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It's no secret to any of us that the economy is in the toilet right now. No one knows that better than Catalyst surf shop grom/local celebrity/ police blotter reader, Max "Short Bus" Dewane.
He has become the latest American to join the ranks of the un-employed after being layed off from his surf industry job (due to no fault of his own).
Rumor has it that after this latest turn of events, Short Bus has decided to go into the Male Gigolo racket, and auction his body off to the highest female
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So by now just about everyone who surfs has heard of Firewire surfboards. Most of you have probably even tried one out. Maybe you went down to a demo to check one, you borrowed a buddies, or maybe you even bought one. But I bet you haven't ridden one of the NEW ones designed by Matt Biolos of Lost Surfboards. That's right- ...Lost surfboards has partnered up with Firewire and their "FST" technology to create some pretty insane new boards.
If you haven't tried one of these new models yet, you se
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…Lost Australia shaper Lee Stacey will be coming to California to make boards March 6th. If you have had one of Lee’s boards in the past and want a new one or have been waiting to order one now is the time. Lee is well known as a young surfer/shaper making boards for countless WCT/WQS surfers as well as pumping out high quality, high performance short boards for the masses. Orders will be taken on a first come, first serve basis so get them in ASAP.
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Rumor has it that long time Catalyst employee, and surf star (check his part in the new ...Lost Surfboards Redux movie) Chucky Rigano III, is turning 30 on Jan 9!
Keep your ear to the ground for party details because everyone knows this day won't slip by without a major blow-out going down somewhere.
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Check back soon for the extra-ridiculous pics and captions that go along with any Catalyst event.
Pinky's first window was at Catalyst, his first canvases were on the walls of Catalyst, his first run of tees hung on our racks, and now Pinky's famous (kinda). He's done windows across the U.S. and Hawaii, as well as signings, art shows, and has his own line of ...Lost clothes, both girls and guys. And we must not forget Pinky's real start: Placebo Surfboards. Pinky's the genius (kinda) behin
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Chilli Surfboards by James Cheal, distributed in the U.S. by Matt Biolos' Hot Batch Distribution, is on the cover of the July '08 covers of Transworld Surf and Surfer Mag.
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It went down on May 14th, 2008 at Killarney's Pub in Huntington Beach. A dent was made in that 5-figure hospital bill, but there's much more work to be done. Stay tuned for more event announcements.
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Ryan is hospitalized with antibiotic resistant staph infection(MRSA). He got it in his left foot from a sea urchin in Puerto Rico. He also got it in his right knee from a spider bite in Ca. Ryan has no medical insurance & the first few days have already cost him $15,000. The hospital bills are growing daily. Ryan & his family are going to need some serious financial help to get through this. To donate for the time being you can send your donations to Ryan's home, 225 Detroit ave. Huntington Beac
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4/29/2008
Shane Beschen blew up on his ...Lost shortboard model, The Deal, while Australian style-grom James Wood won the heat with solid surfing on his ...Lost Lee Stacey model.
After posting an 8.0 and 6.33 in yesterday's Round of 168, Beschen scored a 9.0 and a 5.93 in the
Round of 128. His 5.93 would have been an 8-something if he had completed the crazy fins-free turn/air/slide he dug a chop on at the end of.
Go to www.nike6lowerspro.com/ to view live.
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Catalyst, being affiliated with Chilli Surfboards' USA distributer, Hot Batch Distribution, has direct access to all things Chilli--even Chilli tees, found no where else in these fine United States. James 'Chilli' Cheal has added several models to his '08 quiver, including the A2 Curve, which is the template usually being ridden when you're watching 'CT guys going looney at Snappers. The CN Curve draws from Chilli's original curve and outline, but with the every day surfer in mind. Still v
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Long-time Mayhem-shape rider David Weare won the 6-Star WQS event in his hometown of Durban, South Africa. In the man-on-man final with David was San Diego's Austin Ware, riding a board Matt Biolos made for him, which was glassed and sanded here at Catalyst. So think about that the next time you come in here whining about the resin smell.
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Catalyst team rider and occasional rider of ...Lost surfboards pulled off the rack (including one magic XTR Ward model), Trevor Saunders, was in form throughout the Ezekiel Junior Pro division of the Vans Pier Classic presented by Jack's at the Huntington Beach Pier held March 26-30.
Trevor posted the second highest score of the Pro Junior, a 9.6 in the semis. The highest was by Tanner Gudauskas, a 9.7. Trevor also had the second highest heat total of the Pro Junior, a 17.35, which he po
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The 2008 Vans Pro Presented by Jack's, a WQS 2-star, commenced on Sunday, March 30th in Huntington Beach. Catalyst rider Jason Miller out-styled the field (including those in the final) on his way to an =5th, or 3rd in the semis. Matt King had his advancement through the quarters on lockdown, that is until Austin Ware got the 4 he needed to move into second and bounce Kinger into 3rd. Other guys ripping on Mayhems include the aforementioned Austin Ware who went on to the final, Luke Davis,
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Catalyst team rider Kinger squeaked by Cory Arrambide while Catalyst and ...Lost Surfboard rider Jason Miller continued his winning streak. Matt is also riding a ...Lost in the event, and will face Kyle Ramey, Austin Ware, and Heath Walker in Quarter #2. Jason hasn't been seeded yet, but will be in either Quarter #3 or #4.
Go to http://www.vans.com/vans/events/pierclassic08/ to watch the webcast.
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Catalyst rider Jason Miller won a very stacked and wave-filled heat in the Round of 64 in the Vans Pro WQS 2-Star in Huntington Beach. Along with Sunny Garcia, he will advance to the Round of 32. Not advancing were Kiron Jabour and Brian Toth.
Go to http://www.vans.com/vans/events/pierclassic08/ to view live.
