Happy New Year and may 2012 be the best one yet. Recharge your holiday with some action viewing inspiration. We have some twin fin fun and take you surfing in Thailand, then onto England to see kooks competing for the title of World Champion Crap Surfer. More technical information, burning feedback, and a trip through a supergroms daily schedule.
THE LINEUP:
Hydrodynamica means twin-fin fun
Want to spice up your summer? Don't have a surfboard but have an old bodyboard, a chunk of foam or a door floating about? Get inspiration from
Hydrodynamica, a film project dedicated to exploring the work of Bob Simmons—a brilliant California surfer who died surfing at Windansea Beach in San Diego in 1954. His planing hull designs have sparked a resurgence in fast, finless, & twin-fin shapes, and put the stoke back in surfing.
Watch the video.
Swell thanks: surfing in Thailand
Seventhwave ambassador Jack Entwistle has had a great summer so far, including an epic surf trip to Thailand. While the crew were there they helped out local communities—installing water filters, doing flood relief work & beach clean-ups—& scored some pretty-looking waves. Have a look at this amazing blog for a unique Thailand experience.
World Championship of Crap Surfing
More than 50 self-confessed crap surfers descended on Cornwall's Praa Sands recently for the 2011 World Championship of Crap Surfing. In onshore drizzle, wind & fog surfers battled for the World Title, or special awards like Best Wipeout, Worst Wipeout, Most Missed Waves & Most Genuinely Upset Loser. After a display of truly terrible surfing, Bill Bankes-Jones took the title with his trademark dismounts.
Click here for the lowlights.
The Super Power of Titanium
Rocketing back to earth at 30,000 km/h, the Discovery Space Shuttle is blasted by G-Forces and temperatures of up to 1500ºC—its walls glowing red. Yet it lands safely. How? The reflective super power of Titanium.
In the 1980's Japanese Yamamoto Corporation (innovators of limestone neoprene), took NASA technology and applied it to neoprene. The result? Thinner, lighter wetsuits than ever before without compromising warmth, meaning you can beat those cold water blues and leave traditional, thicker wetsuits in the dusty closet where they belong. [
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Firefighter's feedback: the burning truth
As most Kiwi's know, Wellington gets more than it's fair share of wild weather. Surfers here demand a wetsuit that can not only handle 8 degree winter water but also big Wairarapa swells that often go double overhead. Of the 11 members of the Wellington Fire Boardriders club, 7 of us wear Seventhwave wetsuits—some for nearly two decades!
The suits are very flexible, especially the Viper 3/3 Ti ZB Steamers—no more 5/4 Michelin men! & are lighter when wet than many other competitors wetties which is great for those 3 to 4 hour sessions. But most importantly they are warm, an absolute necessity here during a windy Welly winter! Plus they have the feel good factor of being Kiwi made & provide a good back up & repair service if we get dragged over rocks & reefs.
For my money Seventhwave wetsuits are second to none & I'd never buy another brand again—I am that impressed. Thanks Seventhwave—keep up the good work."
Tom Dunn
Wellington Fire Boardriders club
And the winner is...
Facebook winner Sharne Quickenden came this month to try on her prize—a custom-made
X-Over Short John. But it's time to announce a new winner for this month. Congratulations
Josh Jenkins of Dunedin, who has won his very own
Titanium Hot Top by liking our Facebook page.
If you want to be the next Facebook winner, simply
visit our Facebook page and click 'Like'.
Harrison Whiteside: supergrom
At a mere 14 years of age, supergrom
Harrison Whiteside—Christchurch surfer, New Zealand's Under 14 Scholastics Surfing Champion of 2011, & Seventhwave ambassador—has been going from strength to strength lately.
And here's the proof: 4 mini-movies of old & new footage in waves around New Zealand (& Australia). Plus there's the odd humorous wipeout.
Summer down-under is here! So if your wetsuit needs a medical, send it in and we’ll give it a complete maintenance service to extend its use-by date. Even the best gear can suffer from high-mileage and over-use fatigue.
We love feedback, good and not-so-good; it’s the only way we can improve so don’t hold back. For the latest in pics, vid, and blog action, visit us online. Seventhwave online changes daily.
See you out the back,
The Seventhwave Team
www.seventhwave.co.nz
