Jacob Romero rides with Churchills
Jacob Romero rides with Churchills… that’s what it says on the official FB Churchill page. Good for Romero, a fins’ sponsor. Yewww
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Reunion island shredder Yoan Florantin rides for ID Boards
Reunion island shredder Yoan Florantin rides for ID Boards International now. Good for him! Follow Yoan on the IBA tour in 2013, he was rookie of the year last year, he’s ripping!
http://www.idboards.com/team/florantin
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Soyroll™ releases a new James Kates biceps leash pro model
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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Useful tips for up & coming riders and actual pros or sponsored riders
These might be useful tips if you’re looking for a sponsor or already have one or several but don’t want to get screwed in your career:
- For up & coming riders: Gather a bunch of good pics & videos of you as a portfolio to show when seeking for a sponsor
- For up & coming riders and already-sponsored riders: Make sure you edit the video well or ask a friend to edit it well for you, it’s important to show something nice to potential sponsors
- For up & coming riders and already-sponsored riders: If you send emails make sure you dont do mistakes, it’s important to show you can write and express yourself well
- For up & coming riders and already-sponsored riders: ALWAYS ask for a contract and if it’s only flow-team stuff and free gear ask the compnay how long the deal is for and how many free products you get a year. Even if it’s just a couple boards or accessories it’s important to ask the company to write it down in a contract or at least in an email so that you know what you have and where you’re going. No contract or no written deal = nothing
- For already-sponsored riders: If you have a sponsor(s) ask for their HD logo and use it in video edits or photos, also ask your sponsor if they can pay for the video editing if you ask a good videographer to edit the video. Better ask your sponsor to pay and have a nice clip than try to do somehting half-ass
- For already-sponsored riders: If there’s money involved please read above point once again! Ask for a contract even if it’s a 100 dollars contract.
- For already-sponsored riders: If you have a board sponsor and a contract check if there is an article in the contract that forces you to ride their boards and also their accessories. If there is, then ask exactly what that means and if you get extra money or extra advantages by agreeing to ride their accessories. If you’re not happy with this ask for a modification before signing. If you’re accepting the terms of the contract as they are make sure the deal suits you! Why? Because by accepting to sign a contract that forces you to ride boards + accessories or wetsuits you simply miss the opportunity to get 2 or more sponsors instead of 1 and you miss the opportunity to get more products and potentially more money from a second or third sponsor. Also keep in mind that having several sponsors might be better to multiply your chances to get recognition, additional sponsors (clothing or sunglasses or whatever), additional money and coverage on the web or mags because the brand will use shots of you for ads and promo and having more sponsors means more ads and recognition.
- For already-sponsored riders: Does your sponsor have a website ? Do you appear on the website ? If not, then why ? It’s important to be part of a team and be well identified and promoted on their website.
- For already-sponsored riders: Ask your sponsor if they can buy some pictures of you when a photographer has some good shots of you or at least put the photographer and the brand in contact to see if they can deal something.
- For already-sponsored riders: Be smart, most board companies are managed by distributors, they want to sponsor you for boards, accessories and wetsuits to get you all set up with their own stuff and no one else’s stuff and they’re not necessarily your friend, they need you but they don’t want to spend too much money on you unless they are good honest blokes or good friends of yours. Choose what you want to do, tell them what you need, what you’d like and how you see things, dont be shy and let yourself get driven. You’re not risking anything if you ask your sponsor or the distributor who’s sponsoring you for more details in the contract, for modifications or whatever. The brands need you if you surf good and most of the time you’re only getting free stuff from them (no money) and you have a job or you’re still at school or doing studies so you’re not risking anything if you’re picky and know what you want.
Note: Independent brands might be easier to deal with and to target if you’re looking for a sponsor or for sponsors deal because you’ll be dealing with several brands and not just a group of brands belonging to a distributor and you can wisely choose your sponsors or leave one and keep the other when things are not going your way. Most of the time clothing sponsors are independent from distributors (for example I am None, Grand Flavour, Unite, Flipmode are independent brands), some wetsuits sponsors also are independent (Z I O N, Reeflex for example) but not all of them, some boards companies are independent too but very few (QCD, Toobs for example), some accessories or fins sponsors are also independent but few… Always know who you’re talking to and keep in mind all of the above tips…
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Say hello to Hubboards
Looks like the Hubbards (Jeff+Dave) started their own board company: HUBBOARDS
Check their facebook page out here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hubboards/198131216991271
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Novy rides for Nomad
Just got the news from Nomad, Michael Novy is now riding for them and has a new pro model in PP and D12 Cores.
Here’s the full release from the guys at Nomad:
Michael Novy, one of Australia’s finest bodyboarders, and a quintessential cog in the two original ROAM films has joined the team that spawned the series, the NOMAD FSD.
Following his signing to the Nomad team Novy commented, “I’m ecstatic to be riding for Nomad after years of working alongside them and their team. To have signed with a company that will be supportive and proactive I can focus on really developing my surfing. This has rejuvenated my passion and I am enthusiastically looking forward to 2013 with Nomad and what it will bring”.
Nomad Team Manager Shane Britten said of their new recruit “Its great to finally be working with Novy as part of the Nomad FSD. In the past he has always been there as part of our projects, and even this year has travelled extensively with Chris James, so we know he is a great fit for our team which prides itself on surf travel and wave exploration. Novy is an incredible bodyboarder and will bring a fresh dynamic to our already renowned team of riders as we begin new projects for 2013”.
An extremely limited 100 board release of the new Nomad Michael Novy Signature Series will be released and available in store in Premium PP and D12 PP during the 1st week on January, 2013. Pre-Order the Nomad Novy at your favourite bodyboard retail store today.
Join up and follow the Nomad FSD at:
nomad.com.au
facebook.com/nomadbodyboards
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James Nymeyer rides for Grand Flavour
Grand Flavour welcomes James Nymeyer to the team.
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Tahurai Henry rides for Toys Boards now
This just in: TOYS is proud to announce Tahurai Henry from Tahiti is now on the TOYS team. Official podcast coming soon. Good for Tahurai ! Charging like a mad man on the latest Riptide cover ! Yewww
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Jake Stone’s back with Agent 18
Jake Stone’s back with Agent 18. Jake left Billabong earlier this year and signed with Grand Flavour Clothes. He’s now also back the Agent 18 Wetsuits team. Good for him! Yewww
Really cool clip to celebrate this: https://vimeo.com/48673013
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Industry news
Been a while since we last had a good ol’ industry news post! We’ve written up a little recap of what’s going on lately:
- FOUND Boards revamped their website and it’s really well done with attention to details, good pictures, good tech features about the boards, the Rawlins pro model, loads of cool boards and last but not least the dimensions on the boards ! Thanks FOUND for this. Every single board brand in the industry should give the dimensions of their boards, it’s crucial when buying a new board and helps a lot with choices.
- Jake Stone is now sponsored by Grand Flavour ! https://vimeo.com/48276928
- Joe Clark has a website: http://www.joeclarkeonline.com/
- Soyroll™ is offering free shipping on their James Kates Signature Series Biceps Leashes
- There’s a cool Board Guide here on the Riptide website for all 2012/13 boards your can froth on. New for this year is the use of lower density PP core for a lot of brands. The quality of the PE cores was getting worse the last few years and the new lower density PP offers a flexier board than traditionnal 1.9 PP with good pop (more than PE). We’ve also spotted a cool new “torsion” system on the Found boards which seems interesting.
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