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Sticking with the GoPro theme, check out this insane full 360 air........

Alana and Monica having fun during the waiting period for the Reef Pro.....

No Inflatable animals were hurt during the filming of this.............

Afternoon Delight from Turkeymelt on Vimeo.

New Boards from JS now in stock!!!!

Well i have been waiting a while for these, mainly because one is for me!, but they are finally here.
I have re-stocked with the best selling board, the Blak Box :



Along with the eagerly awaited Prodigy model:

These boards are both made for smaller conditions, the Blak Box for up to 4ft and slacker waves, the Prodigy is made mainly for smaller waves but with a performance outline and rail.

All the info on the models and sizes i have in stock can be found on the site

www.abersochwatersports.co.uk

Let me know if your interested in one as i doubt that they will be in for long!



And once you have the wetsuit on, you will obviously need to know how to take it off......

How not to put a wetsuit on..............

Hawaiian Triple Crown Kicks off ........

The Hawaiian Triple crown is one of the most anticipated competition series of the surf calender.
As previously posted the Reef comp at Heleiwa is the first of the 3, and this year they have added a bonus comp, the legends of Momentum.
Featuring Shane Dorian, Ross Williams, Kalani Robb and Rob Machado.
They were some of the main stays of Taylor Steeles first forages into Surf Movie making, i can remember watching these vids over and over again before going for a surf the next day, would get you fully hyped to hit the surf and try and copy some of the moves (still trying today!)
With a fast editing technique cut to some fast and furious tunes by the likes of NOFX, Sublime and The Offspring to name but a few, anyway check out the vid, Shane Dorian used to have hair!!!

Before its over......its begun

The ASP have just released the schedule for the World Tour next year, and this years tour hasn't even finished yet, although you could argue that Ke11y has already put a lid on the tour for this year.
So here it is the schedule for the 2012 season:


2012 ASP World Title Series:Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast – Australia (February 25 – March 7, 2012)
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach – Australia (April 3 – 14, 2012)
Billabong Rio Pro – Brazil (May 9 – 20, 2012)
Volcom Pro Fiji – Fiji (June 3 – 16, 2012)
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay – South Africa (July 11 – 22, 2012)
Billabong Pro Teahupoo – Tahiti (August 16 – 27, 2012)
Quiksilver Pro New York – USA (September 2 – 14, 2012)
Hurley Pro at Trestles – USA (September 15 – 23, 2012)
Quiksilver Pro France – France (September 26 – October 6, 2012)
Rip Curl Pro Portugal – Portugal (October 7 – 17, 2012)
Billabong Pipe Masters – Hawaii (December 8 – 20, 2012)

As you can see there i no search event this year, Rip Curl saying that they will be back in 2013 for a bigger and better search event, will wait and see on that one.
Also NYC stays in the schedule, they had good waves this year and i can see how it pulls more money and spectators in, but lets hope they good conditions for next year.
Rio is also a keeper for next season, seems that they are trying to bring surfing to the masses, as we can't all afford to get to Tahiti to watch the pros, or to the other new addition The Volcom event in Fiji, but at least a lot of the other locations on tour have a high populus near by.
There is also murmors of drug testing for next season aswell, this rang alarm bells for alot of the surfers. Some have been quoted as using steroids to increase their healing rates after an injury. So this could have some impact for some surfers.
All in all it looks like another interesting year for the worlds best surfers, will Ke11y come back for 12, maybe not, the marketing doesn't quite work, Ke12y, nah dont think even Quiks could pull that one off.
Will Bobby Martinez's rant become true, will the ASP dream tour turn into the dream tennis tour?
well its a few months off and don't forget we still have the triple crown of surfing to watch in the meantime, first event is the REEF event, which as usual will also have a Miss Reef Comp,
http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/reefhawaiianpro2011
and in the meantime the lovely Leila from reef will show you one of the hotspots near the comp........

Revolution is coming..........

JS surfboards are releasing a new model.....the revolution. He is calling it his most advanced board to date for small waves.

The board was born from the very popular Blak Box model which is still his best selling board to date, it offers unbelievable performance in grovel waves up to over head.

The main differences between the Revolution and the Blak box is that the wide point has been moved forward and the rail volume reduced, this will give it a bit more bite from the narrower tail, better drive with the lower volume rails, so all in all a performance version of the Blak Box. I still think that the Blak Box will be the best option for summer and small waves in the UK.
As you can see in the picture above the other main difference is the addition of carbon patches, we have all seen the addition of the tail patches on the deck but the strip down the centre of the underside? JS states it is to stiffen the board through the mid section, but still allow the tail to flex. He also adds he has been using very different materials in the lamination of this board, which sounds like he has been focusing on the flex pattern of the boards more, time will tell.
In the meantime here is a little vid of Parko doing what he does on the latest model from JS, hopefully we will get our hands on one or 3 in the new year to try out, so watch this space for updates on when they are available.......

If you can't wait for the new Miss Reef calender 2012...........heres a little taster!

France .........always fun

Fun at Home from French Connexion on Vimeo.

A I , remember the legend......

Andy Irons from Billabong on Vimeo.