Il primo lungometraggio di Candide Thovex, FEW WORDS, sarà presentato nell'autunno del 2012. Prodotto da Quiksilver, il film ritrae il percorso eccezionale di un pioniere del freeski, divenuto icona di un'intera generazione di appassionati.

Dopo due anni di riprese in giro per il mondo, FEW WORDS farà il suo debutto a Parigi nell'autunno 2012, per poi intraprendere una tourné in tutti i continenti con la partecipazione di Candide Thovex e della crew del film.

In  attesa del full movie, che sarà disponibile anche su iTunes e negli store Quiksilver, ecco il trailer: http://www.facebook.com/fewwordsfilm

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Leonardo Fioravanti ha vinto la ventottesima edizione del Quiksilver Maider Arosteguy, storico contest di surf che si è tenuto sulla Grande Plage di Biarritz lo scorso lunedì 9 aprile.

Il surfer del Team Quiksilver ha battuto in finale gli avversari Nelson Cloarec, Tom Dubos e Julen Egiguren conquistando il gradino più alto del podio nella categoria under 16.

Leo non è nuovo alla vittoria sulle onde di Biarritz, nel 2009 aveva infatti già vinto il Quiksilver Maider Arosteguy nella categoria under 14, riservata ai surfer più piccoli, superando i tanti giovanissimi atleti provenienti da diverse parti del mondo.

"Sono molto contento di aver vinto qui a Biarritz", ha commentato Leonardo, unico quattordicenne in finale contro surfer di due anni più grandi. "Le condizioni delle onde erano buone e ho cercato di concentrarmi il più possibile fin dall'inizio. Sono felice di essere riuscito a  battere i miei avversari pur essendo il più piccolo in gara nella categoria. Questa vittoria è davvero importante e spero di continuare così!"

Leo è ora in partenza per Panama, dove dal 14 al 22 aprile si terrà l'ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.

Complimenti da tutto il Team Quiksilver!

(Source: Pietro l.Franca)

On the back of a stunning week, the two riders met in an explosive semi-final that saw King Kelly emerge victorious with a score of 15.10 pts to 7.83 for Jérémy Florès.

The 3rd place marks a superb start to the season for Jérémy Florès, and 2012 is already shaping up to be a fine year for the Frenchman. Jeremy Flores (FRA), 23, posted two massive wins today over lethal rookie John John Florence (AUS), 19, and form goofy-footer Owen Wright (AUS), 22. The young Frenchmen dissected the Bells walls with unmatched precision, but a priority interference in his Semifinal bout with Slater would see Flores bundled out with an Equal 3rd.

The 3rd place marks a superb start to the season for Jérémy Florès, and 2012 is already shaping up to be a fine year for the Frenchman.

"I'm disappointed with the result," Flores said. "I feel like I was surfing really well and I didn't agree with the interference call. That's surfing though so I just have to brush it off and focus on the next one."

In the final round, the American Kelly Slater displayed his full range of talent with a full-rotation aerial that earned him a magnificent 10/10. The legendary natural-footer backed it up moments later with an 8.07 to take the lead, but would only hold it briefly after an assault from Fanning.

"I was moving around trying to get active and I was just finding my feet," Slater said. "I knew Mick (Fanning) was going to be real patient. I knew he got that start and then I tried to talk to him and he put his serious head on and pissed me off, so I thought I'd throw a big rotator on him and it wasn't enough. That was pretty exciting for me. Even when he had the 9 and 8-something, I had a feeling I was in it. I felt like something good was going to come my way and it started to. I had one more chance and that was about it. I knew it was going to be a bit of a struggle with the waves out there, with the long intervals and long lulls, but that's just the way it goes."

America's 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater, meanwhile, qualified for the final where he found himself up against Australia's Mick Fanning. The Aussie finally edged a tight contest, winning by just 8 tenths of a point (18.80pts to 18.07 pts for Kelly Slater).

Slater's Runner-Up finish moves him back to the No. 1 spot on the ASP World Championship Tour ratings.

Catching up with Travis Rice at Baldface in beautiful British Columbia, check out this compilation of some of the best POV moments from the Red Bull Supernatural competition.

From March 28^th to 31^st, the Quiksilver Spring Battle celebrated its 10^th Anniversary at Absolut Park Flachauwinkl in Austria. For the very first 5Star TTR Event of the TTR World Snowboard Tour 2012/2013 some of the world´s best snowboarders travelled to Absolut Park Flachauwinkl to go for the heavy total prize purse of 50.000 US Dollar and up to 850 points for the TTR Big Air Tour Ranking 2012/2013. For the second time in a row, previous year´s winner Seppe Smits from Belgium took first place on the podium. Finnish rider Nuutti Niemelä became second before the American Eric Willett. Clemens Schattschneider was the best Austrian rider who made it up to the 5^th place.

First 5 Star TTR event 2012/2013 with innovative video judging system

For ten years the Quiksilver Spring Battle has made a reputation as one of the most popular snowboarding events in Europe. An accomplished combination of the premium setup at the perfectly shaped Absolut Park with an innovative video judging system has been thrilling riders and spectators at this year´s 5 Star TTR Big Air snowboard competition. In the Qualification round on Thursday, all riders were showing off on the perfectly shaped 22 metre Big Air kicker, even if the weather conditions were getting worse due to strong winds. With the actual start list it was hardly surprising that double corks and 1260´s have been stomped even in the first round. The best ten competitors advanced to the subsequent Semi Finals. Together with ten invited riders out of the TTR Top 10 World Tour Ranking, they kept on pushing it to the limits, ignoring the upcoming storm in the Semis. The Finals were supposed to go down on Friday, 31^st of March but had to be in the true sense of the word blown off in last-minute. The ten best Semi Finalists were automatically nominated for the final Video Judging on Friday Night. They had the opportunity to pick their favorite run for the Video Juding, which was conducted on a video screen from different viewing angles.

International Podium and local Superstars in the top 10

Again, previous year´s winner Seppe Smits could not be beaten. Despite tough conditions due to strong winds, the Belgian convinced the judges and audience stomping a clean Cab 1260 Mute Grab over the Big Air kicker. Seppe won the Quiksilver Spring Battle for the second time in a row. Beside honour and glory, he took home 15.000 Euro prize money and 850 TTR points counting towards the 2012/2013 season. Nuutti Niemelä from Finnland was close on his heels and became second with the same trick, a Cab 1260 Mute Grab for which he was rewarded with 9.000 Euros. The American Eric Willett took 3rd place on the podium with his Frontside Doublecork 1080 Mute Grab, that brought him in 5.000 Euros of prize money. Finnish rider Ville Paumola missed the podium, but raked in 2.000 Euros for the 4^th place. Clemens Schattschneider was the best Austrian rider in the final round, reaching 5^th position. He took home 1.500 Euros as well as Markku Koski from Finland for his 6^th rank.

Another Austrian snowboarder, Michael Macho, became 7^th before Max Buri (SUI), Jan Necas (CZE) and Sven Thorgren SWE). They all got rewarded with 1.000 Euros each for their spot in the Top ten of the Quiksilver Spring Battle 2012.

After the prize giving, FM4/Texta DJ Dan took the tiller for the FM4 Club Aftershow-Party at  the ceremonial hall of Flachau. Riders and party people celebrated the 10th Spring Battle Anniversary properly until the break of dawn.