July 22, 2010 at 11:39 am | Spongercity Australia, Industry News
Sam Strachan wins the TURBO V competition and a spot on the TURBO Intl’ Team
Sam Strachan (Australia) – Excerpt from the TURBO website: “It is hard to believe Sam Strachan is only 16 years of age. There has been plenty of talk coming out Cronulla (one of bodyboarding’s toughest proving grounds) about Sam Strachan for what seems like years, and at the age of 15 Sam already had a Hawaiian season under his belt. More recently Sam beat a field of the best aspiring stars in the sport to win his place in the Shark Island Challenge. Sam has a level head on his shoulders and the talent to do anything in the sport. Turbo Surf Designs is proud to announce Sam as the 5th member of the Turbo 5 Professional team. He will be working closely with Turbo Development Manager, Andrew Lester and travelling with the Turbo professional team to take his career to the next level. Congratulations Sam and welcome to the team”.
Check all the footage from Sam and the other competitors here on the Turbo website:
http://www.turbosurfdesigns.com.au/turboV.php
July 22, 2010 at 9:31 am | Spongercity International, Moving Pictures News
Another cool clip to watch: Ben Player – 2010 Hawaiian season filmed by Jaden Dickey – http://vimeo.com/13472955
July 22, 2010 at 1:25 am | Spongercity International, Moving Pictures News
Cool video clip from Cam Danzey at the start of the year in Bali with Jose Marquina, Brad Hughes and Jake Stone. Jake Stone on fire at Canggu! Is it Balinese coffee that makes him surf like that ? Impressive !
Watch it here: http://vimeo.com/13445124
July 19, 2010 at 4:03 pm | Spongercity International, Links, Moving Pictures News
Ben Player has revamped his website at Benplayer.com and just released an absolutely mind-blowing video clip with Todd Barnes – a 15min. clip, all in HD, of his best waves on film in 2009.
Watch it here: http://www.benplayer.com/
Ben Player – TwoZeroZeroNine
I approached Todd Barnes – editor of the Thrash series – to edit this clip of my best waves from 2009 about six months ago. Todd’s reply was, ‘yeah mate, sweet. It should only take me about 2 weeks to edit.’
I wanted to make a free movie for the public, something that I would look at and make me feel proud.
Six months and about 101 phone calls later Todd had finished the project and when I saw the finished product I realised why it has taken so long. Every wave, every moment and every beat of the song makes me proud.
Hope you like this guys.
Thanks Todd.
July 16, 2010 at 11:41 am | Spongercity General News
Girls girls girls! There’s a sick clip of Spanish girl pro rider Eunate Aguirre here on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/12915601. The editing is awesome and Eunate rides super good. A must see! Also make sure you check her new website here coz it’s better than most mens site and it’s as cool as the clip we linked above! Go girls!
Clip: THE EUNATE AGUIRRE DIARIES. EPISODE 1 – “BONJOUR: Four Days, South France.” – Filmed & Crafted By Sergio Garayo. – Song “LES EX” By Camille.
Website: Eunateaguirre.com
July 16, 2010 at 11:25 am | Spongercity International, Magazines News
Movement Mag issue 33 is now available. It’s got 2 different covers, sick content and great features, as usual…
Excerpt from the Movement Mag website:
When two images from the one wave emerge as the two best shots for an issue, eventually printing as double covers, you’d think the featured rider in said images would mark this as the happiest week of their life. For Michael Novy, though, that news came days after he broke his back surfing on the Central Coast. It’s the sweet and sour of life that makes you believe in more than just coincidence.
The meat in this meal consists of a profile of Mitch Rawlins, an Indo discovery with BP, the south coast chopper shoot that supplied the covers and an evolutionary guide to the world’s best boards.
It is an interesting juncture in the life of Mitch Rawlins. Walking away from a weighty contract and stable life to launch his own board brand will surely make a list of highlights when his eyes roll back one last time and his life flashes before his eyes.
For a week BP and friends drove through remotest Indo in search of a wave they’d only seen on a shaky YouTube clip. While they failed to find the wave firing to its obvious potential they enjoyed a holiday in the unlikeliest of locations.
Boards are most important to the act of bodyboarding. Professional riders understand the important of a tailored template and in this feature they discuss the refinements their boards have undergone to reach their current look.
And so back to Novy, the chopper and that one wave. The full sequence is inside the magazine.
July 16, 2010 at 11:18 am | Spongercity International, Magazines News
LeBoogie Magazine Issue 4 is now available – Phil Gallagher: Issue 4 continues to raise the bar of bodyboarding media. In this issue we show you why Ryan Hardy Prefers to paddle when the swell jumps, how to measure those oceanic mountains guys are riding these days, who this Jacob Romero is and photo profile his fellow Hawaiian brother Jeff Hubbard. Luke Shadbolt’s photographic genius is displayed alongside a platinum gallery presented by HB Bodyboards. Finish this off with our regular witty articles and wildest galleries featuring the worlds best bodyboarding photography and you will be hard pressed to find a better magazine out there.
Get it from LeBoogie website here and watch the teaser here if you wish.
July 6, 2010 at 1:55 pm | Spongercity Industry, International News
TURBO just dropped quite a few cool videos on the web to tease you for their 2011 collection with 3 different clips :
Mason Rose – http://vimeo.com/12781785
Jared Houston – http://vimeo.com/12623536
Jacob Romero – http://vimeo.com/12623136
They’ve also released a new video with Riptide for their TURBO V sponsorship challenge with a sick clip from Nate Rubio: http://www.riptidemag.com.au/tv/27-riptide-tv/4146-riptide-tv-turbo-5-finalist-one
Check the new board range here on Turbosurfdesigns.com.au with the new Damian King board, Mason Rose board, Andre Botha board, Jacob Romero board, the IV and the new V board too. Sick range!
July 6, 2010 at 1:37 pm | Spongercity America, Links, Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
We got an email from Andre at Liquide.com.br sending us a cool video/link to share here on the Spongercity news: http://vimeo.com/12393831 – Filmed at São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro, this short video features Turbo riders Damian King, Jared Houston, Lilly Pollard and local Leonardo Leite.
July 5, 2010 at 7:52 pm | Spongercity International, Interviews News
We interviewed Thom Robinson the other day about his new project with James Kates: Highwaydaze.com – Thom was cool and answered really quickly. Here’s more about Highwaydaze
SC: Hey Thomas howdy ?
Thom Robinson: Yer good, just cruising waiting around for the shark island comp to hopefully pump.
SC: Can you introduce the Highwaydaze project ?
Thom Robinson: Highwaydaze is basically the product of having alot of spare time and wanting to make something.
SC: Who are you doing this with?
Thom Robinson: Well its basically just james kates and myself but dave fox has helped alot by actually making the site for us. we are lucky in the sense that we are surrounded by alot of really talented people so a heap of them will be contributing along the way.
SC: What can we expect from this new project ?
Thom Robinson: Wave riding in a few different styles, photos, videos, drawings… hopefully any art-form you can view through a computer screen.
SC: How different is this project from others ?
Thom Robinson: It seems to be more arty and personal, can you develop ? as far as professional bodyboarders and websites go i guess its taking a slightly different path. it feels good in the sense that anything on there is made by us or one of our friends and not some company trying to jam something down your throat.
SC: What’s coming next from mister Robinson ?
Thom Robinson: Are you filming or planning any trip for this Winter in Oz or somewhere else on the planet ? at the moment im just trying to film for the website and save some money for a round world trip i have planned for later in the year to work on a DVD project which should be out for christmas.
Thanks Thom!
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