No. 6 Bodyboards Sponsors Shark Island Challenge

For immediate release:

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. Read the rest

1/5/08 - Nomad Introduces ‘Engineered Flex Core™‘

Nomad Bodyboards is proud to announce the introduction of the new ‘Engineered Flex Core™’ to its 2008/2009 range.

In the past Bodyboard manufacturers have been forced to source existing materials manufactured by other industries for purposes other than bodyboard cores. This has forced the industry to be a slave to material manufacturers making materials of varying quality not purposely made for the quality of product they want produced. This is about to change.

Nomad is one of a few companies on the leading edge of a new core composition technology that will open the door to new world of ‘ENGINEERED FLEX’ conditions and purpose built Bodyboard materials.

In 2008, Nomad introduces ‘Engineered Flex Core™’, a breakthrough in Bodyboard core technology. Read the rest

Dave Winchester Wins the Newcastle Pro

Northern beaches rider Dave Winchester has claimed victory in the third round of the Human Pro Bodyboard Tour, The Rheopaipo Pro presented by SOLID at Nobby’s bank in Newcastle. Winny looked to be the man to beat with some amazing performances leading into the final, saving the best ’till last when he nailed a high flying ARS in the opening minutes to show his opposition that he really meant business.

Defending Champion Brad Jackson (Central Coast) looked determined Read the rest

IBA Bodyboarding Pipe Pro on NBC TV!

Bodyboarding on National Television!

The 2008 IBA Pipeline Pro Bodyboarding contest will be featured this weekend on NBC Jeep World of Adventure Sports! Be sure to tune in and spread the word to everyone you know, this is a big deal for bodyboarding in the USA!

Saturday April 26

• 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern
• 8-9 am Hawaii
• 11am-12pm California

IBA PIPELINE PRO BODYBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Watch as some of the best bodyboarders gather in Hawaii for the opening event of the International Bodyboarding Association’s 2008 world tour.

The Plastic People crew (Botha, Toby, Virtue, Crashy, Ormerod, Maxy, Crowley, Emberg, Savoji and Clarke) invade Austrailia on their 2008 Hellfire Tour! According Plastic People designer/founder Chuck Guarino “there’s store promos, giveaways and ludicrous parties – at least you can count on the parties happenin’, just look at the team!” The boys are going to begin filming for their first full-length bodyboarding video which they’ll call “The Plastic Pile”. For up-to-date information on their clothing line and news updates, checkout their website at www.PlasticPeopleTrash.com
Thanks to Chuck G. for supporting NYBodyboarding.com’s recent ROAM video premiere in NYC, hooking the crowd up with sweet Plastic People giveaways!

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LOVE LIVE LIFE - Bodyboard Movie Trailer : Boss It Up has done it again in 2008 and proudly presents the new DVD called “Love Live Life”. Capturing the essence of Bodyboard as a sport and as a lifestyle worldwide this movie documents the life we love and live in several different locations. From Portugal to Australia, stopping in some Atlantic Islands and passing trough Brazil and Indonesia, you can imagine Read the rest

From www.waldronbros.com

BOOM! Bodyboarding Podcast its FREE

You may have already noticed something a little bit different on our page. Yep thats right there’s something new on our left! What’s? BOOM! i hear you say? (click on it and see what happens) Well BOOM! is a Bodyboarding Podcast. What’s a Podcast i also hear you say? Well a podcast is kinda like 6-8ft Pipe all to your self. Its a series of digital media files in this case gnarly video sections filmed and editing by you’re truly WBP, witch are distributed over the internet by using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players (ipod) and computers. Witch pretty much means once you subscribe to BOOM! bodyboading Podcast every time a new video episode is updated it will automatically download into your podcast section of your itunes. See it kinds is like 6-8 ft pipe to your self. Click here to subscribe or go to the podcast page to read more.

From our friends in Chile:

Hello to everybody, Here is the information of the Second Phase of the American Latin Circuit, IQUIQUE INTERNATIONAL BODYBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIP which will be carried out between the days 10 to 18 of May of 2008, in the City of Iquique, Chile. Read the rest

From the desk of Mike Simone: “Boys, I’ve taken an opportunity to put together something!
This is a night you all must man up for! Lets out number the stand ups and show everyone what bodyboarding is all about!

Monmouth University and Clean Ocean Action have teamed up to bring “Surf Night” on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theater in West Long Branch, New Jersey from 7-10pm. Read the rest