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November 14, 2010 at 11:17 pm | Spongercity Australia, Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
Got an email from Luminair CLothing, introducing a new series of podcast called GoPhutt: “Welcome everyone to gophutt. Gophutt is a series of podcast that are released once a month following the lives of a group of guys from cronulla who bodyboard , party and have a great time. Everything is filmed with a HD go pro camera there no bigger than an apple and it goes everywhere with us. Along with the podcast once a month we will be updating this blog as much as we can just to let you all know whats going down. Also follow there blog at Gophuttpodcast.blogspot.com.”
Episode 2 is here: http://vimeo.com/16636684
November 11, 2010 at 2:40 pm | Spongercity Australia, Industry News
Mitch Rawlins just released a super nice Lookbook titled LOOK WHAT WE HAVE FOUND with photographer Trent Mitchell for FOUND Boards: Check it out here on Mitch’s website and watch the sick trailer for the Lookbook.
Found boards has teamed up with award winning photographer Trent Mitchell to create a look book that captures the rise of Found Boards into the bodyboarding world with stunning pictures and interesting quotes this book is surely to become a collector’s item in years to come.
Now available online and soon to be available at all found boards stockist. Already available on Mitchrawlins.com
October 12, 2010 at 1:34 pm | Spongercity Australia, Magazines News
…is now available.
Check out the cover and trailer for this issue here.
Here’s a little excerpt from the LeBoogie site:
Number five is alive. Somehow we trumped the last issue with even better photographs and stories. We sent three men into the jungle in search of google earth gold, we made men throw themselves into huge barrels promising them glory and girls (we only gave them printed memories). Have a poke around and find out who is the legend of Koots, why James Kates loves his life and what Chris James really thinks about the World Champion.
Speaking of the World Champion, we predicted his success and interviewed him just prior to his title. Mike Mckiernan talks love, Tahiti and all things Amuary with our new World Champion. Kristian Geraghty has never won a world title nor will he. He has won more than you realise though and it’s a damn shame we all don’t know about it.
Pack the rest of this sexy beast with the best of the best images of the hottest riders on earth and the pitiful amount of cash you pay for this issue will leave you feeling like you owe us more. Pound for pound this just might be the best issue to date. Oh fuck it, it’s the best issue of any magazine in the history of the world!
You like sequence? You like water shot? You want big photo? You buy le BOOGIE ok…
October 9, 2010 at 4:59 pm | Spongercity Australia, Magazines News
Movement Mag 34 is now available. Sick cover with Charlie Ward charging in Tasmania. Check the cover here.
Excerpt from the Movement Mag website: “It’s not often that Tasmania is praised for anything, the poor little inbred islanders they are. The crew featured in this issue, however, will go a long way to altering your perception. Young and hungry they are riding waves of very real consequence. This is Charlie Ward, somewhere you may or may not want to be. Full issue details to follow”.
See Movementmag.com for more.
October 9, 2010 at 4:49 pm | Spongercity Australia, Magazines News
Riptide Magazine Issue 178 is now available, it’s got a sick cover with Ewan Donnachie driving thru a nice nugget with the help of photographer Jeremie Cresswell. In this issue you have: A New Zealand Trip with Adam Luehman and Ewan Donnachie, a Jared Houston profile, a WA swell fest, sick shooting galleries, some stuff to win and more. Check the recap and the cover here on this page on the Riptide website.
September 16, 2010 at 8:57 pm | Spongercity Australia, Contests News
WA riders check this out:
IBA Australasia Rebel Sports Pro Tour Event # 5, The EBB Pro.
Yallingup, South-West WA. Event waiting period (Thurs 16th – Sunday 19th September 2010)
The EBB Pro Proudly Supported by Elit’ Bodyboards, SunSmart, and Surfing Western Australia.
The Australasian Rebel Sport Bodyboard Pro Tour is heading west for what is anticipated to be the biggest bodyboarding event the state has ever seen. The 2010 EBB Pro is returning to Yallingup in the South-West corner of WA for a four day competition, which will combine the final event of the WA State Bodyboard Series.
