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The best boards for "City Wave Tokyo" and tips for conquering it!
I went to City Wave Tokyo , which opened in Sporu Shinagawa Oimachi! It's a much talked about wave pool that opened in Shinagawa Oimachi, Tokyo. I asked Love Surf's official photographer, Uehara-san, to take some photos of the lighting there, so please take a look. City Wave is a deep pool where you can practice your turns repeatedly using a realistic surfboard with fins, which was imported from Germany. It also helps you to concentrate while riding the waves. It opens at 7:30am and has hourly sessions, with the last session at 9:30pm. Nishii had never river surfed before, but it seems that if he thinks of city wave as river surfing rather than ocean surfing, he will be able to do it well. There are three wave levels: beginner, intermediate, and expert, but experienced surfers can start with the expert level. Up to 12 people can take turns riding the waves for 50 minutes, and you can ride around six waves. Unlike ocean surfing, city wave surfboards do not require buoyancy for paddling or takeoff. Also, the board should be short, have rocker, have a narrow outline, and have a thin, narrow nose and tail. I think it's best to keep the buoyancy as low as possible, about 5cl lower than your usual board, so that you can ride more smoothly once you get used to it. A board with a clear edge in the tail area makes it easier to turn without sliding or wobbling. For the first 2-3 runs, practice your balance as you try to find the best position on the wave to skate in, and once you can do so without falling, try turning. Even a pro surfer will fall if they try to turn on the first run. I think you can't suddenly insert the rails unless you've done it a few times, For first-timers, try to balance with the weight on the tail and avoid rail turns. I think it will work well if you imagine moving left and right from that spot. Nishii's board is a 5'9" F1 23cl model. For city waves, it is recommended that you start by riding two or three soft boards that you can borrow for free, and once you have mastered your balance, you can ride your own board. It seems that many people have been hitting their boards against the walls on both sides and breaking the noses. If you move suddenly, you'll lose your balance, so move slowly to get a better ride! Boards with wide, flat rocker noses and tails are not suitable for city waves. A board with a sharp, rockered design like the LOST "POCKET ROCKET" model is perfect! If you go below the white City Wave marks on both sides of the pool, It will stall and be pulled up, so try not to go below the City Wave mark. The trick to riding it well is to do so! If you go a few times, you can enjoy long rides that would be impossible in the ocean! Reservations can be made online! Sporu Shinagawa Oimachi " City Wave Tokyo " https://www.sporu.jp
Learn moreHigh quality and super popular! 5'10" & 6'2" ORCA Soft Top now in stock! Enjoy it with your family and friends!
Highly popular due to its reliable quality! Sold out! Placebo 5'10" & 6'2" ORCA Soft Top now in stock!! The performance and shape design of the surfboard are both good. It is also extremely strong! High quality and extremely popular! I don't think there is any other soft top board that has received such good feedback from people who have already ridden it! Inside is an epoxy resin board with an EPS foam center stringer! So even veteran riders can ride it easily! The deck and rails are soft, so it is safe and reliable even for children and female surfers! This is a fun board that will make even veterans smile! Recently, the market has become overflowing with There is a price war going on, but if you trace it back to the original factory, it's just a longer bodyboard. It's a world apart from ordinary sponge boards that are like water bottles and get heavy when water seeps in! Quality, performance, strength, durability, and more! The Placebo ORCA Soft Top is the choice of those who know the difference! Don't keep this board all to yourself, share it with your family and friends! If you are a child or female surfer, we recommend this ``FCSII Soft Flex Fin'' !
