WA Bodyboarder Brendon Backshall has just joined the Boogerking team. He Joins Ben Player, Mitch Rawlins, Jason Finlay and Max Arent on the coveted Team.
“Brendons flair both in and out of the water were the major factors in Boogerking sponsoring him. Welcome aboard Brendon!” – Toby Player
OGM Bodyboard Shop, the european bodyboard shop sponsoring Pierre Louis Costes just signed another international rider: Chris Won Taloa, the north shore legend. Chris kills it standup, dk and prone and will be shredding hawaiian & californian waves under the OGM flag now. Check Chris on video here and there.
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After Peru the world tour heads to Chile for the The Arica Challenge (sorry for lagging we’re 2 days late !). The contest hasnt started yet anyway.
Arica Chilean Challenge
Date: July 29th – August 9th
Location: El Gringo, Arica’
Country: Chile
Prize Money: U$20,000
Status: IBA Men’s Grand Slam
IBA Points: 2000
Latest news: The Arica Chilean Challenge was put on hold today as organizers wait for a big swell thats due to hit early next week. The waves at El Gringo were fun but this place can dish up amazing waves so fun did not cut it today… Over 110 of the Worlds best riders are assembled and pumped for the second IBA Grand Slam event on the 2009 MWT. Stay tuned for tomorrows call by signing up to IBA twitter on live site and front page…
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Riders vote unanimously to extend the waiting period for the 2009 Nomad Shark Island Challenge
Shark Island 26th July.
For Immediate Release
After long talks with riders and officials; it has been decided to extend the waiting period for the 2009 Nomad Shark Island challenge for an additional 2 weeks to accommodate the end of the second tidal window and inturn to introduce of a third. The waiting period will now carry on till the 9th of August, a total of 34 days, the third longest waiting period in the event history.
“It has been a shocking period for swell” explains Contest Director Mark Fordham. “There has been plenty of activity down South though the swells seem to keep tracking in an S/SW direction which is unfavourable for Shark Island itself.
The 180hr+ swell models are showing signs of a new pulse which is predicted to hit the Tasman Sea region towards the end of the week so we will see how that system develops.
If that swell produces the goods it will miss the end of the second tidal window and roll into the lay-day period with an afternoon start being our only option. (Refer to chart below). Remember, we only need a minimum of 2hrs to complete this event so anything is possible.
If that predicted swell fails to meet expectations then we will roll into our third tidal window with our first available high tide not coming into affect until 4th of August. Therefore, as of the 4th we will have six days to finish the event. The riders seem positive that something will come out of it, all we need now is for Huey to come to the party….”
Shark Island local Alex Leon has been following the swell action all period and is adamant that something special is on the way. “It’s great that the riders have voted in favour of extending the waiting period for this prestigious event. Extending the waiting period for a couple days isn’t much good. We need to extend it for a week or two. There is a lot of swell in the Bight (Great Australian Bight) and all we need is just one of these low pressure systems to swing up a little past Tassie and it’s on.”
All eyes will be on the charts pending the movement of the Southern Ocean. Stay tuned…
Riraw.tv has been covering heaps of PLC sessions lately and they just uploaded more from PLC for your viewing pleasure: Check Riraw.tv for a new Bali clip from Pierre Louis ! Sick footage with PLC charging padding like it’s a shitty 2 foot beachbreak. Siiiiick !
Available on Vimeo or on the Riraw.tv Podcast (iTunes).
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Supported By: SWS, I Am None, Zion, Boom pod casts, Sky Dive On The Beach and Movement Magazine – Raising money for JAAGO.
4Play are pleased to announce they will be running an U/20’s Grom Comp on Saturday 15th August at Kiama Wedge. The event will be run by 4Play team manager / shaper Reon Fisher, in conjunction with team riders Thomas Robinson and Dallas Singer. “Dall came to me with the concept a while back and when we mentioned it to Thom he was all for it! The idea is to use the comp as a bit of a talent search, looking for some new grom team riders to add to the 4Play team, as well as raising money for a great charity” Reon said.
