Britt Merrick Breaks Down the new Channel Islands FishBeard

Parker Coffin said it first: “A NeckBeard 2 would work sick as a keel-fin fish!” So we go to work redesigning the back half of the NB2 template and rocker, paired the board with our CI Keel Fins, and the FishBeard was born.

The FishBeard is pure business in the front and all party in the back. Get forward on this user-friendly board and drive from the center and you’ll have all the speed and flow you always desired. Step back on the tail to engage the fins and rails, which provides you hold, pivot, projection and the freedom to rip as hard as ever. To keep the party going, we dug into the archives and found some vintage mid-80’s, fluorescent logos and recreated CI’s iconic layup from that era.

Kai Sallas Longboard Company | John Michael Van Hohenstein #2

Last Minute

Last Minute from Thomas Lodin on Vimeo.

Brittany express with friends Clovis Donizetti, Jean Penninck and Giacomo Perez.

Supported by Oxbow

Direction, film, edit : Thomas Lodin

California Surfing - Tatsu Mutuo

- Location - California, USA - Surfer - Tatsu Muto (@m_tatsuborn)

Spoons

Featuring: Reynolds “Renny" Yater, George Greenough, Al Merrick, Tom Curren, Ryan Lovelace, Nat Young, Wayne Lynch, Bob McTavish, Kim Mearig - and more...

Produced by Wyatt Daily & Justin Misch - 2020 - run-time 60 minutes

BEIJINHO MEU PUTO // LEWY FINNEGAN BODYBOARDING IN PORTUGAL

Lewy Finnegan spent some time in Portugal last year (2019) while competing on the APB World Tour and enjoyed some sick bodyboarding waves with his Portuguese brothers.

Filmed & edited by Manuel Barbosa

Brother Brother

We met up with Evie, Patrick, and Ryan down in Puerto Rico this past December for a little bonfire and sunset session. Although the hangout was brief, there was a bounty of waves and good times to be had.

Music: "Kids" by Ravi Shavi

Film: TJ Thran & Justin Bouchard

Edit: TJ Thran

2020 FORD TROLLER TX4 SUV

Kai Sallas Longboard Company | John Michael Van Hohenstein

Longboard prototypes shaped by ISA World Longboard Champion, Kai Sallas, for the new Kai Sallas Longboard Company are tested out by John Michael Van Hohenstein and the man himself, Kai Sallas. Watch the duo style out with some super sick noseriding during a fun winter logging surf sesh.

Videos of the week

Tomas Hermes SOMA

Inicio do video nos Mosteiros, ilha de São Miguel -  Açores

SOMA means the sum of all things. SOMA is the DIY surf film by Tomas Hermes and Ana Romanio. “Just like art, the performance of surf fascinates me,” Tomas Hermes SOMA’s introduction was filmed in Portugal, the rest of the action went down on a surf trip Tomas and Ana took for a few days to Bali and South Sumatra. Those three locations are the sum of all things. Directed and Edited by Tomas Hermes Cinematography by Ana Romanio Music Credits: Cue 31 Artist: Paternoster Album: Die Ersten Tage (The First Days) Winter Artist: Iron Claw Album: Iron Claw

Amaury Lavernhe - Sea Soldier

Amaury Lavernhe, two times World Champion, living and riding as a SEA SOLDIER since 8 years now in Galdar, in front of the famous break of El Fronton.

Enjoy this clip filmed and edited by Nicolas Nachaj (PERFORMANCE BODYBOARDING)

Additional footages Guilherme Delarue

Troy Elmore - HB Cliffs

TROY ELMORE - HB CLIFFS from Untitled.work on Vimeo.

Longboarding with Fraser Dan Sam

Tuesday 4 February 2020

Coffs Coast

Fraser Bartlett, Dan McEvoy and Sam Burke ride their single fins at their fav break, Fraser on a Colour Sphere, Dan and Sam on McTAvishs. Music-Tyler Morris covers "miss you" by The Stones, and The Big Push "its alright" on the out takes.

