Golden Rules Of Stand Up Paddling

Posted by Dana on March 20, 2013 in Surf | Leave a comment

When learning how to Paddle your SUP there are a few thing you need to keep in mind.

The Golden Rules of Stand Up Paddling:

  1. Plant your blade fully in the water before you start to pull.
  2. Always assume the ready position when paddling. Feet shoulder width apart, Knees bent and back strait. 
  3. Use your core muscles to paddle. When paddling correctly you will should be using the muscles in you legs, core and arms. 
  4. Keep you board steady - It helps to keep your muscles in you feet and legs engaged.
  5. Most of all HAVE FUN!

 

 

 

Quiksilver Syncro Wetsuit

Posted by gufrocks on February 8, 2013 in Staff Interests, Surf | Leave a comment

Quiksilver Syncro

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Everyone knows that Quiksilver makes the best action industry apparel; but not everyone knows of the new Quiksilver SYNCRO Wetsuits.

What could make the SYNCRO 18% more flexible than traditional entry-level wetsuits?  The answer is in the 100% Hyperstretch 3.0 material.  When you move the Quiksilver Syncro Wetsuit stretches with you.  When you get into the water from now on, get into the Quiksilver SYNCRO Wetsuit!

Garrett McNamara – 100 ft wave?

Posted by Dana on January 29, 2013 in General, Surf | Leave a comment

If you where impressed by Garrett  McNamara before you going to love this. On January 28th McNamara returned to Nazaré and surfed what appear to be 100 foot wave. When the wave size is verified it could possible break his previous Guinness World Record  by 10-20 feet.

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Letty Nowak’s “The Faces Of Surfing”

Posted by Dana on September 6, 2012 in Staff Interests, Surf | Leave a comment

Artist Letty Nowak “Faces Of Surfing” collection will be showcased  at the Surf Expo September 6-8 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. To learn more about Letty and the her exhibit watch the video or visit the Surf Expo Website.

10,000 Lakes Open – Wakesurf National Championship

Posted by Dana on August 7, 2012 in Events, Surf, Wake | 4 Comments

The Annual Midwest’s Wake Surf Competition will be going down August 17-19th, 2012 in Long lake, Mn. Registration is now open and make sure to sign up soon as they are only accepting 75 riders. Get the sign up form here. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY AUGUST 13TH, 2012

Schedule:
Friday, August 17: morning- prelims  Dinner: Red Roster
Saturday: Finals Saturday night: After Party at Red Rooster
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The Devil and the Seven Ghosts

Posted by gufrocks on July 30, 2012 in Funny, General, Staff Interests, Surf | Leave a comment

This looks like more fun than a lot of things.

Legendary Surfer: John Heath “Doc” Ball

Posted by gufrocks on July 18, 2012 in General, Staff Interests, Surf | Leave a comment

It has been over a decade since John Heath “Doc” Ball passed.  He surfed through the Great Depression because the waves were free, shot some of the first surf photos, and stood the test of time on his surf and skateboards.  His legend lives on – live a healthy lifestyle, think freely, and know youth is a mindset.

Monster Children Magazine- Team Average

Posted by Dana on July 9, 2012 in Skateboarding, Staff Interests, Surf | Leave a comment

At 2pm on a rainy Thursday in March we loaded Kevin Terpening, Dylan Rieder, Sammy Winter, Dane Reynolds, Austyn Gillette, Warren Smith and Craig Anderson into a pair of Hyundai Bongo Vans and drove them up the east coast of Australia. One thousand clicks were covered and what could be skated and surfed, was skated and surfed by everyone. The team camped in Forster, Taree and Crescent Head. The Yamba Pub was trashed and Warren coined the term 'skurf.' It was good. This is the result put together by our good friends at Marine Layer.

Every Third Thursday – Surfboard Snowboard Hybrid

Posted by Dana on January 24, 2012 in General, Snowboarding, Staff Interests, Surf | 1 Comment

Since June of 2010 Signal Snowboards Every Third Thursday has been pushing the limits of snowboard design. Creating such masterpieces as the Fender Bass Board, The iShred or The Skullcandy Boombox Board. The guys at Signal Snowboard are defiantly on to something.

Great Lake Surfer Arrested: 'Surfing is not a crime'

Posted by Dana on January 19, 2012 in General, Staff Interests, Surf | Leave a comment

 

On Jan 17th, 2012 local artist and Lake Michigan surfer, Rex Flodstrom, was arrested for surfing his home break, near the Oak Street Beach in Chicago.  As Rex came out of the frigged waters the police handcuffed him and confiscated his surfboard. Flodstrom was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of violating the Park District’s Ordinance’s and one count of  being in the park after hours.

When the Chicago surfer was asked was the session worth the jail time, he laugh. “Yeah, it was actually pretty good…for the lake. But yeah, if I were able to surf my home spot and go take a hot shower, then it would’ve been a great session. But if I’d had known that I would be arrested and would have to spend four hours in a holding cell in a freezing wetsuit, then I probably wouldn’t have paddled out… It made me feel like the world is going a little crazy.”

The news of his arrest spread quickly on Twitter even Even Kelly Slater had a few words to say.  Hopefully the Judge has a good laugh and and dismisses all charges. Rex’s court date is set for February 16th.

 

 

10,000 lake Wakesurf Open

Posted by Dana on August 10, 2011 in Events, General, Surf | Leave a comment

August 19-20, 2011, on Long Lake, just west of Minneapolis, MN, some of the best wake surfers in the nation will compete for the some of the best cash prizes offered in the wakesurfing world. Currently they have $4,000 cash c for pros division and a lot of great prizes for the amateur divisions To Learn more check out the 10,000 lake wakesurf open facebook page for more info and updates. If you would like enter the competition to compete please fill out the form found Here.

