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Noa Deane is a Generation Next throw-back and he's Radio Friendly in the Telo's.

Scotty and Christopher ‘Turkey’ Stopnik join the Electric ambassador program. “We are stoked to join the Electric family, especially knowing that we can be different, and do what we want. We surf, skate, play music, build and ride old motorcycles, we live a diverse life, and Electric has a lot of these loves as well.” – Scotty Stopnik “Scott and Turk totally embody everything that is influential about California culture. Aside from shredding in and out of the water, their free wheeling creativity in finding and building things from heritage pieces in to something new is exactly what the Electric brand is all about.” – Eric Crane, CEO ABOUT SCOTTY AND CHRISTOPHER ‘TURKEY’ STOPNIK Born and raised in Huntington Beach, California, the Stopnik brothers spend their days surfing, skating, playing music and building and riding bikes. Along with several other Stopniks, Scotty and Turkey run Cycle Zombies, a local garage where they rebuild and sell classic motorcycles. The Stopnik brothers have gained a global following and continue to open minds to the sub culture of the Southern California lifestyle. ABOUT ELECTRIC Electric is a global, premium, sport and lifestyle accessory brand rooted in Southern California’s rich action sports, music, art and customization culture. Electric’s unrelenting approach to the elevation of style, quality and function in its products has earned the brand a renowned position. Today, Electric designs and markets an extensive line of sunglasses, snow goggles, backpacks, luggage and accessories through a primarily action sport and sporting good global retail network including the Americas, Europe, Japan, China and Australia. Since 2011, Electric has been a part of the Kering group*, a world leader in apparel and accessories which develops an ensemble of powerful Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle brands (* PPR will become Kering, subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting on 18 June 2013). For more information go to: www.electricvisual.com –

I have designed a new board for James Mason from Adelaide in AKU and sent him screen shots to check out. It will be 9ft x 23" x 3 1/4" .Then I designed a custom blank and get it hot wire cut from block VH EPS. It comes in 2 pieces ready for me to glue in a 5mm Paulownia stringer. The blank is cut to allow for the 5mm thickness of the stringer and the thickness of the rails bands that will be laminated onto the perimeter. The thickness of the blank is over size depth wise so that the guys can position the board file within it easily to cut the final board from. After the stringer is in I glue up the first Paulownia rail band right around the blank. So that the blank is stiff and ready to go to the AKU machine to be cut. This way when the board is cut minus the thickness of the deck and bottom skins which in this case will be 6mm deck and 4mm bottom , the machine cuts the stringer and foils the wooden rail band at the same time.This is the cut board ready to be shipped to James who will vacuum bag the 6mm deck and 4mm bottom skins on before laminating the 20mm of rails in Paulownia as well. Shape the rails and route in the fin box and he is there. He just needs to choose what he wants to finish it with. Lanolin and unglassed , a hot coat or two of epoxy and a light sand or if he wanted a little more weight in the board he could get it glassed with 2 or 4oz cloth and glass. Each will do the job of sealing the board. Each will cost and weigh a little more, Either way you will end up with a great board. For more info on this contact me or visit my blog - surfboardsbygrantnewby.blogspot.com

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(Mat Max, Hard At Work) The Virtues Of Hyperinflation After months of weak waves that called for low inflation matting, the surf picked up today with powerful five foot tubes. A few sideslip wipeouts prompted me to puff up my 5GF so that it was full but not quite rigid. The squishy, slippy mat was transformed to a form more akin to a rigid bodyboard. Tracking across steep walls and through pitching sections became much easier. There's a comfortable inflation that allows my abdomen to settle slightly between the fully inflated outer pontoons for a locked-in feeling. This is my starting point for high volume settings. I reckon that the amount of bend is about fifteen degrees. Then I fine tune from there depending on how much traction on the waves is needed. After a few adjustments I find an air volume that suits the conditions and then enjoy greater control. I often forget to pump up the volume because of being fixated on glide. One factor is that the inflation zone between ninety degrees bend and twenty degrees bend is pretty much useless for my purposes. So, I often put off pumping up, and suffer needless lack of handling. Then I'll inflate to nearly full volume and rediscover that in powerful waves the drag is not all that severe, good speed is still attainable, and negotiating gnarly surf becomes much more fun. The moral of this story is that utilizing high inflation is a great opportunity to transform your personal hovercraft into a more board-like perch for negotiating steeps and deeps. Cheers M8s! Max

Hurley: Whilst in Rio we put our time to good use: we held an impromptu Rip My Shred Stick with the kids from the favelas, surfed heats, signed some autographs and had a few free surfs. Somewhere during this time, Brett Simpson got ahold of a video camera, and cinematic greatness ensued with the birth of “Simpo Cam”: wrought with classic Simpo one liners and heckling. Yep, this edition of #TOURNOTES is pure good vibes (with cameos from Occy, Mick, Kelly and Jordy) so get into it.

Babes, pools and punts All on a summer day

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The first chapter of the Keenan Flegel 2013 wakesurfing series from Focus Productions has arrived.  This is officially our favorite wakesurf video to date, press play and enjoy.  Chapter 2 coming coming on 05.27.13 and Chapter 3 arrives  06.10.13.  Stay tuned to the TANK for more wakesurfing news and updates. Technorati Tags: Focus Productions, Keenan Flegel, wakesurf video

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