Ewan Donnachie’s DVD 6MONTHS is eventually available in its digital version thru iTunes. Such a sick movie, if you havent watched it yet, here’s a chance to!
6Months is a look at what can be achieved in a relatively short period of time; it’s a demonstration of what a lot of hard work can result in; it’s a celebration of travel, adventure, mateship and the incredible waves that were on offer during the Winter of 2011. From early April through until the end of September, Ewan Donnachie chased waves high and low at a frenetic pace, along with good mates Jase Finlay, Damien Martin, Chris James, Nick Gornall and assorted other riders. It was a testing time; last-minute calls, delays, cancelled flights, lost baggage, injuries, unreliable swell patterns and adverse weather conditions were inevitable components of nearly every mission. But the boys put their heads down, committed and reaped the reward of unspoiled perfection. The film provides a rare insight into the lives and mindsets of these free-surfers and the equally dedicated photographers and filmers who document their exploits. It’s not all fame and fortune; it’s very rarely glamorous. But as each and every one will attest, it’s most certainly worth the effort. A film by Ewan Donnachie and Lucas Vazquez, 6Months aims to inspire. Save your coin, get some mates together, do a little research and hit the road to discover what’s out there waiting for you.
Reunion island shredder Yoan Florantin rides for ID Boards International now. Good for him! Follow Yoan on the IBA tour in 2013, he was rookie of the year last year, he’s ripping!
The myth, the legend, the movie that pretty much set the standard for all other movies, the one and only movie you HAVE to watch, it’s bodyboarding’s history and it’s such a good movie.
Quick note & review from Spongercity: Released in 95′ or something, this movie is the shiznitz, it’s got everything you want in a video and it kinda marks the beginning of the ‘modern era’ of bodyboarding with moves and waves of consequence and riders pushing themselves in heavy shit. Sometimes the odd pink and rainbow slick might freak you out but most of the images and action look insane and could easily fit in today’s movies or podcasts. Chad Barba, Paul Roach, Aka Lyman… no one to this day surfs like them. It’s our history but mostly a great movie even including a full girl section and a soundtrack that will please everyone. It’s 1 hour+ and it’s more than a movie, it’s a journey. You need to watch this video for sure.
THE INSIDE by Scotty Carter is officially available on Youtube for your viewing pleasure
After six long years, the Riptide Experiment is back. What is it you gonna ask? Well if you’re very young you might not know but if you’re a bit older you’ll remember well. There was a time when Riptide Mag used to put 7 riders on a boat and send them somewhere on a boat trip, took pics, filmed and then release a DVD and a Mag with all that. It was – needless to say – for us at Spongercity the highlight of the year magazine-wise since only Riptide Magazine was providing such quality stuff. To this day we still remember Roach backside pig-dogging some Mentawaii nugget like no other man could, proving the world he’s also shredding backside for all those who wondered. Oh well anyways, it’s not the point today, the point is… The Riptide Experiment is back! And we’re stoked about this! Frothing!
Here’s the deal:
2013 will see the return of the Experiment trip, a project our longtime readers will remember as the bringing together of the world’s best bodyboarders, travelling to an exotic location and letting them loose. Hot on the heels of the inaugural Riptide Bodyboarder of the Year we’re bringing you our second big announcement in a few months, and it ain’t going to be the last. We’re staying tight-lipped on the ‘when’ and ‘where’ for now, but we will give you the list of the ‘who’, and it’s a doozy. Feast your eyes on the 2013 Riptide Experiment #7 lineup:
- 2012 Riptide Bodyboarder of the Year Dave Winchester
- 2011 World Champion Pierre Louis Costes
- 2 x World Champion Ben Player
- 2 x Women’s World Champion Isabela Sousa
- 2012 Dropknee World Champion Sacha Specker
- South African superstar Jared Houston
- Freesurfing extraordinaire Jase Finlay
- 2012 Riptide Grom of the Year Lewy Finnegan
Can you believe this ? We’ve been around for 10 years already ! 10 freakin’ years updating this website! (We started calling it playbord.com and soon changed to Spongercity.com years and years ago).
To celebrate this we’ve slightly refreshed the design on the website with a new navigation bar which we’ve designed a while ago but haven’t released since then.
It’s been a while since we’ve last re-designed Spongercity.com a bit, we thought we’d give content some more space and therefore we’ve reduced the size of the top navigation on the whole website, no other big changes other than this. The navigation bar is now thinner, cleaner, nicer, tighter and leaves you more content to read without scrolling. We hope you’ll enjoy the change (for those who actually will notice a change). We’ll call this version of the website Version 5.0 since the one before was called Version 4.0 – Sounds cool hey!
Thanks heaps for your support over the years, let’s keep this thing going! We’ll come up with more interviews, reviews & tests in 2013!
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