MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012  Congratulations for Dragon's Jordan Lawler for his best result yet - 3rd place at the Volcom VQS World Junior Champs, held at Newport Beach in sunny California. Check out the edit from the event right here...     Here are some sneak-peak shots from Fuel's upcoming "Mick Fanning Special" - a happy half-hour looking into how one of Australia's greatest surfers pulled off one of the most spectacular victories at last month's Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. 9pm Tuesday 8th May... get watching!!    Congratulations to Dragon's Jake Scott for taking out the 2012 King of the Bra surf contest in Maroubra, NSW, after beating Mark Matthews in the final. Stoked on the new King!  Congratulations to Heath Townsend for taking out our first ever Search for Dragon's Party Animal BFF! This legend will now be leading all Dragon parties and events for the rest of 2012. To see his BFF Video, click here. Thanks also to the crew at Australia's Surfing Life for putting together the edits and spreading the news for us!  Check out the Lookbook we've put together for our new Palm Springs Pool Collection. A bit of poolside frivolity splashed over your favourite frames... Click here to view.   This awesome pic was yesterday's Wave of the Day, courtesy of Swellnet. Also check out this super fun edit of Dragon's Ace Buchan surfing the waters of Western Australia. Link here.  The 2012 Bells Rip Curl Pro Champion and longtime Dragon rider, Mick Fanning, is the cover model for the 500th issue of Tracks Magazine, out now. Looking good, Mick!  Chapter III of our Dragon Tales series has landed! A glimpse into the day-to-day life of one of the world's best young surfers, Evan Geiselman. Click here to view for yourself.      This past Easter Saturday Dragon celebrated the launch of the new Palm Springs Pool Collection by throwing a Palm Springs themed party at Left Off The Rocks in Torquay. Attended by team, retail partners, industry and media, the event was supported by the awesome guys at Australia's Surfing Life Magazine and Toohey's Extra Dry. Entertainment was provided in bulk by the awesome BAGSvDK duo - keeping everyone glued to the dance floor and partying well into the night. While the full details from the night are still being recalled, without a doubt, there were sore heads aplenty come Easter morning... Check out the rest of the party pics right here!       This past Saturday saw the lucky winner from Dragon's surfing contest in Waves Magazine enjoy his amazing prize - a one-on-one aerial coaching session with Owen Wright. Kicking off with a tasty breakfast at Moby's on the Torquay Esplanade, Alex and Owen then hit up 13th Beach for a surf, dodging the many grommets and fans crowding the beach and waves to catch a glimpse of the World No. 3 in action! More pics available on our Instagram (@dragonsthpac) and Facebook.      A few happy snaps from Dragon's surf team get together at GoKu Restaurant in Kuta... home of the best ribs in Bali! We're guessing these photos are from early on in the night...       Check out some of the behind-the-scene shots from our team photoshoot the other day in Ballina, NSW. Owen catches up with Xavier Rudd, and enjoys a few quiet moments in between chatting with fans and shooting for our upcoming sunglass launches dropping later this year!  Congratulations to Anklebiter Jacob Wilcox for winning the U18 Junior Men and U16 Cadet Boys divisions at the Chill Western Australian Junior Surfing Titles over the weekend. The event was held at the notoriously hollow and unforgiving Gas Bay, where fast barrelling waves challenged the bumper field of 90 of WA's best up and coming surfers. The preliminary rounds of competition on Saturday, whilst affected by cross shore SSE winds were dominated by performances from Jacob Wilcox, and also Dragon's Shaun Green. The new generation of Margaret River showed exactly why they are at forefront of junior surfing in WA with some jaw dropping manoeuvres and innovative surfing which impressed the judges and spectators alike. Wilcox was elated with the win and commented on the performance of others and his excitement on returning to National Titles. "It was pretty tricky out there but still fun. I knew that the boys could we going for airs with the wind light onshore, so that's what I went for too." "I think WA will have a really strong team this year and its always good to surf against the other states so its good to get off to a start here". Photo: Billy      Day 2: Today is the 6th of March and we kicked it off with a surf at Palm Beach. It was off shore and 2-3 ft. We were super hungry and raced down to Maccas and got a killer feed. Whilst we were there, we heard that Dbah was pumping so rushed down there and had another surf. It was 10.30 and already had 2 surfs! Everyone was frothing out and we had a wiggle in 1-2ft Dbah. We finally got back to our apartment and chilled out and had something to drink. I bought a skateboard and then hit the surf again. Jacob, Luke and I surfed the sickest little left rip bowl and it was super rippable, we surfed that from 4.30 – 6.30. 30mins after, straight to dinner at Green Mount surf club. We got home and everybody went straight to sleep it was a busy day. Quote of the day came from our filmer we were discussing marriage... “Were you nervous when you proposed??????" "Nah, I had a couple of beers”.       Dragon is floating around the Gold Coast with our surf entourage. 16 year old Anklebiter, Jordy Lawler, is sharing his experiences as a free spirit away from parental supervision… a grommet's dream. Keep an eye on our movements through these posts over the coming days... DAY 1: Today is the 5th of March and we just had a killer session at Snapper. It was super crowded and hard to get but when you got them it was like classic Snapper reeling down the line! Mick Fanning was out and he was ripping so hard, it was so good to watch and learn. Then me and Jacob went to 711 and got 1.8 litre Slurpees and two donuts it was hard to finish but it was what we wanted! After that the boys and I had a massive sugar rush and surfed Dbah, it was rippy but a couple of barrels to be made. We got in and Noa took ages to come in he took about 30 mins to just get in the car. As we were driving home Nick mentioned a snack and stopped in to our favorite 711 and picked up crispy cream donunts. We drove home whilst Brad and Tom picked up some food from and cooked a killer pasta... Today was awesome!!!!!   Dragon has been nominated for Men's Brand of the Year and Sunglass of the Year in this year's Australian Surf Industry Awards! Click here to throw a vote or two our way... or just to see what other epic products have been checking out this year!    "Don't Fear Me Gyspy" - a short edit of Adrian "Ace" Buchan and crew messing about in some fun little bowls on New South Wales' Central Coast. It's rad, watch it right here now!   Check out this edit of James Sinclair surfing Indonesia late last year. Looks like a lot of fun! Click here to view.  Waves Mag just posted this little edit of Dragon Anklebiter, Luke Hynd, worth a look - the kid's got serious skills! Check it right here.  If you're not one of the 32,000 people that have already had a good laugh watching this then you're missing out. Paul Fisher getting up to mischief at the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii late last year. Check out the link right here...   These guys are INSANE! Check out their jaw-dropping entries for this year's Oakley Big Wave Awards. Click to see right here: http://www.bigwaveawards.com.au/biggest-wave.   Congratulations to Dragon Anklebiters Luke Hynd (Tallebudgera Valley, QLD) and Jacob Wilcox (Margaret River, WA) who have both been named as part of the Under 16 Boys Australian Team. Stay tuned for more results from the groms as they tear up the World Titles in Panama later this year...  Starting the year 2012 right, here's Owen Wright on the cover of the latest Waves Magazine. Wonderkid Owen also recently scored 3rd at the highly respected Surfer Poll Awards, behind Kelly and Reynolds. To WIN a one-on-one aerial coaching session with Owen, click here!!! | The Blog Archive 2012 (23)May (2)April (8)March (6)February (3)January (4)2011 (2)December (2) |