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In his Round 160 Heat, Gesler posted an 8 and a 7.5 riding a ...Lost SD-IV in solid HB surf. Andrew won his Round of 128 on the SD-IV as well. Looking smooth, fast and on rail, Andrew is the only competitor riding a four-fin. (Richie Collins might be on one too, but we're not sure.)
Photos and video soon.
Go to http://www.vans.com/vans/events/pierclassic08/ to watch live.
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Placebos are made with Flexlite surfboard technology, which is a composite molding process specifically designed for surfboards. Composite boards originated with windsurfboards; Flexlite took into consideration their years of trial and error with the technology, while tweaking it to create the flex needed for performance surfboards to, well, perform.Flexlite consists of an EPS foam core with a high-density PVC sheet foam wrap for durability. For proper flex, the PVC tapers as it extends to th
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Placeboman will be touring Florida for Spring Break in the O'neill RV putting on a series of events where each contestant will have to ride
a Flexlite Technology board of their choice. We will have all the Flexlite models available from Placebo, Chilli, Cole, Cordell, HF and more. Each contestant will surf two heats and the best two combined waves will be scored with the top six scores making the final. Each finalist will receive cash and prizes with the winner getting $150 and a brand new F
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Things can get kinda slow in the store this time of year, which leads to great finds like this photo of Chucky we found saved on the computer desktop. Apparently, he harassed Nichole to take the posed shot for his myspace. We found such staged antics to be very politician-like of Chucky, and couldn't help but wonder if he was trying to make some sort of deep political statement to help him score chicks on myspace.
The more we thought about it, we started seeing more and more parallels betw
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Kelly won Snappers. Before that, the following happened:
Benn Dunn, CJ Hobgood, and Julian Wilson have all advanced to Round 3 on boards shaped by James 'Chilli' Cheal. James is a friend of ours, and we have the deepest selection of his boards in the US.
'08 Chilli Models:
A2 Curve: Tried and tested by the world's best on both the WCT and WQS, this rocker is made for high performance surfing. A low entry rocker flows through a longer, straighter middle section, which creates all t
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Some of the Catalyst guys who surf like pros (in their heads) have been riding the SDIII religiously over the past six months. We ride it 2" shorter than our standard shortboards. Where the SDII has a relaxed, flatter rocker, the SDIII has significant entry and tail rocker, allowing it to be extremely responsive for tight-radius turns in the pocket. A bit of extra width in the mid and hip regions allow for ease of speed generation in gutless surf. Basically, when you're at T-Street, you can hop
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We spent the better part of a day recently at the ...Lost Surfboards warehouse cherry picking the best of the best. When it was all said and done, Chucky had sixty new boards to log, sticker, and organize.
If you've been by the store lately, you most likely watched the video below in our boardroom while getting buzzed on resin from the surfboard glassing going on in the next room.
We'll have copies of the DVD for you to take home and study soon. Until then, check this out:
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What you're about to watch:
Cory Lopez at Ehukai in a fullsuit shooting O'Neill photos
Shane Beschen rip some Rocky Roint tube on his new model "The Rocket."
Sunny at Pipe and Backdoor
Kelly gets cut off at Backdoor
Flynn Novak at Pipe with a funky wind on it
Makua Rothman gets the tube of the '06/'07 winter
Video by Nickhead Productions
Nickhead is in Hawaii right now with Jeffneck drowning and filming for an upcoming Nickhead Production clip.
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Chucky was having a bit of an unfortunate run for a while there. Lady luck was being a bit of, well, a real bitch.
We're trying to scale down our tendency to have fun at Chucky's expense, so we'll only tell you about one of Chucky's misfortunes:
Chucky waited impatiently for several months for his new quad shark to arrive. When it finally did, he had to stare at it every day while at work for weeks as he saved to pay it off.
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Catalyst showed up at Pinky's art show at Killer Dana in Lake Forest recently. For those of you who don't know, Pinky is the man behind the TV-monster art on the Placebo surfboards. He also freelances t-shirt designs for ...Lost, as well as others. Check him out on our artist page, or go to www.PinkyTaylor.com, www.Placebo1.com or www.PinkyPop123.com.Brought to you by the fine people at Nickhead Productions.
Catalyst heard from someone's brother's girlfriend's sister who works at ...Lost
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Catalyst showed up at Pinky's art show at Killer Dana in Lake Forest recently. For those of you who don't know, Pinky is the man behind the TV-monster art on the Placebo surfboards. He also freelances t-shirt designs for ...Lost, as well as others. Check him out on our artist page, or go to www.PinkyTaylor.com, www.Placebo1.com or www.PinkyPop123.com. Don't forget to click on 'More Photos' for a shit-ton-o-fun.
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Catalyst went to Oceanside recently to cheer on friends in the GvR etnies contest presented by ...Lost Energy Drink. Highlights include Timmy Curran's airs and backside tube, Cory Arrimbede's air reverse, Losness' super-tight top turns, and Matt Keenan breaking his Xanadu while duckdiving, only to have a friend run to his car, pull out his Mayhem, paddle it out to him, and then get a left and pull a couple big turns.
Check out Ratboy's rat-flop. We'r
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The recent art show we put on featuring Mike Losness and Christina Scannapiego was our first attempt at being truly artsy-fartsy. As many of you are aware, we're pretty good at buffoonery. But we're trying to expand our horizons, and since one of the owners of ...Lost and Catalyst is an artist (Matt Biolos), and ...Lost Surfboards is known for being art-forward, it only made sense to put on an art show. We made a few mistakes, which, hopefully, we'll learn from.
Here's a list of do's and
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Valentine's Day:
Day to pay homage to that special (not Shortbus) someone?
Made-up crap to boost the economy between Christmas and Easter?
Legit holiday honoring Saint Valentine?
Day for Thunder to philosophize on the dynamics of human relationships?
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because they work! The photo to the left is of Cory Lopez riding his FlexLite Placebo Pro Model.
