Showing posts with label The Critical Slide Society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Critical Slide Society. Show all posts

Monday, June 11, 2012

9' & single 2012

Last year's inaugural 9' & Single surf fest at Deus, Bali was a low-key, one day blast of mayhem, mates and Monty. One snapped board, one dislocated shoulder and no hard feelings. It went so well they've decided to stretch it to a 3 day extravaganza of surf, art, movies and music and who are we to resist such a line up of entertainment?



 

Friday night Deus start things rolling with internationally acclaimed Californian movie maker and photographer, Jack Coleman, sharing some of his home movies. They include Bali’s premiere of POLYESTER and HAPPY BEACH. It’s all gonna happen on the Deus bed sheet in the back yard. Grab your rug and spread out on the lawn for an evening under the stars.

 Saturday we start early with the ‘Deus Inaugural Fish Fry’. We’re inviting people to come to Tugu beach from 9am to show and try out various fish style boards. There’ll be a demonstration by some ‘Fishermen’ so put your hand up if you're one of em… We’ll wind things up surfside around 4pm. Time for a rest, take stock, because come 6pm you’ll need your wits about you. We have a who’s who of shaping coming over for a chat. Join Bob McTavish, Rich Pavell, Thomas Bexon, Tyler Warren, Ryan Birch and Alex Knost as they take us through their own personal ins and out of surfboard shaping. Master of ceremonies Monty “The Duke of Deus” Montell will keep the evening moving along swimmingly. We’ll also announce the heats for Sundays comp then as well.


Then Sunday we run the actual surf component of the weekend. 7am start so if you draw that first heat we need you there at least thirty minutes earlier.  We should have wound things up by 4, leaving people with enough time to go home, shower and return to the Temple for the last of the Deus 9’ & Single Fest


We've got the Awards Ceremony from the day, winner and places won't be announced at the beach, you’ll have to hold your breath until you get to the Deus Temple. While you're waiting, take a stroll through the Deus Gallery and check out the opening of PRAETERLABOR, an amazing collaborative art show featuring works from Jack Coleman, Mia Taninaka, Alex Knost, Tyler Warren, Dustin Humphrey, Dan Peterson, Nicholas Chalmers & Andrew Wellman. 
To top it all off there is a massive music line up... Jakarta Band, Renprat & the Soul Brothers will start the ball rolling. Californian indie band, Tomorrows Tulips, aka Alex Knost and Christina Keys, will do a set of their own blend, hazy surf-pop vocals combined with garage rock guitars elements. And if that’s not enough Indonesia’s premier rock band, dubbed as ‘Indonesian Answer To Wolfmother’ by the Australian media, The S.I.G.I.T. are bringing the weekend to a close. The backyard is set to go ballistic!

TCSS is proud to be co-sponsoring this event and fielding 3 riders: Thomas Bexon, Kai Ellice-Flint and yours truly. Thanks to Deus for inviting us along for the slide.


Monday, March 5, 2012

Pillage Model Collaboration


A collaboration brought to you by The Critical Slide Society and the master foam mowers at Thomas Surfboards. Featuring the slidal tendencies of Jake Bowrey, Jacob Stuth, Little Man & Thomas Bexon. Documenting the making and sliding of the TCSS x Thomas Surfboards Pillage Model. Keep an eye out and save your pocket money, Pillage Model available via The Critical Slide Society and Thomas Surfboards shortly!

Big thanks to Nathan Oldfield (edit), Tom Woods (camera), Kyle Downes & Paul Butterworth (titles) & Beach Fossils (music). Feel free to share.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Slidetober

... last Saturday Deus Bali celebrated their 1st birthday with a surf contest and cake.... could only be there in spirit unfortunately, apparently "work" comes first.

Being Deus, nothing as straight foward as a set board length... contestants boards were chosen by the wheel of misfortune... pull the brake on the custom bike to find which board you were paddling out on... anything from 4'11" to 9' +


Dave plays spin the wheel...



Tyler, Dave & Ellis head out to the Bombie on their chosen steeds...



to find some solid swell marching through.


... to get the full rundown and photos from the day, go here

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

bones bros




Alex & Jake Gibson have been busy again shooting Critical Slider Kerry Down with good results

1. Local reef, photo Alex Gibson
2. Home, photo Jake Gibson (Mini Bones)
3. Big Forries, photo Alex Gibson

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Aloha Sunday - this Saturday

Aloha Sunday is opening this Saturday May 7th in San Diego, go check it out if you're in the hood. This is a new project for Kahana Kalama and TCSS is proud to be in the line-up.



Kahana tells us a little about the new store

"This Saturday I'll be unveiling a little project that I've been working on for a bit. I'm opening a retail space in the heart of North Park - San Diego, that will offer a collection of surf-inspired clothing and craft.

Growing up in Hawaii I was enthralled by the commonly used phrase "Aloha Friday" which is basically a celebration of the end of the workweek. As a play on this concept I'm calling the shop Aloha Sunday... a challenge and encouragement to live passionately and in a way that celebrates the days ahead.

The interior of the space is adorned with reclaimed materials and salvaged barn-wood from a family friends barn in Northern Oregon. If you have a second take a look at this short edit documenting the process of getting the wood into the space:"





Welcoming Soon from Aloha Sunday on Vimeo.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

WIP | Steven Harrington | Beams T | TCSS

Lookin' Good. Steven Harrington just sent us some work in progress shots.


Monday, May 2, 2011

Steven Harrington x TCSS x Beams T

The Critical Slide Society and Beams T, Harajuku Japan are proud to present 'Remain in Balance' an exhibition of new sculptures and prints by Steven Harrington. The show will run from 17 May - 5 June. All proceeds from the sale of artworks will be donated to the Red Cross Japan Tsunami relief fund.

The TCSS crew will be heading across to Japan to cover Steven's exhibition as well as Greenroom festival and give support to our Japanese pals. More updates to come over the coming weeks.

Friday, November 12, 2010

spring 2010

feeling pretty grown up this week - coming up to our first birthday at TCSS and our 2nd range has just hit the stores.... some pics of the new stuff below

thanks to Ben & Mick over at MeSurf for this interview with Jim about the range, MC Hammer pants and fighting sharks









Wednesday, June 30, 2010

sweet sale

... good friends The Sugarmill are having a secret sale this Friday from 5pm... hmmm secret's out!



we thought we'd throw a few items into the ring to pay for our burrito stash... so here is a preview of the extremely limited edition (ie pair 1 of each) boardies we've sent over to Chongy.

salty stamp of approval


yes that's 6 colours... sorry accounts dept!


... we made these for Japan release only, so these are the only pairs in Aus... 1st in, best dressed. there will be some tees available on the night too.

Sugarmill
2/1329 pittwater rd.
sth narrabeen
sydney
ph 02 9913 3332 to book 'em

Friday, May 21, 2010

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




Friday, March 19, 2010

tough day at the office

I could get used to this....

brekko at Aroma with Critical Slider Brett Caller


a little surf check.... yeah, looks ok

Nathan Oldfield hasn't stopped filming for 5 days straight


Yuta, brother slider from Japan is impressed by Nate's stamina


Dane Peterson has been on fire this week


Rasta and Joel Fitzgerald heading out at Nationals



Alex Knost taking a breather



the Mondo Booty - big assed Evolution V-bottom...
Wayne Lynch inspired, Gato Heroi shaped


diggin' the Mondo Booty logo

Little Man's home brew!
Liquid refreshments with Jacob & Thomas at Nationals, thanks guys.


one last look