Archive for Magazines
February 3, 2008 at 6:54 pm | Spongercity Industry, Magazines News
Crysis Mag issue 13 is about to hit the shelves. Peep the cover here. Mag is thicker, with a different format and a wider distribution. Sick Dk cover and sick Toobs feature inside. Looks like TOOBS is taking over the US market once again with a sick team, sick boards and top notch customer service.
Talking about boards, our buddies at CARTEL just sent us the new FC Cartel Board for 2008, designed by french waterman and all around rider Fred Compagnon and PMA. Sick board, really polyvalent and optional crazy nose rocker available. Check it out here.
One more cool board tech news is the 4PLAY new core technology called Fusion Core developped by Dallas Singer and 4Play head shaper Reon Fisher. The Fusion Core, unlike most gimmicks, seems to be a really good idea: the board’s core is composed of 55% of PP and 45% of PE core. The bottom 55% is PP, the top 45% is PE, so it’s flexy under your elbows and stiffer toward the tail to keep the board fast. Sounds like a good prone board thing. The first batch of Dallas Singer fusion core boards just hit the Oz market as we write this.
December 23, 2007 at 9:00 pm | Spongercity Contests, Industry, Magazines, Photography News
Hey all, merry xmas, happy holidays (for those who have some) !
Heaps of news just in time for christmas. Riptide issue 161 is out, peep the cool cover here and make sure you get it coz there’s a DVD inside, “Around the World in 40 days”. Check the Riptide site and the pictures of the trip, you’ll be frothing. We’ll review the DVD as soon as we get our copy. Make sure you read all latest news from the rippies site, there’s heaps of cool things to read and see. We’re not gonna copy/paste the news so go there and read them.
We got a cool email today from portuguese videographer Vasco Figueiredo who filmed some of the massive pits of the Sumol Nazare 07 Edition which you might have heard about if you’re from portugal or if you read it somewhere else. We’re not from portugal but from what we’ve seen Portugal is definitely one of the biggest bodyboard nations after Australia. They’re got heaps of talented riders, a good magazine to read, motivated people, sponsors and they’re making it happen. So go on youtube, forget what you’ve read about europe and euro contests, and enjoy a few video clips from Vasco:
- link one: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=NVIef9__nKs
- link two: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tl0MgCmmfw
- link three: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=PEYv5nY6VCw
- Vasco’s page on youtube for more clips: Profile: VascoFigueiredo
Link number 2 shows the massive pits from the Sumol Nazare contest. “Biggest waves ever ridden on a portuguese wave championship”. Luis Pereira got first, Pierre Louis Costes second, Manuel Centeno third. For more check: Nazarespecialedition.com.
Here are some pictures from the contest that VERT mag sent us: One, Two, Three, Four, Five.
Last but not least: for Xmas, treat yourself well and get yourself and your friends a Mickey Smith Calendar and a Spongercity Tshirt and Cap. ha ! No kidding, we still have some tees and caps. Very few caps. Check the Store here for more info. Free stickers and badges with every order. Free shipping with all orders. We’ve sent some to the UK, OZ, France, Portugal, the US so far so keep the orders coming, we’re ready !
Last minute industry note: Eddie Solomon rides for NMD boards now.
December 11, 2007 at 1:27 am | Spongercity Magazines News
Movement Mag issue 21 is out now, with heaps of sick shots and words. It taste like this: Movement, issue 21 – A glimpse at the future while we revisit the past. We’ve rolled a completely new format for this issue, printing landscape for the first time in the mag’s history. It makes sense because of all the shots we print each issue the overriding majority are shot landscape, meaning we’re always having to battle gutters in the middle of the page and cut out shots because there’s never enough room. Now free from the burden of having to fit square pegs in round holes we’re running more shots in the same amount of space, without having to resort to postage stamp inserts. So check it out and let us know what you think, email info@movementmag.com with any feedback.
As for living in the past, well this is the 21st issue and to celebrate we’ve dug through the archives and sourced a bunch of shots and stories that never aired in their heyday. Cool insights into the people and places that have made this magazine and the sport it survives on.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, some gear that will no doubt leave your jaw hanging loosely while your eyes try to digest the magnitude of the waves being ridden by that old crew of crazies from WA. Chad Jackson and Brad Hughes up the ante once more and leave us all gagging at the prospect of just how big guys are willing to go these days. We also gauge the new gen on our grom trip and splash a profile with the ever colourful Mason Rose.
Make sure you peep the cover here and also watch the teaser here on Youtube. We’ll upload the Teaser on the Spongercity Podcast this week, as well as the HELLO teaser, Draw Teaser and more stuff to keep you busy at school, in the bus, in the planes and at work. (all vids on the podcast are compatible iPods et iPhones, check the Podcast section of the site to learn more if you don’t understand anything).
VERT Mag issue 83 is also out in Portugal with “A portuguese rider on the cover feeling good in Super Suck, Indonesia. Inside we also reveal 13 new boards for the winter season, feature some tow-out time with Hugo Pinheiro & friends and introduce seven new young guns from “da house”!”. We’ll receive it soon at the Spongercity HQ and although we don’t understand a word of Portuguese we always dig the sick shots and neat design of the Mag. Hehe. Check the cover here.
Oh and Three Sixty issue 72 is also out in the UK. Good issue with heaps of shots from Oz, mutant slabs everywhere, sick trip and shots from Ireland and more… Peep their website here: Three Sixty Web Site.
November 7, 2007 at 1:04 am | Spongercity Magazines, Moving Pictures News
Riptide issue 160 is out. It says “Biggest issue ever” on the cover and jeez, yes, it’s sick and nice! Check it out.
We just got the brand new HELLO (luck squirrel club) teaser which is awesome. We’ll add it on the Podcast ASAP. While waiting for it, you can already watch it here. “This is a film that’s fun, colourful and if anything has too much personality. We want the viewer to be involved, we want them to walk away better for the experience. We didn’t sit on a beach shooting riders we had no relationship with, or paddled out and shot the same footage as 3 other film crews. We wanted to personalise this film so it had to be about the people, not purely about what happened in the water.”
Their DVD will be out in 1 or 2. Stay tuned, more news coming soon.
Last but not least, in the same vein as THE INSIDE but 13 years later, Scotty Carter’s new project with Mike Stewart called FIRE, which we talked about a while back, eventually has a teaser to watch. It’s here and it looks different and pretty interesting.
October 25, 2007 at 7:44 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
Movement Mag issue 20 is right around the corner and the teaser is already downloadable here (iPod compatible). Just right-click and download with “save target as…”. Enjoy.
That cool teaser has also been added to the Spongercity Podcast. If you wanna subscribe, there’s nothing easier, just click the link and use iTunes to read and download all the clips. Don’t click if your are already a subscriber, just open iTunes and refresh the Podcast.
October 15, 2007 at 10:54 pm | Spongercity Industry, Magazines, Moving Pictures News
Movie premiere: Ozzie riders, beware, don’t freakin’ miss the Waldron Bros movie premiere for THERE IS NO I. Here is the premiere flyer. 3rd of Nov. : Note this down on your text books !
Industry news flash: Check the new CUSTOMX website that R.Crawford designed. New site, new boards, heaps of news and stuff to read on it. Good stuff.
Paper candy: Portuguese riders, beware, VERT mag issue 82 is out, it’s got a nice cover, as usual and heaps of stuff inside with a good design.
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