Stab’s Guide to Surfboards…
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Check out this article from Stab Magazine’s website featuring Biolos’s top ten things that you should know about surfboard design.
Stab’s guide to surfboard design for dummies
1. Boards with a straight rocker paddle faster. And, paddling is 50 per cent of the game. If you can’t catch waves, you can’t surf. Even if you’re surfing two-foot windblown peaks with three friends, you still have to compete to get waves. And, you thought it was all about thickness, right? It’s not; it’s how the bottom moves across the water. However…
KR3W School’s Out Jam @ SPoT
Congrats to Jonny for waking up at the butt-crack of dawn and driving out to SPoT for the KR3W School’s Out Jam. Jonny skated with some of FL’s best in the contest including Yonnie Cruz, Jeremy Knibbs, Robbie Kirkland and others. Surprisingly an Orlando local came out on top at a Tampa contest. For those of you who have been to an all ages contest at SPoT, it is pretty tough to place better than someone at their home park with judges that don’t know you. So congrats to Jonny for getting 1st place and winning a fresh new iPod. Look out for photos and video later this week.
Big thanks to the judges Porpe Angel, Justin Ryan, and Pat Stiener. Not an easy set of judges to please.
Congrats to the top 3. Yonnie Cruz and Jeremy Knibbs are unbelievable skateboarders. I still am in disbelief that Jonny came out on top. Thanks for everything SPoT!
RED BULL Manny Mania Orlando
As you all have heard, this past weekend was Red Bull Manny Mania. This event has been going on in FL for the past few years, and this year we were fortunate enough to have the event take place in Orlando. It all went down at Universal’s City Walk unfortunately though, where beers are $10, parking is $15, and the ground is made of rough cement laced with holes. Despite the triple digit heat, the shoddy ground, and slew of tourists, our boys came up big time in the contest!
Bert had placed second last year in Miami’s Many Mania, and came through this year. He easily had the most tricks landed out of the whole day. Here is a gap to 180 switch manny on the lilly pads. These things destroyed people all day. They are way harder to skate than they look.
The crowd got to look on from some nice bleachers, while the rest of us got to chill under the shade in the VIP with free Moes catering. We all got to watch everyone from the state of Florida rip, and try and go for a chance to win a trip out to the finals in NYC. Shop rider Jonny Scianneaux came through with a 1st place qualification getting him into the finals. Out of the 40+ entrants, our shop was the only one to have all three of our riders entered make it to the finals. So congrats to Jack, Bert, and Jonny.
As usual RIPNDIP was there to hook the crowd up. For the first time ever RND got some recognition on the mic from the SPoT dudes. It’s hard to get the SPoT crew to notice you let alone be hyped on you, so getting some support from some of the industry’s biggest haters was pretty sick. Congrats to O’Con.
Bert had all sorts of manny variations throughout the day and used the whole course as a playground. Here is a lipslide 270 to manny down the cheese wedge. It hurts my head trying to think about turning like that while sitting on a curved circle rail.
One of the biggest surprises of the day was by far Jack Moran. He came through big time and had one of the sickest tricks of the day by far. Here is a nollie halfcab fakie manny bigspin out. Jack also came through with a ton of other manny tricks earning him 6th place. Jack easily got the most shout outs on the mic the whole day. We are psyched to have him on the team.
After the finals Jonny almost had a heat stroke and couldn’t breathe. Luckily the Red Bull girls were there to give him some much needed TLC. Hah. We need to get this kid an inhaler or something. In the end, Bert got 1st, Jonny got 3rd, and we all spent some time relaxing at the DoubleTree hotel with some much needed cold ones.
We Out!
Catalyst Team on Surfline.com
The crew over at Surfline recently put up a photo feature covering much of the east coast during last week’s swell. Included in the feature were shots of both Catalyst team riders Eddie Guilbeau and Blake Jones. An honorable mention also goes to Justin Jones (Blake’s older bro for those who don’t know) who scored a pretty lofty backside air shot in the feature as well. We’ve captured a few of the images for you below, but to see the entire feature, go to it right here at Surfline.com.
Green Foam and …Lost on CNN
Check out this story by CNN’s Anderson Cooper about Green Foam surf blanks.
Jonny Mane
Jonny has been on a mission as of late. Jonny and just about everyone else in the world has been on the Gucci Mane tip as of late, also. If you ever get to see Jonny shred in person you will surely say “WELL DAMN” in the first few minutes. Jonny has progressed faster than I have ever seen anyone progress in such a short amount of time, leaving me with a slew of clips that he has one-upped himself in. Here’s some street footage that isn’t getting used in upcoming video projects; some old, some throw away, some I didn’t like the way that I filmed it. So chill on this clip and keep an eye out for a new Oviedo park montage featuring all the usuals coming soon. GUCCI!
Mora Girls
We just picked up a great new women’s line here at the shop called Mora. All the pieces are designed and hand made down in south Florida, and include tops, dresses, pants, and swimwear. Since each item is hand made, they all are slightly different and provide a unique look and feel. Cruise by and check ‘em out!
Gorkin’s New Quiver
Every now and then, we’ll receive a couple of …Lost team (and sometimes Catalyst) rider Aaron Cormican’s boards in a new shipment to the shop. If you have ever wondered what kind of dims Aaron rides, well, check the pics below for your answers. From left to right, you have Gorkin’s new F1, Scorcher, and Sub-Scorcher. (For a larger view, click on the pics)
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