Archive for Tests
December 20, 2009 at 9:00 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
One of the cool things about working with Will George last year and this year on the new TOYS 2009 and 2010 logos is that we got to ride a custom Toys board shaped by Dan Sivess himself and keep the damn thing after we tested it! We test-rode a custom 41 “THE GAME” model with PE, mesh and one stringer.
All TOYS for 2010 are shaped at the Mez factory in indo and Dan Sivess has been shaping some customs and samples for the 2010 production, which is what we rode. The cool thing is that the stock boards are just as good as the customs with the same exact materials and refined shapes so TOYS will treat us with nice shapes and solid boards once again this year. Click below to read the full review.
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December 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
The TURBO IV is a classic revival of the worldwide famous TURBO III board. Sick colors, sick shape, sick design, the essence of new school bodyboarding back in the days.
TURBO revisited that board in 2009 and again in 2010 and re-launched that classic shape with new, modern materials. The TURBO IV FRC 41 has an FRC blank inside (Flex-Response-Core – FRC model features a sofisticated tri-stringer system). The FRC core is stiff yet flexy thanks to the 3 stringers and special core: it’s very light, solid but flexy like PE core.
It feels different than PE when you ride it. It’s got a faster projection/recoil and feels stiffer when riding fast. Click below to read the full review.
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December 18, 2009 at 7:45 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
The TURBO Mason Rose Model is a classic and performant drop knee shape. It’s one of the rare 100% dk boards on the market and if someone knows how dk shapes should be it’s definitely Mason and his shaper Glenn Taylor from Turbo. Both Mason and Glenn worked on this template and then had the board produced as a stock board once both were satisfied with this baby. This board has a PE core with double stringers and this is what seems to be the favorite choice for most dkers in cool to cold waters. You’ve got control, speed and stiffness yet a necessary bit of flex due to the PE core which is softer and flexier and you’ve got something stiff under your knee and under your foot (the 2 stringers). Click below to read the full review.
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September 11, 2009 at 5:43 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
NMD boards are made by Mez in indo, in the same factory that produces VS, LMNOP, HB, SCIENCE, SNIPER, some TOYS, some TURBO, MOREY, BZ, ELIT and even more brands… They’re all really good boards with a solid construction (Buzz Tech Laminators), CNC Machine precision for the cut of the core blanks, and hand shaped finitions for all boards (rails, nose and tail bumpers, nose bulbs & lamination process).
We’ve tested the NMD Ben Player 41.5 PE board in a wide range of conditions and waves. To be honest it’s the board we’ve tested the longer and the better, simply because it felt good right from the beginning and it still feels good today as we write this. Nope, we havent given the board back, we’ll keep it. Click below to read the full test.
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September 10, 2009 at 9:32 pm | Spongercity Tests, Wetsuits Tests News
ZION Wetsuits is one of the new cool wetsuit brand out there, hailing from Australia, and being “The Brainchild of former pro Bodyboarder Ryan Mattick”, who “has developed Zion for purpose built Bodyboard use in mind”. There are quite a lot of bodyboarding-specialized wetsuits brands nowadays which is great (Agent 18, Dunes, Zion, Reeflex, Void…). We tested an AGENT 18 Wetsuit last year, then a DUNES steamer, and now it’s ZION’s turn to be tested by Spongercity. We’ll make the test/review short and to the point:
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September 9, 2009 at 5:38 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
VS boards are made by Mez in indo, in the same factory that produces NMD, LMNOP, HB, SCIENCE, SNIPER, some TOYS, some TURBO, MOREY, BZ, ELIT and even more brands… They’re all really good boards with a solid construction (Buzz Tech Laminators), CNC Machine precision for the cut of the core blanks, and hand shaped finitions for all boards (rails, nose and tail bumpers, nose bulbs & lamination process).
The Ryan Hardy is a fast and narrow board designed by Ryan and Todd Quigley. Its template is very straight in the same vein as its range compadre the VS Rawlins board. The template and curve of the VS Hardy when you look at it is quite close to the template of the NMD Player board but the Hardy board is narrower and it’s got a different curve between the wide point and the nose of the board. The NMD Player for example has a gentle curve that goes smoothly from the wide point to the nose whereas the VS Hardy has a curve that tends to go up higher, in a straight line and then turn at the last moment to meet the nose corners which makes the board very straight.
As a result the VS Hardy board is fast and draws straight lines on the wave. The rails are straight and feel fast and responsive for rail to rail turn, specially since the board is quite narrow. It’s easy to scoop, lock yourself into barrels and control the board in hollow conditions. On the contrary, small and less powerful waves would probably not fit the board as well, it would lack volume (width) a little bit and wouldn’t go as fast or be enough responsive.
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February 3, 2009 at 8:36 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
Early 2009…time for more board tests ! We just tested the VS Rawlins Model – PE + stringer – crescent tail – size 41 – Test conditions: in 12 to 14°C waters. (about 53 to 57°F). Shorey waves from 3 to 5 feet, glassy and hollow. One of the best sessions we’ve had for board tests so far !
Read more about the board in this test.
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November 5, 2008 at 6:02 pm | Spongercity Tests, Wetsuits Tests News
DUNES is one of the rare wetsuit companies building suits specifically for bodyboarders. (Their website is not up to date so keep on reading the review and ask your local shop for the latest DUNES products coz you wont find anything on their site). They’re sponsoring a couple talented riders… mmmh like Ben Player for example or Dallas Singer and they even released a Player pro-model which looks pretty good. Anyway, we’re reviewing the DUNES GLADIATOR 4×3 BACKZIP royal blue color today. Click below to read the whole review.
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June 8, 2008 at 6:09 pm | Spongercity Tests, Wetsuits Tests News
Agent 18 is one of the rare 100% bodyboarding wetsuit company and they seem to make some of the coolest suits around. With a sick team (Glen Thurston, Chris James, Jake Stone and Michael Novy) and a solid brand image we were really curious about the suits and decided to test one of them. Our choice was the Zebra 3/2 full suit which looks pretty amazing (whether you wanna look like a zebra or not in the water… some thought they looked ugly, we think it’s pretty sick to see a suit that is not all black like all other brands out there). Anyway, read the full test article by clicking below.
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February 26, 2008 at 10:55 pm | Spongercity Boards Tests, Tests News
Early 2008, it’s time for new board Tests ! We just tested a VS and a Science board. We’ll start with the SCIENCE 7 here. We tested a SCIENCE 7, Dow core + stringer, crescent tail, size 41.5 in 12 to 14°C waters. (about 53 to 57°F). Read more about the board in this test.
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