Learn moreMust-see! ▪️Explanatory video by LOST's "POCKET ROCKET" designer "MAYHEM"
▪️Watch the explanatory video by LOST's "POCKET ROCKET" designer, "MAYHEM." This is "POCKET ROCKET" It's a high-performance design that's different from DRIVER. It all started a few years ago when I designed something for Kolohe Andino. At that time, Kolohe was lighter than he is now and surfed with a quicker board return. 50% of LOST's team riders ride the "DRIVER," which is suitable for surfers who are relatively light, have slim lower bodies, and surf quickly. The other 50% use the "POCKET ROCKET" in contests. Suitable for surfers with small buttocks, thin legs and a slim lower body. "Mason Ho" "Yago Dora" "Michael Rodriguez" Also, all of Joan Drew's boards are Pocket Rockets. Compared to the DRIVER, the POCKET ROCKET has a stronger rocker in the tail and a thinner, more slender nose and tail design. The POCKET ROCKET allows you to precisely target the power zone and surf at high speed. It doesn't need big waves, but it really shines in hollow sections. It is suitable for shore breaks with steep, powerful wave faces and waves that can be dug up along the breakwater. This model is often custom ordered, and is popular with young surfers and juniors at the pro level, It is a design that is popular among surfers who are highly skilled but have weak muscles, or surfers who are still developing, and is also suitable for female surfers. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/257330234[/vimeo]
Learn moreA must-see for those considering RNF-RETRO and those not! New LOST TV released! The Fish by Lost Surfboards
The web media " SURF CLUB " has just released the new LOST They featured a 13-minute mini movie, which we've included below. Text by Junji Uchida /SURF CLUB "Fish" is a short film by Mayhem, one of the driving forces behind modern fish. Matt Biolos, aka Mayhem, is a shaper who carves the cutting-edge boards ridden by the CT's top surfers. He's also famous as a pioneer of the modern Fish. The 5'5" x 19 1/4", released in 1997, was one of the movies that triggered a change in the board scene, which was dominated by competition-style tri-fins. Now, just over 20 years later, a short movie looking back on the history of Fish has been released, aptly titled "FISH." Starring Chris Ward, Corey Lopez, Aaron "Gorkin" Cormican, and Andy Irons... This is a must-have for fans of The Lost World. The original is on VHS, so it has a laid-back feel, and the background music is great. The narrator, CR Stesic III, is a great choice, and he says some great things. Twin fins never go out of style. They're coming back, reinterpreted. -CR Stesic III Mayhem began making Fish in 1994. Apparently, rider Chris Ward was inspired by seeing Tom Curren riding a Fish in Hawaii and asked him to make one for himself. This was shortly after Curren had ridden Tom Peterson's Fireball Fish and Skip Frye's San Diego Fish, and was considered an oddball. Mayhem had never even carved a fish before, so he researched local surf shops in San Clemente to see what they were like. Inspired by a late '70s/early '80s MR-esque twin fin hanging on the wall, he created his own original fish. This was the prototype for one of Mayhem's signature works, the Round Nose Fish. An early model with a shorter board that wasn't as round as today's, the 5'5" x 19 1/4" board that Chris Ward and Corey Lopez thrived on was shaped by Karen herself, and was highly creative, setting it apart from Taylor Steele's competition-style boards. LOST.TV-TOM CURREN FROM 5'5×19 1/4 After Mayhem made Modern Fish, there was a boom in Retro Fish. However, Mayhem never made Retro Fish... In a previous interview, he said the following about that. I want to focus on moving forward and not copy the copyrighted work of shapers I admire. Everyone copied Steve Liz and Skip Fry's Fish and it became popular without even getting permission from the original shapers. That's awful. I called Mark Richards and said, "Hey Mark! This is Matt Biolos. We all love your boards, and so do I. Why don't we try and recreate the 1980 World Champion twin fin?" Mark replied, "Matt, I haven't made a board like that in 25 years." So I said, "We'll help you. We'll help you sell it." After that, Mark came over to my house and made 50 twin fins while we went snowboarding together as a family. -Matt "Mayhem" Biolos The reason this movie starts with the roots of twin fin fish, such as Tom Blake, Bob Simmons, and Steve Liz, is perhaps a sign of respect for the forward-moving fish that riders have been able to provide. We too should be grateful to the shapers who invented boards that take off incredibly quickly and keep going even after getting on. [Featured surfers] David Nuiva Jim Blair Corey Lopez Chris Ward Andy Irons Mason Ho Aaron Cormican Josh Kerr Luke Davis Ian Crane https://vimeo.com/287148371
Learn moreNew Luvsurf TV released! LOST 『DIABLO-X』C4 Koji Nishii
Luvsurf TV: LOST “ DIABLO-X ” C4 Koji Nishii Board used: LOST 5'7" DIABLO-X C4 FILM: SOLO SHOT3 EDIT: TABRIGADE FILM. This is a riding video of Nishii test riding at a beach break in Chiba. "C4" is a stringerless EPS foam deck with cork attached to the entire surface, This board is wrapped in epoxy resin and cloth using a special method, and is a new material board that has evolved from the previous ``C3''! "C4" will make its world debut as a new surfboard technology in 2019! Between the deck's EPS foam and epoxy resin layer is cork! Cork is a material that absorbs shock and sound, so even if the wind is bad or the surface is uneven! An innovative new material that gives you the feeling of riding smooth waves at all times! It's like a surfboard with suspension that makes riding it comfortable! This "C4" can now be ordered at the currently held custom order fair, We would like to inform those who have been asking if it is possible to custom order the "C4"! The soft board flex that Japanese people prefer and the strength of the strong board deck provided by the combination of CORK and EPOXY make this board ideal for high-end Japanese surfboard users. LOST Japan is the first in the world to start selling the Japan-exclusive "DIABLO-X" model C4 material stockboard! here it is! The takeoff is super fast, fitting perfectly with the waves, and you can even set it up from the back of the wave! We highly recommend the "C4" which offers a suspension feeling that is completely different from previous new materials! https://vimeo.com/281383074
Learn moreNew Luvsurf TV released! LOST "Pocket Rocket" Yago Dora Bells Beach/ 2018
Luvsurf TV: LOST " Pocket Rocket " Yago Dora Bells Beach/ 2018 Rider: Yago Dora Board used: LOST " Pocket Rocket " Pro-Formance luvsurf.co.jp/models/lost/pocket-rocket/pocket-rocket FILM & EDIT: TABRIGADE FILM Filmed at Bells Beach, Australia This is a riding video of Yago Dora riding the Pocket Rocket model. All riding footage is from the backside Please use this as an image training for backside surfing. Yago Dora's style is to mix air into beautiful lines. The Pocket Rocket is suitable for tall, slim surfers. At Love Surf, we also suggest choosing a surfboard outline that suits your body type. This riding movie also contains plenty of rare footage of Yago Dora's free surfing that can only be seen in this movie! [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/274000303[/vimeo]
Learn moreLOST Japan AM Team's results from the 53rd NSA All Japan Surfing Championships!
