Happy New Years from the Catch Surf crew! All the best for 2012!!!
Freeze on New Years
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Jump into the frigid ocean … without a wetsuit?! Are you crazy?
There are plenty of people who will be shrieking and screaming as they rush into the chilly water on the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier at noon on New Years Day, washing off the old and getting a good cleanse for 2012.
Hundreds of people show up on the sand – some wearing wild and wacky costumes – to do the 2012 Surf City Splash, where organizers do a 10-9-8… countdown, and revelers sprint into the water and take a dunk. If you’re super cool you’ll charge it in trunks with your Beater!
Random Pix Wednesday
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Division 71 rider Collin Goddard with a sick air reverse on his Standard 41.5″ Christmas morning. Pic.Goddard
Naki with another sick carve on the Airglide surfboard at Upper Trestles a few weeks ago.
Naki’s son Noah with the sick dropknee style on the Division 71 Shaka back home on the island of Kauai.
Unidentified grom getting a sick pit at Salt Creek on the Division 71 Super Deluxe 39″ Christmas Eve morning. Pic.Mokitom.com
East Coast Division 71 rider Ricky Miller bottom turning on a pretty thick looking double up in North Carolina. Ricky says ” the Super Deluxe board is all time for the East Coast winter conditions!” Pic.Goat
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Jared Sislin capturing a rad picture of Johnny Redmond on the Airglide a few weeks back.
D71’s Chris Monroe carving it up on the Super Deluxe Christmas Eve morning. Pic. Jared Sislin
Mr. Sampson of Dana Hills High posing with our Beater dart board and his cousin Joe with his sweet new custom stamped Super Deluxe 39″.
Little Jake Carver on his Super Deluxe 39 in a nuggety pit Christmas morning. Pic.Jared Sislin
Aperture Hunters winner
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Our first ever Aperture Hunters is in the books and everyone was stoked on all the photos from the 3 junior hunters! In the end it was Jared Sislin edging out the win with 130 votes. With the success of our first Aperture Hunters, I am sure there is going to be more of them in the future, so start posting your Catch Surf pix on our Facebook Page and maybe you can be featured in the next one!
The winner, Jared Sislin.
Jared capturing a sick one of Johnny on the Odysea 45″ a couple weeks back.
Sean Collins R.I.P.
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
The surfing community mourns after yesterdays loss of Sean Collins. Collin’s advancement in surf science and wave forecasting made him one of the most influential surfer’s of our time. Our thought’s go out to the Collin’s family.
Christmas Beater Bash Edit
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011Check out this cool little edit Mike Williams from K-Coast made of the 2nd Annual Christmas Beater Bash that went down this past weekend in Ocean City, Maryland. The riders in this video are hardcore as the water was freeezzzziiiinnngggg. Big thanks to Ryan Savage, Danny Ritz, Mike Williams and K-Coast surfshop for making it happen!
Aperture Hustlers (Kyle Ortiz)
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
For today’s blog we decided to give some love to three local junior photographers that help make the daily blog sick by snapping pix of people using Catch Surf gear. All three of these groms are in high school and get some pretty sweet shots. Please check out all the photos below from the three Aperture Hustlers and click the “LIKE” button below the photographers work you like most. The photographer with the most likes by December 27th will get a Catch Surf t-shirt, hat and blog bragging rights. Hahahaha. No matter how the votes go, all these kids are getting insane at photography and we just want to show them some support.
Kyle Ortiz is a student at Aliso Viejo High and when not shredding his Beater or skimboard he usually shooting photos of surfers, skimboarders and bodyboarders. Click the LIKE button below this first post to vote for Kyle’s work.
How’s this glassy afternoon skim shot Kyle captured of Catch Surf team rider Morgan Just.
Shot 1 of a backflip sequence of Division 71’s Cody Cook.
Kyle getting the perfect crisp angle of Cody flipping out.
Look at that style by Cody.
Not only does Kyle shred behind the lens, he also kills it on the Beater. Kyle (in the white jersey) took 5th in our 2nd Annual Battle of the Beater this past summer.
Kyle’s shot of pro skimboarder Blair Conklin with stylish shorebreak floater on the Catch Surf Y-Quad.
Cool sunset pic of D71’s Collin Goddard with the Catch Surf trucker hat.
