Taj Burrow

We didn’t think it would be long before Billabong released a signature clothing collection with the “main man” Taj Burrow!

We have had a sneaky peak and the Taj Burrow Billabong Collection looks pretty awesome.

With a range of T’s, jackets and jeans this little collection should keep you going for at least a whole week of partying and even a visit to see grandma at the weekend

Taj had pretty strict views when he signed off the collection:-

“When we were approving the pieces, I would think: Could I put this on at 6:30 am and still be happy wearing it at midnight? … If the answer was yes, they’re all in here.”

Here’s a few images of the Billabong Taj Collection that what will be hitting the shops soon.

Billabong Taj Burrows Collection

Rip Curl Dawn Patrol Chest Zip Wetsuit 2010

Ok peeps listen up!

Exclusive to Sorted Surf Shop is one of the best Summer wetsuits money can buy!

The Rip Curl Dawn Patrol 3/2 Wetsuit for 2010 now comes in a chest zip option.

The Chest Zip Dawn Patrol for 2010 boasts some great quality features that certainly won’t blow your budget – meaning you have extra cash to spend on those new camou surf shorts or a pair of slaps to go with them.

Carrying on the principles of value for money the new Rip Curl Dawn Patrol has even more flexibility and warmth due to the chest zip system, giving you more flex and less cold water flushes.

Rip Curl Dawn Patrol Technical Stuff:

• E3 Neoprene in upper body:
  The most flexible neoprene available in the key paddling area´s.
• Fireskin Lining:
  The fireskin lining wicks water away from the body while retaining body heat
• Glued & Blindstitched – Maximum seam stretch and strength with zero water penetration
• Blue Steel Sealed Zip:
  Water resistant, steel head zipper with engineered overlapping teeth and a urethane coating (back zip only) meaning minimum water penetration and cold flushes.
• Seamless Shoulder Panel – For unrestricted flexibility
• S-Flex Knees – Highly durable & flexible
• Critically Taped – Junctions and stress areas add strength and durability to seams
• Stash Pocket – External Zip Pocket – External zip pocket for easy access
• Hydroloc Collar:
  Seals neck and prevents water flushes
• Chest Zip System:
  Minimizes water entry, maximizes upper body flexibility.

The Rip Curl Chest Zip Dawn Patrol Wetsuit 2010 is on the shelf for just £159.99 with free next day delivery.

We are confident that you won’t find another Summer wetsuit with the same quality at such a great price.

Go Surf!

Date: Thursday the 29th of July

Venue: Boscombe Beach

Your Mission: To have an extremely good time at the Billabong Bus Tour

If you’ve experienced the Billabong Bus Tour, you know that when the Billabong “road show” comes to town, the fun level shifts up a gear.

Billabong Stretch Your Summer Tour comes to Boscombe

The Billabong Stretch Your Summer Tour is back in Boscombe and ready to surf again. Billabong are planning to bring the pro’s back to help you with your surfing skills. Look out for Billabong surfers Reubyn Ash, Lyndon Wake and wakeboarders Jonty Green and Conor Jones to name a few who will hit the beaches, wakepark and local spots for Surfing/Wakeboarding and Signing Sessions.

For the second year running the Monster Energy crew will be working alongside the Billabong roadies to keep everyone refreshed and pumped on the day!

Indo Board are also part of the day and will be on hand to offer surf specific balance training for all those who need that extra bit of help and for those who already know what they’re doing.

To finish off, Sorted, Billabong, Monster, and Indo Board will host a surf party at the coolest bar in town, Urban Beach.

Surf Lesson Details

One hour surf lessons will be ran at 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. They will include basic beginner lessons as well as advanced coaching with the Pro’s. Lessons will cost £25 including a free Billabong goody bag that’s worth well over £25!

Booking is necessary and spaces will be very limited. Please phone the Sorted Surf School on 01202 300668 to book.

And don’t forget to look out for the Billabong Tour Bus – it’s a monster !!!

Photos from the Billabong Bus Tour across Europe

More photos over at the Billabong Stretch Your Summer Tour mini site

David Rutherford

Local standout David Rutherford (Puerto Escondido, Mexico), 25, charged to victory at his home break today to clinch an emphatic win at the ASP 4-Star Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido.

