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Rip Curl Joins hands with Auto Giant ISUZU to help Thai Flood Victims.

24 October 2011

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All-New ISUZU D-Max Presents Rip Curl Wake and Music Festival

Rip Curl successfully joined hands in partnership with ISUZU this weekend to help raise funds for Thailand's flood victims during the All- New Isuzu D-Max Rip Curl Wake and Music Festival. The funds mobilization included the bidding of beloved things owned by celebrities and sales of event merchandise. The funds will be donated to the Thai Red Cross Society and an additional 6 foundations such as Kroi Asa Bangkok, Mirror Foundation, King Mongkut’s University volunteers, Na-klong volunteers, Thammasart University shelter flood victims.

This event hit a record in the center of Bangkok when Rip Curl created a huge 40 meter pool at Park Paragon, Siam Paragon Shopping Complex for the Extream sport wakeboard & wake skate winch contest attended by many of the worlds best wakeboarders including Thailand's Daniel Grant, the talented 13-years-old rider. Daniel is the top Rip Curl Pro Wake team rider currently ranked fourth in the world and the youngest rider in the wakeboard/wakeskate field. Daniel is becoming the most interesting athlete in the sport attracting international media on his global travels to become world the number 1 ranked rider.

Moreover, Thai Pro wakeboarder Tassanai Guegulrat, winner of many tournaments in Asia, and National Pro Wakeboarder Tanathorn Rathanachai champion of Asian Thai Wake Park tour 2009, joined many other top pro riders looking to impress the crowd and judges and take home some prize money this weekend. Besides top Pro Wakeboard/Wakeskate athletes, the contest also got famous former singer Anan Anwa and his brother Didi Anwa, They are passionate extreme sport lovers and pro riders.

During the competition side of the All-New Isuzu D-Max - Rip Curl Wake and Music Festival, the riders were scored performing manouvers over an obstacle platform between the 2 pools. Judges watched every ride closely and gave scores for the most radical and technical tricks. The winner received a cash prize worth more than 30,000 baht, with the second place taking home more than 20,000 baht and third receiving over 10,000 baht.

Pre-qualification's started on Friday 21st October with the final rounds of the contest held on Saturday October 22nd.

After an epic weekend of the best action and a tough battle with riders wowing a huge crowd at the packed Parc Paragon, judges decided the winner was Daniel Grant for Both Wakeboard and Wakeskate.

Result

Wakeskate

Champion : Daniel Grant

1st Runner-up : Woravit Bumrungwongkawin

2nd Runner-up : Chris Foo

Wakeboard

Champion : Daniel Grant

1st Runner-up : Anan Anwa

2nd Runner-up : Thanathorn Rattanachai

Rip Curl also turned up the heat during the event with Lifestyle and Bikini Fashion show lead by Top Actress – Pooklook , FonThit Wachatragul and Pang , Onjira Laemvilai.

All the model's strutted there stuff down the pool-side catwalk in Rip Curl's latest winter collection which is designed with an emphasis on street-wear but also keeps within the brand's values of the beach and surf lifestyle. Using a “Made for surfers- by surfers” approach, designing and developing the best quality products, combining creative innovation in response to clients and team riders needs.

Furthermore, the event also provided many fun activities from sponsors. Seven “Fun to D-Max”games from Isuzu. Frozen hand and shaking back with Rip Curl’s Cool the D-Max game. Free flow ice-cold beer from Heineken , Special offers from headphone specialist Urbanear.

The evening was topped off in true style when top Thai music bands ripped into an amazing set- lead by the one and only Gancore Club with support from Tattoo Color, the Jukks, The Yers, Singto Numchoak and Lemon soup.

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