Archive for December, 2010
December 21, 2010 at 11:36 pm | Spongercity Contests, Europe News
Hubb won the Wild Wild Wave Fronton Invitational yesterday in the the Canary Islands in massive but windy conditions, congrats Hubb ! Good contest to watch and cool webcast on the Redbull TV site. Thanks Many V. ana Ricardo E. for the comments, it was sick !
Results as follows:
1.Jeff Hubbard – Hawaii
2. Diego Cabrera – Canary Islands
3. Andre Botha – South Africa
4. Yeray Martinez – Canary Islands
Check the IBA site for more info about the contest & pics etc. – http://www.ibaworldtour.com/
December 19, 2010 at 11:28 pm | Spongercity International, Moving Pictures News
Damian King’s Joker Podcast – “Revenge” – VOL 2 – A must see ! Damian rips (and Benny as well hehe). Watch it now here: http://vimeo.com/17884251
December 19, 2010 at 11:26 pm | Spongercity America, Moving Pictures News
Bodyboarding in Canada with Greg Vorster – http://vimeo.com/17548741
Seems cold but the waves are good and Greg rips ! Super cool video !
December 19, 2010 at 11:23 pm | Spongercity Australia, Moving Pictures News
Cool new video from Aussie James Nymeyer here: http://vimeo.com/17397988 !
December 19, 2010 at 11:19 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
Press below from IBA’s Manny Vargas:
Sunday December 19 2010 Gran Canary Island : Is it really here? After ten long days of sitting and waiting, the day has finally arrived! Tomorrow we will see 16 of the best bodyboarders on the planet battling it out on one of, if not the best, bodyboarding waves on the globe. El Fronton will host the most anticipated bodyboarding event in history. Yes, this is it people, The Wild Wild Wave El Fronton Invitational.
With ten grand going to first place, you know that these riders are going to go all out. It’s going to take two solid heats of riding to get to the finals. But it’s going to take everything they’ve got to be able to stake claim the big cash money prize. Imagine what you could buy with that kind of coin. They won’t admit it but the competitors have had that in the back of their mind for the last 10 days.
Official Start Time: Monday December 20th 9:50am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). We don’t want you to miss any of the action so we’ve found a user friendly website to help you with time conversion. Plug in the info and you’ll get the time in your location. Australian rider/compeitior Ben Player is from Whale Beach on the East Coast of Australia. So he’ll be telling his family and friends to watch www.redbull.com/tv at exactly 8:50 p.m.
Find out what your time zone is: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
If there is a time to get the bodyboarding tribe together… this is it. Log on and watch www.redbull.com/tv
2010 Wild Wild Wave El Fronton Invitational is being brought to you by: Maldito Rodriguez and Red Bull Media House.
Check this Red Bull link now: Click here
Get your daily dosage of updates on www.redbull.com and www.redbull.com/tv.
This event will be live broadcast on www.redbull.com/tv
Current Conditions
Swell: North 5 feet and rising
Contest Start: Not Yet. Shortly, Yes!
Winds: Light offshore
Texture: Glassy
Weather: Sunny
December 14, 2010 at 7:34 pm | Spongercity Australia, Industry, Photography News
Just got the new from our good friends at FLIPMODE Clothing – The new FLIPMODE Summer Range is out in Australia – http://www.flipmode.com.au/?p=122
Cori from FLIPMODE – Our new range is out now & by the time you read this, will be available or on its way to your local boog shop. Our clothing is evolving thanks to your feedback & your support. Summer is about festivals, fun surf & hanging out with your mates which is why we named it “The GOOD Life”! There’s something for everyone in this collection so what are you waiting for?
Also make sure you check the JK x FLIPMODE collab tee here: http://www.flipmode.com.au/?p=127 – JK is a great photographer and one of our best friends. Check JK’s photos here on his website, we recently worked with JK and put a cool site up for him to show the world his work. Worth a look, we tell ya !
