Archive for September, 2008
September 26, 2008 at 11:18 pm | Spongercity Moving Pictures News
Hello! (the Lucky Squirrel Club DVD) is now available and it looks like it’s pretty good ! The packaging is also pretty cool ! Love the hat ! Review coming soon on Spongercity.com
ROAM II is coming soon as well but before the DVD release you’ll be able to go to the premiere if you’re in Oz. Dates as follows:
Saturday, Oct. 4 – SYDNEY – Dee Why RSL – 932 Pittwater Rd, Dee Why NSW 6pm
Tickets available at Bodyboarders Surf Co. Narrabeen
Monday, Oct. 6 – WOLLONGONG – Illawarra Leagues Club, 97-99 Church St, Wollongong, NSW 6pm
Tickets available at Beach Street Surf Scene Shellharbour
Tues, Oct. 7 – NEWCASTLE – Mayfield Ex-Services Club – 58 Hanbury St, Mayfield NSW 6pm
Tickets available at Solid Bodyboard Shop Newcastle
Friday, Oct. 10 – SUNSHINE COAST – Sands Tavern – Sunshine Plaza Parade, Maroochydore QLD 6pm
Tickets available at Eppos Bodyboard Shop Mooloolaba and Inverted Bodyboard Shop Mooloolaba
Saturday, Oct. 11 – GOLD COAST – Calypso Nightclub – 91 Griffith St, Coolangatta QLD 6pm
Tickets available at Bodyboarders Surf Co. Coolangatta
The cost per ticket is $10 per person and go onsale Monday 22nd of September. Premieres are open to ALL AGES but tickets are limited so get in quick. Copies of the film will not be available until Oct. 15th.
Meet the stars of ROAM II on the night, including Chris James, Matt Lackey, Glen Thurston, Adam Luehman, Simon Ormerod and film maker Bryce Thurston, along with special guests and plenty of give aways.
Film maker Bryce Thurston follows up his 2007 epic ROAM with a groundbreaking documentary that follows Nomad FSD riders Chris James, Glen Thurston, & Matt Lackey behind the scenes as they journey around Australia and beyond…
ROAM2 features amazing footage from Tahiti, South Oz, Victoria, West Oz, Forster DK Chopper shoot and the NSW South Coast, and showcases other talented riders including Ryan Hardy, Jake Stone, Adam Luehman, Michael Novy, Simon Ormerod, Dave Hubbard and Mitch Rawlins.
ROAM II is a Digital Children production, presented by Nomad Bodyboards, in association with Limited Edition Fins & Agent18 Wetsuits, and supported by Yamaha, Bodyboarders Surf Co. & Riptide Magazine.
Here’s your first taste of Digital Childrens editing style with the new Nomad ad featured on ROAM II: Youtube link riiiiight here.
More info at www.nomad.com.au and www.myspace.com/nomadbodyboards
New Facebook here…
September 23, 2008 at 12:20 pm | Spongercity Industry News
Jeff Hubbard recently signed with US clothing company Ocean Current. Ocean Current is largely distributed in shopping malls in the US and probably provide Jeff with a good (or at least better) budget for his trips and contests travels etc.
We dont know yet if Jeff leaves No Friends (at least for the Clothes) because of this new Ocean Current sponsorship but we believe that he probably left NF since he ain’t got no more NF stickers on his boards .
Ocean Current is a surf and skate apparel brand that carries a complete collection of Little Boys (2T-7X), Boys (8-20), and Young Men’s clothing. Offering a full range of Wovens, Knits, T-shirts, Bottoms and Outerwear such as Jackets and Hoodies, and board shorts coming in 2009, Ocean Current is quickly becoming a full-scale boy’s and men’s apparel line with national recognition and a growing following. Learn more about Ocean Current here.
September 19, 2008 at 7:02 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
Riptide just posted some amazing pictures on their website from the biggest session yet at WA’s infamous right, featuring Damian King, Mitchell Rawlins, Chad Jackson and Jones Russell. As well as tales of near-drowning and death-defying barrels, you can view each wave ridden as a sequenced slideshow, PLUS there are four exclusive, downloadable desktops of each rider to be collected. says Riptide.
Check it all out here on Riptide’s website. Here is a direct link to the gallery if you want.
Check out Riptide 167 (on sale Wednesday October the 8th) for the craziest sequence from the sesh.
September 18, 2008 at 7:37 pm | Spongercity Contests News
It was eventually south af’ Mark Mc Carthy who won the latest event on tour (Ferrol Doninios Pro), as the press release precised Mark McCarthy, 25, claimed his maiden victory on the International Bodyboarding Association (IBA), World Tour on Saturday 6 September, while competing in the Doninos Bodyboard Pro, in Spain. McCarthy is supported on his World Tour campaign by Lizzard Surfwear, Mike Stewart Science Bodyboards and Factory7.co.za Online Surf Store.
So right now the ratings on tour look like this:
1. Valadao
2. Tamega
3. Player
4. Costes
5. McCarthy
Can Valadao win his first title ? Can Tamega come back on top and grab his 7th or something world title ? Can Player get a third nice trophy home ? Can french hellman Pierre Louis smoke everyone and get himself the crown ? Can McCarthy win a title this year ? Can someone else beat these guys and steal the trophy at the last minute ? Mmmmh we can’t tell. What do you reckon ?
All bets are open, post yours in the comments !
September 16, 2008 at 8:21 pm | Spongercity General, Industry, Podcasts News
We’re on the road in California and actually couldnt really update the site too often. We missed a couple little news stories but i’m sure we’ll be forgiven because here they are and we even have new ones for you:
- Spencer Skipper officially launched his DENZIEN leashes website the other day. Check it out herea while ago in this post last June. Looks like the leashes are made by XM surf more and it’s good quality for sure..
- The Panic Button released another episode on their cool podcast starring Hardy, Costes, Jackson, Virtue, Honeybone, Backshall, Ormerods, Luehman at the Box (WA). Go here and download / suck / rip / watch it.
- Movement Magazine changed the design of their website.
- Todd Quigley from QCD now has his own little blog. Interesting.
Other than that we (Spongercity) went to ASR the other day in San Diego. Very few bodyboard brands there. We noticed Morey / BZ were there, Catch Surf also (the Tom Morey softboards). We’ll post a couple pics if we have the time to. No good waves in South California during our trip…
We got to see the latest TURBO bodyboards though the other day, while meeting Gregg (owner/manager of the brand). Pretty cool. Good projects coming.
Also got to read Bodyboarder Magazine here in the US (the one with Dave Hubbard on the cover) which is pretty good (better than before we reckon).
September 7, 2008 at 5:50 am | Spongercity Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
Episode 2.03 of NMDtv/Boom! podcast is up online right and ready to be downloaded. Its Dave Winchester’s turn to showing you why he’s the versatile king, as he shreds apart the waves in Bali land.
Download the FREE episode through itunes here or here on the Waldron’s website.
