Archive for August, 2011

Vids to watch !

More cool vids to watch this week:

- By now you must all have watched this already but in case you havent, you need to watch Matt Lackey getting shacked prone-stance with a gopro cam on his board: http://www.nomad.com.au/2011/08/29/lackey-prone-seriously/

- Also watch Kim Feast’s IN BETWEEN podcast intro: http://vimeo.com/28161295 – Kim is surely the dker who charges the most right now, taking on heavy reefs and holding his rail like a master.

Uri, Eunate, Davo Fever

The SINTRA PRO final day saw Uri Valadao win the mens event, Eunate Aguirre the girls event and Dave Winchester the DK event. With the lack of good waves the show was far from being as good as Puerto a couple weeks before but it’s the way it is and it’s hard to have perfect waves at every locations, specially in europe. Nevermind, the tour is great, the organization, the live webcast, the comments and everything is seriously as good as it gets and we can once again thanks the IBA and all the people involved ! Seriously amazing !

PS: Appart from Manny who has the right (yes we think he does coz he’s rad) to wear a San Diego cap, all other commentators should wear one of the sponsors hat and one of the sponsors tshirt or the contest tshirt we reckon. That’s the only non-professionnal move we’ve seen during the contest… Seriously, with bodyboarding struggling to find sponsors and investors, wearing a skateboard company cap or anything else non-related to bodyboarding and/or the event sends a really bad message to everyone watching and is probably pissing off sponsors and maybe aspiring sponsors… (our 2 cents…) We’re telling the kids everyday to support the industry and those who support us so… please do so, specially if you’re commenting in the IBA booth or appearing anywhere on TV.

Watch the final clips and check everything IBA here on the IBA site: Ibaworldtour.com

Videos to watch this week

Once again, a little recap for this week with cool clips to watch online:

- Josh Garner – 2011 – Sick waves and edit: http://vimeo.com/28136940
- Ivan Pulic – Super cool vid as well: http://vimeo.com/27810641
- Damien Martin, once again, ripping, 3 Days In The Dust: http://vimeo.com/27849540

IBA SINTRA PRO starting today

Sintra Portugal Pro – Event 5 of 8, Mens Grand Slam Series is starting today (Waiting period: 22-28 Aug 2011)

Praia Grande, Sintra, Portugal (Sunday, Aug 21, 2011) – The Sintra Portugal Pro is event 5 of 8 on this years Mens GSS, marking the start to the second semester of the 2011 World Title race. Never before has the field of competitors vying for a World Title been as internationally diverse throughout the Mens GSS, Women’s GSS and DKWT seedings. Being the longest running event on the calendar and contributing 2000 points towards the Mens and Women’s GSS Tours as well as a 1000 points for the DKWT, makes Sintra a highly anticipated event, bringing together all divisions and nationalities of the sport.

With 2 to 3 days of trials ahead, the Top 24 will be watching and preparing for their GSS heats later in the week, where they will meet the 2 Wildcards and 4 successful trialists in the first round of the leaderboard phase.

Visit the IBA website for all updates and live action of the main event.

This IBA Grand Slam will be live on www.redbull.com

Vert Mag Issue 106

Vert Mag Issue is now available in Portugal. Mitch Rawlins on the cover of that issue with a sick invert. Learn more about this issue, watch the teaser and check it out here: http://www.vert-mag.com/noticia/regulares/2040/mitch-rawlins-na-capa-da-vert106.html. As usual, it’s really well designed and is the best european bodyboard mag, hands down.

The Eunate Aguirre Diaries – Episode 6

Another cool episode of The Eunate Aguirre Diaries is available – Episode 6 – http://vimeo.com/27971584. Filmed & Crafted By Sergio Garayo. Song “Civilian” By Wye Oak.

Read the Eunate Aguirre Interview we did a little while ago if you wanna learn more about Eunate: http://spongercity.com/global/2010/11/25/interview-eunate-aguirre/

Movement Mag Issue 37

Movement Mag Issue 37 is now available. It’s got a hard cover (same as the photo annual issue), a new editor in chief and it’s now the new standard for Movement Mag to be hard-covered ! Absolutely awesome ! Every Movement Mag is now a coffee-table book ! Loads of stuff to read inside with sick shots, as usual and a great design/layout. Well done guys !

THREE CONSCIOUS – DVD Coming soon !

The THREE CONSCIOUS DVD by Nic Barclay (maker of PURE) will be out soon ! Premiering in Sept. in Oz.

Watch the Outtakes clip here w. Mitch Rawlins, Ryan Hardy & Ben Player and froth: http://vimeo.com/27960504 ! Can’t wait to watch this ! How is that invert-to-backflip by Ryan Hardy ? yewwwww

This clip is outtakes from filming the Three Conscious Project over the last 12 months. Also featuring Adam Luehman and Brad Hughes.

The Three Conscious Project premieres next month on the 24 SEPTEMBER at the REGAL THEATRE, SUBIACO at 7.30PM.

Tickets are available through Ticketek at :premier.ticketek.com.au/​shows/​show.aspx?sh=THREECON11

Tickets will ALSO BE AVAILABLE on the night.

More details on Threeconscious.com

Three Conscious facebook: facebook.com/​pages/​Three-Conscious/​142976899075880

Three Conscious event facebook page for RSVP: facebook.com/​event.php?eid=249659325055281

Stealth Boards

STEALTH, well-known for their fins, just launched a Boards division, sponsoring 3 main riders: Mark McCarthy, Alex Bunting and Drew Innocend. Check their website here: http://www.stealthboards.com

Boards are available in Oz. No news yet whether they’ll be distributed worldwide.

Riptide 183 out now (with board guide inside)

RIPTIDE Mag 183 is out now with 2 sides to it: the Board Guide on one side and the mag on the other side when you flip the mag. Perfect ! Massive Damien Martin cover shot by Steve Wall on one side and massive cover too on the other side with Nick Gornall shot by Troy Simpson.

Another good issue and the board guide is perfect to find your next ride ! Check it out here: http://www.riptidemag.com.au/current-issue

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