This week Bill is on a tour through the badlands for our Win it Wednesday Teaser. Here, he and Lalo give us the lowdown on the Ambig clothing Sweeps straight from the Burning Man music festival.
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New wave nostalgia, reinventing retro, respecting the classics and working for the weekend. These are the mores behind the Spring 2012 AMBSN clothing line, and has put them on SWELL’s best-sellers list all season long.
Watch SWELL’s first installment of “Behind the Brand” and learn about the inspiring story that founded this company.
To escape the pitfalls of certain tired styles in surfing, the AMBSN bros took their late 70s Impala for a dude-cruise up the entire Ca coast this spring. They found inspiration in salty old beach towns and timeless rolling landscapes. The results yielded an uncommon, yet much needed breath of fresh styles.
The two brothers who started the brand strive to think outside the box, source uncommon fabrics, revive rare templates and embody the complete California existence. Here’s a few favorite products going nuts in the SWELL surfshop.
Halfner Tank: Simple sea foam tonal coloring with signature AMBSN color blocking. Get it Here
Nana Surf Trunk: The 80′s ripper “thrilla gorilla” is an international icon of shred-tastic proportions. Thanks for bringin him back boys. Uppers Tee: If you haven’t noticed, AMBSN’s signature color-blocking rocks, and a tee without a pocket is just a damn rag. Get it now!
I can’t believe it’s already been a week and my stay in Costa Rica has come to an end. In all, this has
to be one of the best trips I have ever taken. Costa Rica was amazing with it’s breathtaking beaches, rich culture, and friendly locals but I actually learned a lot on this trip. Through my stay at School of the World, I was able to improve on my surfing, test out my skills at yoga, and managed to learn some Spanish. If you are like me and get bored easily, I recommend learning vacations as a new way of traveling. Not only did I have a chance to take my long awaited girl’s vacation with my closest friends, but I learned some new skills and met some passionate travelers from all around the world.
Costa Rica will always have a place in my heart, and I definitely will be coming back!
You know that adage about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer? Well now, if you are not so fond of great whites, you can keep an eye on where these notorious fishes are headed.
A new app for the iPhone (& iPad) tracks a group of about 12 great whites tagged off the coast of Northern California & Baja. The app, Expedition Great White, was made in conjunction with the popular Nat Geo show with the same name and the SD based Marine Conservation ScienceInstitute to let the public track the migration pattern of these often misunderstood creatures.
For the $3.99 you can see where these predators are heading and gain a general idea of when the bulk of them will return to your coast. The app lets you receive the same, real-time tracking info as the research scientists and also serves up a bunch of other interesting features such as videos, pictures, and fun facts about the sharks.
Picture from Previous SWELL article “Tall Tails From a Great White Shark Researcher”
For those who are already particularly squeamish about Jaws in the lineup, the app also maps out info on all reported shark attacks up and down the western US coast (and parts of Australia). While this app is intended for entertainment purposes only, I can already imagine folks frantically scoping out the virtual waters prior to their scheduled surf lesson.
