Need a calendar for 2009 ? Yeah good timing wise men !
Ok so you’ve got a great 2009 calendar by photographer Matt Ryan just released a calendar for 2009 which you can view here. It can also be found at Mattryan.com.au (got to the store link).
And you’ve also got another great one by photographer Mickey Smith which you can preview here.
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BOOM and DULX have come together to celibate the release of Phill Gallagher’s first bodyboading hard cover book! So the other day we cruised around to his Sydney pad to check it out for our self. If you haven’t already got the podcast press refresh on the bottom right of your podcast library. Go to Tonzi’s site to order yourself a sexy book right now!
And you can also check out the video online here http://vimeo.com/2365711
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One of the most famous bodyboarding photographer Phil Gallagher just re-designed his website. Here’s what Phil had to say about the new site and his upcoming book: “Well, I finally have got around to having a website built and its got a heap of photos of alot of different things so have a look, waste some time and enjoy. You will also see a shop icon which has a sneak preview of the book I have just sent off to print called DLUX. The book will be available from the site early November. And who doesn’t like a blog huh? The daily news will take you to the blog which I will post out takes and little updates from the road as it happens”.
Make sure you check Philgallagher.com
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It seems that Movement Mag is out every month now, you dont even have the time to finish reading an issue that the other one’s already coming out ! Peep the trailer for issue 24 here on Youtube. “This issue runs with our first dropknee cover in almost two years, the exact amount of time since our last all-dropknee trip, the next instalment of which happens inside. The heavy wave crews and those who smile at other people’s foolhard-bravery will be suitably appeased with a Shipsterns bonanza starring Dave Winchester, some Sydney crew and a new young face whose proving a local sensation, Charlie Ward. Our pick of the nation’s unsigned talent took the new season’s board models on media trips to various corners of Oz, surfing everything from wedging D’bah to big, ledging Lunas and profiling their rides along the way. On sale now”. Dub’s on the cover by the way with a sweet BSDKFLTRTLK (read: Backside Drop knee floater that looks killer). Yewwww.
Side note one: South African rider Wes Fisher just won the N°6 shark island trials. Congrats’ Wes ! The other riders who qualified for the main event are: Ryan Hardy, Brad Hughes, Chad Jackson, Jones Russell, Michael Chapple, Max Arent, Airam Cabrera (Spain – Canary Islands), Charlie Chaplet (France – Reunion Island). Now get ready to watch the live event here beginning of July !
Side note two: Blogs are cool (not all, most are boring and never updated) but… some are actually of interest, and we noticed that our mate Chad Waldron got himself a blogger thing and uploaded a few cool shots from his daily observations: www.photosfromapocket.blogspot.com
On Chad’s blog proof is that the VS and NMD crews were not all as serious as it seemed during their Bali mission last month. Hardy and Max Arent – Bintang time !
A bodyboard picture was awarded with the 3rd place in the action sports category in the prestigious world press photo. It’s a pic of the Sumol Nazaré Special Edition (portuguese contest with freakin huge waves), it was taken by portuguese photographer Miguel Barreira. Unreal picture !
The Pipe contest in Hawaii is about to start, and it looks like the conditions are gonna be big and clean from what the forecast says. What a cool way to start the 2008 IBA tour ! Peep the IBA Site for more news and full forecast report.
Industry / Sponsor change news: Ryan Mattick is now riding for 4PLAY boards and will soon have a pro-model. Yewwww.
Spongercity news: our server was pretty slow today, sorry for the inconvenience, it’s getting better though and should be fine tomorrow. We’re on a mission with DVD reviews this week and should finish reviewing DRAW, THERE IS NO I, INSERT NAME HERE and HOW TO between now and this week-end. All reviews we’ve done are archived here by the way, in case you never clicked on the REVIEWS button in the nav bar. Doh.
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.
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Link of the day: tglaser.com
Awesome portfolio from Pro Bodyboarder / Photographer Todd Glaser with heaps of freakin’ nice shots, both action and lifestyle eye candy. Make sure to check it out.
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This week we teamed up with Aussie Photographer Chris Gurney who sent us some of his West Oz shots and we uploaded a sweet little West Oz gallery here. Make sure to check Chris pics out coz they look niiiiice.
Last minute update: Insert Name Here _ teaser is now available on the Podcast for all subscribers out there. Just refresh your iTunes podcast thing and you’ll see that the Insert Name Here _ teaser will appear in the podcast clips list.
Oh by the way the Spongercity Podcast is now officially available on the iTunes store (yes it’s free). It will hopefully help more spongers get their dose of teasers and clips on their iPods to kill time at school and on flat days.
If Owen is a Senior Photographer for Movement Mag… it’s not by chance.
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