Check the whole range out here: http://www.flipmode.com.au/?page_id=119
December 14, 2010 at 7:28 pm | Spongercity Australia, International, Moving Pictures News
TRAVERSE, the new Nomad-Produced DVD, following the successful ROAM & ROAM II movies, will be out next Monday ! Yep, the 20th of December !
Nomad says only 500 DVDs will be available before January so if you want it for xmas, make sure you order your copy now – sorry we’re not selling it yet on the Spongercity Store.
Check the cover artwork here.
Traverse is the action packed follow up to Nomad’s ROAM series. Edited by Claws & Teeth’s Dan Nicholls, TRAVERSE follows 12 months of the world’s best free surfers as they scour the globe facing all conditions thrown at them by mother nature. Sessions include locations such as New Zealand (seen in Riptide #178), Luna’s (seen in Le Boogie #5), Cook Islands (seen in both Le Boogie & Riptide), Western Australia, South Australia, Northern NSW, South Coast, and Tow sessions.
The project features the riding talents of Chris James, Max Arent-Highfield, Ryan Hardy, Ewan Donnachie, Jono Bruce, Adam Luehman, Alex Halsey, Pierre Louis Costes, Nick Mc Neill, Sacha Specker, Matt Lackey and more, and has been filmed by Dan Nicholls, Lucas Vazquez, Michael Jennings & Matt Lackey.
Approx. Running time: 30mins plus extras
RRP: $29.95
Available: December 20th 2010.
December 14, 2010 at 7:22 pm | Spongercity Australia, Industry News
Sorry we’re late on that news, we were lagging a bit and working on a new project lately but we’re back on track with fresh news now ! So yeah, Attica Wetsuits have released their Summer Range in OZ, which you can check here: http://www.atticawetsuits.com/ – No news yet about international distribution of those suits. We’ll keep you posted !
December 14, 2010 at 7:19 pm | Spongercity Australia, Magazines News
LeBoogie issue 6 is out ! Sick cover with 2 naked girls watching a naked boogieboarder inverting his balls off the lip !
Watch Thomas Robinson having a first look at the mag here:
Peep the cover here too: Cover (uncensored)
Mag excerpt:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
It was a full moon, I remember, the night all this lunacy began, which explains a lot. There was no sign of the cops when we left the studio which was relieving but we still walked quickly to the car parked nearby, cloaked in darkness.
It was the Shakespeare Hotel in Surry Hills, I remember, where we decided to dine. There was a lot to talk about, the editor had said. The family was multiplying. Sales, unprecedented. Supremacy was imminent and we were to strike while the iron was hot.
Through a window I watched a phoenix fly silently across the sky.
“What of a nude cover?” dared the editor through a mouthful of veal. There was still flecks of blood in his hair.
Dramatic lighting from outside.
“Now THAT… is ambitious,” I chortled, eyeing my marinated ribs.
“It must happen!” exclaimed the designer, spilling his whiskey, thrilled.
And it did happen! It does!
The sun is shining brightly in Norah Head, the right kind of weather. My skin sizzles. The air is thick with heat on this beach and the swell dances in perfectly while a zephyr blows. There are plates of fruit. There are stacks of boards and cases of expensive camera equipment. The photographers are crouched over there, drawing diagrams in the sand, calculating distances. I am humming the tune of ‘Hakuna Matata’. There was a dolphin sighting earlier.
Meanwhile the models are casually getting acquainted, laughing and looking beautiful and tan. One is glazed a gentle cinnamon and I ask myself, would she taste the same? But before I can answer RIDER XXX is coming over, all boyish smiles and a flamboyant Quigley custom beneath his wing and a twinkle in his eye. The chosen one.
The models are untying their sarongs now – they are naked, carelessly applying sun cream to their bodies, slim legs angling inward at the very top, their breasts saying ‘hello!’ again and again and I am not imagining this. RIDER XXX and other crew members have since disappeared.