The EBB Pro is the fifth stop of the Australasian Bodyboarding Pro Tour which has thus far travelled to New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia . The event will see a bumper field of up to fifty professional bodyboarders from across WA, East Coast Australia and even South Africa travel to the beautiful Cape Naturaliste area in Yallingup for what is shaping up to be a simply electrifying four days of action.
The EBB Pro is proudly celebrating its fifth birthday and after a slow start in the opening years with the event running in the metro beach breaks of Perth, the event has broken free of those shackles and is now a permanent fixture on the IBA Australasian events calendar. Since its humble beginnings the EBB Pro now boasts a four day waiting period in one of the countries most surf rich locations, along with this the 2010 EBB Pro is proud to carry a massive four star rating and a total prize pool of $5, 000.
The EBB Pro is lucky to be run in one of the most iconic surf locations in the world, and with a total of six possible locations booked the riders should benefit with officials only running the Pro divisions in the best waves and conditions possible.
“Its important for the competitors to have simply the best waves on offer, it’s a long way to come to WA to only surf a dribbly beachies so we’re happy to have to ability to move the event to some of Yallingup’s biggest and thickest waves.” Said Surfing WA Events Manager Justin Majeks.
The EBB Pro has provided a huge opportunity for WA’s up and coming bodyboarders to see their idols first hand and continue the sports development into the future. WA has long been renowned as a breeding ground of unbelievable bodyboard talent, and with the likes of Ryan Hardy, Sean Virtue, Brad Hughes, Chad Jackson and Chris White all at the forefront of the pushing the sport into the mainstream.
Combining the Pro event with the State Bodyboard Series provides an opportunity for the next generation of talent to see the stars of the sport with their own two eyes. For the likes of Alex Halsey (Woodvale), Lewy Finnegan (Ocean Reef), and Mandurah duo Davis Blackwell and George Humphrys the opportunity to see professional bodyboard action live, has resulted in some impressive performances from the ‘new school’ of WA bodyboarding.
The EBB Pro has always been a crucial event on the Aussie Tour, with many winners of the event going on to claim the Rebel Sport Australasian Pro Championship. Such was the case with defending Champion Corey Maclean (Miami Beach, QLD) who went from strength to strength after his inspiring win in the west in 2009.
Maclean will be leading the list of defending champions returning to WA, along with 2008 winner Michael Novy (Avoca, NSW) in an attempt to become the first rider in the events history to claim back to back titles. The EBB Pro has been lucky to secure a window with no clashes amid World Tour Events in Europe so event officials are hopeful for more big names signing up for the event in the next few days.
“Each year we have drawn some of the world’s best bodyboarders to the event including Dave Winchester, Ryan Hardy, Brad Hughes, Chad Jackson, Tom Rigby and Jake Stone. I think the quality of the field is testament to the event and also the great waves that the South-West can produce”, said Justin Majeks.
Entries are still open with positions available and will close on Wednesday September 15th. Competitors can still enter online via the Surfing WA website http://www.surfingaustralia.com/wa/event.php?id=183
If you didn’t get a chance to check out the EBB Pro in 2009, be sure to check out the awesome highlight package here http://vimeo.com/6832667
For more information regarding the EBB Pro be sure to check out www.surfingwa.com.au, www.ibaaustralasia.com/site and www.ebb.net.au for all event updates and results.
The 2010 EBB Pro is proudly supported by EBB, Elit’ Bodyboards, SunSmart, and Surfing Western Australia.
August 16, 2010 at 1:42 pm | Spongercity Australia, Magazines News
Riptide Mag issue 177 is now available. It’s got a sick cover with Mitch Rawlins, a thick board guide, tons of articles & pics, a cool Bunting profile, more interviews and stuff. Biggest issue ever says the cover and we reckon it’s probably true, now that we received our issue in the mail box! Yewwww
Oh, check it out here: http://www.riptidemag.com.au/current-issue
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 14, 2010 at 11:17 am | Spongercity Australia, Contests News
Ryan Hardy wins the Shark Island Challenge ! Congrats Ryan ! Yewwww
1st Ryan Hardy
2nd Ben Player
3rd Damien King
4th Shaun Pyne
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
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