His win topped international standouts Kevin Sullivan (Lahaina, HA), 23, Casey Brown (Kona, HI), 22, and Ricardo dos Santos (BRA), 20, in excellent four-to-six foot high-performance barrels.  The Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido’s unique location on the Mexican Pipeline attracted a big list of up-and-coming competitors, an assemblage of local talent and several of the world’s most renowned big-wave surfers.

Rutherford, who was a Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido wildcard entry, went on an absolute tear during the final day of competition, threading a perfect 10-point ride on an amazing backside barrel in his semifinal heat before amassing the highest heat total of the entire event in the final, a near-flawless 18.45 out of 20 to secure the victory.

Amazing Conditions at Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido

Quiksilver Puerto Escondido

The Mexican Pipeline charger was thrilled to clinch the major ASP victory in front of his home crowd to bring this year’s Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido title to Mexico while representing the local surfers.

Rip Curl Planet

Rip Curl has launched a brand new website called “Rip Curl Planet”, to help showcase and outline the company’s many environmental priorities – past, present and future.

With the ocean playing such an important part in Rip Curl’s heritage the company prides itself on being one of the world’s most environmentally-conscious companies, stamping “respect for the environment” as a key value ever since Brian Singer and Doug Warbrick founded the brand in Torquay, Australia in 1969.

“We’re really excited about unveiling this website – it’s been a long time coming,” said Global Marketing & Advertising Chairman Neil Ridgway. “Rip Curl has always placed a lot of importance on environmental sustainability and it’s great that we now have a medium to share our efforts and projects with crew around the world, and this website will be another important tool.”

With the creation of the Rip Curl Planet Foundation in 2008, our crew have had the opportunity to increase Rip Curl’s support of several growing environmental projects and further focus efforts on new target initiatives.

“We are very proud of what Rip Curl has done in the past, but there is still much to do to keep the work going,” said International CEO Olivier Cantet. “We created the Rip Curl Planet Foundation to better focus our efforts and commitments around the world.”

“We have a strong determination to be environmentally responsible across everything we do, so our efforts are many and diverse. We will forever focus on the environments we know best – the surf and the mountains – and be environmentally-conscious with our product design and manufacturing such as our Rip Curl Wetsuits wherever we can.”

“Save Our Surf” and “We Surf, We Care” are two of the company’s principle environmental call-outs, hitting home across the Rip Curl world. The company supports several reef protection and water quality projects, working with organisations such as WWF and The Surfrider Foundation to manage the problems.

Tom Curren Supports Rip Curl Planet

“As surfers, we feel first hand the immediate effects of pollution, we see rampant development on our coasts, we see the effects of a runaway consumer lifestyle and disregard for the future of the eco system as a whole,” said three-time ASP World Champion surfer Tom Curren. “I hope my kids will have a rich surfing life, unhindered by the effects of pollution and other global issues. When I was growing up, I was lucky to live in a relatively secure environment with good waves and pleasant climate.”

The Rip Curl Planet Foundation also drives a host of mainstream initiatives, such as energy consumption reduction, material recycling and waste reduction. These initiatives are addressed through a variety of ways, including Rip Curl Pro events, beach clean up days, product design and product recycling.

The Foundation has donated over US$313,205 to environmental groups since its conception, including the Surfrider Foundation, Mountain Riders, Protect Our Winters, WWF, Reef Check Polynesia and Surfers Against Sewage.

Since 2008, Rip Curl has also worked with CO2 Australia to offset greenhouse gas emissions from the Rip Curl Pro and run it as a carbon-neutral event. CO2 Australia calculates the onsite energy consumption at Bells Beach as well as competitors’ and officials’ travel to and from the event. Rip Curl also worked with Waste Wise this year to recycle over nine tonnes of rubbish onsite and donated 50 cents of every ticket sold to Greening Australia, who invested the money into local vegetation management and restoration.

Another important global initiative is the Rip Curl Planet Days program. Regionally managed by Rip Curl’s head offices in Australia, Europe, Brazil, Indonesia and the USA, staff members leave the office for the day and head to the beach or the mountains for a day of rubbish removal and tree planting. In Torquay, the Planet Days have run for 10 years, with staff responsible for successfully putting in more than 50,000 plants indigenous to the area.

