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THE ELECTRIC NEW WAVE ACID TEST

Four boards, all short, all new, all ready to experiment with this summer. The Electric New Wave Acid Test is four new shapes to be developed and added to the Big Sun collec tion. We love to experiment and develop craft that will broaden the wider surfing experience. It's important to look back in order to move forward. We will let you know how we get on.  THE BIG SUN SINGLE SWALLOW 6'2 x 20 x 2'3/8 Ever seen a single swallow tail? We hadn't. The concept is the tightness of a single might be blended with the looseness of the swallow. Who knows what the outcome might be?  THE BIG SUN LOW-FI FINLESS 5'6 x 20.5 x 2'3/8 A greenough edge and a...

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NEW IN - BIG SUN TUBE VESTS

The Big Sun Tube Vest, perfect for those New Zealand summer mornings, or cooler days. 2.4mm superstretch neoprene with zip detail and embroidered Big Sun badge. Click to shop here.  

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INTRODUCING: BANKS JOURNAL - WETSUITS AND MORE

We are please to add Banks Journal to our brand mix. They have great products and support some epic surfers. Fresh online are two styles in their ONE wetsuit vest. Perfect timing for summer, and it's looking like a hot one. One of Banks main riders is Mr Jared Mell. He is a true style master on boards long and short. We look forward to bringing you more surfing from him. Click to shop the vests below. And further down we have a couple vids of Jared. Cheers.      

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MIX TAPE #1

Compiled for Soggy Toes Zine #4 by Ryan. Enjoy. 1.'Sweet Virginia' - The Rolling Stones. Album: Exile on Main Street.  2.'One More Cup of Coffee For the Road'- Bob Dylan. Album: Desire.  3. 'Oh, Sweet Nothing (Early Version)' - The Velvet Underground. Album: Fully Loaded.  4. 'The River' - Bruce Springsteen. Album: The River. 5. 'Don't Let The Sunshine Fool Ya' - Townes Van Zandt. 6. 'CC Rider' - Old Crow Medicine Show.  7. 'Blue Lady' - Hello Sailor.  8. 'Stay' - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. 9. 'How Many Times' Bob Marley and the Wailers. 10. 'My Wild Love' - The Doors. 11. 'D.O.A' - Dead Moon. 12. 'Girlfriend' - The Modern Lovers. 13.'Hold On' - Tom Waits.  14....

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WHAT WE'RE READING: LOCALS ONLY by HUGH HOLLAND

Skateboarding in California 1975 -1978 a photo book by Hugh Holland is an intimate celebration of a special time and place. The story goes one afternoon in 1975, a young photographer named Hugh Holland drove up Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles and encountered skateboarders carving up the drainage ditches along the side of the canyon. Immediately transfixed by their grace and athleticism, he knew he had found an amazing subject. Although not a skateboarder himself, for the next three years Holland never tired of documenting skateboarders surfing the streets of Los Angeles, parts of the San Fernando Valley, Venice Beach, and as far away as San Francisco and Baja California, Mexico. During the mid-1970s, Southern California was experiencing a...

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