Watch the First Surfboard Kick Flip Ever Caught on Film

Aldrin Garcia dah buat rekod baru dunia skateboarding untuk ollie paling tinggi, tapi kali ni surfer buddies pulak buat rekod baru. Sebelum ini, bertahun-tahun Volcom telah membuat pertandingan Kickflip-Off Contest dan menawarkan hadiah $10000 USD kepada mereka yg berjaya membuat kickflip menggunakan surfboard dan merakamkannya sebagai bukti, tetapi tiada seorang surfer pon masih berjaya membuat trick tersebut.Zoltan Torkos adalah orang pertama yg berjaya melakukannya.



Berikut adalah syarat2 Kickflip-Off Contest dari Volcom.

1. Your entry must be on video from the start of the trick through the ride out. No photos allowed.

2. This contest is open to everyone. The contest begins today November 21st, 2007, and will run until there's a winner.

3. The kickflip must be a real air "above the lip" – No backwash, No chop hops, or anything in the flats or below the lip of the wave.

4. All waves must be self caught – You must paddle into the wave. This means NO tow-ats, step-offs, jetskis, boats, dinghys, winches, canoes, oars, helicopters, dolphins or assistance of any kind.

5. No grabs of any kind. Not before, not after, not during.

6. You must completely "ride out" of the kickflip. That means if you land on the back of the wave and fail to continue surfing the wave – it's not a make!

7. No heelflips. Or else we'd have called it the Heelflip-Off.

8. No shoes. Who surfs in shoes anyway? Regular "made for surfing" booties are acceptable.

9. You must be riding a real surfboard with at least one fin. No boogie boards, softboards, wakeboards, wakeskates, skimboards, kiteboards, trays etc.

Walaubagaimanapon, Volcom telah mengatakan kickflip yg dibuat oleh Zoltan Torkos tidak menepati syarat2 yg mereka nyatakan tadi.

Rule #3 of the Kickflipoff contest states: "The kickflip must be a real air 'above the lip' - No backwash, No chop hops, or anything in the flats or below the lip of the wave."

With that said, Zoltan's kickflip is clearly below the lip and not a real air. Zoltan has pulled the first kickflip on a surfboard, but the $10,000 still remains up for grabs. We called Zoltan with our decision and he replied, "I'm not here to argue against your decision, but I am here to revolutionize surfing."

Untuk tgk sendiri aksi Zoltan ni betul2 kickflip ke tak, usha video ni.



Bagi aku Zoltan punye kickflip memang jadi dan menakjubkan dia boleh buat dengan menggunakan surfboard je. Tapi gua respek la kt lu Zoltan, even da berjaya buat kickflip yg aku rasa almost impossible untuk surfer, tapi ko still cool bila Volcom tak mengiktiraf ko sebagai pemenang.

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