Reef Turns 25

Celebratory Miss Reef Voting Gallery Live on Surfline.com

Carlsbad, CA – June 22, 2009 – Reef and Surfline have joined forces to determine the best Miss Reef of all time in honor of Reef’s 25th Birthday. Out of a selection of 25 of the most infamous Miss Reef images from the last 25 years, it is now the public’s turn to decide who is #1. Voters will automatically be entered into a drawing to become a guest judge at a Miss Reef event in Panama. For full details, please visit www.surfline.com and for more details about Reef’s history, please visit the micro-site at www.reef.com/25th.

November 26th, 1984, is known as "Saint Reef" day. This fateful day, Brothers Fernando and Santiago Aguerre visited a factory in Brazil and made plans to create Reef. With just $4000 in capital, the brothers set out to design the best active lifestyle sandal on the market. Subsequently, they also set out to differentiate the brand with the introduction of Miss Reef, now an infamous icon in the global surfing community.

Kevin Flanagan, VP of Marketing at Reef states, "One of the major highlights in Reef’s rich twenty-five year History is Miss Reef. Flanagan continues, "She has always been at the cornerstone of our brand capturing the exotic and inherent sensuality of the beach. This anniversary was the perfect time to pay homage to her, as well as give back to her loyal fans."

Fans of Miss Reef will get a chance to view the selection, and cast a vote for their favorite Miss Reef. Surfline CEO, Jonno Wells, comments, "Our users have long appreciated Miss Reef’s iconic image. We expect this event to be one of our most successful promotions in terms of shear amount of unique and repeat visitors."

To find out more about the Miss Reef vote and sweepstakes please visit www.surfline.com.

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About Reef

Reef is surf. We’re inspired by water, the ocean, by perfect waves and the journey along the way to find them. We are a genuine global surf brand that harvests the best of our lifestyle and shares it through authentic, innovative and fashionable product. At the core of Reef are our exotic roots and the inherent sensuality of the beach. The Reef team supports the freedom to have fun in and out of the water and gives back to the world that inspires us.

About VF

VF Corporation is a global leader in lifestyle apparel with a diverse portfolio of jeanswear, outdoor, action sports, imagewear, sportswear and contemporary apparel brands. Its principal brands include Wrangler^{â, Leeâ, Ridersâ, The North Faceâ, Vansâ, Reefâ, Eagle Creekâ, Eastpakâ, JanSportâ, Napapijriâ, Nauticaâ, Kiplingâ, John Varvatosâ, 7 For All MankindÆ, lucyÆ, Ella MossÆ, SplendidÆ, MajesticÆ and Red Kapâ.}

VF Corporation's press releases, annual report and other information can be accessed through the Company's home page, www.vfc.com.

