Momentum was building through week 6 and we were starting to reach smaller surf communities around the globe. So we made the decision to extend the submission deadline a week to November 7th.
Week 7 did not disappoint. The videos kept on coming and the standard was the most consistently high of the entire Blast Off window.
Decisions in all categories and divisions were very hard and saw us have to break it down into divisions for 10’s, 12’s and 14’s and even then we had 6 finalists in the Boys 14s.
Here are your winners for week 7, stoke is alive and well.
Clip of the week winners
GIRLS 14’s
Zoe Chait from Half Moon Bay Northern California is surfing with some serious power and passion, which feels like stoke to us. We love the aggressive edge she brings to her performance and that’s why we are sending you a prize pack from our mates @futuresfins
Right there in our considerations were @willow.hardyy @erinbrookssurf @kohaifierro2 and @chrislynsimpsonkane from Maui, these girls are setting new standards, congratulations to all of them.
GIRLS 10’s +Â 12’s
10-year-old Lucy Darragh and 12-year-old Ruby Berry
These two young Aussies are both goofy footers and have shown great courage and style. Congratulations girls. We are sending you guys a prize pack from @hurley_anz and @amazonpower for your stoke.
BOYS 14′
Week 7 high-performance clip of the week for Boys 14’s was our hardest yet and we had to ask your help to decide our winner. Conor Donegan is that man, scoring the majority of your votes. We’re getting ready to send Conor a prize pack from our sponsors.
Our 5 other finalists were Benji Lange, Eden Hasson, Kai Hall, Luke Tema and Stone Abubo. The standard of youth surfing is seriously incredible and our decisions keep getting tougher and tougher. Thanks for your help guys!
BOYS 12’s
11 yr old Cruz Dinofa from New Jersey is seriously heading for greatness and has all the elements in place for a career in professional surfing. His style is beautiful, his turns are sharp and precise, he threads the tube and flies through the air with the grace and control of someone far older than he is. Well done mate, we’re sending you a prize pack from @hydroflask
Honestly, we were blown away by this kid but there were many others in the running including @taro__takai who was runner up, @tama.hannemann @the_lucas9@kai_schmitz1Â and @tigerabubo who all impressed.
BOYS 10’s
8-year-old Ethan Fernandez from the South West of France. Your surfing is so mature for your age it is incredible and your style makes us feel like you must’ve surfed before in another life. We are stoked to have talent like you in our Blast Off family. Congratulations, we are sending you a prize pack from our friends @hurley
We were super impressed by the videos and surfing of @platonzi @matiasbanto @ben10210 @jasperglossop and runner up @yujiro_takai from Japan.
FROTH LEVELS HIGH
Tayla Green stoked on her new @boostaus pack
MORE PRIZES FROM LAST WEEK
9-year-old Tristan Straetz from Biarritz, France has been a part of our online Blast Off community since the video challenge begun. He is surfing with some serious flair and style. Congratulations mate, we’re sending you a prize pack from our friends @futuresfins
JB2 submitted multiple awesome surf videos but this clip of him sharing waves with his sister Aydin seriously stoked us out. This family are stoked on surfing and full of heart and we love your energy guys. Congratulations, we’re sending you a prize pack from our friends @sunbum and @sharkbanz
Our keenest grom from Japan Kaisei Adachi has submitted multiple great edits, crazy tubes and some heavy wipeouts. Ripping Kaisei and thanks for being the first and leading the pack, for that you are getting a prize pack from @hurleysurfclub_jp
One of the main reasons we ran this video challenge was to create an inclusive global community of young frothers. This entry from Kamali in India, showed us that we are reaching the remote corners of the surfing world too and got us so stoked. We’re sending you a GoPro camera from @gopro @goproanz so you can capture more great footage.
Isabel and Conor O’Boyle 7-year-old twins from South Australia. From what we hear, they are two of the biggest frothers you could meet and love charging big waves. Thanks for bringing your froth to Blast Off guys. We’re sending you a prize pack from our friends @hurleyanz @hurley
Charger of the week! How nuts are these wipeouts from Noah Hassett at Shipsterns Bluff. Noah is 14 years old and seriously putting it all on the line, we love your commitment mate. We’re sending you a prize pack from our friends at @futuresfins
So great to have the support of the best surfboard brands in the world for the blast of video challenge including @mayhemsurfboards_mattbiolos @lostaustralia and @cisurfboards @cisurfboards_aus
Two of our lucky category winners are going to receive a custom ordered CI board
CI offers a Grom Series comprised of their popular models like the Rocket Wide, Fever, Happy and more that are perfectly scaled down to the needs of any grom. In this short clip , young @jarvisearle is on a Grom Series Fever. This CI model was designed to maximise speed, drive, and flair. You can find at a surf shop near you or cisurfboards.com
Film/edit by @leopardandlady
Vahine Fierro's Tip Of The Week
Free surfing has to be my favorite.
Because it is always about having fun, trying new things, just expressing yourself how you want too and when you want too.
Never forget to have fun and enjoy being in the water.
A good mood usually brings you the best waves without even searching for it haha.
