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Movement Mag issue 26 will be out soon. It’s got a bomb with Ewan Donnachie at Shipsterns on the cover. Heaps of classy pictures in the Bang! section, a “33 days and 36 hours” article – comparing one trip to indo and another to south oz, featuring dallas singer, chris james, tom robinson, max and more. The future of the world tour and “Black Swan” – an insightful look into one of the most misunderstood bodyboarders out there – Damian King.
Softcore by John Idano and Garret Allard (www.the claptheory.com) is the latest DVD to date hailing from the US – California to be exact. It’s refreshing and well edited. Read the whole review by clicking the link right here below.
Billabong dropped Ryan Hardy from its bodyboard team. We waited until the news was official and until Ryan or Billabong said something about it and confirmed the rumors. Ryan talked about it on the Riptide website. Looks like budget issues forced Billabong to drop one of their bodyboard team riders from the team and Ryan was choosen. This is one sad news for Ryan and for the industry in general, showing how hard it is to be a pro bodyboarder.
Although Ryan will definitely find a new wetty and clothes sponsor we doubt that some brand out there can pay Ryan the same as Billabong did.
New beginnings for Ryan. Ryan is a legend and a true professionnal. We hope he’ll find new sponsors ASAP and keep on ripping til’ he’s the world champ !
SurveillanceMedia uploaded this sick Puerto Escondido video clip the other day with Mason Rose, Lackey, Luke Hall, Brandon Foster, Dubb and Jeff Bragg. It’s one of the sickest drop knee video clip we’ve seen in a long time. We reckon this trip in from last year, there was an article in Movement about the trip.
Anyway you gotta watch this, then grab your dk board and go surf: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DUqe5t-6nt0. Sickesssttt stuff.
Damian King will release his JOKER II dvd pretty soon. We actually just read this on the NF Aus website. Some premieres are scheduled at the end of November in Oz. Click here for more info.
We weren’t big fans of the Joker I to be totally honest (the review we did is here). The end of our review went like this: “The editing and footage is good but a biography on video is never really exciting and the music isnt that good. If you are one of Damian’s fan you should get the video though”.
However… we weren’t big fans of the Hardlyfe I by Ryan Hardy either… but we loved the Hardlyfe II dvd which had no biography stuff at all, wasnt boring, and was just super good footage of Hardy and his mates.
So… this would lead us to think that we might actually love The Joker II coz i guess this one will be like Hardlyfe II – no biography stuff, just good waves from Damian and his mates ! Plus Damian rips on the knee so hopefully well see him getting shacked on the knee !
Nomad signs Chris James for 2 more years and releases ROAM II official teaser here on Youtube.
Nomad just sent a press release about the new Chris James contract: “Nomad FSD team rider Chris James recommitted to Nomad Bodyboards and Limited Edition Fins yesterday signing a new 2 year deal”. Pretty cool.
Talking about Nomad, ROAM II will be available next week ! There’s a new official teaser for ROAM II here on Youtube.
This week Science annonces 3 new team riders ! Science is proud to announce that it has bolstered it’s already stellar lineup of stars with three of the countries hottest young prospects in Ash Bryant from the Gold Coast, Charles Ward from Tasmania and Alex Wilke from Sydney.
Ash is from the Gold Coast and has one of the best styles in and out of the water and has what it takes to be at the top of the pile of the next generation of riders, he has a great personality and is looked up to by his peers and groms alike
Charles is a young kid from Tasmania that is pushing the envelope at Shipsterns, for a 17 year old he has put himself into some serious situations of late but he can back up the bravo with great technical skills and is a down to earth approachable charachter
Alex is from the hip suburb of Avalon but don’t let this fool you into thinking this kid is too cool he is a down to earth young guy that just happens to posses phenomenal talent on a bodyboard, he will be a force to be reckoned with in the future.
We just interviewed Mason Rose. Mason is a Dk legend, super talented and stylish rider. Read what Mason has to say about the current state of Dk riding, his projects, his work, life in general, and his upcoming trip to Europe.
Hot chick first ! Thepanicbutton crew will soon release their TV show (Soak The Sponge) to be aired on FUEL TV in November. They’ve dropped 2 cool teasers here on Vimeo with a hot chick involved. I’m sure she’ll get all your attention. In case you forget to note down the show’s schedule on FUEL TV here you go:
Soak the Sponge:
Tues Nov 11th @ 12:00
Tues Nov 11th @ 17:30
Wed Nov 12th @ 09:30
Sat Nov 15th @ 18:30
Wetsuits now. Looks like Alex Bunting and friends (Tom Smith, Lilly Pollard, Tom Wilson, Jayden Hunt, Mitch Woodland, Trent Sanford, Mike Honeybone, Jones Russell) will now be shredding waves with new outfits. The wetsuits are called VOID Wetsuits. Website is coming soon. (We think EBB wetsuits is behind VOID for your info). Haven’t seen the suits yet, appart from drawings and suits name. Team is impressive.
Hey Portuguese riders out there and/or all riders speaking Portuguese: VERT Mag issue 89 is now available, here’s a little sum up our buddies at VERT staff sent us this morning:
Summer is definitely over, time to get on the new Winter season. On issue 89 you may give a close look on a exclusive interview with five portuguese gladiators of the world tour, improve your bodyboard with a handfull of lessons, watch some gold from past summer sessions and dig on plenty more stuff.
Link to video clip teaser for VERT 89: Vert89_web.mov
