Congrats Jeff ! Jeff is the new world champ this year ! yeeeewwwhhhh

Watch the Pipeline Hawaii contest live on beachbyte.com, here is the link: LIVE VIDEO. Some of you might have some trouble watching it live because of some crappy code / plugins on the LIVE page. HERE IS THE HACK TO WATCH THE VIDEO : open Windows Media Player (Mac or PC users, it works for both), then copy and paste this link: Link Hack 1 or this link Link Hack 2 directly in your Windows Media player software. (File > Open URL). It works like a charm.

The Jono Bruce Interview is now online, as you can see on the right part of your screen. Check it out: Jono Last Words Interview.
International latest news: MOREY seem to be back in the game, the brand is distributed again in Oz and has a solid team with Alex Bunting and Harry Dixon riding for them !
Let’s wait and see what’s happening. Morey is coming back with new stuff/products.

The BALI TRAVEL TIPS section is now available ! It’s short but effective i reckon. Check it here: Bali Travel Tips. Might be useful before going to Bali for those world trippers among you. Bali rocks and it’s a great place to surf & chill.
4PLAY recruted Andrew Lester as well (Damian King being onboard now – see previous news post) so they still have a really solid team despite the leaving of Rawlins and Hardy. They now have a custom head shaper by the name of Reon Fisher.
I forgot to say that i was also working on the Mitch Rawlins DVD review as well as the new Jono Bruce ‘Last Words’ interview which should be online tomorrow ! So stay tuned for more…
Last but not least, former pro sponger Robbie Crawford just finished working on Kainoa Mc Gee’s new website. Some super nice pics of Kai out there on a stick and on a sponge. Visit his site here: Kainoamcgee.com.

Stewart wins the Ledges pro (Hawaii). He’s 44 and hads to beat all the best guys out there to win the event . Congrats Stewy ! You rock ! See a complete report on nofriendsclothing.com.au
DVD reviews coming soon on Sponger City: I’m currently reviewing The INSIDE (the DVD version of the Best boogieboard video of all time) and the S.O.L prod DVD called “Double or Nothing”. I’ve only watched the Roach Section so far and all i can say is that Roach is still, by far, the best Dker of all time. I wonder why he wasnt even featured in the latest Riptide Peer Poll 2006 coz he proved he is freakin untouchable. Perfect control on the knew, unmatchable style and speed. A freak of nature.

We just got the press release, the VS label is about to launch the version 3.0 of their project : Ryan Hardy VS. Todd Quigley. (March 07 launch). In case you didnt know version 1.0 was Mitch Rawlins VS. Jarrod Gibson and version 2.0 is Pierre Louis Costes VS. Dan Sivess. The Pierre Louis boards are about to hit the stores as i speak i guess.
The VS label is a Nick Mesritz project (NMD boards). All boards are designed by a specific rider and shaper (for each version: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0) and then produced (duplicated i should say) by Mez with the exact same dimensions and specifications with a quality & craftmanship that can’t be beaten. yewwww. I can’t wait to see the Ryan Hardy board. It’s no secret that Ryan has been working with Todd Quigley for like 8 years on his boards (Todd has been shaping Ryan’s boards for 8 years yeah) and now that Ryan is riding on the same team as Mitch and Pierre under the VS label great things are about to happen.

Happy new year all. I hope this year will bring us nice waves, trips & good things.
Thanx to all your support and your fidelity. We ended up this year with an all-time record of audience on the site. Watch out for the Jono Bruce “Last Words” Interview soon and more interviews for ‘07.

Damian now rides for 4PLAY ! So i just read on the new Rippies website: Riptidemag.com.au.
Thanx guys for linking us up on your new site. I love the old covers section where you can peep all the older mags.

Billabong Australia launched their new website with a good bodyboard team section. Check it out. It’s got a shitload of pics in the galleries and Mitch Rawlins wallpapers. Go to TEAM, then BODYBOARD: Billabong Australia.

Hey all portuguese riders beware the new VERT Mag is out ! It’s issue 76 and it rocks. Frontside page is portuguese booger Hugo Pinheiro flying across the Lisbon skies. Inside the Guilherme Tamega exclusive interview and other articles as Book of Waves with Tim McKenna and David Pu´u portfolios, 6Pack and Bodyboard in the capital!

IF YOU DONT HEAR IT FROM US, DON’T BELIEVE IT !