First place at the event will score you a year’s sponsorship on the exclusive 4Play team. Giving you the opportunity to be apart of the same team as Damian King, Dallas Singer and Thomas Robinson. There is also a bunch of other rad prizes donated by supporting sponsors SWS, I Am None, Zion, Boom pod casts and Movement Magazine. On the day there will also be raffles and other prize draws with CD giveaways, and a chance at winning a tandem Sky dive from Sky Dive On The Beach.
All money raised from the event will be donated to JAAGO. www.jaago.com.bd -JAAGO Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to the betterment of underprivileged and poverty-stricken children of Bangladesh. Founded in April 2007 in Dhaka by a group of young students, it focuses mainly on battling malnutrition and illiteracy in children, and on rehabilitating them to better environments and social conditions. JAAGO is currently directed to conducting activities to provide more long-term and sustainable benefits to children who are under the poverty line.
The event will be run in the same format as a professional event with 4 man 20minute heats with the top two progressing. There are only 32 positions available for the competition so make sure you get entries in early as it will be first in best dressed.
Poster artwork is here.
Comp entry form for people who wanna participate is here. (PDF document) – Right Click the link and “Save as”.
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A new mag is born! It’s coming from Oz, it will be available only on the internet (viewable online, or as a hard copy but to be ordered online).
“It’s a brand new magazine, which is all about not saying much to say a lot more. The first issue is going to blow people’s minds with the quality of the images. Showcasing the photographs in an all gallery style layout with some interesting stories penned by the riders themselves all on the highest quality stock. This issue is 144 pages and with the way things are going it’s only going to get bigger”.
Phil Gallagher – Editor/Photographer
More info & details about the mag very soon on Spongercity.com
Jeff just won the Peru event of the IBA Tour. More info and pictures here. He defeated local Jorge Hurtado (Peru) in the final to make history as the first ever winner of an IBA event in Peruvian waters. Almost 5,000 spectators lined the shore of Chilca to support the event and this will guarantee the longevity of the IBA’s newest event on Tour. The crew now pack up and head towards Arica for the second Grand Slam for Men, The Arica Chilean Challenge, so stay tuned for more action from ibaworldtour.com
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2010 is just around the corner. Well not really… but most boards companies have already started producing or designing their boards for 2010 and it’s gonna be hard to choose your next boards among all the available ones. So we thought it would be a good thing to gather some of the hottest boards for 2010 (yep some are missing, we know! BZ boards pics, more Moreys, more CustomX boards, some Sniper boards from europe and a couple more brands…). We’ve tried to make a selection of pro models and stock boards that will definitely some of the good boards. It’s a sneak preview, we would have like to have more brands and boards but not all boards pictures were available. We’ll probably update this post as it goes. Some are already available in Oz, some worldwide, others can only be pre-ordered and the rest are simply not available yet but will be later this year or in early 2010.
Just click on the models you wanna see or browse thru all models by clicking the left or right arrows on your keyboard or on the slideshow arrows (once you’ve clicked on any of the board link of course). Pretty easy!
Enjoy.