“The Rip Curl Planet Foundation has a lot of work on the table for 2010 and the challenges are only getting tougher,” added Cantet. “But we have clear objectives set, such as continually developing our eco-product offerings with every range, so the future is bright.”

Go green online with Rip Curl and access the Rip Curl Planet website at: www.ripcurlplanet.com.

Quiksilver & Standard Collection

We saw this story over at Freshness Mag - so we hope they won’t mind us piggy backing on some of their exclusive clothing news.

The Standard hotel (which really is one hell of a trendy place to stay) has teamed up with Quiksilver to install a collaborative vending machine by the hotel’s pools to help out the fellas who left something behind at home.

This year, the duo continues on their collaboration and rolls out four new swimming trunks (Cut shorter and in a more pulled together mid-thigh length, the flappy, baggy ones are better left for college and high school boys) for the guests of the pool.

Aside from swimming trunks the new Standard & Quiksilver collaborative collection also includes a pair of  Wayfarer shades and suncare products from Shishedo.

Quiksilver & Standard Shorts

Quiksilver & Standard Shades

Standard Hotel

Standard & Quiksilver Video

You can check out the collection in this very slick surfy / skate culture short film created by film maker Cheryl Dunn.

The vending machines are currently located at The Standard Hollywood, The Standard Downtown, The Standard New York, The Standard Spa, Miami Beach.

Think we might be having a chat with Quiksilver to see if we can get one down at Boscombe Beach !!

O’Neill Hammer 3/2mm Summer Wetsuit 2010

It’s been on the cards for a while but it looks like the Summer is really here this time.

With tempertures reportedly going to hit near 30 degrees this weekend you might want to think about wearing a Summer Wetsuit if your are hitting the water.

So with that in mind we asked Sean to run through the features of one of the best O’Neill Summer Wetsuits that is on the market today.

The O´ Neill Hammer 3/2mm Summer Wetsuit for 2010 is all about value, at around £80 this wettie offers fantastic value for money – but O’Neill don’t scrimp on features. Just because it is less than a ton don’t think you are getting a cheap wetsuit.

The O’Neill Hammer offers great flexibility, warmth and comfort for a bargain price!

Two things you notice with this suit is how soft and stretchy the neoprene is. This stretchiness means you get great flexibity when surfing (so you don’t tire so quickly) and you also get a great fit – the closer fitting a wetsuit is, the warmer you are going to stay.

The smoothskin panel on the chest ensures no wind gets through meaning no heat loss. Two other smoothskin panels are situated down the back right the way down to cover your kidney area. The O’Neill designers have also built their most flexible neoprene panels into areas of the suit that get the most work – the lumbar areas just below the zip and also under the arms.

Longlasting and hardwearing Dura-flex is used on the knees – so yoo stay protected paddling out. Flatlock stitching throughout the suit minimises water penetration. A simply velcro locking neck seal stops water flushing down into the suit.

A great wetsuit that is worth considering for those Summer surf sessions!

O’Neill Hammer Summer Suit Features:

• 40% UltraFlex DS and 60% FluidFlex neoprene for great flexibility
• Double Super Seal neck to keep water out
• Flatloc stitched seams
• Krypto knee pads for durability

O’Neill Hammer Summer Wetsuit Video Review

For latest deals on all styles of wetsuit checkout the Wetsuit Centre. All sizes of suit are usually in stock and combined with Free next delivery and great prices – you won’t find a better wetsuit deal online.

Check out the video of this kid nicknamed “Turtle” wakeboarding his local pond after school.

Pretty impressive footage with lots of big air that will put many seasoned professional to shame.

Great camera angles and slo-mo to show off his moves.

Go big or go home !!

Rip Curls Creative Destruction

Billabong have just released the second part of their interactive surf series called Creative Destruction.

This chapter sees Wade Goodall and Sterling Spencer visit Misión México, a childrens’ refuge in Tapachula, Mexico to give the kids some surfing lessons.

Says Wade of the experience: “They’ve stopped me taking things so seriously and taking things for granted. I’m super thankful I got to meet them, they’ve had such a positive influence on my life.”

The 10 episode series, directed by Jake Donlen, will run until July 2011 and is giving the opportunity for viewers to vote via an online poll on what the team films next.

Creative Destruction. Chapter 2: the Kids of Mision Mexico from CREATIVE DESTRUCTION on Vimeo.