Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:12pm PDT

Flynn Novak wins the Kustom Airstrike

By: Janos Palko


North shore local Flynn Novak has been anounced as the winner of this year's Kustom Airstrike $50,000. Novak submitted 3 different clips of him landing his patented "Flynnstone Flip", which is basically a frontside double-grab backflip. The contenders included several clips by Josh Kerr, Chippa Wilson, Mitch Coleborn, and others. The win could not have come at a better time for Novak, as he had just been disqualified from Taylor Steele's Innersection contest under suspicious circumstances, and without a major sponsor, has been funding his career by himself. When Novak got the call from last year's winner, Dusty Payne, he was more than happy.

"Pretty much the best thing that's happened in my career. F-ing psyched right now!"

Well done Flynn!



Untitled from Kustom Airstrike on Vimeo.

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