The Canterbury Scholastic Surfing Team has been given a much needed kick to their fundraising campaign thanks to ten times and defending Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Champion Kelly Slater.

The team have secured a limited edition Quiksilver t-shirt autographed by the man himself.  The shirt lists Slater’s 45 ASP event wins which span back to 1992.

The shirt is being auctioned via Trade Me with all proceeds going toward the Canterbury Scholastic Surfing Team and their bid to get to the National Scholastic Championships being held at Ahipara in the Far North during October.

The shirt was received by Maz Quinn while at the Quiksilver Pro held on the Gold Coast in March.  After hearing of the Christchurch earthquake Slater signed the shirt and gave it to Quinn for fundraising purposes.

“The funds raised will be gratefully received with many families under financial pressure due to the earthquake” said a thankful Canterbury Surf Team Coach Aaron Lock who added that it will cost in excess of $20,000 for the team to attend the event.

The surfers of Christchurch have been land based for much of the year due to the pollution along the city beaches as a result of broken sewer and storm water drainage systems.  This has meant that the grommets need to travel out of town every weekend or after school during the week if there is time, to go surfing and train for the event.

The signed Slater t-shirt auction can be found here.

Spread the word far and wide and lets rally together in support of the Canterbury Scholastic Surfing Team.

 

Information
For more information on the auction of the autographed Kelly Slater limited edition shirt please contact Ben Kennings on 07 8250022 or 021 2278732. Alternatively email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.

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