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September 21, 2010 at 11:28 pm | Spongercity Industry, International, Links News
Glen Thurston launches his own board brand and website. This is no secret anymore but for some reason we haven’t talked about it yet here on Spongercity.com
Have a look at his website here: http://glenthurston.com.au/ and have a look at the trailer for his new board brand called ID Bodyboards here.
PS: We’re not too sure about the trailer - kids not going to the peep show thanks to Glen and his boards more or less… which has nothing to do with bodyboarding really… - but the boards look good.
September 1, 2010 at 11:21 pm | Spongercity Industry, Links News
Damian King has a new Joker podcast with Turbo Bodyboards! Episode 1 is now available here and it’s pretty good and fun to watch.
Official press release:
The reinvention of Damian King – In this profile the double world champ explains why he’s moving his daughter’s birthday, now making finals at will and an administration role’s not for him.
A year ago Damian King’s stocks had plummeted like the rest of the world’s wealth. A late-career form slump combined with a dearth of footage from Port Macquarie could’ve spelt the end of the King’s career. It’s taken a year for the Earth to right itself and once again he is the leading Australian on the World Tour, making finals at will and with a new Joker podcast proving that timeless style will never grow old. In this profile he discusses the reasons behind the reinvention.
September 1, 2010 at 11:08 pm | Spongercity Girls, Industry News
No6 Girls Line Release ! No6 bodyboards is releasing a special board line for Girls ! Natasha Overin and Kelly Gordon will be representing the brand. Let us introduce you to the girls:
Natasha Overin hails from San Clemente, California. Growing up in a family of watermen her penchant for the water comes naturally. Honing her skills at T-Street and Salt Creek , this high school phenom as been dominating the local contest circuit and placing her #1 in the current BIA women’s standings and the crown for 2009 Divisional Women’s champion. Natasha exudes presence in any line up and this year the No.6 utilizes her feedback and development in our new lineup. Natasha has mentored with some of the best So Cal boarders and her line & rail work are some of the cleanest we have seen and gives her the edge in being the forefront of modern technique in women’s riding. Her plans are to travel and compete amongst the top women in the world. The Six is proud to have this talented force on the development team !
Be warned…Kelly Gordon is not your average femme bodyboarder. Her skills are ten-fold wielding a duality in style prone or DK. This Maui-born free spirit has been known to push herself in all conditions showing no fear from Off the Wall to Honolua Bay where you can hear testament to her developing obsessions. Kelly is currently on the Pro USBA tour and has been a force in the finals on many occasion. Kelly has been known to enter the Men’s divisions at times to build her instinct for decimating the best breaks in Hawaii. Ms. Gordon has finely crafted details in the new No.6 line and we look forward for Kelly to inspire a whole new wave of progressive women’s riding.
Check Natasha here and check Kelly here. Also check the No6 Girls artwork here and check the No6 website here.
August 23, 2010 at 11:02 pm | Spongercity Industry, Links, Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
Pierre-Louis Costes a.k.a PLC released his own website earlier today after a few months of work in collaboration with us (Spongercity.com) for the tech part of things (a bit of html coding, some technical tweaking and web designs). Check it out here: Pierrelouiscostes.com and make sure you bookmark it coz PLC has some vids, pics and stories for you all year long and some quality stuff for sure.
Pierre-Louis is also starting his own podcast this year and the teaser for Episode 1 will simply blow your mind. Have a look here: http://vimeo.com/13006237. Can’t wait to see the Episodes!
Yeah Pierre!
August 16, 2010 at 1:22 pm | Spongercity Australia, Industry, Links News
There’s a cool Ryan Hardy interview on the UNITE website here: http://www.unite4fun.com/blog/the-champ-speaks/. Yeah Ryan !
August 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm | Spongercity Australia, Industry News
Australian brand Flipmode welcomes Todd McRorie to its team.
Todd won himself a spot on the 4Play team last year, had a 2 page spread in the latest issue of Movement Mag (Issue 33) & also scored himself a spot on their up and coming grom search trip. He’s also an active member of the Wollongong Bodyboard Club.
This 17 year old is a real standout in the surf. He has a unique style, very fluid which he combines with power moves. Check out this video clip: http://www.vimeo.com/13728004
August 2, 2010 at 1:17 pm | Spongercity Industry, Links, Moving Pictures News
Elit’ Bodyboards seem to have welcomed James Nymeyer to their team – Check the cool video by Rob Sherwood here: http://vimeo.com/13195028
July 22, 2010 at 11:39 am | Spongercity Australia, Industry News
Sam Strachan wins the TURBO V competition and a spot on the TURBO Intl’ Team
Sam Strachan (Australia) – Excerpt from the TURBO website: “It is hard to believe Sam Strachan is only 16 years of age. There has been plenty of talk coming out Cronulla (one of bodyboarding’s toughest proving grounds) about Sam Strachan for what seems like years, and at the age of 15 Sam already had a Hawaiian season under his belt. More recently Sam beat a field of the best aspiring stars in the sport to win his place in the Shark Island Challenge. Sam has a level head on his shoulders and the talent to do anything in the sport. Turbo Surf Designs is proud to announce Sam as the 5th member of the Turbo 5 Professional team. He will be working closely with Turbo Development Manager, Andrew Lester and travelling with the Turbo professional team to take his career to the next level. Congratulations Sam and welcome to the team”.
Check all the footage from Sam and the other competitors here on the Turbo website:
http://www.turbosurfdesigns.com.au/turboV.php
July 6, 2010 at 1:55 pm | Spongercity Industry, International News
TURBO just dropped quite a few cool videos on the web to tease you for their 2011 collection with 3 different clips :
Mason Rose – http://vimeo.com/12781785
Jared Houston – http://vimeo.com/12623536
Jacob Romero – http://vimeo.com/12623136
They’ve also released a new video with Riptide for their TURBO V sponsorship challenge with a sick clip from Nate Rubio: http://www.riptidemag.com.au/tv/27-riptide-tv/4146-riptide-tv-turbo-5-finalist-one
Check the new board range here on Turbosurfdesigns.com.au with the new Damian King board, Mason Rose board, Andre Botha board, Jacob Romero board, the IV and the new V board too. Sick range!
June 30, 2010 at 10:03 pm | Spongercity Industry, International News
Mitch Rawlins just released his new range of boards: Found Boards. There’s a video clip of Mitch surfing on his new boards here on his site and they’re the whole range of boards on his site/store as well. They look good and are shaped in Australia. We don’t know yet who’s shaping those but we’ll let you know as soon as we know. The good thing is that the boards are available in a wide range of sizes and colors. Check erything here on Mitchrawlins.com
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