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What did the commentator say when the other commentator asked him what size board he thinks Taj Burrow is riding?
"I don't know, but that's the biggest FireLiar, ahem, I mean FireWire, I've ever seen..."
Watch it live:
the O'Neill World Cup
Cory and Ward both go down in the Round of 32. Ian Walsh wins his Rd 32 heat on a ...Lost.
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Former Surfer Mag photo editor, Concussion Skateboarding Mag publisher, prolific freelance surf photographer Jason Murray and neo-surf art imperialist Drew Brophy teamed up with Salon Bleu in San Clemente to put together a fun night of food, drink, culture and all around hipness.
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Brett Simpson was down at Lowers recently ripping, as per usual. The waves in this clip are all from a single session. Brett often rides Mayhems, as well as Timmy Pattersons, Hamishes, and many other boards. He carried a shitload of boards down this particular morning, and our video guy was too hungover to pay attention to what he was riding and when.
That hungover video guy is none other than Nick "NickHead" Horobec, made (not really) famous by the Catalyst story ti
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Chris Maslow of Slow Inc and Scott Metzner of Metz Designs brought by some new canvas recently. Enjoy. Mike Losness is due to bring some stuff, so stay tuned. Canvas to left is a two-piece titled "Raining Bombs" by Metz.
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...Lost Surfboard riders Chris and Shane Selfridge and friends got shacked in Nicaragua recently on their ...Lost board from Catalyst.
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In the June 2007 issue of Surfer Mag there is a feature article titled “Turning The Corner” written by Chris Mauro. The article is thorough and well written. Our only real criticism is the misspelling of Biolos’ name as “Biolas.” Biolos is referred to and quoted through a good portion of the article:
Matt Biolos is strutting through the dusty halls of his San Clemente surfboard factory feeling pretty good these days. He’s got an endless supply of blanks from a number of imported brands and
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Ashley, uh, we mean Autumn, dropped us a line to let us know that her name is Autumn, not Ashley Yeomans, as we called her in a previous art editorial. Sorry Ashley, uh, we mean Autumn...
Apparently, there's some talent running through that Yeomans DNA, as Autumn is the younger sister of the sort-of-above average Nate Yeomans.
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Kai Pattison is a soft-spoken, humble kid who grew up surfing and riding on the North Shore. We don't carry moto stuff, but Kai surfs better than half our team (sorry Thunder and Chucky) regardless of moto being his focus.
Some recent results:
Surfercross 2006 Moto 1st/Surf 8th (6th overall)
2007 2nd Place in Hawaii state championship points standing (125 open)
2007 Maui championship 125 open 3rd place
2006 Kuaui championship 125 intermediate 2nd place
Race cl
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Catalyst heard from someone's brother's girlfriend's sister who works at ...Lost that Carlson called and said Mason surfed the expression session nude and then ran up the beach with his shorts on his head. Thank God someone brought some excitement to an otherwise lackluster World Juniors. (We probably wouldn't say that if one of our riders made the final)
Pablo Pablino won for the second time, while Tonino Benson placed second. For complete results go to ASPWORLDTOUR.COM
Photos cour
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We recently brought in the not-so-legendary skateboarder (but he skates pretty well) Spencer to be the Catalyst skate expert. We also have a skate demo with Chad Shetler and Pat Duffy planned for sometime soon.
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We keep over 300 of every ...Lost Surfboard model in stock at all times. We also carry Placebo, Chilli, Mark Richards, Cole Firefly in FlexLite and Aviso, all ...Lost Aviso models, Cordell Aviso models (soon in FlexLite), and tons of spoiled pro team trades
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12/17/2007: Chris beats Bruce and Kelly, securing his spot on next year's World Championship Tour! Chris wasn't worried; neither was Catalyst. We knew he had it all along...
12/13/07: It's not completely official yet, but it looks like Chris has his re-qualification bid pretty much on lock-down. Yesterday, Chris posted a 9.0 and a 9.07 to knock out a very in-form Shane Dorian in what was the highest scoring, and most exciting, heat of the event thus far.
Today, Chris beat Pipe-speci
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UPDATE! TREVOR BEATS JESUS! Jesus failed to rise to the occasion in Heat #2 of Round 4 of the repercharge in the Boys Under 18 division. Trevor Saunders took out Jesus Chacon of Venezuala by a healthy spread of 11.66 to 5.06. Unfortunately, Trevors run at a medal stopped in the following round, where he went down to Tim O'Connor of New Zealand and Teale Vanner of Australia.
Original Article:
Catalyst team rider Trevor Saunders is currently in Portugal contributing to the USA Te
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Benn Gerhard and Trevor Thornton now ride for Catalyst. Max (Shortbus) and Thunder (pictured left) are our only 'A Team' riders, so being on the B Team should be taken as a compliment! Both are from San Clemente and surf in the NSSA Open division. Trevor is 12, quiet and polite. Benn is 16, not-so-quiet, sort-of-polite, and has a ton of personality/character.
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Stuff by Slow, Christina Scannapiego, Ashley Yeomans, Amiam, Metz...
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San Clemente has talent oozing out of every orifice. We just wish we had more room for all of it. Here's some work from some of our more recent finds.The image to the left is titled "Freedom" and is by Surfline.com Women's Editor Christina Scannapiego.
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Or so he claims...
But this picture that is in the Boost Mobile Pro insert in the October 2007 issue of Surfer Mag suggests otherwise. It appears that Shortbus is a grom Kelly fan like any other...
Shortbus fun fact: that's Wardo's leash around his neck.
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You probably know by now that CJ Hobgood won. In case you didn't know, he deserved the win. CJ rode a quad to his obvious victory, while Dayyan Neve, Gabe Kling and Shaun Ward were the three on three fins taking up the bottom three spots in the final.
