10.18.01
Press Release

Along the route, the crew on board Quiksilver's 72-foot exploration vessel have discovered and surfed nearly 60 new, first-class breaks, with the biggest surf being 12 feet (four metres).

Two-time world champion Tom Carroll said that the Quiksilver Crossing was about the spirit of surfing that he grew up with. "With my surfing, the first thing I did was walk around the headland to the next beach to see what the surf was like around the corner.

"I was 10 or 12 years old and I was out of the house before light in the morning and around that headland, checking out what the surf was like. Or getting on the bus going a couple of beaches down, just with my surfboard and my mates," Carroll, 39 said.

"And it's just going around that corner and checking it out and seeing what it's like, that's the spirit of the Crossing to me, and it's pretty simple and basic. It keeps every cell in your body alive, that spirit."

Six-time world champion, Kelly Slater, who dubbed the Crossing "The Greatest Surf Adventure Ever" when it was launched, agreed with Tom: "The Crossing's about discovery, finding new waves, basically getting away from the world of surfing that we know and discovering something new," Kelly said.

"It's getting clean water and checking out different cultures; diving and fishing, just living in the ocean basically, living from the ocean and amongst it and not taking it for granted."

Bruce Raymond said: "The circumnavigation is a huge undertaking and I think that we're trying to achieve something that we have an idea of what the outcome will be, but I think the Quiksilver Crossing will discover things that we didn't even imagine."

The future schedule for the Quiksilver Crossing will be:

Maldives to South Africa. September 2001 - April 2002.
Europe. July 2002 - June 2003.
Brazil. July 2003.
East Coast of USA (Caribbean and Central America). September - December 2003.
West Coast of USA and Central America. December 2003 - June 2004.
Pacific Ocean. June 2004 - April 2005.
Indonesia, Indian Ocean. April - November 2005.

The Roxy surfers, including four-time world champion Lisa Andersen (USA), world number two Megan Abubo (Hawaii), Kate Skarratt (Australia), Veronica Kay (USA) and Caroline Sarran (France) have been on board for the past two weeks and have scored incredible three to six foot (one to two metre) surf. Reef Check marine biologist, Craig Shuman, is also on board.

CONTACTS AND LINKS
For highlights of the Quiksilver Crossing to date, and an article on Reef Check and the Quiksilver Crossing, go to: http://www.quiksilver.com

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, photos, or television footage, please contact:

Kirk Willcox
Media/Marketing Manager
Quiksilver International
Email: kirk.willcox@quiksilver.com.au
Phone: (61 2) 9973 5555
Fax: (61 2) 9973 4634

TELEVISION SATELLITE FEED:
Reuters Sydney, Australia, will be providing globally via "Media Sat" a 15-minute feed re the Circumnavigation of the Quiksilver Crossing.
The phone number at the Reuters office is (61 2) 9373 1500
The people to contact are:
1. Derek Pascoe
2. Angie Ramos or
3. Nigel Jones. Nigel's mobile is (61) 417 255 817

Page 1  |  Page 2

   Send to a friend  | Most sent  | Submit your photo or video