California RampWorks
Harmony Festival Articles Rude Boys Present: Eco Cup 2009 Slap: Eco Cup Trippy Festival Thrasher Magazine: The Eco-Cup Osiris News: The Eco Cup Lat34: 2009 Eco Cup Mini Mega Ramp Results Toymachine: Harmony Festival 2009 Money Cup Articles The Skateboard Mag: Maloof MoneyCup part 2 Etnies: Maloof Money Cup '09 is Coming! Fuel TV: Maloof Money Cup Warm-up Party The Skatepark of Tampa: Maloof Money Cup Launch party 2009 Core77 Joe Ciaglia's skatepark designs Concrete Desciples Payday! Loosest slots in town KR3W NEWS Vote Lizard: Maloof Wildcard		This years Harmopny Festival kickoff mounted what may have been the most unlikely, bipolar spectacle in its electric 31-year history, mixing the peaceful trances of hippies and the debut of the mini-MegaRamps's first-ever skateboard competion and Rail Jam. This years riders included an all-star line-up: Bob Burnquist, PLG, Buster Halterman, Lincoln Ueda, Rob Lorifice, Andy Macdonald, Adam Taylor, and Omar Hasan. The contest was judged by legends Lance Mountain, Steve Cabellero, Neal Hendrix, and welcomed the streetside input from the Lizard King, hosted by the always animated Dave Duncan. Final Standings 1st - PLG $10,000 2nd - Bob Burnquist $6,500 3rd - Andy Macdonald $3,500 4th - Adam Taylor $3,000 5th - Buster Halterman $2,500 6th - Rob Lorifice $2,000 7th - Lincoln Ueda $1,500 8th - Omar Hasan $1,500 Rail Jam 1st - PLG $4,000 Nitro Circus July 2009 X Games Street, Superpark, and MegaRamp California RampWorks is working with California Skateparks and Nate Wessel to create the most realistic street settings utilizing their vast experience in the world of concrete, wood, and steel construction techniques. This years superpark will boast concrete trannys and bowls with hybrid wood elements throughout. The street course also contains concrete sections to give the athletes a solid set-up to work with. The MegaRamp will also be adding a Rail Jam Contest to add to the excitement.   Ramp Works Upcoming Events June 12-14, 2009   Santa Rosa, Harmony Festival July 30 - August 2, Los Angeles, X Games July 10 - 12, Orange County, Maloof Money Cup 1/06/07, Australia, Megaramp Event July 18-19, Sacramento, Sacramento Music Festival 1/22/33, Brazil, Megaramp Contest July 29-31, Orange County, ASA BMX Triples September 10-12, San Diego, ASR mini-Mega October, Australia, MegaRamp Contest October 23-25, England, mini-MegaRamp t.b.d. September 24-27, Brazil, Mega-Ramp This Year has been non-stop action and we are just getting started! Stay tuned for our exciting new projects as they develop.   Brian Harper California Ramp Works

Greetings Quiksilver Family:

 

Quiksilver has a brand new take on the skate video.  Watch Tony Hawk, Reese Forbes, Danny Garcia, Alex Olson and Kyle Leeper do the impossible.  Please enjoy, and be sure to send to your friends… Let’s get this everywhere!  

 

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Reef wants your Vision from the travels you've been on around the globe: surf photos, wake photos, land photos, parties, animals.... The more exotic the better. We will be picking the Top 100 photos and placing them in our Reef Vision sandal ads in the November issues of Surfing Magazine & Transworld Surf Magazine (on sale 9/22).  To see the new Reef Vision Sandal and upload your vision, go to Reef.com. Each person who makes the ad will also receive a pair of the new Reef Vision Sandal! Upload your vision now!

Janek Peladeau Travels To Ecuador For ISA Junior World Championships!

"This March Canada put together a team to compete in the ISA Junior World Championships in Ecuador. The contest consists of the best junior surfers from all over the world. We flew into Guaycil on March 24 and arrived at our hotel in Salinas that night. The contest spot was located in a military base 10 min away from our hotel. It was a left hand point break called La Fae, a super fun wave, long and easy to surf. In the middle of the bay was the free surf area, which was a dumpy beach break.  The contest started on the 29'th, the level of surfing even in the first round was so high, it was amazing to watch. We all surfed on the first day, I was the only one to make it through to round 2. By the next day we were all knocked into the repercharge. Nobody made it past round 2 repercharge.  After we were all knocked out we went to a wave up north to escape the grom infested beach break we had been surfing every day. The wave we went to was a fun right hand reef called Montanita. We stayed there for the rest of the trip." - Janek Peladeau

Janek Cleans up at the CLEAN WATER CLASSIC!  Janek just got back from surfing down in Westport Washington at the Clean Water Classic. He was able pick up 3'rd place in the Men's Pro-Am division and went on to win the under 18!! The summer is off and running for young Peladeau. We wish him the very best in the months to come.  Janek Wins at the RIPCURL ST3W This last weekend I headed over to Tofino for the 3'rd edition of the RipCurl ST3W. I would be lying if I didn't let all of you who didn't make it know that this was one of the best events of the year. It's amazing how many people are coming out to support Canadian surfing! Want to thank Drew, Nelson, Dom and everyone else that helped make this happen. A big high five to Surf Legend Tom Curran for making the trek up north to surf and jam out with the band, GT'S!  Janek showed up and surfed amazing as usual. He narrowly lost out on his first heat in Pro-Am, but used it as a practice. When it was time for the under-18 Janek swam out into a pretty mello swell, but as positive as this kid is he was able to get a few good waves and win!! Congrats Janek.

