No surf today, it’s flat…naaa take out the radio wave rider!

Laneo is the largest and currently the only, worldwide foundation dedicated to the needs of outdoor enthusiasts and the environment they play in. If you love to play outdoors but feel powerless to make a significant impact in environmental protection and restoration, Laneo is the community you have been waiting for. With just small personal contributions of time and finances, outdoor enthusiasts and athletes across the world are joining Laneo and uniting their voice to effect positive, significant change in eco sustainability. And the best part is, they’re having a blast doing it.

Surf’s up is the first surfing animation movie coming out next summer.

Remember Bodhi from Point Break? He’s a cult movie character, influencing more than one’s surfer life!
Now you can spread the Bodhi cult on the web by uploading video mash-ups.
Here’s a fun one : Point Brokeback! When Brokeback Mountains goes surfing!

WIDIWICI is a new website, part of the web2.0 french family, co-founded by Benoit, a friend from Lyon, which offers a cool concept of mixing social sports challenges with..fun! Chek it out!

The purpose of the site is to enable its members to increase the stake of their sport games or leisure activity. When you win a game, everybody (almost everybody;)) knows about it so you don’t want to loose ! If you are a serious competitor or just serious about having fun, widiwici is made for you. Be careful, you may get very addicted to it Beta tester that are currently logged on the site, show a strong will to catch back the points they lost !

widiwici also enable its users to meet new partners by a relevant search engine based on the activities they like and their level and also places where they can accept a challenge. (which means where they live and work of course but also where they go on week ends and holidays.)

Les photos du WE d’enterrement de vie de garcon d’Erwann de Vannes sont la! Attention les chafouines, c’est classifie top secret! Les mans, si vous voulez un acces, envoyer moi un mail!

 

Maybe you are a diver, or a surfer. Or maybe you just like to swim in the sea in the summer. In that case you will be interested by “Altered Oceans“, a 5 part series from the LAtimes on the various ways that we’re damaging the ocean. 

A cool new website “ClubOfTheWaves.com” :

This site is a surfing, surf art & surf culture site. It’s main drive is to profile surf artists & photographers from all around the world, giving them the unique opportunity to showcase their work to a mass audience.

This site also delivers a growing archive of articles on subjects like the history of surfing, surf culture, the history of the surfboard, surf in the media, surf lingo and more!

For all ya surfers out there! Check out this sleak site called wikiriders which is bound to become a reference for organising your next surf trip in Europe or further away!

Welcome to the first surf spot locator thought and designed like a Wiki website. Here, everybody is invited to contribute and to publish surf related content.The address of your favourite shaper, a short cut to the beach… everything about surf can be added to the website.

A wiki is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change all content very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing.

ps. Thanks Hélène for the tip!

Internet is changing the way we consume videos. The TV era is on the decline.
Here are two videoblogs – among the millions online allreday – on subjects Dikonaca likes : snowboarding and surfing.

www.shralp.com is a weekly video podcast about snowboard events, contest, sessions, parties, gear and so on. It's supported by the guys from Blankpaper Studio, makers of last year original snowboard movie 91 words for snow.

www.surfsessionreport.com is showing regular spectacular surf sessions from Hawaii. Here is some footage from yesterday's session in backdoor.

THE TSUNAMI DIARIES is the inspiring true story of two best friends who strike out on a quest to document the destruction of the tsunami in Indonesia.
When Pro-surfer TIMMY TURNER (Second Thoughts) and DUSTIN HUMPHREYs pursuit hits a roadblock, they hatch a plan to carry out a relief mission of their own. Acquiring a boat, The Mikumba, and setting sail to the damaged corners of the Indian Ocean.
Timmy brings food, medical supplies, and a few goats, to the neglected remote islands of Northern Sumatra. Recruiting people along the way, including Timmys Mom and MATT GEORGE (In Gods Hands), they form a motley crew of surfers, surf journalists, and doctors, to confront dangerous obstacles around every turn. The Tsunami Diaries is a story of tremendous courage, and the unity of all human beings.

The Flowboard is a concept invented by two design students attending the Art Center College of Design in Vevey, Switzerland. Both snowboarders, and surfers they had the idea to build a board that would perform like a snowboard – but on the asphalt. They found that on a skateboard, you could only lean over a few degrees and then the bushings always gave you resistance in a turn. The two inventors sought a solution that would give a rider the ability to execute more extreme angles while carving without resistance, offering fluid transitions edge to edge. They came up with the concept for a two-wheeled board with two curved axles with one wheel on each and springs on either side. The theory was that wheels would slide along the arced axles as you lean the board to carve.
Available in the states since 1999, it is now possible to buy it online in Europe on their brand new website, where you can also check out some videos of the products.
Honestly, it looks a bit weird, and I don't think hardcore skaters will take these boards seriously…but for oldschool cruzers it can be a good riding experience.
Still in my opinion it's a better concept than the freeboard for example.

This is not your average surf movie! Second thoughts is real hardcore surfing!

With some noodles, a bag of rice or two, and wet lighters and matches, Timmy Turner’s crew set off in to the setting for the film.
The film itself takes place in Indonesia on one of its small islands with a beach full of dangerous reef. The group was put in a situation that seems a lot harsher than that of “Survivor�, as they were faced with some severe weather conditions and facing new challenges in their eating habits. They were forced to gather rainwater, as well as salt water, to boil and drink. You are taken along on their journey through the rainforest of Indonesia and their treacherous hikes on their quest for the perfect surfing destination.

Posted later : I was cruising around looking for more info on Timmy Turner and sadly there is bad bad news. He had to get brain surgery last december following a disease he caught in Mexico. He is now recovering slowly. You can show your love and support here.

Winner of a 2006 Brand New Award - the world’s largest start-up competition in the sporting goods industry – Banshee Riverboards creates an entirely  new board  sport that doesn’t require a boat or gas. Check out their website to see how it works in the video gallery!

The bungee systems from Banshee are unlike anything ever seen on the river before. One end of the bungee system is anchored to any stationary object along the side of the river and you simply use the river current against the bottom of the board to stretch the Bungee System.

After riding 200 feet at 30 miles per hour, the board releases from the Bungee System allowing the rider to carve turns and do all kinds of board tricks: big spins, massive ollies, shuv-it’s, and kick flips, just to name a few. Experienced riders can launch off river features and surf the endless waves created by the river. And best of all, everyone lives near a river!  Use yours!!