Meet Your Maker

Surfstitch recently quizzed our Creative Director on his inspiration for current and upcoming ranges and the heritage and building of what is now The Critical Slide Society. Have a gander here.

TCSS - Trunk Talk with Stab Mag

Boardshorts are something we're incredibly passionate about here at TCSS, and possibly what we're best known for. A month or so ago, the Stab team visited Rama in his Bali studio to get some insight into our Boardshort design process and maybe score a couple of empty waves. This forms part of their video series called Trunk Talk. Enjoy!

TCSS Demo Daze

Pop on down to our Bondi office next Sunday for Demo Daze with Gato Heroi & Misfit surfboards. The guys will have a swag of slides and glides to sample. The afternoon will kick into a lil Christmas shindig thanks to the Los Tones, Rad Dan, Batlow Cider, Pacifico Beer & Bulleit Whiskey.

A Sample from Thomas Bexon

A couple of minutes with our pal, Thomas Bexon.
Shot and edited by talented fella, Brett Brown who's recently launched sample.tv

Bag for ya online Swag

We're pretty thrilled to finally have some packaging for online store orders. 

Any purchase over $100 now comes bundled up in this sweet cotton canvas swag bag.

You also get a Thank Yew! card to write a lil message. 

Great timing with Christmas on the doorstep huh?

TCSS, your one stop swag shop!

All Neighborhood with Mick Rodgers

Mick Rodger from dust bowl to pleasure dome. Shot and edited by Soren Heil.

CJ Nelson - Down Under

CJ's just returned to the US after spending a month travelling up and down the East Coast of Oz. He spent his weeks testing out his new collaboration Noserider model that he's developed with South Coast Surfboards shaper, Ian Chisholm. Here's CJ giving the new sled a slide. 

Shot and edited by Robbie Warden. 

The Sunshine Co. - Visions of the Inland Sea

Our Spring line, The Sunshine Co. is in stores and online. In the name of quality control we took the new gear into some of the harshest climates known to coastal man. 

It all came up trumps and below is a rendition of how it all unfolded.

'Visions of the Inland Sea' (Find copies at your local TCSS retailer or any cafe that has a barista with a beard)

'An Extract from Visions of the Inland Sea : The Strangest Roo Ee Ever Saw'

Outback out here it’s nothing unusual to drive for days without seein’ another livin soul, and that’s including all critters cos they sure are living and they get soul.

There’s the odd buzzard and sometimes a mob of Roo, but on this day we han’t see hide nor hair of nothing since sun up. 

Pedro gives a ‘hoot’ and plants the brakes and all we can see for a spell is the great cloud of dust we’ve kicked up in stopping. Then a sad moaning starts up, the likes of which I never heard. Rough as a buzzsaw and twice as ear splittin’. Up out the truck we get and the dust is blowing off so we can see the bloody monster what’s makin' the racket. 

First thing to notice is it’s the ugliest Roo I ever saw. It’s ears slopping beside its unlucky mug and big buck teeth to rival me old ladies’ it was over on all fours with misshapin’ looking hind legs that looked like they never done hopping in their whole sorry lives. The poor thing was looking at us with such sad, silly eyes that my first thought was to get me gun and shoot it. 

Put the poor bloody thing out of it’s misery,  but we’d used all the bullets on the cans the other day so there was no helping this thing. 

The other Roo’s must give it hell.

We snap a few pics as proof of the abomination and continue up the road, not looking back.

Pamatatau

Lil clip of TCSS team guy, Pama Davies. Shot and edited by Dane Singleton.

Bespoke TCSS Goods - Watershed Shop, UK

The good guys at Watershed Shop, Newquay UK put together this lil piece from our Bespoke event at their store last month. Thanks again for having us fellas.

Bespoke TCSS Goods - USA

We're off to the USA next week and we're taking our good olde' fabric scissors and sewing machines. It's the next leg of the BESPOKE TCSS GOODS - WORLD TOUR.
If you're not familiar with the concept, basically you get fitted and design your own boardshort alongside a TCSS designer. Choose from 6 fabrics to mix & match!

The dates are as follows;

Thalia Surf, Laguna Beach California - Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th July

Oliver, Kailua Hawaii - Thursday 18th July

Hawaiian South Shore, Honolulu Hawaii - Saturday 19th July

Greenroom, Honolulu Hawaii - Sunday 20th July

To schedule in a pair email: bespoke@thecriticalslidesociety.com

TCSS at Agenda Long Beach

We're off to the US of A next week to peddle our Spring time wares at Agenda Long Beach. Agenda is basically a giant showcase of all brands from across the globe. Stores are invited to flick through your goods and hopefully place orders for Spring 2015. It's happening next Thursday 10th & Friday 11th July. If you're a store and would like to pay us a visit then email us at info@thecriticalslidesociety.com. Wish us luck!

Greenroom Festival - Japan 2014 by Nathan Oldfield

Our good pal, Nathan Oldfield joined us over in Yokohama, Japan for Greenroom Festival's 10th anniversary. This year was their biggest to date with 55,000 visitors. Here's are a selection of his snaps from the event. 

A big thanks to Masa and the Japan team!

Graphics Man Chris on the Bespoke

Bespoke selection

Mick Rodgers

Hoons

Super Busy

Beausoleil

A moody clip featuring Brett Caller riding a Chris Christenson 'Beausoleil'.
Christenson boards available through the good people at The Shop Next Door.

Shot & Edited by Macauley Rae. 

Noosa Festival 14 - Through Super8 (& Digital) Eyes

A super nice clip from the good folks over at Foam Symmetry Magazine.
Featuring a couple of team and others. Definitely worth a watch & feel free to share!

Shot & Edited by Nick Jones.

 

Koalaloha / Day 7

Our last day in the land of loooong point breaks. What fun we have had. It's all been a delicious blur of dreamy slipperies, bonding with friends old and new from near and far, sunburnt smiley faces, sandy bedsheets, cold evening beverages, morning coffees, a little too much pizza, nudie night surfs and other such small but special adventures. It has been a week that reminds us that we are blessed to be surfers and it is good to be alive and breathing. Sincere thanks to the locals who have let us play upon their points. Deep thanks to the Great Spirit who created such sacred playgrounds in the first place and such good humans to share them with. We are stoked and grateful. Best regards to you and yours from Koalaloha.

Koalaloha / Day 6

Following our bliss in sacred playgrounds.