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Photo of all winners and event organizers - (from left) Tipi Jabrik, Jamie Smith, Ekkarat Sriden, Quiksilver SEA’s CEO Paul Hutson, Annissa Flynn, Jake Paterson, Surached Mungthong and Chanin Aiyarak.
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On Sunday evening at the end of the three days of competition, everyone gathered by the pool of the Kata Beach Resort for the awards presentation. After enjoying the delicious food and tapping the bountiful supplies of Kingfisher Beer and Jim Beam, as well as other refreshments, the crowd was treated a Quiksilver/Roxy fashion show by the stunning Maxim models.
with Quiksilver/Roxy fashion show Having gotten the crowd’s attention, Mr. Chanin “Joob” Aiyarak then took to the stage and begun the awards ceremony, starting with the Island Crown events winners in the Junior, Women’s, Longboard, and finally Men’s Open Division. Oliver Penmit got his first event series win in the Juniors, Tiffany Riggs from Australia was victorious in the Women’s, Aaron Wright from the USA stole the show in the Longboards, and Jamie Smith claimed his first win at his home break of Kata Beach. 18
Then it was time to announce the overall winners of each division in the Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series, so Quiksilver’s CEO of South East Asia Paul Hutson took to the stage, first taking a moment to say, “On behalf of Quiksilver I would sincerely like to thank all the sponsors, including the government of Phuket, as without their support we couldn’t have put together such a great series of events. And equally we are very grateful for the hard work and great job that Surached and his team from Quiksilver Thailand, together with Joob and his Phuket Boardriders crew here in Phuket, have done over the three events to make it such a fantastic success. We couldn’t be more pleased and can’t wait to do it again next year. See you then and thank you!” 19