And then someone yells ‘action’, a cue for the models to flick their hair and look hot as hell and for everyone else to stop and gaze in appreciation. “What am I going to tell my girlfriend?” worries Dallas Singer, an involuntary towel assistant. A lone fisherman is distracted as he walks by, thinking secret things. And the timing… the timing and the vision of jet-ski chauffeur Chris Wilson is absolutely flawless. Over a period of an hour RIDER XXX shamelessly completes a series of eye-catching maneuvers: an air reverse, an invert to air reverse, a 720 aerial attempt (nup, but so close!), another air reverse, a cover shot.
Someone remarks about the magic of the moment, but I’m paying minimal attention, desensitized, listening to the voice as closely as I would listen to a brick, a plant, a statue. A wave of adrenalin is washing over me, and then… anxiety. Where do we go from here? How would we ever eclipse such brilliance? How could we possibly expect you to settle for anything less than this?
The answers lie a meal away.
Issue 6 le BOOGIE magazine
December 14, 2010 at 7:13 pm | Spongercity Contests, International News
Alright, so the last event of 2010 (Confital, Canary Islands) just finished, with results as follows:
MENS
Mark McCarthy, South Africa, 19.50, 1
Eder Luciano, Brazil, 15.80, 2
Ryan Hardy, Australia, 15.75, 3
Guilherme Tamega, Brazil, 14.90, 4
DK
Dave Winchester, Australia, 20.00, 1
Cesar Bauer, Peru, 17.50, 2
Ardiel Jimenez, Canary Island, 8.60, 3
Amaury Laverhne, Reunion Island, 5.26, 4
GIRLS
Chiaki Okuyama, Japan, 16.75, 1
Natasha Sagardia, Puerto Rico, 15.05, 2
Neymara Carvalho, Brazil, 13.00, 3
Eunate Aguirre, Spain, 8.50, 4
The final rating for the MENS tour is:
1 Amaury Laverhne
2 Pierre Louis Costes
3 Guilherme Tamega
4 Dave Winchester
5 Eder Luciano
6 Diego Cabrera
7 Jeff Hubbard
8 Ben Player
9 Mark McCarthy
10 Jared Houston
11 Jake Stone
12 Yeray Martinez
13 Ryan Hardy
14 Uri Valadao
15 Dave Hubbard
16 Lucas Nogueira
17 Damian King
18 Mike Stewart
19 Manuel Centeno
20 Michael Novy
21 Guillermo Cobo
22 Magno Oliveira
23 Gastao Entrudo
24 Dallas Singer
The following riders will backfill any no-shows from GSS seeds in 2011
25 Jones Russell
26 Paulo Barcellos
27 Hugo Pinheiro
28 Luis Villar
29 Brad Hughes
30 Hermano Castro
31 Ardiel Jimenez
32 Alex Uranga
GIRLS
1. Isabella Sousa (BRZ)
2. Eunate Aguirre (SPN)
3. Natasha Sargadia (PRCO)
4. Catarina Sousa (POR)
5. Maylla Venturin (BRS)
6. Luzmarie Grandperez (PRCO)
7. Nicole Calheiros (BRS)
8. Lumar Guittard (VNZ)
9. Neymara Carvalho (BRS)
10. Karla Costa Taylor (BRZ)
DK
1 . Cesar Bauer(PERU)
2. Dave Hubbard (HAW)
3. Ardiel Jimenez (CAN)
4. Kim Feast(AUS)
5. Dave Winchester (AUS)
6. Fabrice Moulin (FRA)
7. Ryan Hardy (AUS)
8. Micah McMullin (HAW)
9. Amaury Laverhne (RE)
10. Luis Pereira (PORT)
Next event is a special event at FRONTON, Canary Islands – Waiting period is ON ! Pros are waiting for the right conditions to start the event. The event will adopt the new IBA format with the top 24 riders, new destinations, a redbull TV coverage and heaps more exciting features which we’ll talk about later.
In the meantime, keep an eye for the Fronton event ! – Click here for the site/live event.
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