A-Frame

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

Quick interview with Michael Novy at: http://spongewars.com/v3e/?p=316

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.

The 2008 Ventura Spring Challenge

DATES: March 27th (Thursday) - April 7th (Tuesday)
6-13 Days - Riders choose which 6-7 days within period (consecutive or split) works best for them
LOCATION: Camping at McGrath State Beach right at Santa Clara Beach
COST*: $315 (for seven days), $450 (for full 13 days) *See SPECIAL DEALS on ways to save money

For last minute inquires contact: expeditionseries@gmail.com

Hopefully McGrath will grace the contestants with waves like this…

Boss It Up has done it again in 2008 and proudly presents the new DVD called “Love Live Life”.
 
Capturing the essence of Bodyboarding 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 the outcome. Plus Euro Freak Fest stroke Portugal in 2007 and Boss It Up was responsible for that along side FFAT Manny Vargas.
 
Starring Gonçalo Pitaça, Amaury Lavernhe, Gastão Entrudo, Jeff Hubbard, Hugo Pinheiro, Glen Thurston and friends.
 
Boss It Up doesn’t just represent and promote bodyboarding, we love it, we live it, and it’s our life.
 
Love Live Life
 
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOEU4UCpZ10

Delaware photographer and long time A-frame supporter Jimmy Johnson launches a  new site promoting his photography.

check it out… http://liquidperspectives.com/

We just gave birth to 470 page A-Frame, we call her #5.  Take a looksy:

http://www.a-framemag.com/mags/05/ 

We’ve got interviews with world champ Ben Player, east coast schredder Chris Schlegel, underground Santa Cruz ripper Sammy Garcia, and a profile of the photographer formerly known as Lil’ Todd Glaser.  Meanwhile on the travel side of  things, we’ve got an epic trip to Central America, a big honkin’ Mexico fiesta, and a voyage to the bottom of the South Pacific.  But once again, the main attraction are the 3 epic galleries filled with 200 pages of photographic love. Be there now.

5SOUTH PRESENTS THE MIXTAPE EXPERIMENT VOL.2

The Video consists of footage from California,
East Coast USA, Hawaii, Indonesia and Chile. The video should be out May or
early June. Thanks guys Enjoy!

Check out www.5-south.com for more info

805 ripper Matt Meyer joins  www.theothersponge.com team!

we are also doing a

BUY TWO TEES = LIMITED EDITION TOS SHIRT + NEW STICKER
 PACKAGE
@ THE FOLLOWING SHOPS:
Ebodyboarding.com
Alternative Surf
E.t. Surf Shop
The Foam Company

So what did I tell you about the waves getting huge and fun for the
event? Not to mention the waves in California too! I told you we were
all going to get some sickies. Funnels for everyone this week on me!
Now give me the set dawg!!

Taloa

p.s.

I’ll write more after I get my daughter up and running from her fever.
Lotsa love people. Enjoy!!