Sally in 2nd!
by: Alex | Monday, March 31, 2008
etnies Australia surfer Sally Fitzgibbons just keeps racking up the points. She came in a close 2nd at the weekend's Motorola Pro Jr. in Newcastle, Australia.
It was a tight final heat between the current world and Australian junior champion and her frequent opponent Laura Enever. In the last minutes of the competition, Enever just barely defeated Fitzgibbons with a final score of 16.65 to 13.20. The competitors just faced off a few weeks ago in a WQS event at the Arrive Alive Central Coast Pro, where Sally took home the first place championship with Enever in second.
In yet another impressive display of talent, eighteen-year-old Fitzgibbons scored the only perfect 10 wave in the third round at the event. The second place standing in Newcastle adds to her already impressive list of wins in the 2008 Australian surfing season.
Keep it comin' Sally!
Wanted: All Pro Snowboarders For Snow GvR!
by: Travis | Monday, February 4, 2008
All pro snowboarders are invited to GvR Snow
which is going down at Bear Mountain, February 23rd. If you are not on the rider list, but have the Pro skills, then get a hold of us to enter the competition by going HERE!
With $50,000 in prizes, the first annual GvR Snow will be every bit as mind blowing as the Skate and Surf GvR competitions have been. Be sure to let us know your stance so we can add your name to the lists!
SALLY, that girl!
by: Alex | Monday, January 28, 2008
Last Saturday etnies Australia surfer Sally Fitzgibbons competed in and won(!) the Roxy Surf Festival at Australia's Phillip Island. The competition is one of only six in the world with a WQS 6-Star rating, the highest in the World Qualifying Series with the most possible points toward overall standing. The HUGE win means yet another 1st place victory for Sally, a $4500 prize, 2500 points AND a current 1st place standing in the WQS ratings! Sally... that girl.
CONGRATULATIONS SALLY! More details at aspworldtour.com.
Another Win: Sally Fitzgibbons Just Keeps On Ripping!
by: Alex | Monday, January 21, 2008
etnies Australia rider and World Junior Champion Sally Fitzgibbons just keeps on ripping. Two weeks ago Sally claimed the ASP World Junior Crown in Sydney, and without missing a beat she took 1st at Saturday's Ozmosis Nova Pro Junior! The huge win at Australia's Gunnamatta Beach translates into $1000 in the bank and 1500 points on the board! ASP News has more details. Congratulations Fitz!
Follow Sally this week to Phillip Island, Australia where she'll meet up with fellow etnies surfers Leilani Gryde and Serena Brooke for the Roxy Pro Women's Surfing Festival. Check back for updates all week long.
Good luck Ladies!
MFR Lays It Down
by: Alex | Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Rollin' 10 pages deep! What's all the fuss about Marie-France Roy? Find out in the January 2008 issue of Snowboard Canada Women's Annual where she lays it down. Or check out the full spread here. Thought you knew...
Spencer O'Brien in Transworld!
by: Alex | Monday, November 5, 2007
Spencer O'Brien (left, here with her sister Meghann) is one of our beloved etnies Canada riders. See what she's been up to over on TransWorld Snow's site!
Sally Fitzgibbons Second in the World!
by: Sarah | Wednesday, May 17, 2006
All of us at etnies Girl would like to send out a huge congratulations to etnies Australia shredder Sally Fitzgibbons for placing second Monday at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships at Maresias Beach in Brazil!
The Under 18 Girls final was an exciting one, with Sally in the lead literally until the last minute when Pauline Ado from France grabbed a wave that gave her an 8.93 (out of 10) to beat Sally by less than half a point. The final score says a lot about the level of surfing of the top two girls as compared to the rest of the field: Ado narrowly won by 15.50 points, Sally placed second with 15.06, Brazil’s Diana Souza took third with 9.50 and New Zealand’s Airini Mason came in fourth with 7.33. All said and done, being able to say that you’re number two in the world isn't too bad…especially when you’re just 15 years old!
