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Eight-time
world champion Kelly Slater (USA) is set to launch aerial surfing to new heights
with an innovative "Game Show" format showcased at the Boost Mobile
Surf Show presented by LG at Surfers Paradise Beach in April '07. 
"I've
always been a strong advocate of bringing innovation into surfing competitions
and testing the limits of traditional formats. The guys at Boost Mobile came to
us with this great concept and it'll be awesome to see surfers perform tricks
that they spin up on the wheel... As a Boost Mobile team rider I'm stoked to be
a part of it" said Slater. THE RULES - Each
heat has 4 surfers in the water
- A 20 ft ‘Surf Show’
wheel is spun by the judges on the beach
- Each surfer has
10 minutes to successfully execute the spun up trick
- If
a surfer gets a thumbs up from 2 out of 3 judges, they receive a letter
- Surfers
who have collected the letters to spell “B.O.O.S.T” go into the finals
- The
top 8 surfers from the 25 heats are chosen for the finals
THE
FINALS - The finals are run by elimination and
success is based on ‘first-in-first through’
- A
trick is spun up on the wheel and the first 4 to get the thumbs up from the judges
go through
- 4 become 2.. then 2 becomes 1.. we then have
‘The Boost Mobile Surf Show Presented By LG' Champion
Frothing
for the unparalleled competition format is ASP world tour no.4 surfer Taj Burrow
(Western Australia, AUS), who as a Boost Mobile team rider will join Slater in
the innovative tournament. 
"It's
going to be total entertainment to watch the world's best aerialists pull off
big moves in front of thousands of spectators... I can't wait for the chance to
have a go at the tow-in session in front of a big crowd in the heart of Surfers."
said Burrow.
The imaginative surf show will put both Slater and Burrow
against the likes of American aerial whiz Tim Curran (California, USA) and Hawaiian
kingpin Jamie O'Brien (Oahu).
The cream of Australia's aerial specialists
will also be invited to compete including; Dave Reardon-Smith (Coolum), Ozzie
Wright (Narrabeen), Dion Agius (Currumbin), Ry Craike (Kalbarri, W.A.), Wade Goodall
(Caloundra, Qld), Yadin Nicol (Western Australia, Aus) and Dru Adler (Gold Coast).
All have been invited with direct access to the main event on Sunday 15th April
and are expected to be fly high in the no holds barred, winner-take-all tournament.
"I'm
stoked about the return of aerial surfing in this dynamic new way," said
former Airshow series winner Dave Reardon-Smith (Yaroomba, Qld), who was one of
the surfers involved in the the Surf Show planning and development.
The
three day surf show will open with the Boost Mobile Surf Show schools 'teams'
challenge on Friday 13th of April; a teams format open to 16 schools nationally.
The winning team will walk away with national glory and an all expenses paid trip
to Perisher Blue to watch the Boost Mobile Snow Show in September '07. Each team
will consist of two under 16 surfers and three open surfers.
The action
continues on Saturday 14th of April with sixty of Australia's finest aerial exponents
fighting it out for AUD$10,000 and one of six spots into the AUD$20,000 Boost
Mobile Surf Show. The format is as per a standard Airshow with six surfer heats.
Wrapping up the exciting, all weekend surfing festival will be the invitational
Boost Mobile Surf Show presented by LG on Sunday 15th of April, 2007. Twenty of
the world's best aerial surfers will surf against each other in a one day; winner
takes all AUD$20,000 surf show.
On top of all the action in the water
there will also be a bunch of entertainment on the beach. Friday night will see
a surf movie festival, surfer come entertainer, Tim Curran, is scheduled to play
on Saturday and wrapping up the event will be a Boost Beach Bash after party.
All the entertainment kicks of after each days surfing from 4pm onwards. Boost
Mobile have stepped up to ensure the locals are blown away with the event, including
a 80m by 40m beach structure, 4m x 4m mega screen, global webcast and an integrated
music event on site at the beach on Cavill Ave on the Saturday night. | 