Camera Lumix fz2500 on most, the longer shots on the Nikon p900 2000mm max zoom, both 60 fps full hd.

Levi Prairie Sunset!

As the globe sinks in the sea. Vid by Untitled.work. Surfer: Levi Prarie. Spot: Blackies, Newport, CA. Music: Gabor Szabo “Some Velvet Morning”

3 Old Friends

3 OLD FRIENDS | FULL SURF LONGBOARD MOVIE | VAN LIFE from Héctor Barrero on Vimeo.

3 Old Friends - A film about travel and friendship.

A tale of three friends back on the boards and the road. Their passion: the most beautiful waves on the north coast of Spain and in the south coast of France to ride them. This year, they decided to meet and travel together.

Determined to return to basics, they traveled for two months through beaches near their homes and they lived in his vans. Here is their film.

Written, produced and directed by Héctor Barrero

Starring Ruben Fuente, Daniel Creignou & Jose Navarro

Original soundtrack in order of appearance by: Paul Mottram - Sparse & Minimal, 3 Old Friends theme - Jose Navarro, Bryce Jacobs - Out Of Shadows, Loma - Black Willow

SALADITA MEXICO CLASSIC LONGBOARDING w/ Colby Nickell & Augusto Olinto

Nazaré Big Wave Surf Massive

Nazaré January 29th Regular Day

Nazaré is Always massive, never boring. Even on a regular day.

Every day you have to make a choice, No matter what your history has been,

your destiny is what you create today.

What are you going to create?

Copyright © 2020, Luís "Ben" Coelho, all rights reserved Surfers: Justine Dupont, Maya Gabeira, Sebastian Steudtner, David Langer, Andrew Cotton Location: Praia do Norte, Nazaré - Portugal Date: 2020.Jan.29

Greetings from Mars - A Tribute to Surfing in Outer Space

Greetings from Mars �� A place where people spot ufos, and experience euphoric phenomenons. Where people spend their days floating, carefully crossing their feet on their ocean spacecrafts, finding a rhythm at which the ocean provides. Where strange creatures wander the land, and shrubbery struggles to grow. Hugged by the tall sandy and rocky dunes of Africa, encompassed by the glimmering stars. We developed a tribe of aliens, sharing stories and laughter, and danced day by night. A strong feeling of living in outer space, untouched and untampered. I present to you : “Greetings from Mars”
"Morocco seems to have gotten a little crowded of late. Film by Ceri Bathgate for the Logger Society. Surfers: Ambre Victoire, Laanaya Abdo, Lahcen Aguerd, Youss Kate. Music by Tsegue-maryam Guebrou “Homesickness”"

Filmed by @saltysliderr

@loggersociety

Salvador - The Sound of Change

Salvador | The Sound Of Change from Rhythm Livin on Vimeo.

Although there was an absence of week-long ripping swell, it’s hard to feel anything but envy of Hudson and the boys in El Salvador, to be immersed in an undiscovered destination and well out of the contingencies of the everyday. A trip filled with exploration, beach-break beers, and guitar riffs in almost every destination to fill time. The boys were up every morning hopeful of fun swell, often filled with stoke at the waves rolling through and also happily forced to explore the unknown of El Salvador and its culture. With a couple of friends and no plan but to surf, the trip was anything but mundane. Being on the road to a new destination is one most can relate to. Thinking back to times where everything is brand-new and fascinating at every glance. Travelling south to discover a new culture and be completely out of your element is something even more special. Hudson and the boys were thrown into the deep and forced to gain a new perspective entirely, being totally free to immerse themselves and surf all that the El Salvadorian coastline had to offer. Truly off the well-worn path. Video by Cory Gehr Music by Quiet Life and Ansco Rhythm – The Sound Of Change

The Retreat - Surf in Portugal

THE RETREAT from WASTED TALENT on Vimeo.

It was time to escape. We were done. Tapped out.

A week of festivities during the contest in France with an embarrassingly small amount of surfing had us refocused on what actually matters, so we left for Portugal. The Algarve. We gathered a merry crew: Chippa Wilson, Brendon Gibbens and Noah Collins. We rented a team manager and a van and hit the road.

