Shop to shop and spot to spot, Body Glove tours up the California coast in the BG RV. From the South Bay of LA, to where the city meets the sea in San Francisco, and everywhere in between.
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Jelenga Beach — In a riveting 30 minute duel in epic conditions on the final day of the O’Neill Freak of the Reef Challenge at Yoyos Bay in West Sumbawa, Bali’s Raditya Rondi aggressively took charge of the solid 6 foot plus waves and posted a string of impressive scores to best fellow Bali ripper Pepen Hendrik, adding a second West Sumbawa trophy sword to his trophy collection and receiving a winners check for Rp 15 million ($1,600 USD), proving he was indeed the “Freak of the Reef.â€
Raditya won the previous West Sumbawa Coca-Cola ISC sanctioned event held in 2009, and was … More
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Less than three months after it opened the doors to its new permanent home in North Devon, the Museum of British Surfing has scooped a major national award. It won the prize for being the best collection in the UK put together on a small budget, in the inaugural Collections Management Awards run by the Collections Trust – an independent charity that has been helping museums get the best out of their collections for more than 30 years.
Nick Poole, Collections Trust Chief Executive said: “We are delighted that the Museum of British Surfing has been awarded the ‘Collections on a Budget’ Award. Our judges were impressed by … More
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29 June 2012, Jelenga Beach, West Sumbawa:  Day Two of the O’Neill Freak of the Reef Challenge got started with the Women’s Division contestants paddling out at Yoyos to decide who would be victor. At the end of the 25-minute final it was Michaela Partin of the USA who paddled in as the Women’s “Freak of the Reef†winner over second place Salini Reggannis of Java and third place Alia of Kalimantan.
“I feel really lucky to have won here today,†admitted Partin. “I’ve never … More
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