Seeing as print media is all the rage lately, Andy Summons, Tom Batrouney, and Andrew Diprose decided they’d like to jump on board with a new surf print publication. The result–a 224 page quarterly “book” called Paper Sea, according to a story in The Australian.
Distancing themselves from the stereotypical surf story about rad dudes with blond hair and shark tooth necklaces, Paper Sea Quarterly caters to the wider surfing and artistic community, unearthing an edgy world of street art, design, photography, hip hop and of course, surfing. “We’re not just interested in the world’s top 44 surfers, we’ve got guys who work in retail, in cafes, but they surf incredibly and they’re interesting people with incredible stories,” Paper Sea photo editor Tom Batrouney said. . . “There is nothing on the market that’s similar to it. There are surf magazines aimed at surfers that are only interested in surfing, which makes up a very small percentage of surfers,” he said. . . Batrouney says every time someone calls their 224-paged tribute to surfing, art and style a magazine he dies a little inside. . . “It kills me every time I hear that word, it in no way resembles a magazine, it’s 2.5cm thick.”
Sounds a little like Mike Ballard’s The Skatebook(RIP) only for surfers. Hopefully this works out a little better than that.
Sally Fitzgibbons did the almost impossible today by defeating a hard charging Stephanie Gilmore in the women’s final at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. And she was stoked.
“I’m speechless,” Fitzgibbons said. “I’m so pumped. That was tough. Bells went to sleep on both of us and it got real tactical at the end. Steph (Gilmore) only needed a small score and I just hung on for dear life. That wave she took at the end looked so small and I had a feeling there was going to be another set, but there wasn’t. I just can’t believe I won Bells two years in a row!”
For the rest of the story, and full results follow the jump. [click to continue…]
It’s been 11 years since he’d last done it, but Mick Fanning put down three solid waves to win the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach over Kelly Slater. Slater got the first heat wave, pulled into a barrel but didn’t come out. Fanning answered back with a 9.1 and an 8.6 putting Slater into a combo situation.
Slater fumbled around for a while, seemingly falling off every wave he caught, until finally pulling out one of the biggest air reverses in ASP history. That one air scored a 10 and put Slater back on track. But then Fanning busted out a massive 9.7. Slater was stuck for the rest of the 40 minute final hunting an 8.8. The best he could do was a pair of 8.07s (one of which he felt was horribly underscored).
“I was moving around trying to get active,” Slater said. “I was just trying to find my feet. I knew Mick was going to be patient. Mick put his serious face on and won’t talk to me in the water so I threw a little rotator at him. It was always going to be a struggle with those waves out there. Long waits between walls.”
When the horn sounded Fanning was ahead 18.8 to 18.07. “I made one final and Kelly won it. I made another final and Joel won it, so it feels pretty good to get them both back today,” Fanning said from the stage. “It’s bells anything can happen. Its one of the hardest waves to win on in the world. . . One of the most special things was sitting out there when everyone was cheering for Michael to look back and see the beach brought a tear to my eye.”
So Fanning wins, Slater takes the ASP World Tour ratings lead and the women still have to run their quarters, semi’s and finals. Follow the jump for complete results and the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
Stop number two on the ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bell Beach could wrap up today. Four heats of round five are underway now and then it’s right into the quarter, semis, and finals. Kelly Slater, Owen Wright, Mick Fanning, and Joel Parkinson are already in the quarters, so this is going to be good. Click here to watch it live.
Surfer Magazine’s Hot 100 franchise continues on for 2012 with a 38 minutes video that free for everyone to see right here.
“We’ve spent a lot of time over the past two years reimagining SURFER—making it a brand that delivers the most authentic surf content in ways that our fans really connect with,” says SURFER Editor Brendon Thomas. “As partof that rebuilding, this year we completely overhauled The Hot 100 issue from a linear list of names to a diverse magazine geared towards young surfers. The movie is a natural extension of that.”
We’re going to watch it anyway if and when we find 38 minutes in a row. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
Rick Klotz is keeping the retro surf punk groove going with the latest video for his clothing label Warriors of Radness. If you’re at work you may not want to click play (NSFW). Otherwise, relive the glory that was the Op Pro Bikini contest.
It was a colourful congregation as MP’s mum, Joan Peterson, asked that everyone wore t-shirts, board shorts and thongs. . . Tributes from the international surfing community immediately flowed after the announcement of his death. . . Former world champion Mick Fanning, who grew up surfing the Coolangatta breaks as MP did, tweeted that MP was the ‘Original Coolangatta Kid.’
Many of the surfers who admired him most were contesting the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach during the gathering, however, they were all there in spirit.
Eddie Aikau’s surviving siblings Myra, Solomon and Clyde Aikau have filed suit in Hawaii’s First Circuit Court to stop Glendale, California based Your Half Media Group from “claiming the right to make” a bio-pic on their brother, according to a story on Courthouse New Service.
The Aikaus claim Your Half is falsely claiming publicity rights to Eddie Aikau’s life story, and deterring other film companies from making such a movie. . . The Aikaus, who say they already held all trade and service marks to the use of Eddie’s name, formed Aikau Family LLC in 2010 to reserve publicity rights to his name. . . According to the complaint, in 2004 and without advice of counsel, the plaintiffs executed an agreement giving Your Half Pictures an 18-month option “to use plaintiffs Myra, Solomon and Clyde Aikau’s ‘names, likeness, personal history, etc. as needed, in conjunction with a feature film based upon a book by entitled, ‘Eddie Would Go,’ by Stuart Holmes Coleman.”
But the Aikaus claim Your Half Media failed to make “a significant payment to the Eddie Aikau Foundation” and made no progress on film production. Now the Aikaus are seeing “seek declaratory and injunctive relief and treble damages for tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, unfair and deceptive trade, unfair competition and infringement of publicity rights.” We hope this gets sorted out soon, because Eddie Would Go is a movie we’d like to see.
North Shore surfer Joshua Holley, 28, survived shark attack on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, while paddling in the channel between Aligator Rock and Leftovers when what is believed to be a 10-foot Tiger shark hit him on the left leg, according to a story on Hawaii News Now.
He said the shark bit his left foot and then started swimming to the front of the board. . . “Survival mode kicked in and I punched it really hard once and then twice. I didn’t want to panic or go into shock or anything like that,” said Holley. . . “You gotta go for something vulnerable like the eyes or the gills or the snout and that usually does the trick,” said state shark specialist Randy Honebrink. . . Holley paddled in and two strangers helped him to shore. Medics took him to Wahiawa General Hospital.
Holley received 42 stitches and will have to go back for more surgery to repair two severed tendons, but we’re all glad he’s alive.
