Congratulations JERRY!!!

EMERALD would like to extend a massive CONGRATULATIONS to our team rider JARED HOUSTON.

In his rookie year on the tour, Jerry managed to make the final of the Turbo Pipeline Pro, and the final of the Soldiers Beach Pro. This great start to the year helped propel Jared to the top 5 in the tour rankings. A consistent year on tour kept Jerry in 6th place overall until the very last event on the tour, Confital in the Canary Islands. Unfortunately Jerry didn't make it through his round 6 heat (a first for Jared in 2010) and the guys who were close behind him in the tour race surpassed him, relegating Jared to a final standing of 10th in the world after his first year on the World Tour!!

This effort Jared put in all year was rewarded at the IBA presentation event after the final event at Confital, where Jerry was awarded the 2010 IBA Rookie of The Year award. Being in the top 24 in the world also qualifies Jared for the all new GSS (A new version of the World Tour) in 2011 which will see the tour return to world class waves around the world.

He has also impressed his fellow riders, recently taking out equal 18th place in the Riptide Peer Poll. It was his first year of inclusion in voting for the Peer Poll, so Jerry was super amped to make it in the top 20!
Add to these achievements the fact that Jerry was invited to participate in 'The Wild Wave" event at El Fronton in the Canary Islands.

This event is being touted as one of the biggest events in bodyboarding history. The Fronton invitational will see 12 invitees and 4 local wildcards battle it out for glory in one of the worlds heaviest and most high performance bodyboarding waves in the world. The event will be webcast here on RedBull TV. We encourage everyone to tune in and watch, as not only will this be an epic event to watch, Red Bull will also be counting viewer numbers to see if there is enough to warrant backing the new Word Tour on a more permanent basis!!!

For more updates on Jared's successes, like his double page (above) in the brand new Le BOOGIE mag, check his blog at jaredhouston.tumblr.com