Northcore Team rider Lewis Clinton wins 2009 UK Oakley Pro Junior

After a close battle during the three Events, Northcore Team rider, Lewis Clinton secured the overall win of the Pro Junior series of surf comps 2009. The awards ceremony was held on the 15^th November at Fistral Blu Bar in Newquay, where Clinton picked up his trophy.

Northcore spokesman said “We're stoked for Lewis securing this prestigious win. He's a great surfing talent and the award is well deserved”

Lewis Clinton has been on the Northcore team since 2008. He is a talented British Junior Team member based in Newquay, Cornwall and although he is only in his teens he has a wealth of experience and skill. Lewis has already travelled extensively to the testing grounds of Hawaii and to locations like Ecuador, Barbados and California. Here he's surfed more challenging waves whilst watching and learning from some of the best surfers in the world.

The Pro-Junior Events took place this year at the Saltrock Pro Croyde, The XPY Fistral, and the Animal Pro at Fistral. These events work in association with UK Pro Surf Tour which was established a decade ago to raise the profile of British Surfing across the UK by highlighting the quality of surf conditions and locations across the country, providing a platform for surfers and sponsors to raise their profile in the surfing industry and to help raise the performance level of British Surfers

For more information visit:

www.northcore-europe.com

http://www.ukprosurf.com/

Northcore website was down for 24 hours

Apologies to all of our customers, as our website was down for approx 24 hours this week after being attacked by spammers (b**tards), which subsequently left Google flagging the site until we fixed the code. Which is now all done and we're back and running as normal :)

Arrival of brand new 2010 leashes

The ALL NEW Northcore "Pit" leash arrived at the warehouse last week and is now available on the shelves. The leass is a high spec piece of kit designed for use in waves up to the 6ft+ range. It has a 7mm urethane cord, with double swivel steel bearings. Its the top of the range,
available in 6, 7, 8, 9ft lengths

Double swivel

Superior strength 7mm cord

Easy release padded cuff. Super strong velcro fastening

Clear cord with coloured core. Colours vary (red, white, black or white)

Key pocket and detachable railsaver

Lewis Clinton takes second at XPY Pro-Junior

Lewis takes a second in the finals of the Pro-Junior Final:

This weekend, The Oakley XPY Pro Junior exploded onto North Fistral beach with competitors and spectators alike greeted with sunshine and head high fun waves!

All surfers & spectators stunned by the debut of the new digital clock system, an automatic countdown timer for surfers in their heats. Also, on the horizon, a large Oakley Buoy, to mark out the contest area & to the give the event an ASP world tour feel!

The climax of the afternoon's was the Pro Junior Final. The surfing was at an exceptional level, with Jayce Robinson taking the win, with Lewis Clinton taking second place, third place Alex Baker from Croyde & forth place young Harry Timson from Newquay.

Waveriders wins 2009 Surfer Poll Best Documentary

Waveriders featuring Northcores Ambassador Richie Fitzgerald won the 2009 Surfer Poll award for Best Documentary at last nights awards in California.



The judges verdict was "While each of the documentaries offered a window into gripping stories from within the world of surf, Waveriders' take on surf culture from an Irish perspective may have been the most gripping and artful story of the bunch."

Well done guys

Richie Fitzgerald nominated for "Surfer Poll" Award

SURFER Magazine has announced the Video Award nominees fo the 37th annual SURFER Poll and Video Awards presented by American Suzuki and Ultimate Wave Tahiti. For the first time ever, five of the top Video Awards winners will be selected by a jury of surf film experts including major surf filmmakers, World Champion surfers, members of the SURFER Magazine editorial staff, and additional respected industry leaders.



The awards will take place in California on Tues 15th Sept and Northcore Ambassador Richie Fitzgerald has been nominated under the "Heavy Water" Category. We've not seen the other movies nominated but theres no way they can compared with the final sequence in Waveriders with Richie and tow partner Gabe Davies, tackling a massive Irish swell which defined heavy! (the footage above was from a smaller day!) Good luck guys

Heavy Water Nominees

• Todd Morcom (Storm Surf)
• Nathan Fletcher (Lavese Las Manos)
• Richard Fitzgerald, Gabe Davies, Alstair Mennie, Duncan Scott (Waveriders)
• Dylan Longbottom (Still Filthy)

Dirt Flirt Girly Camp

This years Dirt Flirt Mountain boarding girly camp hosted by Boardology.co.uk was held in Cheshire and Northcore we're pleased to help out with a few prizes for the end ceremony.

The camp set up by Alli Carter of Boardology was established to introduce girls to mountainboarding, from novices through to advance riders improving their technique.

Sounds like it was a great event!

Whats Richie Fitzgerald been up to this month?

