
Russ punting some nice airs on his new ns board 6'0'' x 18 1/4'' x 2 3/16 rounded pin single to double concave. He did three in a row and landed all of them nice one.

Looking forward to seeing Malcolm here at the foam asylum again. He will be here on the dates above for two weeks so if you want a new board from him please get in touch ASAP.
Rich on his new Apachie on a nice right hander at Fistral. Board is 5’11’’ x 18 3/4’’ x 2 1/4’’.


Russell Winter wins The Saltrock Open
Russell Winter is the new Saltrock Open Champion. The final took place in clean, 3 ft sets in a sun soaked Croyde and brought to an end a hard fought and very well supported competition.
Russell, who is originally from London but now calls Newquay home has been the English, British and European surfing champion and is generally regarded as Britain’s most successful surfer. He is a regular on the UKPST and was the first European surfer to qualify for the WCT tour where he famously once beat Kelly Slater in a heat at Sunset Beach in Hawaii.
Russell surfed hard and put in some excellent wave scores throughout the heats to arrive in a final fully charged and ready to take on fellow finalists Sam Lamiroy, Angelo Bonomelli and Reubin Pearce. All four finalists had had a great contest and surfed well in the steadily improving conditions, but Russell was generally considered to be the stand out surfer of the competition.
Tim Stafford looks back with Nigel Semmens over his definitive surfing career, and considers his position as one of the finest shapers in the land.
Read Drift Magazines eighteen page encounter with Nigel here

This little weapon is 5’10 x 18 x 2 1/8, doesn’t get any more high performance than this, and is just one of the many little beauties
just in at the Foam Asylum shop.
So far so good, I'v been in Australia for 2 weeks and surfed snapper,kirra,d bah, lennox heads and south stradbrook island. The swells havent been pumping but the water is warm and the sun is out. Last time i was here in 2005 there was the superbank at coolangatta, now they have stopped pumping the sand there is more of a mellow wave there, not as perfect as it used to be which is a shame but on the bright side my 5'8 fish is going completely insane out there and its definately good to be linking more than 2 turns together like i would be at home in a 5mm wetty at fistral. so its all smiles from oz, I'm travelling south for a few days to surf a place called yamba its going to be epic yeeew! more barrels please :) here’s a screen shot from the go pro hd head cam from the inside of a kirra barrel! footage to come soon. Cheers Tim