The new Flipmode Winter collection is now available thru the Flipmode website and some of the brand stockists in Oz. Check it out here: http://flipmode.com.au. New tees and hoodies, new graphics and colors.
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71 Magazine issue 3 is now online ! Excellent mag with sick sick sick images and videos. DO NOT MISS THE JOE CLARKE VIDEO and the HAWAII VIDEO. Both vids are farrrkinnn good. Joe rips. Hawaii was insane this season. Check Finlay’s wave at pipe in the Hawaii 10 video, as well as Mitch Rawlins massive nugget and much more! We loved it!
Mag is here: http://71mag.com/
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Movement Mag releases its second DVD ! Movement TV #2
Issue #1 was really cool and there’s no sign of issue #2 not being cool either, just watch the great teaser they just released and froth: http://vimeo.com/11678077.
Teaser post by Liam O’Brien who is – if we remember well – one of the main No Friends videographer during the last few NF videos. Movement TV #2 should be sickkkkk !
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We lagged a little bit lately so we had to do a little recap of what’s going on lately:
- Guilherme Tamega has a new website! Not sure if talked about it yet, but if we haven’t… shame on us, here the site: http://www.gtamega.com.br
- Nomad Bodyboards is proud to announce the signing of rising star Alex Halsey – here the release that went with the news: Nomad co-founder Shane Britten said of the signing, “Alex really represents the next wave of young riders who are combining power to their tech riding. Ever since seeing his section in Pastiche he has been someone we have been interested in working with, and I think his age and style will add a different dynamic and perspective to the FSD”. Halsey will join Chris James, Matt lackey, Sacha Specker, and Ernesto Evana as part of the Nomad FSD, a team initiative designed to provide their expertise on product design and development, but to also provide a program to launch projects of their own creation. To date these projects have included the ROAM series, T.I.A. (This Is Africa), and 40 Days around the world.
- Science Customs Announces the “Science Customs Design Challenge” – What’s that ? Well, here you go: Mike Stewart, Inc. company, is excited to announce the Science Customs Design Challenge. The Design Challenge is an open call for artists of all levels to create a custom design and share it with the bodyboarding community. The Challenge will run from May 1, 2010 until June 30, 2010 with a Grand Prize to be selected by Mike Stewart and Alistair Taylor on July 12th, 2010. Additional prizes will be awarded via community voting. Prizes: GRAND PRIZE (Selected by Mike and Al): Science Custom Board with the winning design, Science boardbag and Gyroll leash. FIRST PLACE (User votes): Science Custom Board with the winning design, Science boardbag and Gyroll leash. SECOND PLACE (User votes): $75 Gift Certificate to Science Customs. THIRD PLACE (User votes): $50 Gift Certificate to Science Customs
The Challenge is designed to showcase a breakthrough in board design technology allowing Science Customs to apply any custom artwork to your board. All art is permanently applied, will not scratch or fade and unlike other board graphics, the artwork is created specifically for your custom board.
For complete details and rules visit http://vote.sciencecustoms.com
- Bonus link: Check out the clip of 4Plays super grom 17 year old Todd Mcrorie ripping on his home turf. Ripping ! http://www.vimeo.com/11348012. Music is heavy, a good change from all the catchy-pop-shitty songs we hear all the time in some of the vids ! Yewwwww.
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French hellman Amaury Lavernhe is releasing his own movie as we speak. The movie is called OSMOZ (Amaury’s nickname is “Moz”) and you’ve got the trailer here: http://www.vimeo.com/11289346. It’s a great autobiographic film based on the life of Amaury.
Check some pictures here from Amaury: Pic 01, Pic 02, Pic 03, Pic 04.
An adventure that started on the strong Indian Ocean followed by images taken all over the world featuring extreme bodyboarding sessions, genuine interviews, last 3 years surfing sessions and some awesome landscapes images and places combined with dreamy perfect waves.
Amaury shows us his hometown Reunion Island surfing his favorite’s spots and talking about his lifestyle, charges huge sessions at Teahupoo, discovers the greatness of Canary Islands or shows us how he reached the respect of all the bodyboard community into challenging Pipeline conditions.
A real story of a real bodyboarder that follows his dream.
This project has been produced by Sniper bodyboards and developed together with Amaury Lavernhe and edited by focus prod (www.focusbodyboarding.com)
To see where you can get the dvd join the Sniper bodyboard facebook and check the list of our core shops that will receive it, of course you’ll have it FOR FREE!
You will also be able to get a copy of it via our official internet partner’s sites:
www.sniperbodyboards.com
www.spongercity.com
www.vert-mag.com
www.secondmag.es
Check back soon for updates as we’ll have DVDs to giveaway right here on Spongercity.com !
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Quick update on this year’s world tour…
First of all congrats PLC for his first win on a world tour event in Buzios ! Well done Pierre and well deserved ! Congrats Isabella Sousa too for your win ! Read more about the event here.
Now all eyes on the Chile Grand Slam Arica contest which starts on the 14th of May… As usual, check the IBA Tour website for more info.
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VERT Mag issue 99 (click for cover) is now available.
In this issue you have:
The Hawaiian season, the Pipe contest and an exclusive interview with Amaury Lavernhe are some of the main calls for issue 99.
Meanwhile, in the Atlantic Ocean we bring you the best winter for years in the Canary Islands with some explosive footage in El Frontón.
On the cover you will find Mr. Winchester crusing the airs on an incredible shot of Alex Ormerod.
Now you may also get the mag on iTunes. It’s chepear and more enviromentally friendly.
