Cian

CIAN EADES
Personal information: name, birthdates and birthplace, current residence...
Cian Patrick Eades, 24.03.1991,Limerick,Limerick(Stab City)
How long have you been skating?
Almost since 2002
Why did you start skateboarding?
My friend Eoin had a board, just tried it and pick up
Where do you usually skate?
Limerick Skatepark or "The Spot"( the only good one in Limerick,DIY)
Of all the spots you have been to which is your favourite?
Macba R.I.P
Who is the skater you like the most?
P.J Ladd
What's your current set up?
8" board, Jart bearings, 52 mm wheels, a Thunder Lows
Who you are sponsored by?
Jart Skateboards, Dvs shoes, tubes skateshop, Bds clothing.
When you are not skating what do you like to do?
Chilling with Sadhbh(my girlfriend=), smoking skudz, going out with the lads.
Please tell us the best story that happened to you while on a tour.
The Rave at the Mystic cup, speaks for itself
Future plans?
Progression, tours, the craic!
What's your motivation to keep skating? Some words for the kids who are starting to skate?
Keep it up!

Rusty

Mention Rusty Surfboards and anyone that is a fan of surfing is bound to recognize this brand. Through the years, Rusty has moved to take its place among the best surfboard manufacturers not only in North America but also with recognition by surfers the world over.

Rusty Surfboards is the brainchild of Rusty Preisendorfer.

Born in 1953, Rusty began designing surfboards by the age of sixteen. It was not long before he started shaping surfboards for major brands such as Canyon and Gordon and Smith. His profile grew as boards he had shaped became the choice of the champions earning ads and editorials in Surfer and Surfing magazine.

In the 1980s, Preisendorfer decides to brand his shapes under Canyon surfboards with his own logo. This heralded the birth of the Rusty models being ridden by over half of pro surfers in the Top 16 including Australia’s Mark Occhilupo and Californian Dave Parmenter.

As a rivalry developed in the 80’s between Occy and California’s Tom Curren, with Occy riding Rusty models and Tom ridding Al Merrick / Channel Islands surfboards, the publicity throws Preisendorfer into the surfboard shaping spotlight.

It was time for this master of surfboard shaping to take the plunge on his own, breaking away from Canyon in 1985, and starting his own shaping line called Rusty, using a large R with a dot as his logo. This was referred to simply as the ‘R-dot’.

It did not take long before the ‘R-dot’ moved into apparel as the brand became more established and recognized in the world of surfing.

But Preisendorfer wasn’t going to just shape regular surfboards, he was more innovative than that! Rusty knew the opportunities epoxy offered surfboard design joining with shaper Randy French to work with him on new surfboard design ideas.

This turned out to be a great decision as the two took their epoxy sandwiched prototypes to heights that no one could image at the time. This is the Tuflite technology we know today, launched in 1992 and labeled Surftech.

To continue pushing the limits of what is possible in surfboard shaping and design, Rusty developed many design contest including the C-5 Challenge and Anything But 3 contest. This became extremely popular and encouraged other shapers to think outside the box.

In 2008, Rusty Preisendorfer was declared Shaper of the year by the sports leading publication, Surfing Magazine. Apart from its footprint in North America, today, the company has spread its reach to Australia, Europe, Japan, Latin America and even parts of South America.

Snakes are back in Ireland

 

JUST IN TUBES Christaan Bradley Viper 2's 5'10 19 5/8 x 2 3/8 ,5'11 19 7/8 x 2 7/16 , 6'0 20 1/4 x 2 5/8.
Preformance from the top draw for the South Coast of Ireland wide but surf's like proper short board.Christaan is based in Hossigor and shaping for many ASP Surfers.

Go skateboarding day!

Every year on june 21st skateboarders all over the world enjoy go skateboarding day, for those lucky enough to live in the states and places where skateboarding has a better coverage this day is usually packed full of events and demos and stuff of that nature but here in cork its a little less exciting! We do try our hardest to make the best of the day but with sketchy weather and little to skate its hard! Thankfully this year the sun was out and the park was chilled out and fun, the way do skate day should be! I wanted to do something exciting and interesting to make the day good, sadly tho i was sick on the run up to the day and lack of budget i couldnt string anything amazing together! Thankfully Ian was kind enough to supply me with a few decks to do what ever i felt like with! (cheers Ian) I wasnt too sure what to do with them, but seeing as it was GO SKATEBOARDING day i decided to just have fun with them and just do something simple and make a few skaters a little happier. After all go skate day is just a day to have fun and enjoy the thing that makes us all so happy! I decided to give one deck to the one kid who goes out everyday, tries so hard and is always ripping no matter how wrecked his board is! so congratualtions to Aine, for being a little ripper. With barely any nose or tail left and no pop he still tries so hard, so he definitly deserved it.

Later in the afternoon while skating the park i thought it be cool just to get everyone in on a session over to hip and throw in the prospect of a free deck just to get the buzz going! After 20 minutes of bangers and hard slams, and with one deck for the guys under 16 snd one for the guys over 16, Jerry (under 16) and Fedge (over 16) got a new deck each just for having a bit of fun on the hip! Jerry stole it with a nollie heel and a frontside flip, while Fedge just skated like he always does and ruined the hip with nollie and switch magic! Cheers for getting into it lads! Hope ye enjoy ye'r decks! All in all it was only a couple of decks, but it was a good day and a few skaters got new decks for just having fun on a sunny day. I think thats how go skate day should be. nothing over the top, just go skate, be with friends and have fun doing it.............and maybe get some free shit! haha Hopefully next year the sun will shine again and hopefully there'll be summit fun to do! Also thanks Ian for being supportive of skateboarding!!!

Ivan wins for Jart

 

Another big success for Ivan who got the first place in this years bowl finals of this years edition of the Mystic Cup in the Czech Republic, Scoring for the World Cup