Crysis Mag issue 13 is about to hit the shelves. Peep the cover here. Mag is thicker, with a different format and a wider distribution. Sick Dk cover and sick Toobs feature inside. Looks like TOOBS is taking over the US market once again with a sick team, sick boards and top notch customer service.

Talking about boards, our buddies at CARTEL just sent us the new FC Cartel Board for 2008, designed by french waterman and all around rider Fred Compagnon and PMA. Sick board, really polyvalent and optional crazy nose rocker available. Check it out here.

One more cool board tech news is the 4PLAY new core technology called Fusion Core developped by Dallas Singer and 4Play head shaper Reon Fisher. The Fusion Core, unlike most gimmicks, seems to be a really good idea: the board’s core is composed of 55% of PP and 45% of PE core. The bottom 55% is PP, the top 45% is PE, so it’s flexy under your elbows and stiffer toward the tail to keep the board fast. Sounds like a good prone board thing. The first batch of Dallas Singer fusion core boards just hit the Oz market as we write this.