September 18, 2008 at 7:37 pm | Spongercity Contests News
It was eventually south af’ Mark Mc Carthy who won the latest event on tour (Ferrol Doninios Pro), as the press release precised Mark McCarthy, 25, claimed his maiden victory on the International Bodyboarding Association (IBA), World Tour on Saturday 6 September, while competing in the Doninos Bodyboard Pro, in Spain. McCarthy is supported on his World Tour campaign by Lizzard Surfwear, Mike Stewart Science Bodyboards and Factory7.co.za Online Surf Store.
So right now the ratings on tour look like this:
1. Valadao
2. Tamega
3. Player
4. Costes
5. McCarthy
Can Valadao win his first title ? Can Tamega come back on top and grab his 7th or something world title ? Can Player get a third nice trophy home ? Can french hellman Pierre Louis smoke everyone and get himself the crown ? Can McCarthy win a title this year ? Can someone else beat these guys and steal the trophy at the last minute ? Mmmmh we can’t tell. What do you reckon ?
All bets are open, post yours in the comments !
September 16, 2008 at 8:21 pm | Spongercity General, Industry, Podcasts News
We’re on the road in California and actually couldnt really update the site too often. We missed a couple little news stories but i’m sure we’ll be forgiven because here they are and we even have new ones for you:
- Spencer Skipper officially launched his DENZIEN leashes website the other day. Check it out herea while ago in this post last June. Looks like the leashes are made by XM surf more and it’s good quality for sure..
- The Panic Button released another episode on their cool podcast starring Hardy, Costes, Jackson, Virtue, Honeybone, Backshall, Ormerods, Luehman at the Box (WA). Go here and download / suck / rip / watch it.
- Movement Magazine changed the design of their website.
- Todd Quigley from QCD now has his own little blog. Interesting.
Other than that we (Spongercity) went to ASR the other day in San Diego. Very few bodyboard brands there. We noticed Morey / BZ were there, Catch Surf also (the Tom Morey softboards). We’ll post a couple pics if we have the time to. No good waves in South California during our trip…
We got to see the latest TURBO bodyboards though the other day, while meeting Gregg (owner/manager of the brand). Pretty cool. Good projects coming.
Also got to read Bodyboarder Magazine here in the US (the one with Dave Hubbard on the cover) which is pretty good (better than before we reckon).
September 7, 2008 at 5:50 am | Spongercity Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
Episode 2.03 of NMDtv/Boom! podcast is up online right and ready to be downloaded. Its Dave Winchester’s turn to showing you why he’s the versatile king, as he shreds apart the waves in Bali land.
Download the FREE episode through itunes here or here on the Waldron’s website.
August 31, 2008 at 11:28 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Guilherme Tamega wins Sintra ! And Neymera Carvalho wins in Womens division. It’s a full on Brazilian domination at Sintra !
Behind Tamega we’ve got Pierre Louis COSTES, Manuel CENTENO and Ben PLAYER.
On the Womens division it was a 100% brazilian final with Jessica BECKER, Soraia ROCHA, and Christiane KALE behind Neymera.
Current ratings on IBA Men’s division after this event:
1. Uri Valadao
2. Guilherme Tamega
3. Pierre Louis Costes
4. Ben Player
Next stop on tour: Ferrol, Spain.
August 29, 2008 at 11:24 am | Spongercity Moving Pictures, Podcasts News
We added 5 new video clips yesterday on the Spongercity Podcast.
- Movement Mag teaser for issue 24
- Movement Mag teaser for issue 25
- Brushed Aside Teaser
- Softcore Teaser 1
- Softcore Teaser 2
They’re all worth watching and downloading. Your iPods will thank you.
iTunes link for the Spongercity podcast subscription is here. This link opens iTunes automatically, then you click “subscribe” and that’s it. Set your preferences in iTunes to download all episodes, and refresh to make sure you get them all.
If you are already a lucky subscriber (it’s free anyway) just open iTunes and refresh the podcast to see the latest video clips. Download them all and enjoy.
August 28, 2008 at 11:32 pm | Spongercity Industry News
We got a little press release in the mail box this morning and it goes like this:
SCIENCE RELEASES NEW GYROLL LEASH
GOLD COAST, QLD – Science has again improved on its revolutionary Gyroll leash. The new yellow colourway in both Bicep and Wrist is a stiffer, stronger leash that has once again been designed out of necessity.
“We have reworked both the bicep and wrist gyroll leash this season to include a stiffer, stronger yellow model that is built for warmer water and heavy waves, the new yellow colourway has performed very well for the team riders that have tested them” Science Brand Manger Chris Apps said
All Mike Stewart Science products are designed out of necessity and tested in the toughest conditions worldwide to ensure that you are getting the most functional equipment on the market today.
Mike Stewart Science is owned and operated by Mike Stewart. The new yellow colour way and the original colour ways in the Gyroll leashes are available Australia wide now.
We havent tested those leashes yet but if we do (heyyyyy Chris send us a couple ones ! uhhhh : ) ) we’ll let you know.
Gyroll leash pictures are here and there.
August 27, 2008 at 7:53 pm | Spongercity Industry, Moving Pictures News
Jeff “The flying squirrel” Hubbard will now fly the Churchill’s way, no more Vipers. Looks like it’s official and Churchill fins should even release a Hubb Churchill model in Jan / Feb 2009. Pretty cool.
We got a couple pics from the Softcore DVD premiere in the US and a couple lines from John (the man behind the movie): Big thanks to everyone who turned up and the SOFT CORE premieres this past weekend! There was lots of good times at both of them and a lot of the big wigs in the sport showed up to have some fun. Keep a look out for the vid, coming to stores on Sept 8th!. Picture 1 and Picture 2.
August 24, 2008 at 10:33 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Uri defeated Eder Luciano and Mayla defeated Christiane Kale making for an all Brazilian domination of both divisions. Next stop is Sintra (Portugal).
Go to Ibatour.com for press release, pics, vids and more.
August 22, 2008 at 12:07 am | Spongercity Moving Pictures News
Looks like end of 2008 – Begin of 2009 is gonna be pretty boogie-movie-heavy. There are heaps of trailers popping here and there on the world wide web and we couldn’t help but choose a couple ones to post here, for your viewing pleasure:
- TheClapTheory.com released a second cool trailer for their upcoming movie Softcore.
- Mike and Scotty Carter released a weird but cool teaser for Fire
- Flames Yates released a teaser for his upcoming movie entitled Chicks (the movie we talked about here).
- The Brushed Aside trailer which is pretty damn good. It’s a UK movie by Andrew Course. You gotta watch the trailer. Check Danny Wall getting towed into a beast at the end !
August 21, 2008 at 11:38 pm | Spongercity Magazines News
You’re in Portugal ? You happen to read portugese ? or you dont ? Nevermind. If you can put your hands on the new VERT Mag issue 88 you’ll most likely digg what you see. It always has a good layout and super clean, crisp pictures. Check the Vert website to watch the trailer and see what’s in this issue.
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