Archive for June, 2009
June 29, 2009 at 8:54 pm | Spongercity DVD Reviews, Reviews News
A great DVD from the creators of SAME BUT DIFFERENT (Claws & Teeth – Dan Nicholls & West Matteeussen) with fresh faces, fresh waves, fresh footage, fresh editing and a lot more. The quality of the footage is really really good with a clean and clear image and not a single pixel of fuzzy stuff. The angles are sick too with a good mix of water footage and land footage and good original filming. There’s quite a bunch of riders in the vid as well as classic “everyone” sections. Continue reading this review by clicking the link below.
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June 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm | Spongercity Industry News
The new MS Viper fins will hit the Oz market in the coming month, and hopefully the rest of the world ASAP ! Check the pictures here, and also here.
The following press release was waiting in our mail box today:
MS VIPER FIN TO HIT AUSTRALIAN MARKET
GOLD COAST, QLD – Science is proud to announce the release of the MS VIPER fin to the Australian market, the new fin designed by Mike Stewart will be hitting stores Mid August.
We are extremely excited to be releasing the new MS VIPER fin to the Australian market. The fin market has been flooded with angled blade fins for years now and we believe that it is time for change
“MS Vipers are a shorter, wider design that incorporates a delta tail, a design which I have found to be very effective at enhancing control yet minimizing drag and loss of speed. The sidewalls are more beveled like a bodyboard and less vertical, which also enhances control. They have over three square inches of drainage for the foot pocket, the most drainage of any fin on the market, which work great to eliminate any sand or pebbles. They also feature a “rivet grip” pattern on the bottom of the fins that is designed not to snag onto coral or sharp objects, Mike Said.”
“ Mike Continued, Material wise they are similar to the original Vipers; they float and use the best natural rubber available. Natural rubber is a lot more environmentally friendly. Shape wise; there similarity to Vipers is they are symmetrical and shaped out of pure function. But that’s where the similarities end.”
Look out for the all-new MS VIPER fins at your local store in the coming months
June 27, 2009 at 4:06 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
Riptide Mag has revamped their website. Riptidemag.com.au. It’s better and easier to navigate than before, it looks like a classic blog more or less. We love Riptide and have been subscribing to the mag and reading it forever but we have to confess that we werent big fans of the previous Riptide website and althought this new site is better we’re sorry to say that it could have been revamped in a better way. Colors ? Ergonomy ? Navigation ? Origininality ? Design ? We’re sorry but we had to say it.
June 27, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Spongercity Contests News
DK Sessions now has a Twitter account so if you’re a Twitter user make sure you add them to you Twitts and get all updates on upcoming DKS events !
Here’s the link: http://twitter.com/DKSessions
Paul Roach is coming to Oz in August for the DKS contest !
June 27, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Spongercity Contests News
The Shark Isand Challenge is coming ! So watchout for amazing action very soon in Cronulla, NSW, Australia. (4th of July starts with the Brett Young Memorial Trials, then 7th to 27th of July is the Shark Island Challenge waiting period. Both of the events will be streamed live at www.limited-edition.net.au – and for Twitter updates on the contest subscribe to this Twitter feed right now: http://twitter.com/ltd_edition !
Please read the full press release below for more info.
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June 17, 2009 at 4:33 pm | Spongercity Industry News
The MS Viper website is now online. There’s a short clip with Mike Stewart presenting his new signature Viper fins. Check it out here: MSviper.com
June 15, 2009 at 9:09 pm | Spongercity Podcasts News
Boom! Podcast is coming soon with a new series of cool clips: The Dave Winchester Mini-Series.
Boom Podcast and Winny are teaming up to bring you “The Dave Winchester Mini-Series”. The series of podcast will featuring Winny shredding at his favorite waves! This is Dave’s answer to a profile video, so expect only the highest quality surfing action. The Dave Winchester Mini-Series is brought to by NMD, Stealth, Reflex, GF, BSC. The Mini-Series will be released later in the year, but in the mean-time we’ll be blogging at boompodcast.com all the sessions, so keep an eye out for exclusive grabs, stories and tweets. You can follow both Boom! and Winny on twitter to keep an even closer eye on us.
June 15, 2009 at 8:39 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
Riptide Mag issue 170 is now available. It’s the 20th anniversary issue, you can’t miss this one ! Massive amount of content and a special FUTURE feature in Mag. Alex Bunting on the cover.
June 4, 2009 at 8:26 pm | Spongercity Podcasts News
PLC killing it in Sumatra: http://vimeo.com/4995364. PLC making it look soooo fun and easy. Fuckin lovin it !
The clip is from Riraw.tv, make sure you check the other clips from Riraw.tv, there’s another cool recent clip from Canggu in Bali as well.
June 2, 2009 at 1:39 pm | Spongercity Podcasts News
Check out the Boom! Podcast website here: http://boompodcast.com. Chad Waldron dropped us a line about this brand new site: We’ll be updating it with news, videos, grabs, gossip and pointless shit from home and while on the road, so make sure you bookmark it and or subscribe to the RSS feed. We’ll have some new exciting news on our latest project real soon!.
Sick site !
