We are not even sure if Robbie Page Surfboards is the name of the company. Probably not, since there is no company yet as far as we can tell. But Robbie Page seems to have some interesting ideas about surfboads. Just what are they?

Sutsu is the name of the new eco and enviromentaly friendly clothing brand from London UK. Oh no, not another you might say. Well, there is never enough people caring about the environment we say. But this is not the only thing that makes Sutsu special.

These boardshorts have just won the "Men’s Boardshort of the Year" image award. So what is so special about Hurley Advantage Boardshorts? The fabric! Hurley makes these boardshorts from fabric that was developed and patented by Nike (yuck, Nike bought Hurley years ago...). So what is special about this fabric? It's a four-way stretch, super lightweight and water repellent piece of cloth and that makes it a perfect fabric for making boardshorts.

The surf industry fat wallets and big dogs again met at the SIMA summit. (SIMA stands for surf industry manufacturers association or something like that...) The talked business, surfing, money...hell, we have no idea what they talked about :). But they did pick this years Image awards winners.

Ankle deep in foam planed from the surface of a 7-foot plank at the Becker Surf factory in Hermosa Beach, Calif. (pop. 18,566), Jose Barahona, 41, pulls a dust mask from his face and runs his hand along the curves of a board being shaped to ride the ocean waves.

It seem that tattoos are the recent trend in surf wear industry. After some tattooed board shorts and other clothes, Dragon decided it was time to tattoo your eye wear. Dragon has teamed up with Mike GIANT and has just released their 2.500 limited edition Mike GIANT Calavera sunglasses.

We keep hearing that standup paddling is a great workout for your body, especially for your core muscles. To prove it Surftech took part in the 2008 Ford Ironman event held in Tempe, Arizona where they let the athletes test a couple of their stand up paddle surfboards.  For many of them, Surftech’s involvement in the event was their first introduction to standup paddling. And the response? “It's an amazing workout”, comments Heather Fuhr, 2008 Ironman Hall of Fame inductee, “You’re just working your core the whole time”. “It’s so much fun, and such a great workout!”, commented Megan Flanagan of Austin Texas who won her age group in Tempe in her first ever Ironman event. “ I can’t wait to get a standup board back home to train on”.

For a while now all hot surfing fans are able to put their money where their mouth is. How? You can bet on surfing. Since  there is now another way to waste your money :) we can at least take a look at the odds. For the world title Kelly Slater is top, best bet you can make will give you 2.3$ for one buck. Bookmakers feel that unless Slater gets injured he is a walk in for a 9th world title. We'll see. Until then you can also try Teahupoo where again Kelly Slater is a tight favorite at 4.50.

Wave pools. Yuck. Who needs them. Well, just about any surfer that lives more than an hour away from the beach :). We already mentioned the biggest wave pool in the United Sates and another kind of wave pool, that is not an actual pool - in London surfers will be able to surf the Thames river. The company behind the first one is called Liquid Evolution Adventure Parks (LEAP) and they just launched their own website.

Quiksilver got six nominations for the sixth annual Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) Image Awards. Image Awards is surf industry big dogs figuring out who was the most innovative, breakthrough, best quality, image... company of the year.

Quiksilver got the following nominations  “Men’s Apparel Brand of the Year” , “Men’s Boardshort of the Year",  “Women’s Apparel Brand of the Year,” “Women’s Swim Brand of the Year,” “Women’s Marketing Campaign of the Year,” and  “Environmental Product of the Year” for the popular “Clean Your Beach” organic-cotton shirt.

The winners will be announced in May.