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COME AND SAY HELLO! |
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Manta has recently moved factory just down the road. The new headquarters can be found at 6 Woodfield Blvd, Caringbah NSW 2229. Same suburb, just round the corner! |
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TEAM RIDER TAKES THE CROWN |
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Congrats to George Humphrie,s Manta junior rider on winning the RAW Pro Junior event in Newcastel. A big field was whittled down to just four for the final, but George managed to come out on top and took home the novelty sized cheque for safe keeping. |
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QAB PRO + STATE ROUNDS |
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The 2011 QAB Pro will once again be contested in April along with the first round of the QLD State Titles. Dates are April 1-3 and entry forms can be found on the below links.
Queensland Association of Bodyboarding: www.qabonline.com
Australia Pro Tour Website: http://www.ibaaustralasia.com/site |
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SKIPPER CLAIMS SOME SCALPS AT THE PIPELINE PRO! |
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Major
shout out to Skipp for making it to the quarter finals of the Pipeline Pro IBA event. His smooth style and wave knowledge helped take him through numerous heats against the more 'fancied' competitive bodyboarders. Rumour also has it Skipp may be heading out to Oz to compete as an International wildcard in the Box event! Fingers crossed people, not sure too many people I'd prefer to be seeing scooping into those draining Box pits. |
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MANTA TURNS 25 YEARS OLD |
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Congratulations to young Ian Macdonald for taking out the Manta 25th Anniversary competition. You'll be seeing him shredding on his new sled come all year round!
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How did you spend your Christmas break and what did you do on New Years Eve? With Spencer Skipper |
Holidays have been pretty good over here, lots of sun surf and good times, on new years eve i had to clock in for the city and county of Honolulu and put the lifeguard trunks on, the last evening of 2010 ended with a massive new years feed, and the best fireworks show money could buy with Aka Lyman & family. I woke up early the next morning and brought in the new year with a dawn raid at pipe, in this past week the north shore has really come alive, the best it's been since mid November, so far 2011 has been pretty sweet.
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MANTA TURNS 25 YEARS OLD |
“My first real board was a Manta.” Says Reon Fisher, whilst covered in foam dust in the shaping bay at Manta HQ in the south of Sydney. Reon who is now the Manta shaper speaks the same tune as many of today’s Bodyboarders.
1989 Manta Assassin Model
“I had one of those Bandito boards with the mesh first. The rash that thing used to give me was crazy, I would surf all day through summer and my stomach would be bleeding at the end of the day. The Bandito died after my cousin tried some crazy Eppo inspired air into the pool that broke the middle core. The follow up air broke the mesh spilling broken beads from the board into the pool which eventually broke the pools filter. My cousin got abused by my Uncle and I was left shattered and boardless. Lucky for me Dad was a keen surfer and could feel my pain. Dad took me to the local surf shop and got me the blue Manta “Wingnut” 40”. It was my pride and joy for the following years.” -The year was 1993 and like so many Aussie Bodyboarders his Manta was his first real step into Bodyboarding.
Wingnut 1995
Manta has been an iconic Australian bodyboard brand for 25 years. Starting out in Cronulla in November 1985 in humble surroundings. Manta soon started pushing innovative designs built for the waves in the local area which included the infamous Shark Island that had an abundance of talented locals that were more than happy to test drive the new boards. Manta has always pushed innovative designs right from the get go in the late 80’s until the present day and into the future. Manta has sponsored some of the sports best riders including Ross Hawke, Doug Robson, Dave Ballard, Tim Jones, Adam “Wingnut” Smith, Michael “Eppo” Epplestun, Paul Roach, Ryan Hardy, Mitch Rawlins, Andrew Lester and John Showell plus many others and still today sponsors and will continue to with riders such as Spencer Skipper, Tommy Smith, Brendon Backshall and Taylor Brockman.
Tom Smith 2007
To celebrate Manta’s 25th Silver anniversary we are offering a special “Silver Series” custom board in whatever classic Manta shape you like.
What you need to do to win is.
Head on over to Manta’s Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/mantabodyboards
and become a friend if you’re not already. Then in 25 words or less write on Manta’s wall explaining which was your favorite Manta board ever and why you need it remade. Photos of you and the board will grab you extra points. The winner will be deemed in two weeks time on December 17th. Manta will get in contact with you via Facebook and will arrange to have a new Silver Series model to you in time for the Christmas break.
*Note, this competition only applies to residents of Australia and New Zealand.
Spencer Skipper 2010
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MOVEMBER IS OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR |
Well, the lads did australia proud with their efforts in facial hair grooming, though Im not sure why Reon's moe has a deep colour in the centre, very Charlie Chaplinesque. I hear that we (Australia) have broken last years record of over 20 million raised, which is an awesome achievement. Go us!
Fish
http://au.movember.com/mospace/190037/
http://www.facebook.com/mantabodyboards
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AUSSIE TOUR WRAPS UP |
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Manta riders Tom Smith, Dave Crowley and young gun James Purvis will be up on the Gold Coast battling for the title of this weekend Rebel Sports Pro Tour event at Duranbah beach. Sauturday and Sunday will see a board expo so look out for the Manta tent and say hi. Tom, Dave and James will be on hand for signings throughout the day.
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MOVEMBER |
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Team shaper Reon Fisher is taking part in the 2010 month of movember charity event. For those of you who have been living under a cave for the last tens years, Movember is where you shave your face entirely and attempt to grow the best moustache throughout the month. Proceeds for donations go towards finding a cure for prostate cancer, as well as to battle male depression. To get behind the cause, you can find the donation links for these gentlmen below!
Fish
http://au.movember.com/mospace/190037/
http://www.facebook.com/mantabodyboards
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PAUL JENNAR MEMORIAL FLICKFEST!!!
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The Annual Paul Jennar Memorial flickfest went off with a bang on Friday night, with a packed house off bodyboarders from the central coat and abroad filling Avoca Cinema for a raucous evening of amatuer film-making. Whilst all videos entered were quality (thanks in part to the accesible nature of equipment these days) the two standouts were the elegantly produced Clip from Chad Waldron and the in your face showcase from eventual winner Marty Keyes. Marty exhibited not only some of the more interesting waveriding, but coupled it with some serious headflicking and tirescreaching, tantalising the southern central coast crowd. Clicks should be all over facebook by now so go for a search if you want to check them out. |
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INTRODUCING HAWAIIAN TEAM RIDER NIC DROSE |
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Name?-nic drose
Age?-15
Nicknames?-nic boy/nicster
Hometown?-paia MAUI
Passport Stamps?-none yet
Place you want to go but haven't been yet?-tahiti or cloud9 philipines
Website you most commonly frequent?-facebook or surgebodyboarding.com
Night spot you most commonly frequent?-getting out of the water
Goals and Plans for 2010?-go big and beat halo recon on legendary haha |
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MANTA TOUR COMES TO A CLOSE |
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Skipper and Backshall's east coast tour comes to a closein the beautiful Byron Bay. They've coaxed the movement readers into a bit of wordsmith war to see who can come up with the biggest write-off from this ideo post. Click on movementmag.com for more info |
