July 10 Archive
Fire Away Taylor Jensen
Taylor Jensen joins Firewire
July 6, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
Firewire is proud to partner with Taylor Jensen and will release a series of signature longboards designed by Taylor and Dan Mann, one of Firewire's long time design collaborators.
Arguably one of the most progressive long boarders of his generation and winning numerous titles around the world, Taylor wants to push longboard performance ever higher.
"I'm really excited to be joining Firewire team and working with my longtime friend Dan Mann to create some of the best long boards on the market. For the past few years I have been looking for a way to take long boarding to the next level of performance and I feel that the Firewire technology is the perfect way to do it.
"I really believe in the technology behind Firewire and I feel that by using that technology, Dan's shaping knowledge, and my performance surfing we will be able to create the best performance long boards on the market."
"Once again, following on the heels of Michel Bourez's recent decision to join Firewire, one of the best surfers in the world has joined our team after experiencing our 'stock' technology," added CEO Mark Price.
"Taylor has been riding our boards on the down low for some time which is a serious endorsement of our tech and Dan's designs."
The Firewire Taylor Jensen Series will be released for Holiday 2010 and will include pure performance longboards as well as boards designed for a more balanced approach.
"Firewire believes that refinements to the shape of today's modern surfboard can only produce incremental performance benefits. Exponential improvements in performance can only be achieved through new materials and construction methods which in turn will open up new design opportunities."
Courtesy of surfline.com
12th Annual Surfside Seventies In Memory of John Kissel
Paul Pugliesi takes 2nd place at the 12th Annual Surfside Seventies In Memory of John Kissel
By SURFER MAG - July 6, 2010
The 12th annual Surfside Seventies Expression Session this year is also in memory of John Kissel. The event is taking place on Saturday, July 10th at Anderson St. in Surfside, with 72 contestants battling it out on 1970’s era surfboards. Surfside Seventies veteran John Kissel passed away this year and a trophy and mucho prizes will be given out for the “John Kissel Power Surfer Award”.
Contestants pick a number and get to choose between 4 different seventies shapes with the corresponding number. It is always a fun event with young and veteran surfers enjoying some classic shapes. Awards ceremony will be at Taco Surf in Surfside at 3pm. Carl Hayward, Bruce Jones, Harbour, Herbie Fletcher, Ben Aipa, Patrillo, any many more vintage seventies shapes will be on the beach for you viewing and surfing pleasure.
Written By: Rick Blake
Hubb takes 2nd at the USBA Sandy Beach Pro 2010
Top 4 Sandy Beach contest Pro Men division, 07/11/10:
1-Guilherme Tamega
2-Jeff Hubbard
3-Spencer Skipper
4-Trevor Kam
More to come, check out the photos from Claudia Ferrari
Matt Hamilton Fundraiser
Come hang out with us at Hennessey's in Dana Point July 25th, we're joining in and having a silent auction to raise funds for Matt Hamilton. Matt suffered a stoke while competing at the USBA US Open of Bodyboarding this past June, bands will be playing too, it'll be fun!!
