30.7.07
Laurie was one of the dudes we unearthed with the board test in our last issue. The best thing about unearthing someone is you get to ride on their success after that point. Think Triple J, those guys are still claiming Silverchair, Powderfinger, Grinspoon etc.. and that shit was years ago. So here is the first of claims from us on Rob Laurie, the unassuming floor tiler from the Goldie, of which Dane Pidgeon has filmed landing (or does he???) a nice invert-to-revo somewhere north.
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26.7.07
Don't show yo mumma this.
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25.7.07
Check the teaser of Faces from Toto Macdonald, a 17 year old kid from Byron Bay. We're not in Kansas anymore....
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24.7.07
At the risk of permanently diverting your eyes away from our own website we recommend you check out the IAMNONE effort that's just been launched. The address is www.iamnone.com and features news on their riders plus their full clothing range.
*The starving children are of course the under-funded brains behind IAM NONE. Africa is simply a metaphor for the bad-arse streets of Sandon Point.
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Click on the jpegs above to enlarge, this is for the official Blackrock contest on youriding.com. Good luck geeks.
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Yeah you got it, just click on the grey underlined title/link above.
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Click on the underlined title above.
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19.7.07
True to the adage that any publicity be good publicity, simply getting manhandled by America's most notorious party girl is enough to get you in the headlines these days.
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17.7.07
Here's some news on the Arica event of the world tour that kicks off next week (please note that this was written by the South American organiser for whom English is a second language. This means you should ignore the spelling plus put on a broken gringo accent whilst reading it).
HISTORY
This event started for its first time in june 2004 and Ryan Hardy won the contest. Then in October 2005 Jeff Hubbard won the contest. During 2006, the last 30 seconds of the last heat Jeff became the winner of the Arica Chilean Challenge again.
You can watch a video link of the event in 2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ9fUI5qOJ0
THE SPOT
Known like “El Gringo” but it called for the locals like “FLOPOS”.
Be careful if any local heard you calling the spot EL Gringo, they don’t like too much that name.
It is located in the south side of the Ex-Isla Alacrán, situated in Arica city, the first city of Chile.
This wave has a lot of power, and breaks left and right with a gnarly bottom reef. The left is very strong and hold swell up to 4 meters, depending the direction of the swell, the wind and the height of the swell, it is consistent and rideable starting at 7am to midday, until the wind comes. The right is less consistent but hold bigger swells than the left.
These are the descriptions from the last 2 champions of the contest:
Ryan Hardy: “A powerful and perfect left and right peak that barrells and wraps both ways, ending dangerously close to rocks. The left and right breaks as a perfect long peak up to 8 feet and above 10feet the left begins to close-out and the right turns into a sunset style powerful peak with hollow inside sections.
El Gringo is a perfect, high-performance bodyboard wave offering deep barrells and huge ramps on both lefts and rights with the danger factor of a super-shallow barnicle-covered gnarly rock bottom that has claimed countless victims! El Gringo is sick!!!”
Jeff Hubbard: “Flopos is one of the best venues for a bodyboard contest that I have scene. The break is close enough to the spectators to allow them to be able to see and feel the excitement of the waves and riders as they compete over a very shallow and sharp lava reef. The reef at Flopos is very special as it allows the waves to break both right and left with equal power the lefts and rights are very shallow with heavy barrel sections and thick lips that allow bodyboarders to do all types of crowd pleasing aerial maneuvers. Flopos is located on Chiles rugged west coast which is open to the southern hemispheres most powerful storms. Flopos amazing consistency provides a great opportunity for the surf to get quite large during the 10 day waiting period, which will make for some extreme bodyboarding from the worlds best riders".
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9.7.07
Here's a little snap of the old school getting back to the old school, Funkshen shaper Tully and the return of the Christ Air. The shot is by Will Schouten, a young snapper from out west.
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6.7.07
Greetings educated readers of the online world. If you want to win a Shed 9 dvd and sticker pack you just have to answer the following question: Which country will SOON become the largest English speak country in the world? Email your answers to lucien@movementmag.com under the subject header 'Prizes are the only thing better than getting a pash this weekend'.
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4.7.07
Contrast is a new online magazine that has just launched. Encompassing the best of both surf and bodyboard photography, the first issue is now online. Due to my technical deficiencies you will have to just copy and paste their URL (www.contrastmag.com.au). It's got a nice, clean layout and features plenty of sweet action (just to keep you warm between issues of Movement..). It's founders are Ben Cahill and Matt Brockie, two photographers whose work features prominently in the online mag. The boys tell us that the second issue is already under way courtesy of the amount of swell that's been pounding the East Coast of late. There's contact details on the site too if you're keen to contribute or offer the boys some feedback.
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Click on the image to read about this spanking new clothing line our friends have launched. It's perfect timing as the big chill envelops us and nothing's cooler than rocking up to your next engagement wrapped in completely original cloth.
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3.7.07
BZ USA has just posted their new website. It’s jammed with loads of features to keep all you cyber riders glued to your chair, with video clips, current news updates, rider profiles, the latest product info and a tonne of froth on current World Champion Jeff Hubbard, the new site will definitely be a regular hit on your favourite’s page. Get your fingers clicking on the link below to check out what the hype is all about: www.bzproboards.com
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