Logan Landry In Costa Rica And Kicking East Coast!

"I have just been kicking it at home for the past few months. It has been nice because we have had good waves and now the weather is getting warmer. We went on an adventure to the northern part of the province and found some crazy slabs so we'll be heading back soon to document it. As it keeps getting warmer we end up surfing more at the beach breaks, but the crowds are starting to come out, so it could be a long summer. I headed to Costa Rica this last February to train with my surf coach Jim Hogan, we had a really fun run of waves while we were there. We also met up with editor of ESM and got a few shots, so here are a few photos from the last couple of months. The air shot I should have sent in to try and win 50,000 dollars, but live and learn." - Logan Landry

Tanner Champion Rocking From The Island To The Philippines.

Watch the video "I spent 2 months riding at Camsur water sports complex in the Philippines. I was there for Wake Park Worlds and finished with 5'th in the pro men's wake skate boat contest. I learned a ton of tricks while I was at CWC. Since then I have been hanging out at home riding and filming as much as I can. I recently got a Check Out interview in the summer issue of SBC Wakeboard. My plans for summer consist of filming a bunch as well as competing in Wakestock and Byerly Toe Jams." www.cwcwake.com - Tanner Champion

Beach Travellers start the season off in Costa Rica

The Beach Travellers are back at it again with another season of touring Canadians around Costa Rica, Brazil and Thailand. The first surf trip this year was May 10'th-22'nd in Costa Rica. Here is a quick update:  "After our first few days in the water, our good friends at magic seaweed started showing a nice S/SW swell due direct for CR. It begun to show it's beautiful 4-5 foot faces while we were finishing the days at our second location. By the time we rolled over the horizon as we arrived at our third and final surf spot of the trip she was 8 foot, offshore, and peeling into the bay.  Those waves were a little big for those on the camp that were new the this CR lifestyle, good thing we pretty much live down here and know where to go when this happens. We put together some 3-4 footers for our new rookies, meanwhile we took a few of the guys that had some previous experience in the water over to our personal secret stash. The un-named right-hand pointbreak that only works with the perfect direction. We'll never tell, you'll never find it.  As everybody boarded the plane on our final day here in CR, there were tears, there were shit eating grins fresh out of the surf, and we even had a few flight changes for two of the guys who decided it wasn't quite time to go home yet... Yet another successful life changing, or ruining depending on how you look at it, BT CR09 surf camp. To keep up to date on all of their trips you can check out their blog at the following link."  -Graeme Barker Read more about the Costa Rica Surf Camp

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Legit Video Release Party along with The Gun Under My Pillow!

Everything is set for the Legit Video's release party, Friday June 12'th at Babylon Night Club in Ottawa.  A film by Craig McCallion and Half Cab Productions, Ottawa's first full length wakeboard video starring: Patrick Wilson, Erika Langman, Jordan Sien, Johny Bonney, Justin Bonney, Charlie Sirois, Dom Sirois, Matt Hyde, Kent Baltare, Craig McCallion and friends. Also premiering "The Gun Under My Pillow".

New Product Hitting Stores This Summer.