The general consensus amongst our customers concerning what to ride in junk surf, quad or thruster, has been consistently a 3 to 1 ratio of tri-loyalists to quad-enthusiast. The WQS final (with 3 out of 4 surfers on the WCT) a few miles from
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UPDATE: PARTY PICS ARE UP!
HOSTED BY DRAGON OPTICS!
BBQ/PARTY Noon 'til whenever
For those of you lucky enough to not have been here, the 1st Annual Official Unofficial Surfbout After-Party was a huge success--and a huge mess! Maybe it had something to do with us failing to ask the city if it was okay for us to build a half-pipe and a stage and book 5 bands (including Mower, which is borderline death metal) and pack the parking lot full of people (who used all of our neighbors'
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Round of 192:
We're not sure if Riley Metcalf is actually a shop-rider or not, but he does drop off all his used boards and ding repairs. He won his first heat convincingly, posting a 7.17 and a 7.33 for a heat total of 14.50. To put it in perspective, second posted a 4.50 and a 4.17 for a heat total of 8.67. Maybe he's got some good karma from bringing us all that food! (hint hint teamriders!)
Catalyst friend Pete Muscio won his heat as the only surfer posting a double-digit heat tota
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UPDATE: Thanks to a local keen eye, a typo was pointed out: it's DANE Ward, not DAVE Ward!
The little one-story building at 1755 N. El Camino Real has served as a gathering point for some of the surfing world's top talent for decades. The tradition carries on as shop regulars Kolohe Andino, Leilani Gryde, Mason Ho, Dave Ward, and Riley Metcalf are recognized in Surfer Magazine's Annual Hot 100, which comes as an addition to the May 2007 issue.
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San Clemente High School senior and Catalyst team rider Trevor Saunders surfed like he was in a 'QS event through the NSSA Interscholastic High School Championships recently. He also sported a meaner 5 o'clock shadow than Chucky, at 28, can seem to muster. In a league of his own, he easily took the win, capping off a stellar NSSA season. The Cinderalla-story of the event is that of Huntington Beach HS freshman Shayne Nelson. Surfing for HB's 'C' team, he made it all the way to the final, fini
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Freak-grom Kolohe Andino grew a couple inches overnight and outgrew a bunch of his boards. Now Catalyst has eleven of them. Both Mayhems and JS's, ridden and unridden. They are all between 4'11 and 5'0 with glass-on fins and are priced to sell. Groms, you want a board personally shaped by Biolos or JS with extra care put into it? Now's your chance!
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I, Catalyst, like to speak for myself every so often. Relax, no one put a weird hallucinogen in your twinkie. You really are reading the words of an inanimate object. I was thinking of getting on a soapbox and spouting some hippie "your board is an extension of your soul" crap, but Biolos kicked the box from under me. Here's the deal: if you order a board through me, I'll put you in direct contact with Biolos one way or another. Biolos started glassing boards in my glass shop when he was a te
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XTR: Savior in the Post-Clark Apocalypse?
The Clark Foam crisis will likely have many positive effects on the world of surfboard building. We are being forced to search for more enviro-friendly alternatives that will meet our high performance standards. It can be difficult to sift through the sea of new technology. Epoxy surfboards have had a bad rap in the past as suffering from performance anxiety. Javier Huarcaya-Pro has been working long and hard at creating an epoxy formula that wil
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Update: Herbie Fletcher Flexlites are in!
Living legend Herbie Fletcher has a line of signature longboards being produced by ...Lost surfboards. These are high-performance longboards that allow nose-riding antics. Christian Wach has been winning everything in sight on these things. They are available in 9'2, 9'4, and 9'6 and will be made in Flexlite soon as well.
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Aviso Carbon Fiber surfboards have garnered mainstream attention yet again for taking NASA aerospace technology and applying it to surfboard technology, this time in Maxim-esque mag Complex. If clueless mainstream America can figure out that bringing rocket science to surfing is revolutionary, why can't our own industry? We are referring to SIMA (Surf Industry Manufacturers Association) awarding the Quiksilver Deep Tidewatch the Product Innovation Award of the Year for 2005. C'mon guys, it's
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We've had Jon Jon Florence's signature pad by Astrodeck on the rack for a little while now, but something curious happened the other day. A box showed up from DaKine with a signature Jon Jon pad in it. How is it that one grom can have two different signature pads by two different companies? We're not sure either, but it really doesn't matter, because we have them both!
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It is not actually lost, but it is by the ...Lost Surfboard artists. And these are examples of pieces that are sold and gone forever. We sell only original canvas. You won't find any prints of our art here or anywhere else. Even though you are completely unoriginal, you can finally claim something in your life as not a mainstream, uncreative, unimaginative, mass-produced, stale piece of crap.
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There's a lot more to the Thunderfoot than meets your lazy eye. Johnny's been in multiple punk rock bands, including the Green Police, which can be heard on occasion playing in the shop--sometimes even during business hours. He's also a sorta-kinda computer genius/geek and can hack your email password, photoshop your pic into very compromising positions within gay midget porn, and send out a mass email describing your new pastime if you cross him. We'd call Johnny our first team rider, but Yucky
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Jason Miller of San Clemente has noticeably stepped his freesurfing up a notch over the past year. He is now channeling that progression into solid results on the WQS. He got 5th in an event in the Canaries, and made it through his fifth consecutive heat at the Vans Pier Classic presented by Jacks in Huntington Beach. photo courtesy surfline.com
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We at Catalyst never thought we were above the law; we just sometimes forget to pay attention to it. Case in point: we had a mini-ramp next to the shop, and now we don't. Apparently one needs a permit for such a thing, which was news to us. The City of San Clemente asked us to take the ramp apart, which we did. We are currently seeking a permit to LEGALLY build a new bowl out back of the shop.
