January 3, 2007 at 9:31 am | Spongercity General News
We just got the press release, the VS label is about to launch the version 3.0 of their project : Ryan Hardy VS. Todd Quigley. (March 07 launch). In case you didnt know version 1.0 was Mitch Rawlins VS. Jarrod Gibson and version 2.0 is Pierre Louis Costes VS. Dan Sivess. The Pierre Louis boards are about to hit the stores as i speak i guess.
The VS label is a Nick Mesritz project (NMD boards). All boards are designed by a specific rider and shaper (for each version: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0) and then produced (duplicated i should say) by Mez with the exact same dimensions and specifications with a quality & craftmanship that can’t be beaten. yewwww. I can’t wait to see the Ryan Hardy board. It’s no secret that Ryan has been working with Todd Quigley for like 8 years on his boards (Todd has been shaping Ryan’s boards for 8 years yeah) and now that Ryan is riding on the same team as Mitch and Pierre under the VS label great things are about to happen.
January 1, 2007 at 1:16 pm | Spongercity General News
Happy new year all. I hope this year will bring us nice waves, trips & good things.
Thanx to all your support and your fidelity. We ended up this year with an all-time record of audience on the site. Watch out for the Jono Bruce “Last Words” Interview soon and more interviews for ‘07.
December 24, 2006 at 12:49 am | Spongercity General News
Damian now rides for 4PLAY ! So i just read on the new Rippies website:
Riptidemag.com.au.
Thanx guys for linking us up on your new site. I love the old covers section where you can peep all the older mags.
December 15, 2006 at 7:12 pm | Spongercity General News
Billabong Australia launched their new website with a good bodyboard team section. Check it out. It’s got a shitload of pics in the galleries and Mitch Rawlins wallpapers. Go to TEAM, then BODYBOARD:
Billabong Australia.
December 14, 2006 at 11:29 am | Spongercity General News
Hey all portuguese riders beware the new VERT Mag is out ! It’s
issue 76 and it rocks. Frontside page is portuguese booger Hugo Pinheiro flying across the Lisbon skies. Inside the Guilherme Tamega exclusive interview and other articles as Book of Waves with Tim McKenna and David Pu´u portfolios, 6Pack and Bodyboard in the capital!
IF YOU DONT HEAR IT FROM US, DON’T BELIEVE IT !
December 12, 2006 at 11:48 am | Spongercity General News
Alright, once again there’s a lot of things happening these days. We just released a ‘Last words’ interviews with Glen Thurston that you can read
here.
The good people at Movement mag just sent us their video clip teaser for MOVEMENT Issue 15. It’s super nice and you can download it right here on the following link.
Control-click this link and save target on your hard drive. Feel free to share it ! It is mp4 file format. Use quicktime player if needed maybe.
RIPTIDE Mag issue 155 is out ! It’s got the Mitch Rawlins DVD inside ! Check the cover
here.
Last but not least, the guys at 5-south.com just released a small video clip of “best in the west” contest they organized at seaside reef, California. Awesome contest and action check it out here on their site:
5-SOUTH.com.
That’s it for now. Stay tuned for more and subscribe to the RSS or ATOM feeds if you want to. Mailing lists are oldschool these days ! Viva la feed ! I heard ATOM works great with PC users. Check down the HOME page there’s a link for ATOM feeds instead of RSS if you’re having trouble with RSS feeds.
December 4, 2006 at 10:12 am | Spongercity General, Moving Pictures News
As you can see lower on this page i worked on a new layout that shows you all the latest DVD reviews available with a little ‘love’ rating that show how much we digged the DVDs. Also shows you the latest features & interviews available. Also enhanced is the Music Reviews and RSS system. Try it, you’ll love it.
6 new DVD reviews have been added to the Reviews page
HERE. We reviewed TENSION10 / The ROAD / LEROY / LAUNCH / HARDLYFE II / DEEP HOLLOW. See the little hearts down this page ? Yeah we gave Leroy some love, the DVD is awesome !
A new video (Darren Delmore ripping on the knee) has been added on the quicktime videos menu
HERE and new new photo gallery from SW france (Hossegor) this summer has been added. There are a few nice pics so check ‘em out
HERE.
MOVEMENT MAG issue 15 is out in Oz, check the cover
HERE.
December 2, 2006 at 5:47 pm | Spongercity Interviews News
SPONGERCITY INTERVIEW with Jono BRUCE – INTERVIEW done by Dave L. in Dec 2006 – 30 Last Words
AHHHH we had to track Jono for weeks to find him and send him the questions for his interview. It’s been hard but we did it. Nah just kidding. Well, partly, it’s not that easy to interview the most underrated sponger out there and one of the best guy on a sponge. Thanx Dave for helping me on this one. My buddy Dave tracked Jono down like an eagle would hunt a pray and … oh fuck, no, he interviewed Jono while i worked on the ‘arty’ part of this interview, put all this together and put it up on the site. Uh what else ?
Enjoy.