	HUNTER LONGE | ART EXHIBIT | TIMESINFINITY GALLERY | SEATTLE
If you're down in Seattle this Friday, June 5th check out artist and COMUNE collaborator Hunter Longe's exhibit at the Timesinfinity gallery. Join us as we welcome Hunter Longe to evo's Timesinfinity Art Gallery for the month of June. Hunter’s work is an attempt to reveal a parallel reality by merely re-presenting the given and often mundane. His destruction and recreation of context points out the subjective in an apparently objective scientific outlook. His work spans several mediums including drawing, painting, collage, animation and video installation.  The compilation and juxtaposition of mechanical, industrial, or geometric forms with human anatomy and organic forms provides a ground for questioning modern technology and industry: the overall gain from it, our dependence on it, its effects on the environment and its influence on culture, economy, and sexuality. Incorporating imagery from old comic books, anatomy books, mechanical diagrams, TV and films with that of my everyday life, the work becomes a retro-futuristic attempt at finding meaning and placement in a world so affected by and resulting from scientific and industrial progress (if one can call it progress).  When: Friday, June 5th, 7-10PM  Where: evo | 122 NW 36th Street in Fremont  What else: Yup, there’ll be some beverages provided by our friends at Pyramid so make sure to kick off your weekend with us, the Fremont Art Walk and Hunter Longe!
	COLOR MAGAZINE | 7.2 SUMMER 2009 :: SKATEBOARD MAGAZINE | ISSUE 64
Color Magazine showcases the best and most interesting elements of the culture of skateboarding. Presented in the highest graphic and bound quality, the publication stands as a timeless product, a record of the lives of skateboarders and the pride they share for a culture sprouted from a plank on four wheels - www.colormagazine.ca The Skateboard Mag seeks to maintain the independent nature and integrity of the skateboard culture at all levels; provide readers with a broad, accurate, and knowledgeable view of skateboarding; and advance skateboard publishing through excellence in photography, writing, and design - www.theskateboardmag.com
	YELLE | COMUNE FALL/HOLIDAY 09 T-SHIRT | NUKE LA
French electropop group YELLE just did a photoshoot featuring COMUNE’s NUKE LA tees. Nice! Now Let’s dance! Yelle rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled "Short Dick Cuizi", mocking Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC. With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Yelle has recorded a debut album Pop-Up, after her hit single "Je Veux Te Voir" (a finalised version of "Short Dick Cuizi"). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers' 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. Check them out on MySpace Here
	COMUNE PRO NIMA JALALI | COVER | POP MAGAZINE
COMUNE snowboard pro Nima Jalali was featured on the cover of Australia’s POP magazine along with an interview.  In their own words... We’ve themed this issue The Creative’s Issue. For the cover story we chat to Nima Jalali about what he’s currently working on. There’s interviews with two Australian’s making it big in North America, snowboarder Ryan Tiene and filmmaker Jan Snarksi. Oh and did we mention Rob Dyrdek talks time travel?  There’s hog riding with Jeremy Jones, JP Walker, Jon Kooley and their friends. We’ve jammed in a huge 2009 outerwear guide, mixed things up with reviews of Triumph’s new badass cafe racer, the Thruxton 900, BMW’s Mini Cooper JCW and a guide to the intricacies of coffee and wine. Salt Lake City local Josh Roberts gives you the knowledge on Brighton, Dan and Andy tell us why punk died… There’s just too much to list! POP enjoys hardcore support from some of Australia’s most established photographers and has grown out of the need for a truly rider driven magazine that is grounded and in touch with the smaller details of both the Australian and International scenes. www.popmag.com.au
	COMUNE AT THE GRENADE GAMES | APRIL 2009
Comune partied it up at the Grenade games back in April, we must have partied too hard because we didn't remember our roving reporter Phil Bender did a sweet write up about all the shananigans pre and post party. See below: The announcement that the Grenade Games would join the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival was greeted with wild excitement. By all accounts the now infamous games, co-presented by Monster Energy, would bring that trademark twist to a traditional event in need of new blood. Like a live round in a foxhole, the news had Canucks scrambling; the message boards lit up with the work of a thousand hands fired by anticipation. Finally, it seemed, the people would get the event they deserved. ‘Grenade Games in Whistler! How much more real can it Get?!!’ – John Ferox99... To read more and see pictures from the eventCLICK HERE