As always Richie Fitzgerald, Northcore's brand Ambassador has been a busy man, heres just a few of the things hes been up to recently:

• Stella Magazine have put Richie as the 6th Hottest "must have item" this summer!
• The Irish Examiner features Richie on the front cover of their Weekend magazine with a full interview
• He completed a photo shoot with Aaron Pierce recently to be featured in Carve Magazine
  

Lewis Clinton features on "Subway" poster

Here at Northcore we remain impartial when it comes to endorsing other companies so this blog isnt a shout out to eat at "Subway"! however Northcore rider Lewis Clinton is currently featuring on a Subway promotional poster in the South West of England for a chance to win VIP tickets to boardmasters in Newquay in Aug... so its worth checking out for chance to watch Lewis in action competing in the event

Northcore East Coast Drift

The Annual Northcore Boardriders sponsored East Coast Drift surf competition was held this weekend Saturday 11th July. The event was open to all Lincolnshire Surf club members and was held in almost perfect conditions at Sandilands beach, Sutton on Sea. Competitors from all over Lincolnshire took part surfing under sunny blue skys, on clean 2-3ft waves. Of the fourteen surfers who competed four made the final with the eventual top three winners being 1st, Ed Firth (Louth), 2nd Richard Ward (Grimsby) and 3rd Simon Needham (Alford).

East Coast Drift surf comp this weekend

The Northcore sponsored East Coast Drift surf comp
is to go ahead this Sat 11th July. After a long spell of poor North Sea wave conditions the event scheduled for Easter is to run this weekend with a 3ft groundswell and light offshores expected.

Latest independant Northcore product review

Check out the latest independant Northcore product review for our surfboard/ SUP carry sling. The test and review was conducted by SUP Global.com

For the full review click on the link below:

http://www.supglobal.com/stand-up-paddle/reviews/129-northcore-stand-up-paddle-board-sling.html

Lewis Clinton makes Quarters at Gul Open

Big up to Lewis Clinton for making the Open quarter finals at last weekends Gul event at Fistral Beach

*image Copyright: Les Clinton

Trees for Jet skis: Big wave Tow-in Jet ski goes Carbon Neutral

Northcore made the announcement today that they are extending their annual CO2 offsetting program to cover the Jet ski (Personal Watercraft- PWC) used by their brand Ambassador Richie Fitzgerald, by neutralising its annual Carbon emissions by investing in a tree adoption and re-forestation scheme.

Northcore spokesman said of the Jet ski- initiative “Richie Fitzgerald and his tow-in partner, Gabe Davies have a Jet-ski on permenant standby on Ireland's West coast which they use for charging some of the biggest waves on the planet at places like Aileens in Co Clare.

However the use of Jet Skis can pose a moral environmental dilema for tow-in teams worldwide. Its no secret that the use of Jet Skis isn't the most eco-friendly addition to the surfing way of life, so until a viable “green” alternative to internal combustion for PWC's is available these vehicles and the emissions they create will remain in the line ups as essential equipment for chasing down monster waves. So Northcore in conjunction with Richie have taken the decision to offset the annual CO2 emmissions of his and Gabe's PWC by extending our tree planting scheme administered by the Dutch based organisation, Climate Neutral Group.

The CO2 offsetting is based upon the annual fuel usage for Richie's Jet ski which creates approximately 1.28 tonnes of CO2 and it requires 64 mature rainforest trees to offset this emmission. These trees are growing in a re-forestation scheme in Malaysia and through the adoption programme both offset the PWC's CO2 and allow continued investment in the scheme with the planting of new trees extending the project”

Richie Fitzgerald says of his Jet ski going Carbon neutral “Jet Skis are a ‘necessary evil’ in the pursuits of big waves, so I am really delighted to be working with Northcore on their initiative to offset the annual emissions of our ski .”

The Climate Neutral group are in permanent partnership with the FACE foundation who manage the reforestation project in the forests of Sabah in the Malaysian part of Borneo. Here the forests are being seriously damaged by intensive and large-scale logging. The area has become overgrown with lianas, preventing the natural re-growth of most trees. The FACE foundation set up a project to recover the damaged tropical rainforest by planting trees and through sustainable management. Left to its own devices the rainforest would not be able to return to its original state. Besides extracting a volume of CO2 from the atmosphere each year, this project is preserving the outstanding biodiversity of the area. Moreover, the project provides jobs for local people in tourism, research and nature management.


For more information on Climate Neutral Group and it’s projects visit:
www.climateneutralgroup.com

Richie Fitzgerald joins Northcore

You may have noticed from the Northcore website updates that Richie Fitzgerald, big wave surfer, has become the Northcore Brand Ambassador. We are stoked to have Richie on the team, his abilities both paddling and towing into some of the planets largest and heaviest waves in the cold waters of Irelands North West coast have secured him a place as one of the worlds elite group of big wave riders so we are proud to be working with him.

check out his Northcore page here fro more info:

www.northcore-europe.com/richie_fitzgerald_northcore_ambassador.htm

Photo shoot

Surfers in Ireland are some of the most welcoming in the world but show some respect when surfing their breaks as consequences for anyone who drops in may be damaging!!

