Merry Xmas everyone !
Almost the end the year already… Xmas time… We wish you all a merry Xmas and hope the 25th of Dec. in the morning will either bring you good waves or cool presents hey ! Cheers !
Spongercity.com
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PLC double flipping
Pierre-Louis has been trying double flips for a little while now and is now very close to landing it, check this out on his website:
www.pierrelouiscostes.com
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The short list
**Updated on March 2018
You’ve always wanted to know where your boards were made? Who shapes them? Which companies/boards come from the same factories ?
A lot of companies actually have their boards made in the same factories, it’s no secret. More hi-end boards are well-made and solid crafts. Some companies make customs and shape only their own boards (like Toobs, Basic Boards, Gato, Primo, Jimmy Linville, CustomX & Cartel for example), other companies shape for just a few different brands and other factories are way bigger and shape for dozens of brands.
Whether it is a board made in a large factory or a small factory you must know that all boards are hand-shaped. Sometimes the shaper is famous, sometimes it’s just a random guy in a factory but one way or another you need a man (a several mens) to build a good board.
- The PE, PP (or 3D or FRC or whatever core it is) core can be machine-cut with a CNC machine (like it is at the Mez factory in Surabaya, Indonesia) or it can be hand-cut by a shaper. The core is given a shape with a template and curves according to what board we want.
- The rocker is shaped on the core blank
- The Rails are cut (50/50 or 60/40 or 55/45)
- The channels and deck contours are shaped if there are contours on the board
- Then the slick and deck are laminated with a machine called a laminating/laminator machine (it’s like a big roll that’s super hot and thermo-seals the slick and the deck to the core of the board). Most laminators are pretty much the same but some are patented and kinda specific like the Buzz™ Laminator Technology developped by Buzz at Toobs which is currently used by Toobs, Mez & Dan Sivess, Todd Quigley & Jarrod Gibson for example.
- After that the rails (inner and outer rails) and tail have to be laminated to the core as well, which has to be done by the shaper.
- The stringer(s) is inserted in the core just before the tail is laminated.
- The prints or stamps are done after this.
- Then stickers and packaging+blister are put on the final product.
Make sure you watch the video we filmed at the Turbo factory a while ago in Port Macquarie, Aus. by the way: http://vimeo.com/4063842
The steps described above are more or less the main steps used but all factories and shapers. In small factories one shaper will do everything by himself but in larger factories each worker in the factory will have its own role and job to do on a board. For example one guy will help with lamination, then another will put the rails, another will put the tails etc.
Here’s a Spongercity.com short list that should help you know better where your board(s) come from or who can shape you a custom board if you’re looking for a custom board. Note that these details are given as of today and the list and details may change as it goes. We’ll update this short list as often as we can.
Important: If you’re a board maker or a brand and would like to modify / enhance the list feel free to contact spongercity.com
There’s no particular order in the list. We must have forgotten some brands so please let us know if you’re not in the list and we’ll add you in here. We apologies in advance. If you’d like your brand to be removed from here let us know.
The Spongercity short list: (updated on July 2013)
TOOBS – Made at Toobs factory until recently, Morro Bay, CA. with stock boards now made by Mez (Broady Asia) in Indo
CUSTOMX USA – Made by SFP, Oceanside, CA.
CUSTOMX USA Customs – Made by Peter “PMA” Anaya at the SFP factory in Oceanside, CA.
CUSTOMX AUSTRALIA – Made in Taiwan (Agit)
CARTEL USA & EUROPE – Made by SFP, Oceanside, CA.
CARTEL USA & EUROPE Customs – Made by Peter “PMA” Anaya at the SFP factory in Oceanside, CA.
DIVISION71 – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
JL DESIGNS – Made in California by Jimmy Linville
CONGO BOARDS – Made in California by Jimmy Linville
BASIC BOARDS – Made in Australia by Redders
QCD Boards – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
QCD Customs – Made by Todd Quigley in Australia
Hardy Shapes – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
JG Boards – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
NMD – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory with Mez designs
NMD Customs – Made by Mez at the Broady factory (only for team riders, not for the public)
VS – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory with Mez / Dan Sivess
DSC – Dan Sivess Customs. Made by Dan Sivess in Indonesia at the Broady factory (only for team riders, not for the public). Dan also shapes customs for the HB team riders and other teams.
DRAG Boards Co. – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
MOREY – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
ELIT – Was made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory (Elit is not existing anymore since 2011)
SCIENCE – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
SNIPER – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
EMPIRE – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
TRIAD – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
HB – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory with Dan Sivess designs
BZ – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
BZ Customs – Made by Yamo in California (Available to the public) or Dan Sivess in Indonesia at the Broady factory (only for team riders)
BSD (Latest Re-Issued Boards) – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
GT Boards – Made in Taiwan by Agit
HUBBOARDS – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
PRIDE – Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
PRIDE customs – Made by Dan Sivess in Indonesia at the Broady factory (only for team riders)
TOYS – (Brand is not around anymore) Made by MEZ in Indonesia at the Broady factory
MANTA – Made in China (To Be Confirmed)
4PLAY – Made in China (To Be Confirmed)
TURBO (Australia) – Brand has been sold to TURBO Japan – Made in Taiwan by Agit
ROSSI – Made by Marc Rossouw in South Africa
FOUND BOARDS – Made in Taiwan by Agit
NOMAD – Made in Taiwan by Agit
NO6 – Made in Taiwan by Agit
RIP BOARDS – Made in Taiwan by Agit
MILK – Made Gato in Portugal. Customs can be ordered and are made by Gato
REFRESH – Made in Portugal by Gato
PRIMO Shapes – Made in France by Peio (Anglet), customs only. Available to the public
ARIN – Made in Spain
RESPECT – Made in Taiwan by Agit
WR RIDER – Made in Taiwan by Agit
ID BODYBOARDS – (Not sure if production still goes on for ID. ) Made in Taiwan by Agit
FUNKSHEN – Made in Taiwan by Agit
Deeply Bodyboards – Made in Taiwan by Agit
Did you know we have a Mac OSX widget for Spongercity ?
