The search is on for the next Mathieu Crépel, Travis Rice, Candide Thovex or Torah Bright!

Quiksilver and Roxy are launching an innovative, new challenge: to find the best kid capable of following in the footsteps of Torah Bright, Travis Rice, Mathieu Crépel or even Candide Thovex.

A European competition open to all boys and girls aged between 8 and 13, who can snowboard or ski.

The prize is taking part in the European Winter X Games in Tignes (France) in 2010, one week’s summer camp and nothing less than a year’s contract riding for the Quiksilver or Roxy team.

Participating Quiksilver and Roxy shops will be transformed for the occasion into talentspotters, with the winning shop being awarded a week in the Hossegor “Quik house”, as well as an invitation to the Winter X Games Europe, held in Tignes.

The budding champion has to complete three stages to realise his or her dream: riding for Quiksilver or Roxy side by side with his or her idols!

1 Apply by submitting “Sponsor me” photos and videos with profile, via

www.quiksilverlive.com and in all participating Quiksilver and Roxy stores, so he/she can qualify for a web preselection during January.

2 In February, a Quiksilver & Roxy Radar competition will be organised in the five ski resorts across Europe. The kids have to impress the jury with their riding skills, as well as taking part in video clips and interviews, before going online to be judged in the public vote.

• 6th February : Formigal – Spain
• 7th Fevruary : Bradonecchia – Italy
• 11th February : Saas Fee- Switzerland
• 13th February : La Plagne – France
• 13th February : Trysil – Norway
• 14th February : Lipno – Czech Republic
• 14th February : Kleinwalsertal - Austria

3 The grand final will take place in March, during the European Winter X Games in Tignes, during which the budding riders will than take part in a final jam session under the watchful eyes of their idols.

Sponsors:

The Australian snowboarder Torah Bright took her first steps

into the white stuff at the age of two, on skis. Nine years

later, she had her own snowboard. It was the start of a long

carrier. The results came thick and fast and very quickly,

Torah became the indisputable icon of women’s world

snowboarding. In 2007, she won the WTTR world circuit as

well as two gold medals in Superpipe, at the 2007 and 2009 Winter X Games.

Travis Rice was the revelation of 2008/2009. This 27-year-old

American is used to success, both sporting and non-sporting. Last

January, during the Aspen Winter X Games Aspen, Travis won

the Big Air Gold Medal, followed by 4 (out of 5) of the Transworld

Snowboard Awards USA. Feted for his film “That’s It That’s All”,

Travis was also voted the best snowboarder of 2008, a male

revelation and was awarded the distinction of master

snowboarder by the readers of Transworld.

Mathieu Crepel started on the snow at the age of 7. Now, aged 25, he is

one of the most highly-honoured snowboarders (World Champion in

2007 for Big Air and Half-pipe – first winner of the TTR circuit in 2006

and FIS World Cup winner in 2005)! Originally from La Mongie, he

started out by skiing, closely watched by his father, a ski instructor. He

signed his first professional contract with Quiksilver, when he was 10.

As for Candide Thovex, he was given his own pair of skis at the age of

2! It is easy to see why he’s now one of the best freestylers in the

world. Several times a winner of the Winter X Games, he is also

acclaimed for the films that he himself produces.

For more information go to www.quiksilverlive.com

And in all participating Quiksilver and Roxy stores