Innersection has just announced the qualifiers for their 2012 surf video contest who will feature in their next DVD release Innersection Black. Of the 12 available spots Portugal’s Nicolau von Rupp secured himself a spot as the only European in the mix. If you haven’t checked his standout section you probably should:

While we’re not sure what happened to this year’s first place and the 100 Gs Innersection used to give away, last year’s winner Albee Layer is supposed to have a killer section in the final DVD release (the others you can still all watch online, be it in pretty horrible pixelated Youtube definition).

Other Innersection qualifiers included:

Alex Chacon with Jay Button
Asher Pacey with Nat Lanyon
Brett Burcher with Toby Cregan
Peter Devries with Adam Chilto
Gilber Brown with Saul Garcia
Leif Engstrom with Calvin Knowlton
Josh Mulcoy with Zacary Hill
Raph Bruhwiler with Adam DeWolfe (most viewed)
Kaikea Elias with Damien Robertson
Carlos Munoz with Saul Garcia
Noah Cohen with Ben Gulliver