We never really advertise it (although it’s free) but we do have a cool Spongercity Mac OSX Widget for all Mac users out there. We coded that little widget a while ago and it’s very useful to check the latest Spongercity.com news posts directly from your Mac Dashboard in 2 seconds! It works perfectly with all OSX versions and runs smoothly on all dashboards. Try it if you’ve got a Mac computer, it’s a pretty cool little feature.
You can download it for free here. (simply click the link and it will download automatically and ask you if you want to install it).
Enjoy!
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Bonjour Eunate!
Girls girls girls! There’s a sick clip of Spanish girl pro rider Eunate Aguirre here on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/12915601. The editing is awesome and Eunate rides super good. A must see! Also make sure you check her new website here coz it’s better than most mens site and it’s as cool as the clip we linked above! Go girls!
Clip: THE EUNATE AGUIRRE DIARIES. EPISODE 1 – “BONJOUR: Four Days, South France.” – Filmed & Crafted By Sergio Garayo. – Song “LES EX” By Camille.
Website: Eunateaguirre.com
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We’ve got some DVDs to giveaway in partnership with Amaury Lavernhe and Sniper
That’s right, for the release of the Amaury “Osmoz” DVD, Sniper Bodyboards and Amaury gave us 25 DVDs to give away on Spongercity.com! The 25 first readers who send us an email with their complete address (postal address) will receive the DVD for free. We’ll post the DVDs as it goes. We’ll let you know when we run out of DVD’s. We won’t give more than 25 copies so hurry up if you want one for free. When the stock we have is over the giveaway is over.
Please contact us by email, using the email address that is here on our INFO page Email address is info [at] spongercity [dot] com
Thanks heaps Sniper and Amaury for doing this and teaming up with us at Spongercity.
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We’re back in black!
We’re Back in Black ! Yep, we just launched another Limited Edition of the Spongercity Biceps Leashes ! Back in Black! The new Limited Edition is 100% black: The strap, the neoprene, the urethane coil, the platic ends on it… absolutely black! Only the famous Spongercity woven label stays red and the threads are red too. Classy!
Check this new Limited Edition here on the Spongercity Store: http://store.spongercity.com/product/spongercity-black-ltd-bicep-leash
The previous semi-black Limited Edition (all black with a white strap) is now sold out! So we took it off the online store. The all-white Limited Edition is still available but we’ve got very few left. Check this White LTD leash here if you never checked it before: http://store.spongercity.com/product/spongercity-ltd-bicep-leash
All black or all white ? You decide. Oh yeah if you digg colors we always carry the Reds, Greys and Blue ones of course. Those are permament products on our store.
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Riptide Readers Poll 2010 – Vote now!
The Riptide Readers Poll 2010 is now open, so vote online now! It’s your time to vote for your favorite riders in 2009. Mens, Girls, DK and a few other votes like favorite vids etc.
Our Spongercity vote includes the likes of Ryan Hardy, Winny, Benny P, PLC, Jason Finlay, Joe Clarke, Hubb, Stewart, Jake Stone, Amaury L. (in no particular order here – we dont want to influence you). For Girls we voted for Neymera, Lilly & Kira. For DK we voted for Roach, Lacky, Lyman, D Lee, D Hubb (in no particular order either).
Other votes from us include:
- The Turbo Pipe Pro as best contest
- Sam Bennett as best grommet (impressive section in FLUX)
- The BEN PLAYER PROJECT as best 2009 DVD
- Mitch Rawlins for craziest wave ridden in 2009 (WA massive left pit, backdooring attempt)
- Brad Hughes for waves over 15ft in 2009
- Largest section hit: Eddie Solomon at the Wedge this summer (watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WpIX-vtJSs – that roll is M A S S I V E)
What are you gonna choose ? Did we make good choices ? You tell us ! (leave messages if you wish hey !)
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Happy new year!
Spongercity wishes you a happy new year! Let’s hope 2010 delivers good waves, cool trips, old & new friendships, health and fun!
Thanks for reading this website and supporting us thru all those years since we started. You’re now about 10 000 unique visitors to log on this blog every month from all over the world and it pushes us to keep on sharing some boogie news, reviews, interviews and stuff with you guys and hopefully improve the design & content on Spongercity as much as we can.
Sorry for not being able to deliver more languages than just English & French at the moment. Keep in mind that we dont care where you are and where we are, all we wanna do is just share good news from all over the boogie world as long as it’s relevant. So keep on sending releases, vids, reports and news our way, we’ll gather it all and put it up here on the site.
Cheers!
Spongercity.com
How boards are stamped – The Spongercity Podcast
We posted a new video on our podcast the other day (if you’re a subscriber you’ve probably seen it). It’s called “How boards are stamped” and it’s a short documentary on how boards are stamped. We’ve posted the clip on Vimeo as well, so have fun and watch it here: http://www.vimeo.com/8247198
If you want to subscribe to the podcast, click here, this will open iTunes automatically and ask you if you wanna subscribe. Say yes! It’s free and there’s dozen of short clips to watch in there! Works on your computer, on iPods, iPhones and tons of other devices.
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