1. Last surf you had : yesterday at a local reef only small but still fun
2. Last mind-blowing barrel : about two mounths ago at the same spot.
3. Last board you loved : one of my old ones that i was borrowing off a mate.
4. Last trip you went on : ages ago to the south coast
5. Last bodyboard movie you watched : visions 2.5
6. Last rider who blew your mind : jake stone
7. Last time you got dropped in on : cant remember
8. Last time you were scared : cant remember
9. Last thing you bought yourself : food from the shops
10. Last car you rode in : kennys yesterday
11. Last time you got lucky : yesterday
12. Last injury you had : sore hand from punching a pokie macheine when it ate my $5
13. Last song you loved : Alice in chains rain when i die
14. Last thing that made you cuss out loud : all the time it doesnt take much
15. Last punch you threw : at the pokie machine
16. Last time something changed your life : dunno
17. Last video part you were stoked on : hardys stuff in any vid
18. Last time you stand up surfed : fucking ages ago
19. Last thing you broke : glassses all the time when drunk
20. Last time you took a picture : the other day on my mates camera
21. Last book you read : the dirt motley crue
22. Last website you visited : alice in chains
23. Last magazine you read : Movement
24. Last time you lied : dunno
25. Last girl you kissed : my Girlfriend
26. Last time you wished you were alone : when in crowded surf
27. Last time you wished all your mates were here : whenever drinking
28. Last time you thought you were gonna die : dunno really..a couple of beatings seamed heavy but dont know about dieing.
29. Last time you felt inspired : hearing a good cd or seeing someone ripping on a bodyboard
30. Last time you said « it’s the last time » : all the time…
Thanx a lot Jono – Dave & TC at Spongercity.com
December 1, 2006 at 5:43 pm | Spongercity Interviews News
SPONGERCITY INTERVIEW with Glen”PENCE”THURSTON – INTERVIEW done by Dave L. in Dec 2006 – 30 Last Words
With the recent release of their new “the ROAD” DVD, Glen and his buddies Michael Novy, Brendon Newton, Harry Dixon, Grizzla, Ryan Mattic and Adam Benwell got themselves a ticket to stardom. Some were more considered as rookies whereas others were already well-known by the media. After watching “the ROAD” (filmed by Glen’s older Brother Bryce Thurston) you’ll understand that none of those young fellas are ‘rookies’ anymore. They all put their lifes on the line to score some of the best waves & slabs Oz has to offer and it seems that they all came back from “the ROAD” experience stronger and more talented than ever. Glen’s section in “the ROAD” is a proof of how good and driven those guys are. We wanted to know more about Glen, one of “the ROAD” project originators and actors and thanx to my buddy Dave who helped interviewing Glen while i did the illustration & coding part of the interview, this is just what we came up with:
1. Last surf you had : Just surfed suck rock in cronulla, sideshore 4ft, whish i was at home
2. Last mind-blowing barrel : When i was in South Australia at a certain spot…….. on the road dvd.
3. Last board you loved : My current board is my sexy beast at the moment. awesome shape.
4. Last trip you went on : The road project
5. Last bodyboard movie you watched : Denis
6. Last rider who blew your mind : Chris james
7. Last time you got dropped in on : Last time i was up in sydney hahaha. Lifes a bit hectic around these parts. Tension is normally high in the water.
8. Last time you were scared : Out at a 15ft bombie with just my bro and novy out. had some crazy clean ups. that was before I had christ in my life. since then I havent been scared at all.
9. Last thing you bought yourself : I styled haircut at bondi junction
10. Last car you rode in : My mate turtles ( jem cresswell) lil excel hatchback
11. Last time you got lucky : When i was in perth at the casino after the tension 9 premier.
won quite a few hundred dollars. an paid for my whole trip
12. Last injury you had : Cyclops foot injury. see riptide 153
13. Last song you loved : Kanye west. Jesus walks
14. Last thing that made you cuss out loud : Turtle almost rearending a really expensive car. haha
15. Last punch you threw : Ages ago. had 9 dudes jump me at a party .
Yes i took em all down haha. i used to be into that back then
16. Last time something changed your life : the cyclops injury changed my whole world. that when i became christian
17. Last video part you were stoked on : Video
18. Last time you stand up surfed : 3 days ago fixed up my old mini mal. did some crazy floaters
19. Last thing you broke : I cant remember. IM not a clumsy guy.
20. Last time you took a picture : Probably on the road trip. borrowed Novy’s digy cam to take some shots of the lil guy. haha
21. Last book you read : The calling. (by brother andrew)
22. Last website you visited : Spongercity just then to see what it was like before i filled this out. hahaha
23. Last magazine you read : Riptide 153
24. Last time you lied : cant remember
25. Last girl you kissed : mY mum
26. Last time you wished you were alone : last week. needed some time out after 10 days with the turtle
27. Last time you wished all your mates were here : When im surfing pumping waves by myself. Its always good having a few good mates to surf with
28. Last time you thought you were gonna die : Out at Lunas with chris james ( the grizz) we surfed maxing 12-15ft luna park scary stuff. but God had my back.
29. Last time you felt inspired : last night after reading “The calling” and this morning seeing the ocean
30. Last time you said « it’s the last time » : Our last trip to lunas. driving 13hrs sttraight coping 3 fines and hiting a kangaroo….
Thanx a lot Pence – Dave & TC at Spongercity.com
November 29, 2006 at 1:16 pm | Spongercity DVD Reviews, Reviews News
AUSTRALIAN MADE // David Child
The concept of this DVD is pretty cool: there are so many aussie DVDs nowadays but very few are 100% aussie focused and cover the whole oz coastline and riders. That DVD does this very well, the quality of the image is good, the filming is good too, there’s a lot of riders featured in it, including famous ones and rookies. The music matches the editing well and the overall feeling is that this video is clean and good. No very special or original but very cool. The DVD menu with the map of Oz is cool to.
This is a good vid for all Oz riders, and people wanting to travel to oz. So much potential!
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