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…Lost Australia shaper Lee Stacey will be coming to California to make boards March 6th. If you have had one of Lee’s boards in the past and want a new one or have been waiting to order one now is the time. Lee is well known as a young surfer/shaper making boards for countless WCT/WQS surfers as well as pumping out high quality, high performance short boards for the masses. Orders will be taken on a first come, first serve basis so get them in ASAP.
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The new Lost surfboards movie starring Chris Ward, Aaron Cormican, and Mason Ho putting sub 5’ 6” boards to their limits. Also featuring sections from Shane Beschen, Kolohe Andino, Dane Reynolds, Jordy Smith, Ryan Carlson and Ol’ Mr. SL9er himself.
...and for the first time ever seen - Cory Lopez and Ian Walsh at a spot that could instantly change your definition of “the perfect wave”.
Buy it in our ON-LINE Store NOW!!!
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We have a full size run of Lee Stacy's in stock at the Catalyst. If your dimensions aren't on the floor, we'll call Thunder at the warehouse and bribe him with a Cammo or Steel Reserve tall boy to drive one over from the warehouse a few miles up the road. Sorry, we can't tell you how to get there because Gyr and Thunder will get their panties in a mean bunch. Actually, you can probably trick Chucky into telling you how to get there by telling him Biolos told you to call him (Chucky) for directio
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Christina swears it's going to be fabulous and says that everyone must be there. It'll be at Salon Bleu in San Clemente Saturday July 26 from 7 to 10 pm.
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Australia's Lee Stacy has been working with ...Lost Surfboards, putting out shapes that our riders seem to like, as the photos show. As always, there's been no shortage of Mayhems appearing in recent mags. Click "more photos" to view.
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IS MY BOARD DONE YET? What do you do when yours isn't? Complain? Yell at Nichole or Chucky? If you're like Chris Ward, you go in the Catalyst board room and pull a Lost surfboard from stock. But what if the exact size and dimensions isn't there? Then, like Chris, you improvise. Wardo's 5'9 SDIV wasn't ready on the morning of 5/22/08, as he had hoped, for the 'CT event in Fiji. But, there was a 5'11 double bump swallow SDIV with pinched rails that Chris decided would be perfect for weaving throug
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Trevor (on his Lost Surfboard)continues his contest roll by winning the WSA Championships in the dying minutes of the final, allowing him to clinch the Boys season title as well.
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Pro surfers can be a forgetful sort. They mean well, but they often need a little help with odds and ends. And that's were Catalyst Surf Shop comes in. Hey Gorkin, forget to bring a fullsuit to California for the WQS Lowers event, held in April when the water's hovering around, say, 56 degrees? No problem! Swing by Catalyst and grab an O'Neill Psycho 2 and you'll feel like it's New Smyrna in July.
What's up Cory? How've you been? Oh, you're going to Cabo to shoot photos? Sure, grab a cou
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We broke down the 2008 catalog into board model sections with separate clips of Matt Biolos giving his descriptions and surfing footage. We also transferred the files to clear, tight, hi res versions of the youtube clips previously only available for viewing. Click here, to see our handywork.
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Check out this clip of Catalyst team rider Jimmy Metal Pitts surfing to some mean Judas Priest. We thought it appropriate to include the lyrics toJudas Priest's tribute to Metal Pitts along with his clip:
Judas Priest - Metal Meltdown
Something's calling; In the night; Electric madness; Roars in sight
Heat is rising; Blazing fast; Hot and evil; Feel the blast
Out of control; About to explode: It's coming at ya
Here comes the Metal Meltdown; Run for your lives; Can'
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We recently stuffed the store full with new styles of tees, and if you can guess which sticker on Chucky's board is his newest sponsor, we'll give you your choice of one free tee. Click 'More Photos' for a larger image. Email entries to info@catalystshop.com.
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Darn, we gave away the secret spot. More of these guys: Tom Curren, Trevor Saunders, Nate Yeomans, Adam Melling, Yadin Nichol, and your friend's mom were getting shacked and shoved while you were doing your other friend's ugly mom.
You probably finished watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, and came to the conclusion that Gilligan was the smartest one on the stupid island, and it was him who was pulling both Ginger and Maryanne. Just look at the picture; Ginger and Maryanne are totally h
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Chucky's in the water pretty much every day, whether it be Lowers, Creek, HB Pier, or Newport. Here's some recent stuff of Chucky on his SD3 squashtail. photos by FiatSurf.com
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Tom Curren, Trevor Saunders, Nate Yeomans, Adam Melling, Yadin Nichol, and your mom were getting shacked and shoved while you were sitting on your couch stuffing Twinkies in your fat face. You were probably watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, wondering why no one was banging Maryanne or Ginger. Maybe you came to the conclusion that the Skipper was too fat, Gilligan was androgenous, and that if the Professor was so friggin' smart, he would have talked those two (the girls, not Gilligan and t
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We poached these from his myspace. He didn't give photo credits, so if you took one of these, let us know.
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Tai Stratton put in a good showing at the Salt Creek stop of the WSA, finishing 3rd in the 11 and under division. Look for Tai to take that momentum into the next contest.
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The Comp-4: Sometime last year, one of our employees who thinks he can surf asked Biolos if he could get a Whiplash with a quad set-up. Biolos responded that he's been making them for a while and they're called the Comp-4, to be released in the '08 line (true story). The Comp-4 is a high-performance shortboard with a rocker template in line with the Whiplash. It has a lot of holding power in big hollow surf, which is its forte (Ward's 10 at Puerto in the X-Games was on one). It also perfor
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Huntington Beach High School and Catalyst team rider Shayne Nelson has been lucky enough to log some travel time over the past year, including South Africa, the Mentawais and Hawaii.
