Archive for August, 2009
August 6, 2009 at 9:38 pm | Spongercity General, Industry, Spongercity Store News
What if we told you that we made Spongercity™ leashes? fin tethers and neoprene heel pads for your fins ? What if we told you we’ve been working on these for months now? What if we told you they’re the best leashes and accessories around? What if we told you we’ve used the best materials and worked with the best factory and people to create those leashes? And what if we told you we’re gonna deliver sick colors combo for these?
Yep, it’s all happening!
We’re launching Spongercity™ Accessories and will be ready to deliver at the end of this month on the Spongercity Store and a couple core shops around the world.
We were tired of seeing the classic black leashes and could never find the leashes we were looking for confort-wise and quality-wise so we decided we’d create our own range of accessories. Why not ? We were already doing Tshirts and caps so it made sense to work on a hardware range now.
The problem is.. we didn’t want to go for the easy & cheap made in china products and the easy all black color. We wanted to create something original that we’d be proud to use, looks good in the water and is the best quality possible. The good news is, we made it: Our whole range of accessories is Made in The USA, using the best materials and manafacturing there is. It’s simply some of the best leashes, fin tethers and heel pads you can find at the same price or even cheaper than what’s available on the market.
How did we do that you’re gonna ask ? Why could we do this and other brands – big brands – couldn’t ? Simply because we’re not doing this for the money and we’re gonna sit on our margins just because we fuckin wanted to release leashes and accessories that rock and that’s it. We’re not here to make money, there’s no money in our sport anyway.
To keep our prices fair and accessible to everyone worldwide we decided to offer free shipping to almost all countries worldwide (see if your country is good for free shipping when you’ll checkout in the Spongercity Store).
This means the prices on the Spongercity Store already include the shipping wherever you are. Prices might seem expensive for US citizens but when you do the math (price minus shipping) it will most likely be the same price as all other hi-standard leashes on the market.
Aussie and Euro citizens will be stoked coz the price is also the same as other leashes on the market Aussie & Euro markets and the shipping is free also. Take this into account when looking at the prices: they all include shipping wherever you are, you won’t pay anything else than what’s on the price tag!
ALL DELIVERIES WILL TAKE PLACE LATE AUGUST – EARLY SEPTEMBER. You can pre-order anything you want and we’ll keep the item aside for you until we’re ready to ship them. Nothing to pay to pre-order, just let us know what you want and we’ll put it aside. Use the contact page on the Store to tell us what you need.
Here are pictures of all the Spongercity™ Accessories:
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Bicep Leashes – Picture 1
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Bicep Leashes – Picture 2
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Bicep Leashes – Picture 3
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Fin Tethers – Picture 1
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Fin Tethers – Picture 2
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Fin Tethers – Picture 3
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Heel Pads – Picture 1
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Heel Pads – Picture 2
- Spongercity™ Deluxe Heel Pads – Picture 3
Spongercity™ Deluxe Bicep Leashes are available in Royal Blue, Street Grey and Blood Red.
Spongercity™ Deluxe Fin Tethers are available in White, Red and Black
Spongercity™ Deluxe Heel Pads are available in Blue neoprene, Red neoprene and Black neoprene.
All items have the original Spongercity™ red label on them.
We’ve paid attention to details and our accessories have the sickest color combos you can find with seams matching the color of the urethane on leashes and urethane ends matching the color of the nylon bicep strap as well… Fuck black ! Bring the colors back !
Spongercity™ Store – You can already preview all items on the store. Pre-order by using the contact page. We’ll let you know as soon as products are ready to ship. All items are already in stock, we’re just finishing the packaging and stuff.
How do you like the new store look by the way? We just updated it with a fresh new look!
PS: Yes we tested our leashes and accessories and good surf last week already and loveddddd them all ! Yewwwww. We couldn’t choose between each colors so we opened a box of leashes and took one of each like kids in a candy store ! ha ha, yes we can do this !
If all works out well we might consired sponsoring a couple riders in the future. Note this down kids !
August 4, 2009 at 12:18 pm | Spongercity General News
The Roach has been throwing tail in Oz lately and our sources all converge to the same conclusion: the legend is very much alive and throws buckets and tails every time he drops the knee on a boogie. Matt Lackey reports that he’s been filming with Roach for his upcoming flick and has captured some sick footage from Roach. Can’t wait to see this !
By the way read / follow Matt’s stories on his Billabong.com Blog here. You’ll see some recent pics from Roach. Matt’s blog is actually one of the rare interesting blog written by a pro bber that we’ve read recently. Thanx Matt ! Phil Gallagher’s blog is cool as well but Phil’s a photographer hey !
