The french clothing/wetsuit brand Sen No Sen just signed Andre Botha and also redesigned their website: Sennosen.com.
Here’s the Sen No Sen 2009 Team:
ANDRE BOTHA – Usa / South Africa
MAX ARENT – Australia
JEREMY ARNOUX – France
JULIEN MIREMONT – France
AITOR OJEDA – Canary Islands
JIMMY PETILLON – Tahiti
MAT DESAPHIE – France
JULIEN LACOUTURE – Reunion Island
JEFF LEVINGSTON – Australia
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To celebrate 20 years in magazine land, Riptide hits the road in late May and early June, premiering their new DVD and bringing some of the world’s best riders along East Coast Oz. It’s the FUTURE SAILORS Tour. You can follow all the daily tour action at riptidemag.com.au where they’ll have daily pics and tales from the premieres. Click here to see the tour poster.
Pros touring include: PLC, Bunting, Marquina, Botha, Hardy, Hubbard & Tom Robinson
All the tour dates and details are as follows:
PERTH // Friday May 22 // TBC
ADELAIDE // Saturday May 23 // 5pm sharp
DVD premiere @ Mercury Cinema, Adelaide, South Australia
13 Morphett St, Adelaide, SA, 5000
$10 covercharge
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Sunday May 24 to Tuesday May 26
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere in between the South Oz desert and Warrnambool in Victoria.
WARRNAMBOOL // Tuesday May 26 // 5:00pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Southern Guns Surf and Skate, Warrnambool, Victoria
180 Liebig Street, Warrnambool, VIC, 3280
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
MORNINGTON PENINSULA // Wednesday May 27 // 6:30pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Shed Nine Surf Shop, Rye, Victoria
362 Dundas St, Rye Back Beach, VIC, 3941
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Thursday May 28 to Friday May 29
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere in between Melbourne and Lakes Entrance in NSW.
NOWRA // Friday May 29 // 5pm sharp
In-store promo @ Aquatique Core Store, Nowra, NSW
3/28 East Street, Nowra, NSW, 2541
Free DVD premiere at Shoalhaven ex-servicemen’s club (across from ACS)
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina, Michael Chapple, Matt Young and more!
SYDNEY // Saturday May 30 // 4pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ BSC Narrabeen Store, Narrabeen, NSW
1421 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen, NSW, 2101
Meet pros Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
WOLLONGONG // Sunday May 31 // 4pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ SWS Store, Wollongong, NSW
2/88 Kembla St, Wollongong, NSW, 2500
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
NEWCASTLE // Monday June 1 // 5pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Solid Bodyboarding Specialists, Newcastle, NSW
93 Hunter St, Newcastle, NSW, 2300
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Tuesday June 2 to Wednesday June 3
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere in between Newcastle and Port Macquarie on the North Coast of NSW.
PORT MACQUARIE // Wednesday June 3 // 5pm sharp
Free DVD premiere and in-store promo @ Innervision Surf and Skate, Port Macquarie, NSW
80 William St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Thursday June 4 to Friday June 5
Follow the tour on Riptide’s Twitter, Facebook and Myspace and come surf with us! We’re likely to be somewhere on the North Coast of NSW, in between Port Macquarie and the Gold Coast.
GOLD COAST // Friday June 5 // 6pm sharp
GRAND FINALE DVD PREMIERE AND PARTY!
Come celebrate 20 years of Riptide with us as our tour comes to an end.
Level 1/25 Lemana Lane, Burleigh Heads, QLD, 4220
Meet pros Ryan Hardy, Andre Botha, Alex Bunting, Pierre-Louis Costes, José Marquina and more!
Sorry for the lack of updates the last couple weeks, we went on our annual indo trip for almost a month and weren’t near computers really often… We bet you’ll excuse us !
Here’s a little summary of what went down in the boogie world the last few weeks anyway:
- UNITE released their Winter 09 line, check it out here.
- Our friends at RookiesUSA have updated their site with a sick pipeline pro video edit.
- We spotted this cool clip from Tom Robinson on Vimeo filmed by Cameron Danzey.
- Jake Stone has a blog ! Check it out here and make sure you watch the video edits on the blog !
- Todd Barnes will release a follow up film to THRASH ! It’s gonna be called THRASH’D and the premieres are in October 09 ! Check Thrashdthemovie.com for more info ! This is gooood news hey !
- DKS (DK Sessions) will have a Launch Party on Sat. the 30th of May ! For more info check: Dksessions.com
Spongercity Store update: Truckers Caps are back in stock, Stickers, Badges and Tees as well. We’re still waiting for some size M tees at the moment but most tees are available in all colors and sizes. We’ll come up with more products very soon. We’ll keep you posted.
