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Ricardo Camargo of Vapor Studio, just tipped us in on a new project he’s working on called Lit, by NZN labs. Lit is an action tracker that no only keeps track of all your walking and running, but also surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding and pulls it all together for some social competition as well. Camargo and his partners are currently trying to raise $100,000 for the project on a site called Indigogo.
LIT’s advanced sensors analyze your movements 24×7, scoring both activity and action by interpreting steps, distance, duration, intensity, strokes, paddles, jumps, rotations, turns, g-force, airtime, and more. . . Earn points for activity and bonuses for action. Points become the currency used to challenge yourself, your friends, and the world. . . LIT is 24×7 wearable and built to go where you go. Snow, surf, dirt, pavement? No problem. LIT is built for extremes. It’s rugged, shock resistant, and water resistant to 10 ATM / 100 m.
NZN Labs has already raised $27,000 but in the next 30 days they need going to need $70,000 more. To see how you can participate and help make Lit a reality, click the link.
[Link: NZN Labs]
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After the top contenders got knocked out in earlier rounds of the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, it was Adriano de Souza who knocked out American tour rookie Nat Young to became the first South American to win the event in its 52 year history.
“This is the most important event on tour to me,” De Souza said. “Guys like Andy Irons, Kelly Slater, my hero Mick Fanning, they have all rung the Bell. I have been coming here a lot of years. I love the place. It has been a tough time for me recently. I started 2013 without a sponsor for the first time in many years. I had to believe in myself that a company would believe in me and one did. I have to say thanks to Pena for believing in me. I have a lot of people to thank, but all I want to do right now is ring the bell.”
For the official word from the ASP, follow the jump.
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Carissa Moore made it two in a row by taking the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach over Tyler Wright in 3- to 5-foot surf moving her even further ahead in the ASP 2013 World Title race.
“To win Bells is a dream,” Moore said. “As a little kid, you always looked forward to watching it and reading about it. The history and the prestige and the people who have won it are really legendary. To be a part of it now is really special.”
For the official word from the ASP, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Yes, it’s a special issue of Surfing Magazine that is filled with bikinis, but as most girls we know will tell you, it’s a great way to check out all the new bikinis without having to pull them off the rack and try them on. The print version officially launches on April 2, 2013. Spring break, forever!
[Link via Grindtv.com]
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We missed this last week when Infinity Surfboard Company’s Steve Boehne was featured on PBS Newshour, but here’s how it goes.
Economic correspondent Paul Solman reports on an American-born product hit hard by globalization: the surfboard. In Southern California, U.S.-based manufacturers fear they will soon be wiped out by competing, foreign companies due to discrepancies in labor costs and duty taxes.
Probably one of the best bits we’ve seen on explaining the ins and outs of free trade. For even more on the story including why it might be a bad idea to fight back, click here.
[Link PBS Newshour via Movenshake]
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Surf photographer Jack English has curated a collection of over 50,000 surf photos that has been licensed by magazines, ad agencies and Fortune 500 hundred companies for years. Now these same photos are available for the rest of us to purchase as murals, prints, and/or posters on SurfImages.com.
“By selling our surfing murals, prints and posters, we wanted to give our consumers the opportunity to own a unique, tangible piece of artwork,” said Surf Images owner Jack English. “We have big brands licensing our work every day, but now we are giving everyone the opportunity to own a beautiful piece of artwork that they can enjoy in their home or office.”
If you need some images to surf up your personal space click the link to check it out or follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
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Former Billabong CEO Matthew Perrin, 40, is back in court after pleading not guilty to defrauding the Commonwealth Bank of AUS$13.5 million, according to a story in The Australian.
It’s alleged Perrin forged his former wife Nicole Bricknell’s signature on documents, enabling him to use the value of a jointly-owned house on the Gold Coast to obtain a loan of $13.5 million from the bank in 2008.
And the saga continues. . .
[Link: The Australian]
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Anyone who has ever watched the now classic episodes of Surfer Magazine TV (with host Sonny Miller) will remember the Opper Sports Productions name. Over the years founder Ira Opper (pictured right with Wingnut and a cameraman) has created loads and loads of action sports television programming. And now, the Del Mar Times has profiled Opper.
He was an early pioneer bringing beach volleyball and the concept of action sports to ESPN. He was one of the producers behind the first regional sports cable network that eventually became Fox Sports Prime Ticket. He has the largest surf film archive in the world — and he’s lived in Solana Beach for more than 30 years.
For the rest of the Opper story, click the link.
[Link: Del Mar Times]
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Orange County, California orthopedic surgeon Jack Chen died Friday, March 22, 2013 while surfing at El Sunzal beach in El Salvador, according to a story in the Orange County Register.
It was the biggest swell El Salvador has seen this season, perhaps in years, with waves of 15 feet and larger, said Edward Smith, an employee at Roca Sunzal Hotel, which sits directly in front of where Chen was pulled underwater. “The surf was so big and the current was pulling so strong,” Smith said. Chen had been surfing at the beach town Playa El Tunco at the surf spot Sunzal, a break known as a popular place to learn to surf, which usually produces mellow right-hand waves suitable for longboarders. . . But on Friday, the waves, current and winds were so strong that even Smith, a native Hawaiian who has surfed 20 years, said he hesitated to go out. . . The current pulled Chen toward a big, iconic rock at Bocanita that sits out in the ocean south of the surf break, and after his leash snapped and his board broke away, Chen attempted to hang onto the rock. Locals from the shore shouted at him to let go, hoping that the ocean’s current would eventually pull him to shore, Smith said.
After a wave slammed into the rock Chen reportedly disappeared. His body was found Monday morning March 25, 2013 three miles east of the beach. Our thoughts are with Chen’s family and friends.
[Link: OC Register]
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