August 3, 2009 at 3:23 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Here’s a short Sundowner Tiona DKS recap on Vimeo. Small but clean and fun waves. Watch it til the end coz there’s some Paul Roach shredding 2 mini waves to pieces like no one else does. Watch it all here.
August 2, 2009 at 4:46 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
Here’s a little video to keep you frothing ’til the issue one of LE BOOGIE comes to life in September: http://vimeo.com/5887994. Can’t wait for this !
August 2, 2009 at 12:57 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Shark Island, Cronulla (Saturday, August 1st, 2009) – Ewan Donnachie from Sydney’s Northern Beaches has won The 2009 Nomad Shark Island Challenge in clean 1 – 1.5m conditions to claim first prize of $10,000 over an accumulated two round points system.
Since the completion of Round 1 back on the 12th of July, riders and officials have been on stand-by waiting in anticipation for the second round to commence. The weeks that followed saw small to flat condition as Sydney basked in a stable weather pattern. Towards the end of the 21 day waiting period riders voted unanimously to extend the period to accommodate a strong fetch of ground swell that was predicted to reel up the N.S.W coastal – and it’s paid off.
Riders were greeted to a freshly groomed Southerly ground swell, a direct result of a powerful lower pressure system situated in the Tasman Sea. As dawn broke, long clean lines peeled around the infamous reef giving everyone an early viewing on what laid ahead.
Due to the southerly direction Contest Director Mark Fordham wasted no time on calling the event ‘ON’, taking full advantage of the perfect low to mid tide conditions.
The heats were reversed (4, 3, 2, and 1) to ensure that all riders had their fair share of tidal conditions. Riders had 45 minutes to top up their round 1 scores.
Overall each heat had their fair share of waves. Competitors basically lined up to enjoy the fun barrelling conditions. Standouts from Round 2 were Alex Leon, Ben Sawyer, Dave Ballard, Chris James, Nick Omerod, Ewan Donnachie, Christian Riguccini and Shaun Peterson.
Upon the completion all headed down to Bar 2230 for the presentation. The “Best Off” awards were presented and then the top eight place getters where called up for the final countdown. Riguccini and Donnachie were the last two standing. Both had shown great tube riding skills and wave knowledge through out the event. In the end, Riguccini, the 1999 SIC Champion was pipped by a mere 5.3 point leaving Donnachie to take to SIC 2009 title..
THE WINNERS LIST
First Prize – Ewan Donnachie $10,000 winner takes all
Best Barrel – Dave Ballard 2 weeks stay at The Secret Sumatra – Surf Camp
Best Move – Shaun Peterson 2 week boat trip courtesy of The Surf Travel Company
Best Wipe Out – Glen Thurston $500 – courtesy of Bar 2230, Cronulla
Longest tube time – Dave Ballard Buzzing over Sydney in the world renowned Red Bull Stunt Plane
“In the end it came down to the most consistent rider and that rider was Ewan”, explained Contest Director Mark Fordham. “Even though he didn’t win a Round he managed to secure two solid scoring waves from both days. For example, Dougy Showell was leading after the Round 1 and couldn’t find his rhythm in Round 2. Dave Ballard only scored 1 solid wave in Round 1, but managed to find his rhythm, especially in the barrel and took out Round 2 – it was a tight event – the luck could have swung in anyone’s favour, that’s competition…
I guess Round 2 was a savour for many. The waves were great for all heats so I guess everyone is happy. It would have been great if it was a little bigger though as the old saying goes ‘you take what you’ve been given’ . After analysing the swell yesterday I thought that it was going to pump as the tide got higher, instead it just hovered at the 3-4ft range. Regardless, everyone on board is stoked, there was plenty of tubes and plenty of ramps to hit so all in all everyone had an equal chance to improve on their first round scores.”
After the winner’s speech, Donnachie was quick to comment on the importance of the event, “Overall it’s been a ‘Challenge’ for everyone, physically and mentally, unlike any event in the world… I am stoked that everyone saw the bigger picture and decided to extend the waiting period. Having that flexibility is essential – that’s the beauty of the SIC- it gives us the chance to express our sport in the best possible way…”
On a final note I (Mark Fordham) would like to thank all the Sponsors of this year’s event for their continuous support especially in this economic climate, the riders for the total commitment and positive frame of mind and attitude during the entire competition period and, of coarse the officials and crew for their upmost professionalism. See you in 2010…
More info on http://www.limited-edition.net.au/
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