X Games Munich, June 27 to 30, 2013 | Schedule and Preview

By Andrew Sachs
The next leg of the X Games world tour runs from June 27 to 30 in Munich, Germany.  The Munich games is the second consecutive X Games stop in Europe, following up on the Barcelona X-games that ran from May 16 to 19.  The world tour closes in Los Angeles in early August.

Oakley Pro Bali Schedule and Preview | June 18-29 in Keramas, Indonesia

By Andrew Sachs
The WCT moves west to another tropical island, Bali, for the Oakley Pro Bali from June 18th to 29th, fresh off of Kelly Slater's dominating win at the Fiji Pro.  After the first 4 events of the season, Kelly has won twice and sits atop the world tour rankings.  But before we crown Kelly with his 12th championship, let's not forget about some guys lurking right behind him.  Mick Fanning is in second place and has actually been more consistent than Kelly this season, reaching the quarterfinals of every event - Kelly can't say that.  Also, in the last three competitions, Jordy Smith has reach the semis, finals (won it) and quarters, so he's surfing hot right now.  We'll see if their consistency holds up in Bali.

Munich X-Games 2013 | Real Street Skateboarding

By Andrew Sachs
The Munich X-Games are coming up on June 27-30.  In anticipation of Munich, the X-Games have already opened up voting for the Real Street video competition, the winner of which will be decided and announced during X-Games Munich.

Kelly Slater Repeats as Volcom Fiji Pro Champ, Wins with Dominating Performance

By Andrew Sachs
Kelly Slater dominated the final rounds at the Volcom Fiji Pro en route to his second consecutive title in Fiji, once again proving why he is the world's best competitive surfer ever, and why Cloudbreak is one of his favorite waves.  His quarterfinal-semifinal-final scores were almost too high to believe unless you've seen the waves: 20.00, 18.17 and 19.80.  2 perfect 10's in the quarterfinals!  Nearly repeating 2 perfect 10's in the finals.  And let's not forget Kelly had a 19.30 in round 4.  Slater freakin' dominated!

photo: Andrew Christie

Volcom Fiji Pro 2013 Quarterfinals Set: Mick v. Parko, John John v. Jordy...

By Andrew Sachs
After 4 days of waiting, the swell was back yesterday at Cloudbreak and the waves were rolling in heavy as ever.  The competition moved ahead and finished rounds 3-5.  Kelly Slater put on another show at one of his favorite waves and scored a 19.30 in round 4 - with a perfect 10 wave and another 9.30 to advance into the quarterfinals.

Volcom Fiji Pro Early Heats: Slater's Late Arrival, Restaurants Firing, and John John's Perfect 10

By Andrew Sachs
The early rounds of the Volcom Fiji Pro have provided great waves and great surfing that we have come to expect from Tavarua.  The first two days of the competition were lay days, but those days were followed by 3 days of competition days.  The day 1 action took place 2 miles out to sea, at Cloudbreak, but the competition switched to Restaurants on day 3 when the swell jumped there, providing for ideal wave riding conditions.

Snowboard and Kiteboard Rack | StoreYourBoard Customer Photos

Check out this awesome pic from Sergio in Los Angeles, California putting the StoreYourBoard Board Rack to use with two snowboards and a kiteboard.  Very nice Sergio, thanks for sending this one in!       

                                      

One of the best parts of the StoreYourBoard Board Rack is its multi-use potential.  I know most of you probably ride more than one board during the year; if you love to snowboard you probably trade that in the summer for wakeboarding, kiteboarding, or surfing, and pretty much everyone has a skateboard.  With the StoreYourBoard Board Rack you can store them all in one place.  The other cool thing you can see here is Sergio is hanging his kite pump from the holes in the rack arms.  This is a great use of space and a way to store even more of your sports gear using this rack.  Use a clip or a bungee cord to store all your accessories.

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Harley Clifford Takes Top Spot at MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Stop #2

By Andrew Sachs
Harley Clifford claimed the top spot on the podium at the second stop of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour this past weekend on Lake Norman in Mooresville, North Carolina.  The Aussie phenom and defending champion started out hot, posting the highest score in qualifying (90.67) and stayed hot all the way through the finals, where he scored a 95 to take down Stop 1 winner Phil Soven (87) and Andrew Adkison (85).

Harley Clifford

Firefly Music Festival 2013 Lineup | Shows to See in Dover, Delaware

By Andrew Sachs
Firefly released the schedule of shows for its 2013 music festival.  The biggest difference between the 2012 lineup schedule and this year's schedule is that the headlining shows will be going on later at night and so ending later - in 2012 the headliners ending at 11ish, not 12 like it will be in 2013.  And as a nice bonus - Firefly scheduled shows for after the headliners, electronic shows from 12-1 am.  The show I may be most excited about all weekend is White Panda at midnight on Saturday night.

SUP Ceiling Rack | Expandable Paddle Board Storage Rack

We recently discussed 4 of our best SUP racks, but now want to take the time to provide more detail on one of those best-selling paddle board racks, the SUP Ceiling Rack.

The SUP ceiling rack is made to mount to your ceiling to take advantage of unused overhead space to store your paddle board.  This rack is perfect for your garage, shed, basement, or any room in your house (although some decorators may disagree with me there - they're wrong!).  Mounted to your ceiling, the rack stores your paddle boards horizontally.