NMD 2010 Boards (A selection of Pro Models and cores – Models are avaible in lots of other cores or variations)
NMD 2010 Novy 3D Core
NMD 2010 Novy PE Core
NMD 2010 Novy Small
NMD 2010 Player 3D Core
NMD 2010 Winchester 3D Core
VS 2010 Boards (Pro Models only in 3D Core – Models are avaible in lots of other cores or variations)
VS 2010 Hardy 3D Core
VS 2010 PierreLouisCostes 3D Core
VS 2010 Rawlins 3D Core
PRIDE Boards 2010 (Most Pro models and the combo board)
Pride 2010 cade sharp 606
Pride 2010 cade sharp 808
Pride 2010 Combo 505
Pride 2010 Combo 707
Pride 2010 Combo 909
Pride 2010 mitch woodland 606
Pride 2010 sam bennett 808
ELIT Boards 2010 (A selection of various models)
Elit 2010 blank-ltd pp.jpg
Elit 2010 dkf pp
Elit 2010 sd2 pe
Elit 2010 sd2 pp
Elit 2010 td2 pe
HB Boards 2010 (A selection of the Icon series models)
HB 2010 brad hughes icon PE
HB 2010 icon PP
HB 2010 projekt icon PE
HB 2010 sean virtue icon PE
HB 2010 sean virtue icon PP
HB 2010 TS icon PE
HB 2010 TS icon PP
MOREY Boards 2010 (Bunting models)
Morey 2010 bunting PE
Morey 2010 bunting PP
TOYS Boards 2010 (Pro models as well as a few other boards)
Toys 2010 Aka Lyman
Toys 2010 Aka II
Toys 2010 GnR
Toys 2010 The Game
CUSTOM X Boards 2010 (Shapers Series models as well as the A.Luehman board)
CustomX cxc
CustomX cxr
CustomX cxv
CustomX Adam Luehman
CARTEL Boards 2010 (Roach Pro models as well as a few other boards)
Cartel 2010 5-STAR
Cartel 2010 9Board
Cartel 2010 9Borad crescent tail
Cartel 2010 50/50
Cartel 2010 D5
Cartel 2010 D5crescent
Cartel 2010 flowboard
Cartel 2010 FVT
Cartel 2010 LTD
Cartel 2010 M2
Cartel 2010 Roach DK
Cartel 2010 Roach LTD
TURBO Boards 2010 (Pro models and the IV board as well)
Turbo 2010 botha pe
Turbo 2010 IV
Turbo 2010 jackson contour pe
Turbo 2010 mason pe
Turbo 2010 mason pp
4PLAY Boards 2010 (Pro models and a couple more boards)
4play 2010 boost dow
4play 2010 dallas hps
4play 2010 dallas pp
4play 2010 dallas tech
4play 2010 element xpp
4play 2010 king hps
4play 2010 king pp
4play 2010 king tech
4play 2010 smoke bpp
4play 2010 tom robinson hps
4play 2010 tom robinson pp
4play 2010 tom robinson tech
NOMAD Boards 2010 (the Gold Signature series)
Nomad chris james efc
Nomad chris james pe
Nomad chris james pp
Nomad chris james prodigy pe
Nomad glen thurston efc
Nomad glen thurston pe
Nomad glen thurston pp
Nomad glen thurston prodigy pe
Nomad matt lackey pe
Nomad matt lackey pp
Nomad matt lackey prodigy pe
NO6 Boards 2010 (Max Arent Pro Model)
no6 max arent efc
no6 max arent pp
no6 max arent pe
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Riders and officials will be on call as of Friday 24th for an anticipated Southerly swell that is forecasted to sweep the N.S.W coastline. Since the completion of Round 1 the East Coast of Australia has been dominated by an unusual summer pattern that has basically starve the normally wave hungry coastline. With strong low pressure systems dominating the southern oceans and tracking towards New Zealand any real chance of swell is being deflected away by the large and stable high pressure weather pattern.
The plan for the completion of The 2009 Shark Island Challenge depends on this weekend’s event. If waves do not meet the required minimum 4ft wave range then, upon the request of the riders all will meet to discuss the option of extending the waiting period of an additional week if the 7 day forecast looks promising.
“We have all made the sacrifice of giving up a years worth of competing because I think we all believe the SIC is and has been the Premiere Bodyboarding event of all time”, explains Sydney’s Alex Bunting. “Round 1 was not Classic Island; the majority of riders struggled to get 2 scoring waves and some competitors didn’t even get the chance of a lone scoring wave due to the hectic conditions. For the image and dignity of this event, if there is anyway we can extend the period in hope of another swell I am all for it! I know that we are at the hands of Mother Nature; though at least we can say we tried all we could to make it happen.”
A reminder that points for this unique event will not be released until the start of Round Two.
When Round Two finally gets underway riders will then be given their overall scores so they can work out where they stand and what they need to do to ensure that they take home the $10,000 winner takes all prize purse.
PRIZE PURSE
First Prize - $10,000 winner takes all
Best Barrel – 2 weeks stay at The Secret Sumatra – Surf Camp
Best Move – 2 week boat trip courtesy of The Surf Travel Company
Best Wipe Out – $500 – if you want it, it’s all yours
Longest tube time – Buzzing over Sydney in the world renowned Red Bull Stunt Plane
An update will be release towards the middle of the week.
