Battle of the Paddle 2014 with Starboard SUP The Battle of the Paddle 2014 event was held on October 4 & 5, at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point, California – with contestants coming from all over the world to compete in what’s considered to be one of the most prestigious and potentially challenging SUP…
Occasionally we have customers bringing boards in for repair, mentioning that it has previously been repaired but is now “leaking” We had one such case recently, with a centre fin box looking a bit suspicious. Here’s what we found upon investigation: Unfortunately, this accident can (and does) happen quite easily. The board…
Red SUP and Surf Yoga in Thailand Our very own Dave Grover, one of the Triocean Surf owners has recently come back from a week’s focused training in Thailand. Participating in surf-specific yoga twice daily and paddling his Red SUP 9’6 Allwater more than he was walking, he certainly racked up some training time and has…
A sunny longboard session at Bantham When the sun’s shining and there are waves, you don’t need to travel to feel like you’re in paradise. This great little edit from Noah and his Go Pro Hero 3 Black Surf Edition, is giving us that summer feeling – we can’t wait for more sunshine and waves…
Missing out on a few good swells here in the UK, our team rider Ben Howey, was scoring bigger with some epic ones down under. Here are some pictures he sent us of his time in the water while on his travels in New Zealand. Ben Howey on top. Ready for take-off riding the nose….
While the UK was being hit with some big storms and all us surfers, who couldn’t escape for just some of the British winter, putting on as much neoprene as possible, team rider Ben Howey was making the most of the sunny warm weather by scoring with the waves in Sri Lanka over Christmas. Ben…
Due to the high demand of our surf blanks, some of you may have noticed that we were running relatively low on our stock. Not anymore, thanks to these four legends, who painstakingly unloaded a full 40ft high cube container at 6:30 yesterday morning, we now have a full selection of Xtra Foam surfboard blanks….
Another beauty of a home-shape from a pleased customer. Paul Webber is proudly displaying the second shape he has documented and shared with us (third shape in total) Here’s the lowdown: 6’1″ x 22″ x 2 3/4″ Grey resin tint Single/twin fin setup Comments: “The board paddles really easy and surfs pretty dam well” –…
Waiting around London Paddington Station for the delayed train back to the shire, I wondered around the W H Smith magazine section and found myself by the “surfing magazine” section. Glancing through Wavelength, Surf Europe and Surfers Path, I decided to pick up Carve Magazine. It wasn’t util I was finally on the train, which…
HomemadeTriple Stringer Longboard – Alexander Allan We recently received an email from a happy customer – Alexander Allan, who, using materials bought here at Triocean made himself a lovely looking longboard from a triple stringer longboard blank Don’t forget if you want to try you hand at making your own board, we supply all the materials…
Although the summer is over, we are still extremely busy developing our brand. To keep ahead of the game we have taken on a few exciting projects. Our new website has now been live for the last week, still some work to do on it, but it is looking a lot cleaner and easier to…
Here’s a picture of Paul Webber and his finished self-shaped hybrid surfboard; looking good for a first attempt. Paul used an Xtra Foam 6’5″ Fish blank for this shape and a GAS quad plug set-up. As you know we also provide the cloth, resin, in fact all the tools for you to create your very…
Senegal Surf Trip – N’gor Island N’gor Island is situated just off the mainland of Senegal, on the western most point of Africa. From the airport in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, a 10 minute taxi ride and a 5 minute ferry/overloaded fishing boat will leave you nestled on the tiny island. From there it’s a short meander through…
Over the cold winter months Noah Capps and his family hid away in the warmer summer waters of Eastern Australia. At just ten years of age, this guy is already ripping. There is a very good future for Noah, under the guidance of his father Mark Capps, also a Triocean Surf sponsored surfer. Here’s some…