....This is one of the pictures from a recent Kathrin Baumbach photo shoot with Ritchie Fitzgerald. For more on her work visit www.kathrinbaumbach.com and for Richie www.richiefitzgerald.com

Lewis Clinton Wins Saltrock open

A Big shout out to Lewis Clinton for winning the Saltrock Open in Croyde this weekend:

"The UK Pro surf tour got off to a flying start with great weather and good surf conditions. Starting the day with a small but clean 1-2ft the waves built to a solid 3-4ft by the afternoon. Spectacular surfing from Lewis Clinton from Newquay helped him clinch the pro junior final. 2^nd was Luis Eyre followed closely by Jayce Robinson and Toby Donachie"

Saltrock Open 2009 Croyde

Kathleen Spears will be in action at this years Saltrock Open- Northcore wish her all the best for a great event

Saltrock open
Stop No 1 of 9 on 2008 UK PST
Croyde Beach, North Devon
23 - 25 May 2009

Win a Northcore Surfboard: Wavelength comp

This month Wavelength Surf mag are running a comp to win a Northcore mini-mal. Check out the latest issue online http://www.wavelengthmag.co.uk/

or grab a copy to enter the comp.

World Juniors- Winners announced

Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Ecudador.

Team Australia wins fifth Team Gold medal - Dean Bowen (Aus), Tyler Wright (Aus) and Keanu Asing (Haw) win individual gold medals.
Team Hawaii places second, Brazil third, USA fourth and France, fifth

Quiksilver World Junior surfing championships begin

Salinas, Ecuador -- The Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships returned to Playas de la FAE today for the second day of competition. Girls Under 18 made their grand debut, running all 24 heats of round one at the secondary contest site – a right and left beach break on the south end of the beach.

Contest organizers also held the remaining heats of round one and all of round two for Under 18 Boys at the main contest site at the point. The surf was two to three feet in the morning but steadily rose throughout the day to a solid four-to-five feet by the afternoon.

Gabi Rowe and Karma Worthington kept the Great Britain team in the main rounds, taking second place in their heats. Many of the team’s Boys Under 18 surfers made it through round one but were unable to advance through round two and must now battle it out in the grueling repercharge rounds.

Best of luck from Northcore to all of Team GB

*photo ISA/Lobo

Lewis Clinton makes finals of Barbados Open

The Barbados Surfing Association recently held their first event of 2009, the open surf series at South Point. Lewis Clinton entered the under 21 boys division competing in 2-4ft waves. Lewis scored an excellent 3rd placing overall.

World Junior Surf championships 2009

Both Lewis Clinton and Kathleen Spears will be joining the British Junior team in Ecuador at the end of this month for the World Junior Surfing Championships and we'd like to wish the guys the very best of luck. Heres some more info on the event:

Upcoming: The Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship

From March 28 to April 5 the waves of the Playa de las FAE in Salinas, Ecuador, will host the greatest junior surfing event in the world: the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.

More than 200 of the best athletes of about 30 different countries will be competing for one of the greatest honors to which a junior surfer can aspire: a podium in an International Surfing Association (ISA) event. The ISA is the World Governing Authority of Surfing and all its disciplines, recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

The event will crown the world champions in the categories Boys Under 18, Boys Under 16 and Girls Under 18, as well as the World Junior Champion nation, after the results of all its participants have been added. Each team will be represented by four members in each of the categories; therefore, a complete team will be composed of twelve athletes.

Salinas is a beach resort located 136 km from Guayaquil, the second largest city in Ecuador. Its main and most renown surfing spot is the Playa de las FAE (FAE meaning Ecuadorian Air Force, for its initials in Spanish) will be the event scenario.

The wave is a long, perfect and consistent left-leaning point break that maintains the good shape in swells of up to 8 feet. The beach acquired fame after the World Surfing Games were held there in 2004.

Northcore Pro-pockets features in French surf magazine

The Northcore Pro-Pockets heated neoprene sports belt features in Trip Surf, one of Frances biggest surf mags this month. Check it out here:

http://www.trip-surf.com/jeu-concours.html

check out Kathleen Spears latest blog entries from the North Shore

"...the last few days on the north shore have been probably some of my best yet, its been crazy! The waves have been absolutely pumping!"

http://www.kathleenspears.com/html/hawaiian_blog.html

Kathleen Spears in Oahu

Follow Kath's adventures in Hawaii on her blog:

http://www.kathleenspears.com/html/hawaiian_blog.html

Kathleen Spears selected for World Surf Games

Congrats to team Rider Kath Spears who has been selected for the team going to the World Surf Games in Equador late March early April 2009. Right now as part of her training she is on the Northshore of Oahu, wisely avoiding the sub-zero British weather!