Hybrid Freestyle!

Hey longboarders, Finley Wegener is back from New Caledonia, unforyunately without footage.
The Hybrid 35 Freestyle has been started, it has become a very large production. I spent 5 HOURS just doing the intro. We are still shooting for all the freestyle vids (including the Hybrid one) but I'm looking at starting the editing on the Torpedo and Derringer videos next week.
Our old friend RAIN has come back and is eliminating skate spots as I write this, the Australian summer heat is a problem to. Even our rain-resource spot, the underground carpark from 'Time to Seek the Lord!' video is un-skateable thanks to a new Cafe that moved in above it that apperently doesn't like the noise of sliding.
We have all been working on some new tricks for the next videos; I have been improving my ramp, Joe has been working on his airs and Harry his downhill/sliding.
New boards may be coming in to the SSL family around Christmas, such as an Orginal Apex 37 2011, Comet Voodoo D2 and Comet Grease Shark.
As well as all of that, we have been getting requests for trick tips. Most of those requests will be filled, some of the ones we will be doing are; How to Shuvit Heavy Boards, Tips on Converting Tricks to Heavy Boards and How to Air on a Nose-less Tail-less Board.

_Finley

New News

Whats up longboarders.
Soon there might be a break in our media posts because Finley (our blog writer) will be leaving for New Caledonia. Although there will be a break, Surf Skate Longboard has a lot on the horizon, like the Freestyle series, a unnamed video starring Harry Turner and Sam Tickner, maybe even a Surf Skate Longboard 2010 skateboarding video. This December we may also be widening our horizons to a new rider, Khan Gleeson, who is starting to ride. Also, there will be footage being shot in New Cal. for the Freestyle series/2010 skateboarding.

Session Review- Fin's Trip to Goomeri

Whats up longboarders, this week I traveled to the small town of Goomeri, for family reasons, but ended up spending most of the time skating. Goomeri and the surrounding towns are not longboarder-friendly, with rough roads and weak skateparks, if any. Ditches can be found here and there, and there are not many skateparks in the surrounding towns. I found 2. I do not recommend making this region a skate priority, the roads beat up you board if you stack, falling at 1kph can give you roadrash and the locals can be kinda freaky.
Overall, its not the best place to skate, but will suffice if you need to go there.

-Finley Wegener

Footnote- while in Goomeri I failed to film or shoot any shots whatsoever, so there are no new shots coming.

Preview to the New Series!

Whats up longboarders, on our channel now there is a new video! This is the preview to the new Freestyle Series that we are doing. Each video in the series will be focused on a certain board, and how it handles in freestyle. Check out the new preview here. Or below-


- Finley Wegener

Magpies at Cooroy Skatepark!

Lately there have been several reports from sources such as the kindergarteners across the road, the asian chip guy and others that reside in the area, that a pair of MAGPIES have built a nest above the hip. Finley Wegener witnessed these birds practice a nasty attack on two little kids. The good news is that these magpies seem to have kept most scooter riders away! Although there is now another reason to where a helmet, at least most scooter riders have been chased away.

Sesh Review, Photos Up Soon!

Whats up longboarders, yesterday Harry and Fin took off for a sesh at the good ol' Cooroy Skatepark. We carved some waves, landed some backside shuvits, slammed some bonelesses and overall shredded up the empty park. Later Joe turned up, he had a quick skate and then we all resided back at the Girvan house.

Photos up Soon!

Hey

Hey guys, sorry there haven't been any posts recently. It's been raining, so no sessions, Finley got some red springs, we put the S8s on Joes derringer and the S6s on the hybrid. Might do a review on that later. Just wanted to post this so nobody thought we abandoned the blog.

What do You Want?

Our video for the comp is up and we're pretty happy with it. I don't know if loaded has seen it yet they haven't replied. At the moment we are looking at ways to make the blog better, if you have any ideas for this tell us about it in the comments.

Edited Ramp Manual

A while ago I uploaded the Ramp Manual photo. Well I finally edited it.

Loaded Video contest and News

Whats up longboarders, we have recently of entered the Loaded Video Contest, and the video is almost finished. We didn't have much new footage so we are using footage from old videos and some unseen stuff. It's raining allot at the moment and our favorite underground carpark is full of electricians so there hasn't been much skating going on. Recently Joe and I went to hill climb to shoot, we got some OK photos and video. The session wasn't that filling though so we went to our backup hill and got the photo above. I spent almost a week editing this and god I'm glad I did.

