Archive for December, 2009
December 21, 2009 at 9:41 pm | Spongercity Industry News
Turbo Surf Designs are pleased to announce that 2 time World Champion Damian King has signed a 3 year contract to ride for Turbo’s global bodyboarding team. Sick stuff hey !
Turbo Surf Design’s owner and Head Shaper, Glenn Taylor, stated that:
“We are stoked to have one of the icons of the sport join the Turbo team. We have known Damian for a number of years now and have great respect for him, for not only all that he has achieved in the water but also his contribution to the sport out of the water. These characteristics are closely tied to the ideals we hold here at Turbo Surf Designs and we look forward to working with Damian to develop bodyboarding further. We believe Damian has the ability and passion to rise back to the top of the sport.
We have started working on the new Damian King range of Turbo boards for 2010 and they are looking great, maybe with some surprises to be revealed! It is a real benefit to have Damian living so close to our shaping bay, so we can perfect his template and combine it with our world class materials and construction techniques”.
Commenting on the new sponsorship deal, Damian King stated that :
“What has impressed me the most about Turbo and one of the key reasons why I am excited by the change is Turbo is an ethical brand with good morals that invests back into the sport of bodyboarding. Even at a local level I have watched Turbo get behind our local club and show support to the younger generation and amateur competitors. I am a passionate bodyboarder and this now translates into the board company I ride for.
Also Glenn Taylor, part owner and one of the best shapers in the World, is amped to work closely with me to get my boards back up to a level I need. Having the head shaper only a stones throw from my house is going to be a huge, huge advantage! On the broader scale my Turbo Damian King signature boards are going to be coming out of the best performance bodyboard factory in the World. This means my signature model will be at a quality level that I have never had in the past- Finally!!
I am focused on the 2010 IBA World Tour and now with the best equipment and Turbo’s support, I am confident I can make an impact . The 2010 World Tour kicks off with the IBA Turbo Bodyboards Pipeline Grand Slam ”
December 21, 2009 at 9:33 pm | Spongercity Contests, Industry, Links News
We might have missed a couple cool news lately on the boogie web world but we’ll catch up now with this little recap:
- You need to watch the NAZARE Special Edition 2009 video – Massive waves for the event !
- You need to know that MANTA has a new (and nice) website here.
- You need to visit this blog which is pretty cool with sick pictures although we dont like the stereotype BLOGGER shitty templates and have to say it right now.
- Ewan Danochie and CustomX came up with a podcast here on iTunes (careful the link will open your iTunes App!) (it’s the LIMITED EDITION Podcast) which you can watch here as well on Custom-x.com.au
- Dallas Singer has a website now!
- You should read this, it’s a good blog.
- Brandon Backshall has a blog but it doesnt work for us on Safari at the moment.
December 20, 2009 at 9:00 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
One of the cool things about working with Will George last year and this year on the new TOYS 2009 and 2010 logos is that we got to ride a custom Toys board shaped by Dan Sivess himself and keep the damn thing after we tested it! We test-rode a custom 41 “THE GAME” model with PE, mesh and one stringer.
All TOYS for 2010 are shaped at the Mez factory in indo and Dan Sivess has been shaping some customs and samples for the 2010 production, which is what we rode. The cool thing is that the stock boards are just as good as the customs with the same exact materials and refined shapes so TOYS will treat us with nice shapes and solid boards once again this year. Click below to read the full review.
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December 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
The TURBO IV is a classic revival of the worldwide famous TURBO III board. Sick colors, sick shape, sick design, the essence of new school bodyboarding back in the days.
TURBO revisited that board in 2009 and again in 2010 and re-launched that classic shape with new, modern materials. The TURBO IV FRC 41 has an FRC blank inside (Flex-Response-Core – FRC model features a sofisticated tri-stringer system). The FRC core is stiff yet flexy thanks to the 3 stringers and special core: it’s very light, solid but flexy like PE core.
It feels different than PE when you ride it. It’s got a faster projection/recoil and feels stiffer when riding fast. Click below to read the full review.
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December 18, 2009 at 7:45 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
The TURBO Mason Rose Model is a classic and performant drop knee shape. It’s one of the rare 100% dk boards on the market and if someone knows how dk shapes should be it’s definitely Mason and his shaper Glenn Taylor from Turbo. Both Mason and Glenn worked on this template and then had the board produced as a stock board once both were satisfied with this baby. This board has a PE core with double stringers and this is what seems to be the favorite choice for most dkers in cool to cold waters. You’ve got control, speed and stiffness yet a necessary bit of flex due to the PE core which is softer and flexier and you’ve got something stiff under your knee and under your foot (the 2 stringers). Click below to read the full review.
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December 16, 2009 at 5:48 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
71 Magazine issue 2 is now online ! Click here to read.
December 16, 2009 at 10:45 am | Spongercity Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
There’s a cool new shaping/stamping video from Lackey and Glen Edwards on Youtube with a cool article on Matt’s blog over on the Billabong website.
Check the video and the blog here in this post.
We’ve been editing another episode for the Spongercity Podcast this week and it’s a “How boards are stamped” episode so between this and the Lackey video you’ll be pretty well informed on board shapes and stamps ! We’ll post the new Spongercity episode on the podcast later this week.
December 15, 2009 at 1:03 pm | Spongercity Podcasts News
Click to watch: Boom! The Dave Winchester Mini Series Ep 5 – South Australia Vimeo
or download it for free through iTunes
Here’s little message from Chad Waldron regarding this last episode:
Welcome to the last episode of The Dave Winchester Mini Series. This section was filmed in only 1 day in extremely remote South Australia earlier in the year. A massive thanks to all the sponsors for bringing this to you, NMD, Reeflex, Stealth , BSC & Grand Flavor, thanks to Dave for surfing incredibly and being so easy to work with and every one that has help out along the way.
I hope every one has enjoyed the this season of Boom! podcast, and keep an eye out soon for more amazing bodyboarding soon!
We can’t wait for more from Chad and wish there were more of this Winny Series!
December 15, 2009 at 12:55 pm | Spongercity Moving Pictures News
Feast our frames v1.0 by Flames Yates, on Vimeo. Cool stuff and good editing.
December 15, 2009 at 12:52 pm | Spongercity Industry News
EBB is opening its new store in South West Dunsborough, Australia on the 21st of December. Don’t miss the opening if you live nearby. Check the flyer here for the opening.
More about EBB here: Ebb.net.au
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