Archive for February, 2010
February 27, 2010 at 12:45 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Reunion Island / French hellman Amaury Laverhne won the TURBO Pipeline pro yesterday in epic conditions. Congrats Amaury ! Amaury surfed reall really well throughout the whole event and smoked everyone in the final with a 10 and a 7.5
Final podium:
1. Amaury Lavernhe – Reunion Island / France
2. Diego Cabrera – Canary Islands / Spain
3. Jared Houston – South Africa
4. Damian King – Australia
The Pipe contest was the first of the 2010 IBA tour for the season. Waht an epic start to this news season !
Friday, 26th February, Banzai Pipeline, North Shore; Hawaii, United States of America – The 2010 Turbo Bodyboards Pipeline Pro presented by Body Glove has been won and run, with Pipeline saving the best for last with the competition wrapping up on the final day of the 2 week waiting period.
Conditions were epic, with perfect 8 to 12 feet Pipe and light offshore winds all day, keeping the thousands that lined the shore thoroughly entertained.
Amaury Lavernhe of the Reunion Islands was the one who came up trumps, blitzing through his final heats.
Lavernhe threw down the gauntlet to his combatants in the final with an outstanding combined wave total of 17.50, which included a perfect 10 for a huge pipe barrel to backflip. He then backed his perfect score up with a 7.5 for another huge barrel to roll.
Lavernhe took out Diego Cabrera of the Canary Island with 14.65, Jared Houston of South Africa with 14.20 and Damian King from Australia with 10.75.
“I am so stoked, I can’t believe it” Said Lavernhe
“I have been here for 3 weeks and I have been training for this day.
“I just took this heat by heat and I didn’t want to think too much about the final”.
Diego Cabrera, who has come off the back of a win at the last IBA World Tour event at Confital in December has continued his stellar competitive run.
“This is my dream, I am very very happy as this is the first time that I have ever been in a pipe final and the second time in a Grand Slam final” said Cabrera.
Though Jared Houston missed out on second only by .45 points, he was thrilled with his performance in the competition after spending over 3 months on the North Shore in preparation.
Originally excluded for the event due to surfing in an unsactioned bodyboarding event, Houston was the one who spearheaded the campaign to the IBA riders board to have the ban lifted at the end of 2009.
“I am so stoked, this is everything that I have been working towards this year so I am so happy that it has paid off” said Houston
Terry McKenna, the IBA International General Manager, who was also one of the key drivers behind this event is thrilled with how the comp rolled out in 2010.
“There was not a better way to begin the 2010 IBA World Tour season” Said Terry.
“Winning this event is only second to winning the world title, I am thrilled that Amaury has won this event as he is the deserved winner”.
The 2010 IBA World Tour now moved to New South Wales in Australia for the Soldier Beach Pro International from April 12 to 18.
February 26, 2010 at 11:01 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Watch it live right now! It’s the last day of the contest, finals with be held today!
http://fluidzone.com/pipe
February 26, 2010 at 3:45 pm | Spongercity Links, Moving Pictures News
Absolutely brilliant. Amazing footage, camera angles, quality and editing. This is the second video that Mitch and his partners in crime James Wise and Tom Hannam post from this season on the rock: http://mitchrawlins.com/movies/hawaii-2010-vol-ii/.
Watch it over and over again. How is that side angle where you can see Mitch and then Ben Player get shacked like crazy before launching huge reverses ? Whaaaaaaat. Sick shit! This is bodyboarding. Thanks Mitch, James & Tom for those edits.
February 26, 2010 at 3:32 pm | Spongercity Moving Pictures News
HOLD which talked about a while ago is having a premiere in Oz on the 22nd of March (check the poster here for more details). HOLD is a soon to be released DVD by Lucas Vazquez and Tyson Peisly with sessions from Tassie, East Coast, West Oz, Vicco, South Pacific and more… featuring all the best riders, sick footage and good editing. Check the HOLD blog here and watch the HOLD teaser here. Check the pictures on the blog, heaps of amazing shots!
February 25, 2010 at 9:08 pm | Spongercity Contests News
David Hubbard wins the DK event at the Pipeline! Congrats Dub! Hubbard received $1,500, which was fitting since he paid the $5,000 deposit fee out of his own account to secure the contest! Last year, there was no drop knee contest at Pipeline due to a lack of sponsorship money.
He won The Foam Company Drop Knee Pipeline Pro contest yesterday at the Banzai Pipeline and is the three-time defending world champion of the drop knee world tour. Last year, he won all three contests on the tour. Yesterday’s contest was the first stop on the 2010 world tour.
Kim Feast came second yesterday. Ricky Alvarez of the Big Island finished in third place. Bud Miyamoto of Kaua’i was fourth, Sacha Specker of South Africa was fifth, and Jacob Pembrook of Kaua’i was sixth.
Side note:
Mike Stewart of the Big Island won the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic for a record 12th time yesterday. The final was also staged at the Banzai Pipeline. Stewart last won the event in 2008. It was not held last year due to a permit issue. Chris Kalima was second, Mark Cunningham third, Frederic David fourth, Craig Watson fifth and Steve Kapela sixth.
Read the full report on the IBA site.
February 24, 2010 at 8:48 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Watch it live here: http://www.usbamag.com/webcast/
February 21, 2010 at 11:53 pm | Spongercity DVD Reviews, Reviews News
NOTHING by Rob Sherwood was released a couple months ago but we havent had the time to review it before although we loved the video and think it deserves way more than the coverage it got til now. It’s got everything a good DVD needs and even more. The only thing that could haven been better is the length of the video itself. It’s slightly too short and would have been awesome to have one or tow extra sections in it. Read the full review by clicking the below link.
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February 21, 2010 at 9:31 pm | Spongercity Moving Pictures News
Here are the premieres dates for OZ for the upcoming Todd Barnes movie THRASH’D:
6th of March – Wollongong
11th of March – Goldcoast
13th of March – Sunnycoast
Click here for details.
You HAVE to watch the 6 min. trailer that Todd posted on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/9600428. Sick trailer with Todd Barnes’ very own editing style and touch. Can’t wait to see the movie!
February 21, 2010 at 5:43 pm | Spongercity Contests, Moving Pictures News
Here the official Day 1 video from the Turbo Pipeline Pro 2010:
http://vimeo.com/9604472
Lots of bad comments under the video on the Vimeo site. It’s true that the sand or whatever is in the fore front is annoying after a couple waves. Other than that the footage is good, the quality as well and some of the waves and riders are pretty damn good.
February 20, 2010 at 9:19 pm | Spongercity Moving Pictures News
Super fresh footage from this winter season in Hawaii on Mitch’ site. You gotta watch it !
Mitch Rawlins -”The waves have been few and far between but with all the top guys in town getting ready for the pipeline contest the waves don’t have to be perfect to get some great clips. Here’s a quick look at what has gone down over the last week. Check back in a few days for volume 2. ENJOY”
http://mitchrawlins.com/movies/hawaii-2010-vol-1/
Awesome !
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