Quik Groms Do Trix

Hughie Vaughan, Rex Hennings and Eden Hasson hop/spin in ‘Radical Times’.

elsewhere // Sep 4, 2022

Words by Ethan Davis

Reading Time: < 1 minute

If you’ve seen HSGP, then you would know the budget for talent (particularly da groms) has been slashed since surf biz’s Halcyon days pre-2008 GFC.

Perhaps that’s why 15-year-old Eden Hasson listed ‘Lawyer’ as his plan B occupation if the surfing thing doesn’t work out.

Smart.

Check Quik’s current crop of whiz kids in ‘Radical Times’ – a youth development initiative for blossoming surf talent.

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