VQS 
Lahaina Harbor, Maui
1 – 2 August 2009

Surfersvillage Global Surf News- – The Volcom Pufferfish Pro Am went off at Lahaina Harbor August 1 -2, with a fun South Swell and some of Hawaii’s top young talent, including Kai Barger, Clay Marzo, Albee Layer, Matt Meola, and local boy Kea Espiritu.

In the early rounds of the men’s Pro Am, Clay Marzo put on a show, blowing up his local spot with huge frontside airs. The Pro-Am final was the most futuristic surfing I have ever seen in a contest. There were six perfect 10-point rides in the event and 3 of them were in the Pro-Am final!

Matt Meola won the Electric Volt Thrower move of the day when he busted out a rodeo followed up with few turns for the first ten on the heat. Clay Marzo pulled two giant airs on one wave also got a ten. The crowd was in awe. Albee Layer got a set wave and got drained, came out and pulled a huge alley oop, and it wasn’t over yet, he did a big carve and an air reverse for the 3rd 10-point ride of the final.

You would have thought one of these guys with a perfect 10 would have won, but not with Kai Barger in the water. His two 9’s beat a ten and a seven. In the end it was Kai Barger taking out Marzo. Barger mixed huge power turns with new school airs, and did it all with style! Matt Meola followed in second, Albee Layer in third, and Clay Marzo fourth–all with 10 point rides! Local boy Kea Espiritu held it down for the Lahaina crew with fifth place, and Yuri Soledad finished in six.

All in all it was a nuts event and everyone was stoked, smiling and ready for the premiere of Volcom’s new surf movie BS, which followed the event.

RESULTS
PRO/AM
1. Kai Barger-$500
2. Matt Meola
3. Albee Layer
4. Clay Marzo
5. Kea Espiritu
6. Yuri Soledad
JUNIORS
1. Zeke Lau
2. Makana Eleogram
3. Tyler Larronde
4. Kody Kerbox
5. Michael Stewart
6. Tevi Kaheleuahi
GROM
1. Luke Hitchcock
2. Kain Daly
3. Imaikalani Devault
4. Kaimana Kinimaka
5. Justice Patao
6. Joao Marco Mafinni
GIRLS
1. Moana Wytecha
2. Page Alms
3. Alyssa Wooten
4. Alan Hendrickson
5. Alicia Yamada
6. Shelby Shweitzer
Electric Volt Thrower
Matt Meola-$50

No Fear Steps Up Its Support of NSSA
By Sponsoring NSSA Jr. Series

CARLSBAD, CA — In a move to better focus its investment and support of amateur surfing, No Fear has stepped up its involvement in the NSSA and phased out its own love child, the Koastal Kaos amateur surf series.

According to No Fear’s Vice President of Marketing, Britt Galland, “we really loved putting on the Koastal Kaos series for the past two years, and everyone had a great time. But it had become clear that we were duplicating our efforts and creating some scheduling dilemmas for the surfers,” he said. “Dropping Koastal Kaos allows us to consolidate our resources in support of the NSSA, the premier amateur surfing organization in the country.”

During its 30-year tradition, NSSA has produced more top professional surfers than any other amateur surfing body. Former NSSA National Champions include Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Bobby Martinez, Damien Hobgood, Taylor Knox, Cory Lopez, Bruce Irons, CJ Hobgood, Fred Patacchia and Chris Ward. Now, in addition to serving as title sponsor of the four NSSA Championship series, No Fear has signed on to replace Hurley as the main sponsor the 2008-2009 NSSA Jr. Series.

NSSA Jr. — A Great Place to Start Competing
“NSSA Jr. is the perfect venue for middle school and high school short board and longboard surfers to learn the ropes of amateur surfing,” Galland said. “As they develop their surfing skills they also learn how to get through heats and manage the time clock.” After experiencing some success at the NSSA Jr. level, surfers have a lot more confidence to move up into the highly competitive NSSA Explorer and Open classes.

2008-09 NSSA Jr. Schedule
Contest #1 — September 20, San Onofre / Trails #4
Contest #2 — October 11, Huntington Beach / Golden West Street
Contest #3 — November 8, Newport Beach / 54th Street
Contest #4 — December 6, Huntington Beach / 9th Street
Contest #5 — January 10, Oceanside Harbor / South Jetty
Contest #6 — February 7, Pacific Beach / Crystal Pier
Contest #7 — March 14, Mission Beach / San Fernando Court
Championships/ Invitational – April 1, 2009, Huntington Beach Pier (extra entry fee required.

For more information on No Fear visit www.nofearsurf.com To sign up for membership and/ or NSSA Jr. events, visit www.nssa.org or email Paul Morrow at pmorrow@me.com

For the summer of 2008, No Fear has joined forces with Live Nation, the world’s largest — live music company — to utilize the company’s network of House of Blues and other club-sized music venues to stage a nationwide club tour with some of hard rock’s hottest bands. This year’s NO FEAR Music Tour features Welsh hardcore-metal rockers Bullet For My Valentine (the band just released it’s latest offering: Scream Aim Fire). Orange County’s Bleeding Through will also support the tour, and acts Cancer Bats and Black Tide will also be on the bill at select tour dates. The first leg of the tour features 23 dates kicking off July 14th in Milwaukee, WI through August 16th in Cleveland, OH, with additional dates in September to . Tickets go on sale beginning May 30th at www.LiveNation.com with additional information about the No Fear Music Tour available at www.nofear.com.