May 30, 2009 at 12:14 pm | Spongercity Industry News
Toby Player just signed with Cartel Board Co. !
This just in: Cartel Board Co are pleased to confirm the signing of Aussie bodyboarding legend Toby Player to the team. Cartel Board Co was established in the USA in 1996 and continues to play an important part in the sport of bodyboarding. Toby joins DK legend Paul Roach among many others in a truly impressive team of hardcore riders.
Cartel Bodyboards are distributed by Turbo Surf in Australia with a niche offering of high performance Signature boards. The board range includes the Paul Roach DK and Versatile Signature Boards along with the new Toby Player Signature Range. Toby worked with experienced Australian shaper Glenn Taylor to design his new signature model.
The Cartel board range will be officially launched in Australia in July 2009 when the one and only Paul Roach comes to Australia for the DK Sessions event at Tiona. A series of instore promotions with Paul Roach and Toby Player will also be undertaken. Keep an eye out for further details.
Toby had the following comments in regard the recent signing:
“I’m stoked to be joining Cartel, It’s a fresh take on an established brand.
For the first time ever I’ve been able to work with a shaper in Australia (Glenn Taylor)
to come up with a sick template for my Signature model.You’ll be seeing a lot more of Cartel in the future!”
related links:
www.cartelboardco.com
www.turbosurfdesigns.com
www.dksessions.com
Although this press release is coming from our friends at Cartel Australia, note that Cartel is of course distributed in Europe and the US (yeah it’s a US brand). We don’t know yet if Toby’s pro model will be available worldwide but we’ll let you know ASAP. It probably will since most Cartel pro models are available worldwide.
May 24, 2009 at 9:14 pm | Spongercity Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
First of all (as posted on the ROOKIESusa site the US DVD THE DAWN is now available (section by section) on Vimeo. The DVD is really good and has plenty of cool sections to watch and really good music (all 60’s and 70’s rock) Mexico, Hawaii, Oz, Skipp & Hubb, Ross Mc Bride, Dre & Stewart etc. – Watch is all here.
Same for theClap Theory DVD, SOFTCORE which is now available section by section on the Clap Podcast. Go to the iTunes Store and search for “the Clap Theory” or “Softcore” and you’ll find the Podcast if you’re not a subscriber yet.
Last cool video link today: a contest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a wave that looks like a small shark island and the top 16 of brazilian riders on it. Wave looks sick !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGEHoEOUrdg
May 22, 2009 at 7:49 pm | Spongercity Industry News
The french clothing/wetsuit brand Sen No Sen just signed Andre Botha and also redesigned their website: Sennosen.com.
Here’s the Sen No Sen 2009 Team:
ANDRE BOTHA – Usa / South Africa
MAX ARENT – Australia
JEREMY ARNOUX – France
JULIEN MIREMONT – France
AITOR OJEDA – Canary Islands
JIMMY PETILLON – Tahiti
MAT DESAPHIE – France
JULIEN LACOUTURE – Reunion Island
JEFF LEVINGSTON – Australia
May 22, 2009 at 1:03 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
To celebrate 20 years in magazine land, Riptide hits the road in late May and early June, premiering their new DVD and bringing some of the world’s best riders along East Coast Oz. It’s the FUTURE SAILORS Tour. You can follow all the daily tour action at riptidemag.com.au where they’ll have daily pics and tales from the premieres. Click here to see the tour poster.
Pros touring include: PLC, Bunting, Marquina, Botha, Hardy, Hubbard & Tom Robinson
All the tour dates and details are as follows:
PERTH // Friday May 22 // TBC
ADELAIDE // Saturday May 23 // 5pm sharp
DVD premiere @ Mercury Cinema, Adelaide, South Australia
13 Morphett St, Adelaide, SA, 5000
$10 covercharge
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Sunday May 24 to Tuesday May 26
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere in between the South Oz desert and Warrnambool in Victoria.
WARRNAMBOOL // Tuesday May 26 // 5:00pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Southern Guns Surf and Skate, Warrnambool, Victoria
180 Liebig Street, Warrnambool, VIC, 3280
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
MORNINGTON PENINSULA // Wednesday May 27 // 6:30pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Shed Nine Surf Shop, Rye, Victoria
362 Dundas St, Rye Back Beach, VIC, 3941
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Thursday May 28 to Friday May 29
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere in between Melbourne and Lakes Entrance in NSW.
NOWRA // Friday May 29 // 5pm sharp
In-store promo @ Aquatique Core Store, Nowra, NSW
3/28 East Street, Nowra, NSW, 2541
Free DVD premiere at Shoalhaven ex-servicemen’s club (across from ACS)
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina, Michael Chapple, Matt Young and more!
SYDNEY // Saturday May 30 // 4pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ BSC Narrabeen Store, Narrabeen, NSW
1421 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen, NSW, 2101
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
WOLLONGONG // Sunday May 31 // 4pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ SWS Store, Wollongong, NSW
2/88 Kembla St, Wollongong, NSW, 2500
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
NEWCASTLE // Monday June 1 // 5pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Solid Bodyboarding Specialists, Newcastle, NSW
93 Hunter St, Newcastle, NSW, 2300
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Tuesday June 2 to Wednesday June 3
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere in between Newcastle and Port Macquarie on the North Coast of NSW.
PORT MACQUARIE // Wednesday June 3 // 5pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Innervision Surf and Skate, Port Macquarie, NSW
80 William St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Thursday June 4 to Friday June 5
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere on the North Coast of NSW, in between Port Macquarie and the Gold Coast.
GOLD COAST // Friday June 5 // 6pm sharp
GRAND FINALE DVD PREMIERE AND PARTY!
Come celebrate 20 years of Riptide with us as our tour comes to an end.
Level 1/25 Lemana Lane, Burleigh Heads, QLD, 4220
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
May 17, 2009 at 10:08 pm | Spongercity General News
Sorry for the lack of updates the last couple weeks, we went on our annual indo trip for almost a month and weren’t near computers really often… We bet you’ll excuse us !
Here’s a little summary of what went down in the boogie world the last few weeks anyway:
- UNITE released their Winter 09 line, check it out here.
- Our friends at RookiesUSA have updated their site with a sick pipeline pro video edit.
- We spotted this cool clip from Tom Robinson on Vimeo filmed by Cameron Danzey.
- Jake Stone has a blog ! Check it out here and make sure you watch the video edits on the blog !
- Todd Barnes will release a follow up film to THRASH ! It’s gonna be called THRASH’D and the premieres are in October 09 ! Check Thrashdthemovie.com for more info ! This is gooood news hey !
- DKS (DK Sessions) will have a Launch Party on Sat. the 30th of May ! For more info check: Dksessions.com
Spongercity Store update: Truckers Caps are back in stock, Stickers, Badges and Tees as well. We’re still waiting for some size M tees at the moment but most tees are available in all colors and sizes. We’ll come up with more products very soon. We’ll keep you posted.
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May 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm | Spongercity Podcasts News
Episode 8 Season 3 of Boom! bodyboarding podcast. Follows boom’s lucky last Michael Novy during his 2009 Hawaii Season. This is Novy’s 6th season, he tells us why his following in his hero, Adam Keegan’s footsteps. Brought to you by
Podcast available for free download from itunes or in HD on Vimeo
Thanks to all that have supported us and who have also used up most of their band with on downloading the podcast. Stay tuned for more band with killers coming soon!!! If you would like to be a part of the next Season Please contact me. Chad Waldron
