we have a winner...

.... thanks to Thalia Surf and Drift Magazine for a sweet promo.... congrats to Josh Kleppinger and Scott Gray - winners are grinners

aaaah.... August

.... another month clocked up... another day closer to spring.... here are some of the good things happening in August:

Crux Surf giveaway... purchase any Critical Slide tee online at Crux Surf this month to score a free TCSS trucker.. win/win



Drift Magazine... one month left to score a discount at Thalia when you sign up to support Independent Surf Journalism. Our friends over at Drift Surfing have put together a killer goodie bag with a tee, a surf film, some discounts at Thalia surf shop all in the name of keeping the lights on, the bills paid and allowing good content and features to continue to be pushed out.

Hit the pic below to go straight to the sign up page:





Wax Off.... last but not least a bunch of surf bums are holding an exhibition at the Green-Wood Gallery in Melbourne and sponsored by the good folk at Empire Ave. All of the crew exhibiting work in the surf industry in it's various forms and consider themselves surfers/artists/wage slaves in that order.

Opening night is August 12th and should be a packed house. This has been put together by Xavier Davies who spends his spare time over at Reef with contributions by:
Ben Waters
Luke Morrell
Ryan Heywood
Ben Brown
Dave Bowers
Nick Morris
Lee Vaiese
Luke Taafe

... amongst other talented crew

limited edition magazine available for keeps

free stuff!!

TCSS has a couple of promos on the go at the moment to help you get into some free gear - that's gotta be handy.

SurfStitch are giving away a TCSS "Chief" trucker cap with every purchase of Critical product.... just enter the code "CRITICAL" at the checkout for your top hat.

Click on the pic below to go to the promo




Also feeling mighty generous are the guys at Thalia Surf & Drift Magazine. They are giving away a 6'6" Egg which we are covering with one of our Fish Finger board bags. The lucky winner also gets a selection of TCSS threads. Runner up gets a Green Eggs board bag & a tee, 3rd place gets you a pair of boardies & a cap. Not bad!

Hit the pic below to go to the contest page... good luck

eyes were made for seeing

Nathan Oldfield shares what makes him tick in this great article in Drift.

Thoughtful & beautiful... just like the man himself really