It’s time for another cool Tuesday vids dopeness on Spongercity.com – Here’s our cool video selection this week:
Hawaiian Moe’uhane (Editor’s note: Probably the best video clip from Hawaii this winter!)
Iluka section – Early Morning Social Club (Editor’s note: Mitch Rawlins! His lines, his bottom turn!!!)
DKers in the Canaries
Yoan Florantin in Mex’
EVAN FA, CUSTOM X
Amaury Lavernhe in the Canaries
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CLOAK&DAGGER Mag – Issue 1 is out – We strongly recommend reading it.
Cloak & Dagger is a premium online bodyboarding publication featuring high quality photographic material from around the globe. Released quarterly via our website, Cloak & Dagger Magazine provides a clean, simple and powerful platform for the presentation of bodyboarding and wave photography.
Issue 1 is now upon us, and we’re not holding back. This Issue, Lewy Finnegan steals the cover on an infamous South Coast slab, Jase Finlay spills his guts on crying on camera, Nick Bannehr reveals his photographic royal flush and Joey Orme talks Bloke & Swagger. Plus tales from Ireland and Tazzie, as well as mind-numbingly glorious images from around the world.
Too see ISSUE 1 go to cloakanddaggermag.com
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This week we’re late so we’re releasing our weekly dopeness of vids… today… Wednesday.
Here you go (click to reda / watch the whole selection) Read the rest of this entry »
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Soyroll™ seems to keep busy with their Made in USA / Designed In France leashes & accessories and they’ve just released yet another cool leash – A New James Kates biceps leash signature serie, colorway in Purple / Yellow / Black.
From the Soyroll™ press release:
- He said “I want some purple, yellow and black”
- We said “ok, let’s do it”
The new model is now available from Soyroll™ and will hit the best stores in Europe, the US and OZ within the next few weeks.
Below are some visuals of the new leash & ads.
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Another fix of Vimeo vids to watch! Here’s our first selection for this week: Read the rest of this entry »
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Been a while since we did some board tests, sorry about that. Our fault, we lagged, had a bunch of boards to test and havent really had time to write down the reviews.
We recently surfed a NMD Winny 3D 41 (2012/13 Model), actually surfed it quite a lot this summer and really liked it. Shape works well in all conditions, template likes fast lines and barrels, trimming down the line and speed. The Winny board is kinda straighter (straighter rails) than the Player NMD board template we reckon. It makes the Player board a bit easier to turn and bottom turn than the Winny board maybe but it’s really probaly just a personal thing. We ended up using the Winny 41 3D most of the time when waves were a bit smaller and a Player 3D 40.5 when waves were heavier. It’s hard to compare boards but this can give you an idea of what we felt when we rode the board and how we felt the template works. The Winny goes fast and is working well for spins and airs. Carves were made easier with the Player template as we said but pure speed and racing down the line were probably made easier with the Winny. So we felt at least…
The Winny 3D core has the sames template as the PE core board we previously surfed and we were stoked to be able to ride the same board but just a bit stiffer. 3D is stiffer, being a sandwich of both PE and PP cores. It takes a bit of time to “break” the core a little bit and get some flex in the 3D core but once you’ve got that flex it’s perfect and lasts longer then classic PE boards. The 3D core seems to be a good mix between the flex of the PE and stiffness of the PP boards and it works in a wide range of conditions and temperatures. Can totally work in colder waters if you’ve used the board a little bit already and have made it flexier, or in Indo waters for example if your board is new and stiff. We’ve tested the 3D core in tropical waters as well as tempered waters and really liked the versatility of the board and its core.
We rode the board in DK a bit but the 41 is a little too small for us for DK (being 5′11 – 1.80m). The board would be better in 42 if you wanna DK more on the board (if you’re the soze size as us of course). We reckon 41 is too small for us to ride DK properly on it. The template will allow you to DK on it for sure (see Winny!) but Winny has a bigger board than a 41. This is not a DK board though, it’s way better for prone.
PE will probably slightly disapear and maybe 3D as well but the 3D and PE should be replaced by lower density PP (Polypro Core) which should be fun to ride. We will definitely test-ride a low density PP core ASAP and write down a little review here as well.
About NMD: NMD boards are made in Indo, at the Broady Factory managed by Nick “Mez” Mesritz (the man behind the NMD Brand), in the same factory that produces brands such as VS, HB, SCIENCE, SNIPER, TOYS, MOREY, BZ, HUBBOARDS and more… They’re all really good boards with a solid construction (Buzz Tech Laminators), CNC Machine precision for the cut of the core blanks, and hand shaped finishing touches for all boards (rails, nose and tail bumpers, nose bulbs & lamination process).
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Another batch of cool vids to watch this week: Read the rest of this entry »
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Time for a Tuesday vids dopeness selection!
Tahitian rippers, the up & coming riders, super cool clip!
Pipeline, by Rob Isambert
Southern Tales Part 2 – Cape Cruising, filmed by Emilie Ouelette and featuring Jarod Houston, Sacha Specker, Greg Vorster + the Cape crew
Luna Park is scary
Gonçalo “Pitaça” Campos ripping in Portugal
Fula Project, Edited & Filmed by Daniel Orihuel aProductions, good soundtrack!
Pierre-Louis Costes – The Old Continent
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Once again it’s on Thursdays that we decide to release a dopeness selection of vids! Here you go:
Another clip with Andre Botha killing it in Hawaii
Elliot Butler in the Canaries
Solid swell in Reunion Island
Greg Vorster & friends in South Africa – Southern Tales Part 1, North Coast
Jono Bruce by Dark Shadow Media
Jacob Romero at home by Kaleo Delatori
InvertAir – Winter 12/13 at home
Indies, throw aways by Marty Keyes
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We got to watch home brew last night, eventually! Super Stoked (Machine) on the DVD! Loved it. Edited by James Kates, filmed by Ryan Mattick and Allan Willson with additionnal titles and artwork by Dav Fox, this DVD is a must have.
The editing is great, punchy, effective and precise, the quality of the images are super good, the angles are original, there are more waves than just nuggans and supers, and the soundtrack is good. What else do you want ?
Oh yeah, the riders, it features Joe Clark, Finlay, Katesy, Putland, T Robinson, Cade Sharp, Sam Bennett, Rigby and more…
The highlights of the video include some remote India perfection, some Blackrock delight, some nuggan stunts, some fun, lots of pleasure and cool titles.
The riders are creative in their ride and having fun and it makes the video breathe and glow. The riding is top notch and the overall feeling you get is that bodyboarding is the coolest thing you can do and it’s damn fun to ride.
Very good DVD to watch before a session to get amped.
Well, that’s it.
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