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by Chris Williams
Oceanside, Ca. February 2008
Attacking the waves with reckless abandon were the fine young gents of the Youth Division. From the first heat to the finals, these lads were blowing up with huge hits, 180 reverses and little barrels.hit Local San Clemente standout and long time CSF competitor Trevor Thornton ripped his way to first place, followed by SC friend and neighbor Jeffrey Mircheff, with Jesse Johnson of Dana Point taking third.
photo by Ryan Cardone
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Jimmy "Metal" Pitts! He surfs better and rocks harder than you.
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The board Christian is holding in this Kooka, we mean RVCA (tell Alex Knost we said hi!), ad is a 6'6" ...Lost XTR Parabolic SDII with the logos photoshopped off by the marketing geniuses at RVCA. We know this because Christian got it at Catalyst the day before he left for Bali, where the photos in the ad were taken. We, as well as a lot of customers, will have a hard time forgetting that day, as Christian's hand was as big as a balloon due to a spider bite. He was on painkillers and antibiot
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Click photo of ridiculous Lowers party wave to view video.
What you're about to watch:
An underground local at Uppers; if you surf there, you know who he is.
Jason Miller doing a few turns at Lowers.
Luke Davis doing a few airs at Lowers.
Brandon Ragenovich turning and tubing around SC.
Shot by NickHead and Gavin. Editing by NickHead Productions.Catalyst heard from someone's brother's girlfriend's sister who works at ...Lost that Carlson called and said Mason surfed th
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Available in 1 and 2 gig (currently sold out) versions; 1 gig is $24.95 and 2 gig $34.95.
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...Lost Clothing took over the Galaxy in Costa Mesa for a Christmas celebration the other night. Catalyst didn't realize they weren't exactly quote-unquote "invited." Luckily, we had Santa Chicken with us, which helped us look legit enough to pass through the door people.
Metal Skool rocked the 80s while ...Lost employees rocked the open bar. Click 'More Photos' for proof.
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To purchase a set of these limited fins,
Purchase a limited Aurora fin set
Matt Biolos brought another group of fins that he smuggled (well, imported) into the country. Like the Ratio fins, these are only available at Catalyst. There are only a dozen sets total, so get on this stocking stuffer!
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MORE BIKINI PHOTOS UPGo to www.MammothMountain.com for snow updates.
The following words and photos courtesy of www.FutureSnowboarding.com
Lucas Magoon is no longer broke.. and he's got $10,000 in hard earned cashola to prove it.
The 3rd Annual Beanies & Bikinis Rail Jam went down on Saturday, November 24th at Mission Beach's Belmont Park in San Diego. Participated in by over 40 competitors and comprised of a three feature, Jack Murphy designed jib setup (down box, down-flat-dow
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Aaron Cormican, aka Gorkin, has joined the Catalyst ranks. He used to hang out in San Clemente often, but has settled in to his hometown of New Smyrna, Florida. Our Melbourne Beach, FL location will probably be trying to claim him as their rider, but they can suck it. Listen up guys, Gorkin's international and we'll claim whatever rider we feel like claiming. Oh, and you still have redheaded step-child status until another Catalyst opens.
We poached the following verbage and video clip
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Purchase a limited fin set
Biolos' friend in Japan hand made a small run of fins. The few sets that are in the U.S. are only available at Catalyst. They are a fiberglass/honeycomb construction and available to fit both FCS and Future fin box systems. According to Biolos, these are the best fins in the country right now. They are based on his favorite templates, construction, and are hand-painted. Trying to shop
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There is a limited print run. Once they're gone, well, you get the picture (pun intended).
These go for $35 to $70 and make perfect Christmas gifts. You'll look like you emptied your wallet on your chick, but actually saved enough money for that mini-gun you've been drooling over for Black's this winter.
Purchase a limited print signed by the artist through us before you miss another Black's morning!
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Nichole has a lot of fans and admirers, from 10th graders who think they have a shot with her to local homeless dudes who shower her with gifts (and by gifts we mean flowers pulled out of the dumpster next to the flower stand across the street).
It seems that her fan-base has expanded to pen-wielding creepsters in poorly-lit watering holes. This piece of art was delivered to her on a napkin.
There are a few aspects of the sketch that Nichole isn't too happy about. See if you can fin
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Chucky often says "If you can't get a clip, you don't rip." Many have responded to Chucky's statement with something to the effect of 'Chucky, you've never had a clip in any surf video, ever.' Of course, Chucky refers the reality-impaired nonbeliever to the Chuckumentary. The only problem with Chucky's logic is that there is one copy of the Chuckumentary in existence. And it's sitting in his room...
Chucky now has a legit clip, and we can all be sure it will make the next Chucku
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Whether Chucky named himself "Chuckiluppo" (after Mark Occhiluppo) or it was given to him remains an unsolved mystery, but we can all rest assured knowing that Chucky most definitely wants to be Occy. First the nickname, then the release of the Chuckumentary (blatant ripoff of the Occumentary), next the fake Australian accent after a few beers, and now the onion incident. Chucky heard that part of Occy's training is eating a raw onion daily. We're not sure who planted such a ridiculous seed in C
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CATALYST, the Japanese call it CATARYST
LOCATION: San Clemente
HOP LEGENDS NAME: Mad Max
WHAT MAKES YOUR STORE STAND OUT? Bums make the store stand out; no matter what, they are always around spray painting the ramp and fixing stuff that should be in the dumpster. They also flatter Nicole by bringing her flowers.
DESCRIBE YOUR SABRE SALES REP:
I guess my Sabre rep is pretty cool, but he would be a lot cooler if he put the shades I can
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But Peter Mendia would...and did. Johnny Thunderfoot has trouble telling the difference between Peter and Tom Curren (even though Peter's goofy and Tom's regular, not to mention many other defining characteristics), but from here out, he can just remember that Peter's the one who dresses up in a suit, tie, and duck mask. And Curren's the one who doesn't.
We would give credit to the photographer, but What a Duck! magazine didn't bother. We're pretty sure it was shot by Jesse Wicker.
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For the love of God... Click more photos for a closer look.