More info here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vert-magazine/id357724149?mt=8
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Pro bodyboarders are all waking up and seem to be aware that a good website definitely helps a good career. Most pros are now starting their own site (not your average Blogger blog with a lame design) which is really cool.
Here’s what we spotted recently:
Dave Winchester now has his own website, check it out here and follow Dave’s adventures/stories etc.: Davewinchester.com (Cool site/blog with a nice/clean look).
Matt Lackey enhanced/updated his video project website here: Thelackeyproject.com
Mitch Rawlins is always busy with his own website too and recently released his last Hawaiian video clip from this winter: Mitchrawlins.com
The french best waves are now available in the new Freeride Mode.
In order to always introduce bodyboarders from all around the world with the best waves of each part of the globe, the bodyboarding webgame YouRiding.com will offer all the internet users the possibility to play the best 20 french wave-spots, starting on April 26, 2010.
Players will be able to ride freely in prone, dropknee and tow-out waves such as the big slam Annaëlle in Brittanny, Bud Bud in Vendée or La Tortue in the Reunion island.
This initiative will be part of a series of future ‘geo-targeted’ updates that will allow users to play the best wave from Australia, Portugal, Hawaii, Brazil, Indonesia, … in Freeride and Contest gamemodes.
The game is available on www.youriding.com/bodyboard
About Youriding.com:
YouRiding.com is the first free online Action Sports videogame using FLASH technology. The game has been developped since 2007 by the INTELLYSURF company, located in Anglet, South-West of France. At the begining the game allowed users to play 2 sports, Surfing and Bodyboarding. Since 2010, YouRiding.com added two brand new games: Free Skiing and Snowboarding. The game is famous for its realism, multi-player modes, and quick access. It averages about 680 000 visits per month for over 175 000 unique visitors coming from all over the world (15% USA, 15% Australia, 15% Brazil, 13% France, 11% UK, 10% Spain …) with over 225 000 registered users to the monthly newsletter.
We just got some news via Limited Edition (the people behind Nomad, Limited Edition Fins etc.) that the West coast Aussie bodyboard brand FUNKSHEN was back in the game. It’s good news. From what we understood Tully (the head shaper) will be making boards (customs) and the brand will also offer some stock boards in the shops. What we didn’t understand was if all stock boards were gonna be shaped by Tully in Oz or if the stock boards were gonna be made in Taiwan like the Nomad boards (distributed by Limited Edition). We’ll try to gather more info about it as soon as we can.
Here’s what the press release says:
Tully re-enters the shaping bay – FUNKSHEN IS BACK!!
For some time now there has been whispers emanating from the western seaboard of Australia that Dave ‘Tully’ Tulloch had re-entered the shaping bay and was working in secret on the relaunch of his successful custom label Funkshen Bodyboards.
Tully fills us in after Funkshens 12 month hiatus.
Can you tell us what led to the break?
Yeah, after much deliberation and heartache I reluctantly made the decision to take a break from running Funkshen and shaping bodyboards entirely at the end of 2008. The last few years I was continually challenged on the business side of things. My focus had always been on the quality of my shaping skills and how the Funkshen boards were coming out. The feedback from all our riders and customers ensured the quality of our boards was often described as the best in the industry. But unfortunately as our boards were progressing, our business network was failing. Funkshen was at the crossroads on whether we could take it to the next level. This combination of issues led me to think that taking a forced break would be best for the business and for my own personal wellbeing, not that I was ever happy with that decision.
Why the return now?
The return of Funkshen is largely due to 2 reasons.
The first is that I have sorely missed shaping boards a great deal and would love to continue my involvement in developing bodyboards in general and using my experience to keep the Funkshen empire cranking!
The second is that we were fortunate to form a great relationship with the lads at Limited Edition. Through their extensive networks and ability to help, we were able to revive our very proud and highly regarded company. All my previous customers and fans of Funkshen boards have been overwhelming in their continued support over this break and I have continually been blown away by how popular Funkshen really was and how respectful everyone has been to me. Stoked!
Change of focus to stock boards?
Yes for the time Funkshen will be focusing on developing a very tidy, high quality range of stockies to ensure that we can expose Funkshen‘s meticulously crafted board range to to a larger group of riders without sacrificing quality. I have been given the opportunity to utilise our most functional templates and shapes that I developed with my custom boards, and refine them into our new range of bodyboards. This is insane and how it should be done so a bodyboarder buying a board from his/her local store can buy the best possible piece of riding equipment possible.
Whitey’s back too?
To see the old gang teaming up again is insane mate and having Whitey involved again with a new signature board is a massive coup for Funkshen and continuing Funkshens progression. Although Chris may not spend as much time surfing these days as what he used to, he is giving back through his bodyboard coaching of up and coming riders and is still heavily involved in filming and hangin with mitch, ryan, jake etc and with his brand new project, “Grow up” being released at the end of this month, Funkshen will be thrown back into the spotlight front and centre. The hype created so far about this video and with Funkshen coming back has been overwhelming and largely has justified our decision to resurrect a legend!
What can we expect from the new stock range?
The new Funkshen range is basically a combination of our previous best ever boards with a couple of killer new models. We have brought back the original “Tully Premo” and “Lowrider” models and I have been working on an entirely new “Tully” base/custom board which I have incorporated the new core technology with the EFC core with my own personal best ever dimensions and shape to form an insanely functional bodyboard. I have been quietly working on the refinement of the Premo model even further and expect the new version to address all the needs of the professional level rider. All the classic custom colours will be available throughout the range. These new boards are looking insane and now being a father myself, I am stoked to know that my own son will be able to grow up and ride Funkshen boards for years to come. Very cool!
The Funkshen range will be released Australia wide in July 2010 through your local bodyboard specialist.
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