The LOST Japan AM team held the event at Kokufu Beach in Mie Prefecture. Here is the results report for the 53rd NSA All Japan Surfing Championships! 12-year-old Ikko Watanabe, also known as "Ichi," will be competing in the under-12 kids' class, which he won last year! I was aiming for my second consecutive victory in the last kids class of the year, Unfortunately, you came in second place! Congratulations to the runner-up! Starting next year, he will compete in the boys' class for ages 13-16. 12-year-old Anon Matsuoka, also known as "Anon-chan," will be competing in the girls' class for those under 18! She did very well, advancing to the finals against much older women! The final result was third place! Congratulations! The two young LOST Japan AM team riders rode LOST surfboards, I will continue to improve so please continue to support me! The board they were both riding was the " POCKET ROCKET "!
Learn moreNew Luvsurf TV released! LOST “RNF-RETRO” POLYESTER Resin Tint Koji Nishii
Luvsurf TV: LOST “ RNF-RETRO ” POLYESTER Resin Tint Koji Nishii Rider: Koji Nishii FILM: SOLO SHOT3 EDIT: TABRIGADE FILM. Nishii usually goes surfing here. This is a riding movie filmed at beach breaks in Chiba and Ibaraki. Contrary to the appearance of a beautiful outline, Because it is a FISH, it takes off quickly and accelerates from the initial movement, The amazing thing about this model is how it moves! Nishii also enjoys surfing when riding a retro bike and catches a lot of waves. Not only is it fun, To those watching me riding in the ocean, what kind of board is that? I often get told, "You look so good!" LOST's " RNF-RETRO " model has attracted a lot of attention, You'll feel people's eyes on you whether you're riding or walking along the beach! We recommend MAYHEM's new FISH, which is said to be a wolf in sheep's clothing! https://vimeo.com/281383616
Learn moreEveryone! Thank you for visiting our store and purchasing the Placebo ORCA soft top!
Mr. A, Placebo 6'2" chose the ORCA Soft Top & Hard Bottom. This is Riito, the son of Luvsurf AM team rider Hiroki. Until now, he'd been practicing on his dad's board, but this time he got his own ORCA soft-top board! Even a child can use it safely, so it looks like he'll be practicing even more enthusiastically! Mr. B, Placebo 5'6" chose the ORCA Soft Top & Hard Bottom. A mother with experience in bodyboarding wanted a board that she could use and practice with her child, so she chose the affordable and safe "ORCA" soft top. Everyone loved the cute killer whale pattern. Mr. C said, Placebo 6'2" chose the ORCA Soft Top & Hard Bottom. He was searching for a trendy sponge board to choose, and came to check out the ORCA, which seemed more and more appealing the more he learned about it. He had read negative reviews online about regular sponge boards, such as scratches on the fin box, leash plug, and easily worn rails, as well as waterlogging and making the board heavy, which had made him hesitant to buy one. However, the ORCA has completely blown away all those worries. And best of all, he says the ORCA performs reliably when used as a surfboard. Mr. D, Placebo 5'6" chose the ORCA Soft Top & Hard Bottom. He had also tried a popular sponge board from a well-known manufacturer, but it was always too soft and didn't turn well, making for a bad ride. He wanted to see if our ORCA was truly different, so he came all the way from Ibaraki to see it for himself. The ORCA soft top, an epoxy board with an EPS interior, is easy to ride, moves like a proper surfboard, and is even strong in small waves, so he was happy to bring it with him to his home beach of Oarai for a small wave day. Mr. E, Placebo 5'6 chose the ORCA Soft Top & Hard Bottom. This customer is a skilled former Love Surf team rider. He says he doesn't get to go to the ocean much due to his busy schedule, but this time he purchased an ORCA soft top to protect his board from damage when it hits the small waves of Shonan, which are expected to become even more crowded from now on, and to ride more waves than usual when he goes surfing, which he has been doing less often. Everyone! Please come visit us! Thank you for purchasing the Placebo 5'6" ORCA soft top! Today the 12th is the last day! Don't miss it!!!
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