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Chucky may be a lot of things, but no one ever imagined he would be in a chick mag as a centerfold. No one except his girlfriend, Sheila, who submitted the studly pic. Sheila, a.k.a. Chickilupo, didn't have this to say, "Chuckilupo is one fine piece of ass. All you hussies out there better step off, 'cause he's my fine piece of ass." In case you, the stupid reader, didn't catch the 'DIDN'T have this to say' part, we completely made up that quote. There have been many real quotes in response t
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In the July 2007 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine, there is a profile of Caroline Graeff containing an image of her holding a ...Lost surfboard. She's profiled for her launching of Imagine Marketing Agency, an action sports marketing and PR firm based in Manhattan Beach. Her sales in her first year were over $300,000, an impressive feat to accomplish no doubt.
The article titled "Action Pact" by Sara Wilson states that "It takes skill to sell to a youthful segment that often rejects commerc
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The first annual ...Lost Energy/Catalyst Skate Jam went off on Saturday, June 30 and, quite possibly for the first time in Catalyst history, we put on an event without getting in trouble. Chad Shetler handed out $1,000 (with $615 going to Adam Dyet) in cash during the Best Trick Contest thanks to ...Lost Energy Drink, Fallen, and Hoven. Edited by Chad Shetler Click "full story" for clip and "more photos" for, well, you get the picture (hopefully...)
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The pic to the left is what Chucky's referring to when he compares his turns to Occy's. Click 'More Photos' to see the Chucky turn he SHOULD be referring to! (Note: Occy is not very good at riding bicycles.) (Note about the note: We completely made-up the Occy/bicycle thing.)
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If someone figured out how to combine Ginger and Maryanne's DNA, they would most likely spawn something that looks a lot like everyone's favorite counter girl, Nichole. She's our little girl-next-door, but with a little ginger and spice thrown in. It's also probably pretty safe to say that in this analogy, Chucky represents Gilligan. So does that make Thunder the Skipper? And who will represent the rest of the characters?Regardless, Nichole is cute, so we've decided to make her our new model.
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The following is paraphrased from an intercepted email from Biolos:
The Catalyst building was constructed in the mid 20th century. Its original use was a church, thus the long narrow shape. It was later turned into a print shop and was filled with old school Heidelburgs (vintage printing press). Finally, in about 1970, Steve Boehne leased the building and put the first Infinity Surfboards shop and board factory in there. This lasted a couple years until Rick James and the infamous James Ga
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Groms should be seen and not heard! We like Trevor Thornton (pictured left) and Shayne Nelson because we don't have to hear too much out of them, when they do speak they are polite, and they always say thank you...oh yeah, they surf pretty well too...
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Well, actually, his board did, but without him on it. Peru's Gabriel Villaran was awarded a spot in the Teahupoo Trials. A day or two before Gabriel was flying out, he was in the shop and in need of a board. It just so happened that the mini-gun Shortbus (Max) ordered had recently arrived in the shop. Luckily for Gabriel (and Shortbus), Max couldn't pay for his board, and Gabriel was off to Tahiti with proper equipment. So proper, in fact, that he won two heats, scoring a perfect 10 along the wa
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San Clemente's Riley Metcalf is a relatively new addition to the ...Lost/Catalyst program. Not only does the 14-yr-old's surfing raise the ante for local groms to step to, but so do his manners. Always polite and grateful, it is clear where he got it from. His mom recently showed up at Catalyst and the ...Lost Surfboards warehouse with trays of food from Sonny's Pizza, much to our surprise. Team riders take note!
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Michael J Baker orders custom from Afghanistan and comes home to sick new ...Lost Surfboard!
We got a phone call from SPC Baker while he was stationed in Afghanistan to, of all things, order a custom ...Lost Surfboard! He called a few times to check up on the board (and artwork) during the six months he had left in Afghanistan, and was always very thankful for us keeping him updated on his board's status. When picking up his board, he dropped off the pic with him holding up the ...Lost Energ
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UPDATE: EVEN MORE INCRIMINATING PHOTOS/CAPTIONS!
Two-piece band In The Flat Fields played in the Catalyst media room (soon to be part skate section) recently. Everyone was blown away at the sound two half-drunk derelict/dorks could belt out. They played their first set around 7pm, and it turned out to be a relatively small (~25 people) family affair. The pictures tell the rest of the story...
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Dog, toilet, really crappy band, or surfer? Sebastian De Romana of Peru is a long-time ...Lost team rider and a relatively new addition to the Catalyst bafoon bin. He also has the same nickname as a very popular brand of toilets. Apparently, in Peru, the word "toto" means to be tired or take a nap or something to that effect, and as a grom he said it all the time and his dad started calling him that. Either the Toto brand of toilets doesn't exist in Peru, or his dad has a weird sense of humor. I
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If you haven't heard about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force lightbox fiasco in Boston, you've either been on a week-long bender or accidentally locked yourself in a closet a la Chucky. We're issueing a public thank you to the guerrilla marketing geniuses behind the prank, as our antics in San Clemente pale in comparison. The City of San Clemente finally recognizes that their most notorious rabble-rousers are angels in the big scheme of things.
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Pick which antic you think gets Mayhem the most fired up and win a free Catalyst tee!
1. Thunder hanging out drinking Cammo's and making messes
2. Tracy marking the clothing tags of the entire store 1/2 off with permanent marker. For it to be fixed, every tag had to be removed and replaced with hand-written tags.
3. The dressing rooms being used for storage so that no one can actually try stuff on.
4. The media room being used as an office with papers, empty ...Lost energy drin
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Random Catalyst photos from past and present, starting with Nichole pictured left.
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Nichole waited four months for her custom XTR ...Lost fish, only to have some jealous girl stab it with a screwdriver, before it was ever even ridden!
