available now at your favorite wake retailer.