Sally has been unstoppable as of late, just last month winning the girls’ 16 and under division at Rip Curl’s GromSearch Australian National Championship and the Wild Surf Co/Billabong Pro-Teen Girls event, and placing second at the Billabong Girls Easter Surf Festival World Qualifying Series (WQS). Expect to see great things from this one in coming years. You heard it here first!
etnies Girl Skaters Sweep PUSH JAM!
by: Sarah | Monday, May 15, 2006
- Evelien Bouilliart
The old saying that good things come in threes was evident this past weekend, as etnies Girl skaters Evelien Bouilliart, Kristina Westad and Ianire Elorriaga swept the top three spots at the first stop of the etnies Girl PUSH JAM 2006, held at the etnies European Open in Munich, Germany.
- Triple trouble (left to right): Evelien, Ianire and Kristina [Photo via www.skateboard.de]
Evelien, who won the contest last year, defended her title with a solid first place finish. Known for her fearless and stylish skating, the 16-year-old from Aalter, Belgium, killed the rails with feebles, lipslides and smith grinds, and even pulled out a frontside bluntslide during the best trick session.
Kristina, a newcomer hailing from Molde, Norway, who is nicknamed “The Viking,” came with a big bag full of tricks that put her in second place. Highlights included 360 flips over the hip, kickflipping the London gap and frontside boardslides on the rail.
Ianire, a two-time European Champion from Bilbao, Spain, rounded out the etnies Girl sweep by taking third place. She skated the course full throttle, and one of her highlights was a backside disaster on the big quaterpipe.
Congratulations to Evelien, Kristina and Ianire!
The next stop of the etnies Girl PUSH JAM 2006 will take place at the etnies Bowlmasters in Brixlegg, Austria, on May 26-28.
etnies Girl PUSH JAM Kicks Off in Munich
by: Sarah | Thursday, May 11, 2006
The first stop of the etnies Girl PUSH JAM 2006 will take place this Sunday, May 14, at the etnies European Open in Munich, Germany. etnies Girl team rider Evelien Bouilliart from Belgium feeble grinded her way into a well-deserved first place at last year’s inaugural event, and she’s pumped and ready to defend her title this weekend. Other etnies Girl skaters who will be competing are European team riders Louisa Menke (Holland) and Lisa Schairer (Germany), and European B team riders Ianire Elorriaga (Spain) and Kristina Westad (Norway).
The remaining stops of the etnies Girl PUSH JAM 2006 will take place at the etnies Bowlmasters in Brixlegg, Austria, on May 26-28; the etnies Girls Camp in Basel, Switzerland, on August 7-10; the European Skateboard Championships in Basel, Switzerland, on August 11-13; the etnies European Open in Paris, France, on September 15-17; and the etnies European Open in Rome, Italy, on October 6-8.
Good luck, ladies!
etnies Girl Signs Evelien Bouilliart
by: Sarah | Wednesday, May 10, 2006
etnies Girl is thrilled to announce the addition of Belgian skateboarder Evelien Bouilliart to our team. Evelien has been riding for the etnies Girl European team for a few years now, and after several impressive contest finishes in 2005, recently signed on to represent etnies Girl.
Evelien, who is just 16 years old, started skating in 2000 in her hometown of Aalter, Belgium. She was on fire in 2005, placing second at X Games 11 (her first major U.S. competition), first at the Push, the etnies Girl Jam at the 2005 etnies European Open in Munich, Germany, third at the 2005 World Championships of Skateboarding in Münster, Germany, and first at the Mystic Skate Cup girls’ contest in Prague. Earlier this year, she also finished second at The Global Assault in Melbourne, Australia.
Between trips to New York City for the etnies 20 year anniversary party and Orange County, Calif., to visit etnies Girl headquarters, Evelien has been at home in Belgium skating and going to school. However, the 2006 season is heating up, as she will compete in the etnies Girl PUSH JAM at the etnies European Open in Munich, Germany, this weekend, and travel to the Mystic Skate Cup and X Games 12 in July, and Slam City Jam in August.
Evelien joins fellow skateboarders Elissa Steamer and Lauren Perkins, snowboarders Leanne Pelosi, Janna Meyen and Alexis Waite, surfers Mary Osborne and Serena Brooke, motocross riders Tarah Gieger and Sarah Whitmore, and BMX riders Nina Buitrago and Stacey Mulligan on the etnies Girl team.
Welcome to the team, Evelien!