10,000 Lakes Wakesurf Open Divisions August 19-20

Mens Divisions Includes: Pro Surf, Pro Skim, Amateur Skim, Amateur Surf

Women Divisions Includes: Pro Surf, Pro Skim, Amateur Skim, Amateur Surf

Here is a video From Phase 5 Wake Surf Board demonstrating some of the move you will at the 10K Lakes Wakesurf Open

Nike 6.0 Surf Lights Up The Night in San Diego

Posted by Eric Meyers on July 31, 2011 in Surf | Leave a comment

Nike Night Session 5-VIMEOHD from Surf Ride on Vimeo.

The Nike 6.0 surf team had the honors of wrapping up the Chosen Tour last week at San Diego’s Seaside Reef. Keeping with the theme of the tour, the Nike crew set the start time for their new-age demo of sorts for 7 p.m. and when locals who had caught wind of this semi-esoteric session swarmed the beach they were treated a quite a scene.

First on the evening’s itinerary was the conveniently-named and aptly-chosen San Diego rock group Wavves. This threesome has been running up and down the California coast all year, and they’re definitely worth checking out if this is the first you’ve heard of them. They played a set of their favorite songs right on the sand and a few kids were so stoked they were barefoot moshing on the only patch of rocks on the beach.

The surfing was broken down into three heats, and featured some of Nike’s top guys like Dusty Payne, Kai Barger, and Koa Smith nicely complemented by the shredding good looks and snaps of Laura Enever. Paddle battles ensued right from the start, as eager local kids tried to prove themselves in front of the Nike team.

Seaside Reef is located between Del Mar and Encinitas, and only breaks at high tide— making it a perfect evening stop. The sun went down and the sunken lights glowed bright while the brightly-colored beach lights and fog machine made it feel as if everyone was a part of a Nike commercial.

Nike did it big as always, bringing in DJ Vega to drop beats on the beach to follow up the performance from Wavves. They had free tacos in the parking lot, and a station for customizing shirts and shorts. Not to mention the trailer full of little freebies and beverages.

We’re bummed that the Chosen Tour is over, good luck to our fans out there who made the final cut of the video contest. In the mean time, Nike and The House will see you at the Open this week!

House Boardshop's Annual Windsurfing Swap Recap

Posted by Adryan on May 9, 2011 in Gear, General, Staff Interests, Surf | Leave a comment

For as long as the House has been around it has hosted an annual spring-time Windsurfing swap the first weekend of every May. This past weekend new and old fans of Windsurfing from Minnesota gathered on the lawn in front of the showroom to continue the long running tradition.

A big thanks to everyone who came out and participated keeping Windsurfing alive! Be sure to keep a heads out next year as we keep the tradition going!

Check out some of the photo’s from Saturday below: (Click on the image to view larger)

Lake Superior Surfing

Posted by Dana on April 5, 2011 in Staff Interests, Surf | 4 Comments

Lake Superior Surf

Pic of  Ryan and Sean  Surfing North Of Grand Marais, MN

 

Back in 2009 Jamie and Red Bull team decided to start making trips to the Midwest for an upcoming film about surfing the Great Lakes. Which has proven to be a difficult task, three week ago they flew out here and got skunked. The hard part is knowing where and when to be here. The waves on lake superior typically only last a day or two, allowing for a small window of opportunity to get some good surf. When the wind switches offshore you better be In the water, because in a mater of minuets the swell will be gone.

As the low presser system slowly descended on the Midwest a group of surfers (referred to as “kuckleheads” by the locals)  gathered their gear and hit the road. Many people think surfing on the great-lakes is a very dangerous sport, but any Great Lake surfer knows the most dangerous part is the drive to the Lake. Those who left Tuesday night hit rain, ice and white out driving conditions. Some crazy kooks faced a 10 hour drives through a snowstorm just to get to Lake Superior for this swell.

Here is a little video we put together to share with all of you. Hope you enjoy it!

This is normally a beautiful sandy beach

To the left is a pictures of Duluth’s Park Point the day after the storm. The beach had a 15 to 20 wall of ice created  by the storm. To see some more Pics of Lake Superior Surfing visit our Facebook page.

Why Adopt-A-Highway When You Can Plant-A-Forest

Posted by Eric Meyers on March 28, 2011 in Skateboarding, Surf | Leave a comment

Etnies Rainforest

It’s hard to buy a shoe, shirt or deck these days without seeing a little green leaf somewhere on the packaging that says one of several generically green sentences. “Made from water bottles!” “100% biodegradable” “Negative carbon footprint!” These things are all great, really, but there is one label out there who believes in action more than words.

Over the weekend, brand CEO and owner Pierre-André Senizergues, team riders Ryan Sheckler, Kyle Leeper, Chris Del Moro, CJ Kanuha and Benji Weatherly, along with members of the Costa Rican Maleku tribe broke ground on the Etnies Rainforest. Deep in the northern region of Costa Rica, an area that had been ravaged by deforestation received the first of 150 trees that will comprise the rainforest and help maintain the Maleku tribe’s way of life.

The trees come straight from shoe sales in the Etnies Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree program wherein specific shoe purchases buy one of the little saplings that make it into Ryan Scheckler’s hands as he rolls around in the Central American dirt. Globally, Etnies plans on planting 35,000 trees through sales of the Jameson Eco 2.

Coincidentally, we here at The House have a few colorways of the Jameson ourselves. And next time you head down to shred Witch’s Rock or Ollie Point, be sure to swing by the La Reserva Forest Foundation and plant a tree yourself, and maybe your branches will tangle with those of the Etnies Rainforest. Visit Etnies for a more info on the Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree program.