July 1st, 2008 by Joshua | Posted in Uncategorized
Here are a couple links to the Ventura Contest trailers… enjoy
Highlights of the competitors: http://www.vimeo.com/1174267
Friends of the event who dropped by: http://www.vimeo.com/1058696
June 30th, 2008 by Joshua | Posted in Uncategorized
check it out at: www.spongewars.com
June 29th, 2008 by Joshua | Posted in General
Here are a few snap shots of the event by Travis Lindle… good to see so many bodyboarders coming together, with the following companies making a showing: Custom X, Toobs, Crysis Bodyboard Magazine, Ghetto Boyz, Wave Rebel, BZ, Morey, Viper, Cartel, Number 6, Science, etc.
Lil heathens scrapping for loot
The boys hanging out at the Madrid tent
Crysis had Roach, Foster, and Wright signing autographs for the kids
The legendary Roach
The Cartel and Ghetto Boyz tent was bringing the noise
Science was showing off some interesting boards
The Toobs tent was a popular site with its immense mag collection
The Man behind it all: Alternative Surf owner Ron Zibel, who suffered a severely broken back at Wedge two days before the event, was stuck in the hospital and unable to make it… Get well soon Ron
More coverage at: www.rookiesusa.com
June 21st, 2008 by Joshua | Posted in Uncategorized
Come join us at our 11th Annual Bodyboard Expo this Sunday, June 22nd in the parking lot of Alternative Surf’s Dana Point shop. 34085 PCH. (888) SPONGE1.
New products scheduled to be released @ Expo are Toobs 20th Anniversary “Marquee” board, No.6 “Blitzkrieg”, “Idol”, and “Brawler” boards and “Vice” leash, New Mike Stewart springsuits and rashguards, New Crysis Bodyboard Mag, New No Friends and TOS tees.
Check out the new Madrid lineup already fully stocked.
Also, our biggest sale of the year on everything in stock. ALL boards, fins, leashes, dvds, boardbags, clothes, - everything!
Free board raffles throughout the day, free BBQ, drinks, games, prizes and live music.
Meet the pros and get autographed posters, photos and board stamping!
Participants scheduled so far include… Toobs, Madrid, Mike Stewart Science, Custom X, No. 6, Cartel,
Wave Rebel, BZ, Vortex, JL Designs, LMNOP, Ghetto Boyz, No Friends, TOS, Embrace, Viper Fins,
Pod Fins, V- Duck Fins, Bullys, XM and more.
Come kick off the Summer with the ONLY shop that’s 100% dedicated to you, 13 years running!!
For more info go to www.bodyboardexpo.com and shop online @ www.alternativesurf.com
See ya there!
May 25th, 2008 by Joshua | Posted in Uncategorized
If you’re in the Central Coast area check out long time A-frame contributor, and all around good guy Chris Burkard’s photo exhibit “Unearth”
May 7th, 2008 by Joshua | Posted in Contests, Sponsors
The No.6 is proud to announce its launch in to the
Australian market through its sponsorship of ‘The No.6
Brett Young Trials’ and becoming the official
bodyboard of the 2008 IBA ‘Cronulla Shark Island
Challenge’.
The No.6 has been founded as an ‘anti’ statement by
artisans in the sport of bodyboarding, a collective
who believed the focus of progress in innovative
riding and equipment had been lost. This led to the
forming of The No.6, a company dedicated to the future
development of high performance equipment.
The No.6 strives to meet the demands of core
enthusiasts, to become the breeding ground for the
progressive, the artistic, the anti-establishment, and
the individuality that Bodyboarders have become
renowned for.
Mark Dale, founder and head designer at The No.6
explains, “Our team has over 25 years in board
manufacturing and foam development industries. This
creates an inspirational environment for design,
blending art and high concept with proven performance
templates. That is The No.6.”
The No.6 set’s itself apart by releasing the latest 3D
deck concepts, core developments, concave bottom
technology, and all deck graphic capabilities.
Its focus on innovative riding and equipment makes The
No.6 the perfect match for the Cronulla Shark Island
Challenge, the proving ground for high performance
bodyboarding in Australia.
Web: www.theno6.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/no6bodyboards
April 27th, 2008 by Joshua | Posted in General, Linkage
Quick interview with Michael Novy at: http://spongewars.com/v3e/?p=316
March 28th, 2008 by bbr | Posted in General
Below is a list of some updates and corrections we’ve made to Issue 5 since it first came out. All the changes have been made, but if you scoped the mag when it first came out you might have seen it before we made these updates.
- Two shots in the Sammy Garcia interview were mistakenly credited to Steve Sandoval when they were actually taken by the talented photographer and bodyboarder Andrew Westerman. The black & white stand-up hack and the prone barrel water shot (with the cliffs in the background) were both by Mr. Westerman. Sorry about that Andrew we owe you a beer.
- In the Light Gallery, the unknown Oceanside dropkneer (in the shot by Chris Burkard) has been identified as San Diego DK shredder Wally Sani.
- In the Pipeline contest article, we mistakenly identified the dude doing the roll at Backdoor as Michael Novy when it was in fact Spencer Skipper.
- We accidentally named photographer Tony D’Andrea as Tony Andrea throughout the mag. We appologize for this mistake, especially considering Tony hooked us up with so many epic shots. Thanks Tony!
- When the mag first came out we didn’t credit Nick Statom for the Ben Player video edit on the first page of his interview.
- We’ve reformatted the Expedition ad so the video is quite a bit bigger now.
- We added a sequence of Tyler Wiemann getting a long barrel in the first page of the Short Bus article.