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Episode 8 Season 3 of Boom! bodyboarding podcast. Follows boom’s lucky last Michael Novy during his 2009 Hawaii Season. This is Novy’s 6th season, he tells us why his following in his hero, Adam Keegan’s footsteps. Brought to you by
Podcast available for free download from itunes or in HD on Vimeo
Thanks to all that have supported us and who have also used up most of their band with on downloading the podcast. Stay tuned for more band with killers coming soon!!! If you would like to be a part of the next Season Please contact me. Chad Waldron
Science Bodyboards recently announced the signing of one of Australia’s hottest young prospects in 17-year-old Alex Halsey. Alex joins what is arguably one of the strongest youth teams in the world of bodyboarding.
“We have been watching Alex for some time now and we have been very impressed with his ability in the water and also his professionalism out of the water. So when the opportunity came to get him on board the Science Team we jumped at the chance” Said Science brand manager Chris Apps.
Alex who hails from Western Australia has already been gaining plenty of magazine and video coverage being one of the lucky 5 riders that were selected to be part of Movements Future trading Grom Trip and also landing a part in the Claws and Teeth film Pastiche, which premieres around Australia throughout May
“I’m stoked to be riding for science, they have such a great team and a lot of them are good mates of mine so this will definitely help push my surfing, and it is amazing to have mike as a mentor as well it can only be positive for my srufing”. Alex Said
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It was actually a good idea to start a real Spongercity Store and we got quite a few orders but we’re almost sold out at the moment and are waiting for new caps, tees and stickers. We’ll keep you posted when everything’s back in stock ! We’ve got new caps models coming that look pretty sick, kinda between a Newera style and Flexfit style cap, with an embroided Spongercity logo on it. Classy !
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TURBO bodyboards just announced that they have a distributor for europe now: Napco Global (for all enquiries, please email : contact@napcoglobal.com). This means that TURBO will now be distributed worldwide: OZ, USA, EU. Watchout for next season’s range !
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That’s right, Billabong Ausralia just announced the signing of Jake Stone and Charlie Holt in their boogieboard team. So now it’s Mitch Rawlins + Matt Lackey + Jake Stone + Charlie Holt + Thorpe Walluew (+ Dave Ballard… we reckon…). Good team again and fresh blood. Still sad for Ryan Hardy though.
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There’s a cool clip of PLC on Vimeo right now. Filmed in SW France recently, next to PLC’s home place. There’s a short interview and then some nice pits and moves on PLC’s local beachbreak: Watch it here
That’s official, Tom Robinson (ex-science team rider) is now riding for 4PLAY bodyboards! His custom boards are shaped by Reon Fisher in Cronulla, Australia. Here’s some news from Reon and the 4PLAY team riders:
4Play Happenings by Reon “Fish” Fisher
I’ve been pretty busy of late shaping boards and working with our team riders on their new signature models. The range is finally finished and looking incredible…. So I thought I’d take some time out to fill everyone in on some of the weird and wonderful happenings of 4Play over the past few weeks.
First up we have once again collaborated with the Waldron bros for the release of the 4Play Dallas Singer Boom Podcast. Follow the link http://www.vimeo.com/4256235 to check it out, or go to www.waldronbros.com to scope the action from Chad and Kane Waldrons website. The Podcast documents Dallas’s Hawaiian 09’ season starting from my shaping bay in Cronulla and then onto all the North Shore Hawaii action.
Damian King has been busy his next jet ski adventure thru some of Australia’s Southern Coastlines. Keep your eyes peeled for some more big pits from the Kingy.. Also make sure you check out Kings daily blog on
Portmacquarie.iprime.com.au/ there is a classic story up there at the moment of one of his more radical jet ski sessions
The big news I’ve been hanging to announce is our new signing of Thomas Robinson. We are stoked to welcome the Corpse to the team and he has definitely been out there working since coming on. In the last two weeks the lad has done two trips into the South Oz desert and one to the Notorious Shipstern Bluff in Tasmania. Next trip will see Thomas and Dallas team up for a Riptide trip that should see some damn hi-fi tech Bodyboarding go down! Check out the attachment to see Thoms new board models in HPS (Tri-Core), Tech (Polyethelene) & PP (Polypropelene). Make sure you read the Thomas interview regarding the signing in the newest Riptide E-Newsletter. If you aren’t already on the mailing list go to http://riptidemag.com.au/ and sign up.
This season also sees the release of our new Tri-Core. Tri-Core is the next stage in evolution of CCT (Composite Core Technology). Tri-Core is a three layered core with Dow on the top and bottom for the added flex and cushioning while the middle layer is high density foam similar to that of Polypro for rigidity. It’s truly a revolutionary core that I have been testing with the riders for the last six months with nothing but good feedback. I can’t wait for the public to be able to ride this core as it will seriously blow minds.
Besides all that we have our new deck logo for the season to spice things and give the boards a nice clean professional look…
That’s about it from the 4Play Hq… Surf hard and remember 4Play always comes first…
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