Canterbury groms a threat to be reckoned with...

The National Scholastic Surfing Championship has finished up for 2010, with Bay of Plenty taking the title for the second year in a row. Super nice waves and sunny weather blessed the event held at Makorori Beach, Gisborne. Also nice to see was the Canterbury Team improving on last years results, finishing 6th — just behind Gisborne and ahead of Northland. Standouts include Seventhwave ambassadors Luke O'Neil (first in the Longboard Division), Alethea Lcok and Kristi Zarifeh, but congrats must go to the entire Canty team. Well done!

Blast from the past

This trade-in was brought into the shop last week — to our surprise it was one of our very early models, which despite its age, is still going strong. It's at least 20 years old. We thought the prints were pretty cool...

Shot of the day... in the snow

Another sick shot... Ben Mackinnon, somewhere down south.

Ryan Isherwood photography

 

Upcoming photographer Ryan Isherwood has been busy this year snapping some amazing pics — both locally and offshore. A regular contributor to ISOMag and other sites, Ryan's work deserves attention. Here's some of his latest shots.

 

 

Westport Cape Classic 2010

The Westport Cape Classic 2010 is looking good! 20 years of the Cape Classic with $7500 cash and more sponsors product up for grabs. King Kapisi and the Nomad for the after party and T Bay with a nice a-frame bank forming — we are set to go. Get down, over or up to Westport for the best Classic yet!

We have moved!

 We are now at our new shop at 243 Dyers Roan Bromley! We'd just moved half of our stuff when the 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch rocked both the new and old buildings — but luckily Seventhwave sustained no damage. Back on track with news and views soon.

Feedback... from Niue!

Thanks for the Titanium Hot Top which arrived in super quick time. I’ve already done a couple of dives with it and its absolutely fantastic. My last Hot Top kept me toasty warm on more than 400 dives and I’m sure this one will see me through my next 400 dives. It's an amazing product and we’ll keep recommending our dive customers get one of their own! Thanks again for the super service.

Annie Gray, Niue Dive, Niue
www.dive.nu

NZ Longboarding Documentary SEWN website is LIVE!

The SEWN website is finally up and running. You'll now be able to follow the making of the documentary!

SEWN is a surf film/documentary that will be chasing swells around the North Island of New Zealand, meeting up with and surfing with people who keep the spirit of longboarding alive. It will also portray some of New Zealand’s best longboarders from innovative and challenging viewing angles.

Every 2 weeks on Friday, SEWN will release some interesting material so that you can keep up-to-date with the progress of the documentary and have a 'behind the camera' insight on its production. The material will include production stills and 'making-of' footage for each coasts. There will also be exclusive edited previews of the footage taken on each coast, plus some more surprise footage!!

 

Keep in the loop here!

Wetsuit Tip #2: How to take off a Zipless Wetsuit

Also known as a chest zip or a zip bib wetsuit, there are a few tips and tricks to make taking one off a lot easier.

Longboarding the Bombay Hills

Read more about these skaters here and here, these guys are the cause of much public outcry, both pro and anti their activities!