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Billabong congratulates team rider Taj Burrow for taking out his third Quiksilver Pro title. The win places Taj at the top of the ASP Men’s Tour world rankings and sets him up for another exciting year.
The Gold Coast has been good to Taj. He has won at Snapper Rocks in 2001, 2010, was a finalist behind Kelly Slater last year, and now has beaten the pack one more time to set up his world title campaign in perfect fashion.
The crowds on the final day at Snapper Rocks were mostly Brazilian, a throng cheering passionately for their beloved “Minierinho”, Adriano De Souza.
But Burrow dug deep, went high, went low and did everything required to pip Minierinho at the post – a little revenge on the man who got the better of him in his home waters last year.

“When I found myself against Adriano, I was really nervous because he got me in Final in Brazil last year,” explained Taj. “He’s really tough and I don’t like competing against him to be honest. There was a lot of weight on my shoulders in that Final so it’s pretty rewarding to come out on top.
“I’ve been going for the ASP World Title for a while now… I don’t know what to say. I just want to surf my best and hope that the rest falls into place. I love Bells. I love throwing on a full wetsuit and doing some big arcs in the Bells Bowl.”

That much Taj is certainly capable of. He has won at Bells. He has also won in Brazil – the Tour’s next two stops.
Burrow for world champ?
We’d like to see that!

A huge congrats to all the competitors who put on an awesome show the past 10-12 days!

Some snaps of our Summer 2012 buying trip to view all the tasty new stock for the coming season.

Some photo inspiration from our latest travels

The cult One Teaspoon denimn short as featured in NW mag available in store now

Cool Insight stock instore now mens boardies and tees ladies bikinis tees and frocks <3

The Critical Slide Society

TCSS is a slippery little creature, wrestled from pencils, paintbrushes and procrastination of a small few in Australia. The key bowmen behind the brand are Jim Mitchell and Sam Coombes.

Jim spent several years wielding the sable tooth paintbrush, exhibiting both locally and internationally and contributing heavily to Australian icon brand Mambo. Jim utilises surfing’s rich history to translate into graphics and fabrics. Jim’s love of the ocean & surfing has been a constant inspiration & influence in his work.

Sam also spent several years in the Mambo stable and has contributed art and graphics to many a bathroom cubicle as well as being involved in the development of some of the worlds biggest brands.

After putting their heads and minds together and a few months of strict saltwater dieting and soulful skeg flexing, TCSS is now living and breathing with stockists in Australia, USA, Japan, UK, Austria, Germany, Taiwan.

For any more information please contact:

info@thecriticalslidesociety.com

Check out these awesome photos by local Mike Riley have a look at his surfblog
Primate Photography…