Oh the Algarve!

Moon Session : Team Hits Planet Bu

Onshore Winds with Andy Nieblas

"When the winds blow out of the West and put a bunch of texture on the water, conventional wisdom says to head home or head to the local coffee shop. Andy Nieblas reminds us that with the right attitude, there are still plenty of good waves to be had—even when it's blowing onshore." #twofeetandfiring

Surfer: Andy Nieblas

Film/Edit: Jeffrey Allee

Surfboard: 9'8 Walks on Water by Almond

Devon Howard

Devon Howard from SaltwaterSoulutions on Vimeo.

Ronaldo Matos, o jovem dos Mosteiros, top 10 Nacional, procura apoios para fazer o circuito nacional em 2020

Por Rui Álvares Cabral

Já tínhamos referido na entrevista que podem ler (aqui na integra), que o jovem Ronaldo Matos é um talento nato do Longboard, contudo este jovem dos Mosteiros, debate-se agora com falta de apoios para poder treinar e correr o circuito nacional de 2020. (não treina deste Novembro de 2019, por não ter uma prancha na ilha de São Miguel. A prancha que tem, encontra-se no continente para poder fazer lá os campeonatos)

Foto - Ronaldo flutuando na onda, no "Nose" da prancha.

WRA- Foi a primeira vez que fizeste o circuito nacional de longboard na integra e acabaste no top 10, em 9º o lugar. Como é que foi a experiência?

Ronaldo - Adorei a experiência apesar de o ano não ter começado da melhor maneira

Estava ainda lesionado do pé.

WRA - Qual foi a etapa que gostaste mais e porquê?

Ronaldo - Gostei de todas mas a que gostei mais foi em Peniche em que fiquei em 4 lugar, também gostei da etapa de São Pedro do Estoril e da Ericeira.

WRA - Foste bem acolhido pela comunidade do longboard nacional?

Ronaldo - Sim, fui muito bem acolhido Já quando fui lá a primeira fez em que fiquei em 5 receberam me muito bem.

Foto - Ronaldo "Walking on water"

WRA - O ano de 2019 foi muito positivo para o Longboard Açoriano . Tu ficaste no top 10 do Open nacional, na tua primeira participação, e o Nicolau Filipe sagrou-se campeão nacional de sub 18. Quais são os teus objectivos para 2020?

Ronaldo - Os meus objectivos em 2020, são tentar fazer o circuito todo novamente e ficar dentro do top 10 e tentar alcançar o top 5, mesmo sem ter como fazer longboard cá, por não ter prancha! Já não pratico longboard desde o dia 3 de novembro, mas se conseguir ir, vou tentar dar o meu melhor mesmo só treinando um dia ou dois antes da competição.

WRA - Como estás em termos de apoios? Sei que não tinhas uma prancha cá para treinar, tinhas só uma no continente para as competições. Já conseguistes apoios/patrocínios para ultrapassar essa situação?

Ronaldo - Apoios só conto até agora, com a classicshape , café marisqueira e o espaço azul. Estou à espera que a Câmara Municipal diga algo, porque sem esse apoio não conseguirei ir este ano competir novamente.

Foto - Ronaldo em mais um Hang Ten

WRA - Como é que vês o Longboard nos Açores, em termos de crescimento, de competições, do número de praticantes e de apoios à modalidade?

Ronaldo - O Longboard nos Açores não são muitos que praticam infelizmente! A nível de apoios também não há muitos! Nunca mais ouve competição cá por falta de atletas penso eu.

WRA -Qual o estilo de longboard com que mais te identificas? O estilo clássico com pranchas single fin (quilha única) ou o estilo High Performance, pranchas mais modernas com três fins?

Ronaldo - Adoro os dois mas agora eu tenho usado pranchas mais pesadas que se chamam "logs" (troncos) São pranchas clássicas para um surf mais tranquilo e fazer manobras no nose (bico da prancha).

Obrigado e boa sorte!