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We're pretty sure Eddie Guilbeau's only sponsor is yours truly (yup, Chucky taught me, Catalyst, to refer to myself in the third person). With this in mind, one would think Eddie would make sure to have the logo on, especially when photogs show up on the beach.
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Strider stopped by the shop asking what the answer was to a particular question of the ...Lostword Puzzle. The irony is that the answer was said by Strider himself! #52 Across asks who invented the Mexi-Vac. It was Strider who said in "What's Really Goin' Wrong!" that the Mexi-Vac was performed by Chris Ward. When told the answer, Strider said something to the tune of F@c$ you guys, I was so fried back then you could get all kinds of stuff by me...but not now! portrait www.transworldsurf.co
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The other day, a guy came in and bought a Chilli Flexlite on a credit card that turned out to be stolen. The card owner was alerted of the sale here at Catalyst and he called us a few hours later to get a description of the perpetrator. It turns out the scumbag stole a heavy real estate mogul's card and has rung up six figures in gifts to himself.
The most ridiculous part of the story? The guy wanted a free tailpad!
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Amateur hour at Catalyst strikes again. For reasons we won’t get into here, Catalyst got a free full-page ad from Happy Mag moments before it was going to press (actually, it was probably more like two weeks, but “moments” sounds more dramatic). Biolos holds pretty tight reins on the creative aspect of things around here, and now it’s more apparent than ever as to why. All the genius minds behind the ad project (really only one not-so-genius brain cell shared between two water-logged brains) lag
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Catalyst team rider and ...Lost surfboard fan Tanner Rozunko went to El Salvador recently with Surfer Mag photog Pat Stacy and blew up the poor, impoverished, civil war ravaged third world nation. Here's the first of many photos to come. photo by Jack English www.SurferMag.com
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Upon moving here from Florida, Nick immediately paddled out at the pier and paddle-jockeyed local surf artist Drew Brophy, thoroughly pissing off one of the more unpiss-off-able people (word invented by Thunder).
Next, he showed up at Jimmy Nudo's (owner of San Clemente Surf Company, former Catalyst) and Jimmy told him to get the f@ck outta here, that he doesn't f@cking know him.
Moving on, Nick was sitting at Catalyst looking at an article on the ...Lost website, and commented t
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Catalyst loves Southern Cal ...Lost Girls Rep Tracy, and we especially love it we find her gone wild. The pack of Catalyst idiots went to a concert recently to sneak a ...Lost banner on the stage. Scott from Unwritten Law played a set with his girlfriend Aimee, and Red Gun Radar headlined. Check the photos and stop by to check out all the new ...Lost gear.
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In the August 2006 Oversized Collector's Edition issue of Surfer Mag, you will find on pages 40 and 41 the ...Lostword Puzzle. The idea of a ...Lost-influenced crossword puzzle has been kicked around for years, according to former ...Lost graphic artist and current Catalyst freelance graphic artist Russ Risdon. But it wasn't until recently that it actually came to fruition. ...Lost flew Thom 'Tommynig' Lamb out from Dirty Jerz to pen his signature style of comical caricatures for the ad. Tommyn
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About seven years ago, former WCT surfer Dean Randazzo was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease, a cancer of the lymph nodes. As he battled the cancer, he battled the WQS, actually flying home from the European leg of the tour for chemo treatments between contests, only to and fly back for heats. Dean beat the cancer, and has been in remission for over five years. Dean stopped in the store recently to catch us up on what's going on with his health, and to give a friendly hello. He looked healthy a
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Dino Andino stopped in the other morning at about 9 a.m., having already surfed in Oceanside. It was only about one foot here in San Clemente, and Dino was amping to surf, so he drove down to the harbor to find a two foot wave, no doubt ripping the way we all know he does. If a surfer like Dino's up at the crack of dawn surfing junk, what does that say about the rest of us kooks? Check out the photo of Dino at Todos (no really, it's not Oceanside), courtesy of www.azhiaziam.com.
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Chucky has been continually pulling up this sequence on the shop computer to show everyone and anyone that will pay attention (while he should be working!). We're getting sick of hearing him say "Sick one, huh?" as if he needs to tell the victim what to think of his photo before said victim comes up with an independent opinion, only to throw in the "huh?" to get the satisfaction of hearing the victim say, "yes Chucky, that is a sick one." We need your help in putting this one to rest. Take a goo
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Yesterday (June 9th), Thunderfoot came by the shop, found his way into the site and deleted some of his quotes. Apparently he didn't like what he had to say about getting equal 7th at the pier contest, so we'll now mention one of our favorites: "I'm going to enter the Boost and make the main event and then Mike (Reola) will pay for it (the entry fee)." Keep in mind the Boost refers to the WCT contest at Lowers. Also keep in mind that one has to make the top sixteen of the WQS the year prior to q
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Nichole goes by Nikki to her friends, as does Nikki the dog. They argued for a while about who the real Nikki is, and it came to a draw. Being that Catalyst is a democratic shop (except for when Biolos is here and it turns into a dictatorship), we're going to take a vote on who the real Nikki is. Email your vote to Matt@VecereMedia.com. If you include a witty explanation as to why you voted for your candidate, we'll send you a really crappy IPod case we can't seem to give away.
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Thunder hobbled into the shop the other day like a gimp who crossed the wrong S and M store. Apparently he was surfing the pier ("it was me, Yeomans, Ragenovich, and a bunch of kooks") and buckled his ankle. He brought in the x-rays as proof. If you look really close and squint even harder, you can kinda see something amiss on the x-ray. We lack a scanner, so just take our word for it. Needless to say (but we'll say it anyway), Thunder is out of the water, but deep in the Cammos, so stay tuned f
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Shop jocky Chucky Rigano had an interview in Carbon Mag recently (www.carbonmagazine.com). There's a small lifestyle photo that goes along with two action shots. But the real action isn't in the surfing as you can see by the uncropped version!
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