The New Video is Up!

After days of waiting, it's finally here! Sea monkeys, a Cruising Video is live at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0PIKPqfhco . Don't forget to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss our next one!

Stupid Rain... And an Update!

Whats up longboarders, the rain is PELTING down at the moment and ruling out any skateboarding so session description- NONE. We are hoping it will dry up this Sunday though because there's a downhill race at our local hill, its blocked off to cars and super awesome. This hill is where we shot Longboarding Noosa Hill Climb and its remake. The video will be up soon, the quality just went bad so I'm trying to fix it. We got new photo editing software! Although its only a trial I think I have convinced my dad to buy us the full version. Nothing is really going on but keep waiting and pray the rain stops! PLEASE!!

-Finley Wegener

Another Logo

Here's another logo I have made with the help of Ryan Heywood.

New Video Coming Up

Whats up longboarders, there's a new video at the editing stage. Its going to be part of the Surf Hero Chronicles, it features longboarding at the Cooroy Skatepark and some carving/freestyle at the Noosa River. It'll be called 'Last Chance' or 'Sea Monkeys'. One of the perks of being a follower of our blog is that you can view exclusive photos. Here are four from our new video, enjoy!

Your Opinion on a Logo

Hey longboarders, just wanted to get your opinion on a logo I was just messing around with.

Original Skateboards Surf Hero Chronicles- Surf Hero Breaks 100 Views!

 Our best video, Original Skateboards Surf Hero Chronicles- Surf Hero has finally broken 100 views! this video is the first of the Surf Hero Chronicles. It was originally going to be a hybrid-only video but we had too much good torpedo footage.
If you haven't seen it already, check it out at this link.


Original Skateboards Surf Hero Chronicles- Surf Hero
-Finley Wegener

Logos

Whats up longboarders, if you haven't seen it already this is the Surf Skate Longboard logo.

We think its good, but a little plain. If any of you have any ideas for a better one, tell us in the comments. I talked to Eli Williams (from NYC Longboarding) and he said he would ask their tee shirt designer Sam Wadsworth.

Harry Turner Pre-Grab

This photo features the awesomeness of Harry Turner, local skater and longboarder of Cooroy (Surf Skate Longboard's home base).

This is What its All About

This video has a special place in my heart because this is the video that got me into longboarding. The day i met Harry Turner and Joe Girvan Harry told me about Original Skateboards. That night I watched this video and found myself buying a hybrid the next week.

-Finley Wegener

NYC Longboarding

Whats up longboarders, I was checking out some blogs today and I found the NYC longboarding blog. NYC Longboarding is all about the surf style and spreading the Push Culture throughout New York City. As I read through the posts I began to think, ''Hey, these guys are doing the same as us!". So I contacted Eli Williams at NYC Longboarding and asked him about teaming up and making a video. He was stoked with the idea, so that will be happening in the future. But anyway, go check out their blog, its really cool and keep a lookout for a new video!


To make sure you find the video subscribe to our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/longboarder8899
Check out NYC longboarding at
http://longboardingnyc.blogspot.com/


-Finley Wegener

Help With a New Template

Here at Surf Skate Longboard we want to present our media to you in the best way possible, thats what this post is all about. When I made this blog i wanted to use a compilation of photos or an image as our background, but i wasn't that sure. For a better blog, please give us some tips on how to make a custom template.

-Finley Wegener

Harry Turner at the Cooroy Skatepark

For these photos we followed Harry to his home park, in Cooory.

The series of photos shown here are few of many taken on this day,

these are the best. I have tried to capture every trick that the original

album had. These include boardslides, 50-50s, pre-grabs and

bonelesses.

Which one is best according to you?

-Finley Wegener

Finley Wegener- Ramp Manual. Photo by Joeseph Girvan

Finley Wegeners ramp manual- I uploaded this photo because the lighting is perfect coming off my helmet and onto my blue shirt and jeans. Large credit to Joeseph Girvan, a budding photographer, for setting this shot up.

- Finley Wegener

Skate Crew Photo

This is the skate crew, in the middle is Finley Wegener, to the left is Harry Turner and on the right Joe Girvan.

This photo was taken after the crew finished making the Half Pipe.

-Finley Wegener