Ian made the finals and took 3rd place in the 14/under division at the Rip Curl Grom Search at HB pier.

Ian picking up his new quiver before leaving for the Mentawais.

Boards anyone?

7 a.m...Ian warming his wetsuit on the hotel air conditioning

The Volcom Crustaceous Oaks Summer Camp VQS is now officially over.   Ian surfed well and finished 3rd in the Groms division and won $1500 bucks.  The rest of the Maui contingent faired well with Tanner Hendrickson finishing 2nd ($3000)  in the Juniors and Albee Layer winning the air show ($2000.)   Ian is now headed for a Nike 6.0 photo trip on the 19th for 12 days.  Here are a few pics from the contest.   Definitely one of the funnest contests of the year.

Ian and Yuri

The Maui crew

Ian is now in Newport Beach, CA prepping for the Volcom VQS contest from May 13-16th.  We arrived today and went for a surf at the contest site (54th street.)  Surf was super small and windy with tons of current.   Swell is looking better on Thurday and thru the weekend.