Archive for September, 2009
September 11, 2009 at 5:43 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
NMD boards are made by Mez in indo, in the same factory that produces VS, LMNOP, HB, SCIENCE, SNIPER, some TOYS, some TURBO, MOREY, BZ, ELIT and even more brands… They’re all really good boards with a solid construction (Buzz Tech Laminators), CNC Machine precision for the cut of the core blanks, and hand shaped finitions for all boards (rails, nose and tail bumpers, nose bulbs & lamination process).
We’ve tested the NMD Ben Player 41.5 PE board in a wide range of conditions and waves. To be honest it’s the board we’ve tested the longer and the better, simply because it felt good right from the beginning and it still feels good today as we write this. Nope, we havent given the board back, we’ll keep it. Click below to read the full test.
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September 10, 2009 at 9:32 pm | Spongercity Tests, Wetsuits Tests News
ZION Wetsuits is one of the new cool wetsuit brand out there, hailing from Australia, and being “The Brainchild of former pro Bodyboarder Ryan Mattick”, who “has developed Zion for purpose built Bodyboard use in mind”. There are quite a lot of bodyboarding-specialized wetsuits brands nowadays which is great (Agent 18, Dunes, Zion, Reeflex, Void…). We tested an AGENT 18 Wetsuit last year, then a DUNES steamer, and now it’s ZION’s turn to be tested by Spongercity. We’ll make the test/review short and to the point:
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September 9, 2009 at 5:38 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
VS boards are made by Mez in indo, in the same factory that produces NMD, LMNOP, HB, SCIENCE, SNIPER, some TOYS, some TURBO, MOREY, BZ, ELIT and even more brands… They’re all really good boards with a solid construction (Buzz Tech Laminators), CNC Machine precision for the cut of the core blanks, and hand shaped finitions for all boards (rails, nose and tail bumpers, nose bulbs & lamination process).
The Ryan Hardy is a fast and narrow board designed by Ryan and Todd Quigley. Its template is very straight in the same vein as its range compadre the VS Rawlins board. The template and curve of the VS Hardy when you look at it is quite close to the template of the NMD Player board but the Hardy board is narrower and it’s got a different curve between the wide point and the nose of the board. The NMD Player for example has a gentle curve that goes smoothly from the wide point to the nose whereas the VS Hardy has a curve that tends to go up higher, in a straight line and then turn at the last moment to meet the nose corners which makes the board very straight.
As a result the VS Hardy board is fast and draws straight lines on the wave. The rails are straight and feel fast and responsive for rail to rail turn, specially since the board is quite narrow. It’s easy to scoop, lock yourself into barrels and control the board in hollow conditions. On the contrary, small and less powerful waves would probably not fit the board as well, it would lack volume (width) a little bit and wouldn’t go as fast or be enough responsive.
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September 7, 2009 at 9:18 pm | Spongercity Moving Pictures News
Just a few videos clips we spoted on the web the last couple weeks:
- Dub in Puerto Rico: http://vimeo.com/5442952 – Really inspiring. Sick dk riding. Dub owns it.
- Mitch Woodland ‘best of’ clip: http://vimeo.com/6174029 – Sick clip & really talented rider !
- Dylan Lee: http://www.vimeo.com/4973294 – We maintain what we said before: Dylan is the only kid we’ve watched who has a Roach potential. This is how good dking looks like.
- Eddie Solomon at the wedge: http://vimeo.com/5792874 – One of the biggest roll we’ve ever witnessed on film.
- Ben Player at Black Rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PI-xTxGwbY – Ben surfing aussie pipe, 7 hours worth of footage. Sick shit.
September 7, 2009 at 1:37 pm | Spongercity Contests News
We havent really followed the latest events on the world tour (IBA) since the Arican Chilean Challenge, mostly because they didn’t look too attractive (sorry) with waves and spots that werent really matching the Pipe, Chili, Shark Island, Chopes, Cloud9 or other events that we had on the tour a while ago and are better suited to bodyboarding and proper TV material & entertaining stuff. However, considering how bodyboarding struggles to get coverage and touch a wider audience to make the sport bigger, better and richer we totally understand that the latest events are much needed on the tour because there’s a wider public to touch, there’s investors, sponsors and people to watch on the beach. Less impressive spots but impressive crowds and more money…
Anyway, here’s the recap of what happened on the world tour since the Chilean Challenge:
Viana Pro – Portugal: Eder Luciano wins
Sopelana BBK Pro – Spain: Amaury Laverhne wins
Sintra Pro – Portugal: Hubb wins (and his brother Dub wins DK event!)
Ferrol Deeply Pro – Spain: Winny wins (and Dub wins the Dk event again!)
Next event is Peniche, Portugal. Peniche is famous for its deep hollow barrels and it’s a world class shorey so let’s cross our fingers for scik waves and action !
September 4, 2009 at 7:00 pm | Spongercity Spongercity Store News
We’re almost running out of stock on certain items in the Spongercity Store so get your Spongercity™ leashes and heel pads before it’s too late! Orders are flying out the office like never before. We’re re-stocking already to make sure we’ll have enough stock and to make sure all items are available in the store. The stock on the store is updated all the time so dont worry, you couldn’t place an order for something that is out of stock. If you see the item and order it, it means we have it in stock. Unless 100 people decide to get the same item at the same time maybe ? That’s something we haven’t planned anyway !
LINK TO THE STORE: http://store.spongercity.com
Images of the leashes & packaging: Here and there !
September 3, 2009 at 11:34 am | Spongercity Magazines News
Phil Gallagher is taking care of the business and came up with new cool items from Leboogie Magazine:
- A 4 issue subscription is now available
- Custom Canvas printing from any image you see in the magazine is available now as well.
Check the details for these items here and then check the leboogie.com website for more.
September 1, 2009 at 11:47 pm | Spongercity Industry News
Our great friend Corio just launched his website and clothing company after months of preparation and development. We’re stoked to see the result and proudly support his brand here on Spongercity.com – say hello to FLIPMODE! Preview some of the logos, tees, beanies and sweaters here: Logo, tee, more tees, hooded sweater, beanie & another tee
Here’s more about this new aussie brand and its website:
A relative newcomer to the industry but not to the sport, Running With Flippers is an Australian owned clothing company for the riders by the riders. All our work is inspired by a lifetime passion for bodyboarding and a keen eye for design. We aim to give back to the sport what it has given us for the last 20 years. Our web site, http://www.runningwithflippers.com, will showcase not only our clothing but also our future riders and anything else we like and think that you would be interested in. Running With Flippers is best described as fun, edgy, colorful with a slight element of danger!!
FLIPMODE is the first label that we have introduced into the market and can be bought online via our web site. Our first range is out NOW and we have used quality apparel that we design and print in OZ. We are foam deep in creativity & working on the second range, which will be released for the coming spring/summer season. We also aim to see our product in all the best bodyboard stores nationally as well as internationally in the not so distant future
To kick things off we are running a Board Art competition to give away some FLIPMODE“>FLIPMODE gear. Check our website for more details on how to enter & win some new threads!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have helped us along the way & are showing their support, you all know who you are! To all spongers out there…..go forth and froth or as the band “Art Vs Science” would say, use your flippers to get down!!
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