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June 5, 2007 at 9:04 pm | Spongercity Industry News
4Play innovates with a new stringer technology. Read and see what it’s all about on this PDF file. They call it “FTC Stringers” and say are the latest and greatest stringer on the market and are far superior to other so called “flex” stringers. “The team have been extensively testing the FTC Stringer before its release this year, and they all love it and have all asked that their signature models to have them” says 4PLAY’s Technical Wizard Reon Fisher.
FTC Stringers will be available in the KING PP, KING DOW, LESTER PP, LESTER DOW and DALLAS signature models from 4PLAY for the 07/08 season.
May 30, 2007 at 8:21 pm | Spongercity Industry News
The good people at Manta and 4Play have good news for ya: the 07-08 board range is awesome and 4Play head shaper Reon Fisher is also shaping custom boards if you’re looking for a custom ride. Check the new Manta and 4Play catalogues for 07-08. (Pdf files).
Good news from South Af. : Current and 8 times South African Bodyboarding Champion, Alistair Taylor has developed a method of applying fully customisable graphics to the rails, as well as the top and bottom decks of bodyboards. Sounds good hey ? Read more here. (Pdf file).
At last but not least free surfing master Spencer Skipper is now riding for POD Fins from what we’ve read on our friends Movement Magazine’s blog. Watch out for Skippy sporting some PODs to nail huge reverse airs in up coming vids!
May 21, 2007 at 7:18 pm | Spongercity Industry News
The full VS boards range will be available in Oz in June. European riders have had the chance to ride the boards even earlier since most boards were delivered in April/May in Europe. The range includes the Mitch Rawlins boards (Jarrod Gibson designed), the Ryan Hardy Boards (Todd Quigley designed) and the PLC boards (Dan Sivess designed).
We tested the Hardy PP crescent tail 41.75 board for Sponger City and it’s an awesome board! We’ll post the test online ASAP.
Check and download the whole range on PDF format here: VS Catalogue.
The VS guys sent us 2 cool interviews from Mitch and Ryan that you can read here: Read the rest of this entry »
May 15, 2007 at 8:30 pm | Spongercity Industry News
Mike Stewart boards have a new logo. (yes, once again!) Check what the new logo looks like: SCIENCE new logo. Looks like 07/08 boards are gonna be kicking ass! Yewwww
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