Oakley Surf Shop Challenge

Body Glove team rider Matt Pagan joins forces with Bobby Okivist, Vance Smith, and Chris Waring forming Team Jack's Surfboards. After qualifying in July, and earning themselves an all expense paid trip to Bali, Team Jacks took first place claiming the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge National Champs! 

 Team Jack's came out on top as the best surfshop in the nation. Locking in a ad in the next Surfer Magazine

 Team Jack's splits $10,000.00!!!!

All photos by Lowe-white

SoCal INVASION Video

Body Glove sticks to their roots and takes the BG RV on a road tour from LA to San Diego and back, hitting all the iconic surf shops along the way.

                                CA Invasion Tour - Episode 2 from Body Glove on Vimeo.

International Surfing Day- June 20th

Every year sometime around the summer solstice, surfers and ocean enthusiasts celebrate International Surfing Day. This year on June 20th, International Surfing Day will unite surfers around the globe for a fun filled day full of surfing and learning about sustainability of the ocean.  

Here is how a couple of Body Glove surfers are celebrating International Surfing Day.

Matt Pagan

“Everyday is International Surf Day in my book! I spend most of my time in the water and if it's flat, I'm at least looking at the ocean somewhere. ISD to me is a day where I want to spend time in the ocean surfing somewhere and also a day where I can give back to something that has given me so much. Whether it be picking up trash, donating to a local cause and/or educating myself on something I didn't know about the ocean, that's how I plan to spend my day!”

Cheyne Magnusson

“I plan on surfing whether its flat or not just to get in the water. ISD is an important day to surf with your friends and get involved with a beach cleanup.” 

Nate Yeomans

“ISD means a day to celebrate surfing and all the joys it brings.  It also raises awareness for our oceans and what we can do to prevent our negative impact.  The oceans are such a blessing, so to be able to give back a little bit is awesome. On ISD I am going to help out with the Surfrider Foundation and do a video interview with Transworld.”

Check out the ISD web-a-thon available live via the internet on TransWorldSurf.com, 

intlsurfingday.com, surfrider.org, and smelive.com.


Also listen in to KNX 1070 at 8:20 am to hear Alex Gray talk about International Surfing Day with anchors Dick Helton and Vicky Moore. 

For more information on International Surfing Day please visit: http://isd.surfrider.org/

To view events near you, go to http://isd.surfrider.org/events-7/events-6/

   

Body Glove/Lost Demo Day Sunset Beach 6/15/12

Despite the light drizzle and clouds we still had a sweet turnout for the Body Glove Wetsuits/Lost Surfboards/Future Fins Demo Day this last Friday down south at Sunset Beach 

We did not come unprepared, coffee & doughnuts, fuel for the morning surf

Our set up...Lost Surf Boards/Future Fins/Body Glove Wetsuits

Our first groms of the morning!! They were super stoked on the suits and boards!! And now they know their local shop, Katin, right down the street, has these suits, boards and fins available to buy!! Like Mike V says, "you can test drive a car, why not test drive your suit & boards..."

Body Glove Wetsuit Sales Team Jex & Mike V.

Team Riders Cheyne Magnusson & Matt Pagan came out, surfed & hung with locals...

Local surfers Brandon Crumby in the Body Glove Prime Short Arm Full & 

Justin White in the Body Glove CT Full

Huge thanks to everyone who came out!!! We hope to get to do it again soon!! 

Keep surfing & "Stay Rad!!" as Mike V. would say 

Oakley Surf Shop Challenge

Big props to Jack's Surf Team for winning the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge presented by

  Surfer Magazine. 

photo courtesy: Level 10 Fitness 

photo courtesy: Surfer Mag

Body Glove team rider, Matt Pagan and fellow Jack's teammates Bobby Okivist, Vance Smith and Chris Waring put on an amazing show taking 1st place in the West Regional Champs and will be competing for the National Championship in Bali this October. 

Team Manager, Matt "Chewy" Chernega sat down with Pagan to snag a couple questions about the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge.

Chewy Q: 

Going into this highly competitive event, what was your strategy and did you guys have high expectations?

Pagan A:

This was the first Oakley Surf Shop Challenge I have done, but I knew we had a solid team going into the event. I honestly didn't know Bali was a possible outcome until the day I got there. That was definitely fuel to our fire. My teammates have participated in the surf shop challenge before, which added to our confidence and structure to our game plan. Our strategy was to have our first two surfers lock down a 5.0/6.0 ride as quick as possible, then have our whammy surfer (where the score is doubled) do the same or better, leaving our last surfer with enough time and opportunity to capitalize on the situation at hand. With having a solid team and a plan we believed in, our expectations were high but we definitely had to be on our game with the high level of competition.

Chewy Q:

How many teams participated for this region, and how competitive was the event overall?

Pagan A:

There were 8 surf shop teams in the West Regional champs, with Spyder Surf Shop being the defending champions. The final was highly competitive and the moral was high. Bobby's last wave heroics got him 7.33 which pushed us to the lead and the win by 4 tenths of a point over Katin Surf Shop, with Huntington Surf & Sport and Spyder Surf Shop finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. 

Chewy Q:

What are your final thoughts on the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge as a whole and what do you look forward to most about Bali?

Pagan A:

The Oakley Surf Shop Challenge is such a unique event in that there are 4 surfers per team working together in a 60 min time frame, vying for a chance to win their region. Oakley has done an amazing job with these events and I cannot thank them enough for the opportunity they've given us to compete regionally as well as internationally in Bali for the Nationals. I haven't been to Bali before, but I am so excited to go with a group of friends, compete along side with them and surf one of the best waves in the world (Keramas). 

Make sure to check out the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge National Event in Bali, this October and good luck to our team riders Matt Pagan (West Region) and Dayton Silva (SouthWest Region) as they duke it out with 7 team for a chance to win $10,000.

Making Headway

Body Glove team rider, Matt Pagan has been on a role the past few months. He's been up and down the coast leaving his mark final after final. Congratulations Matt Pagan!

In between events, Matt joined Team ZICO at the Santa Monica Pier during the "Pedal on the Pier" charity benefit for the Harold Robinson Foundation . 

2nd Place at Freedom Artist Stop #2, Zuma Beach CA.

1st Place "King of the South Bay" South Bay Surf Series Event.

1st Place Freedom Artists Stop #1, Westward Beach CA.

Big thanks to Pascal Stanfield for putting on a great surf series!

For more info: Matt Pagan Twitter or Facebook.

APSS Event Huntington Beach

What a great weekend for the launch of the American Pro Surfing Series in Huntington Beach. The event had great surf, from the 3ft to 5ft range with light winds. Team Body Glove showed up with Gabe Kilng, Matt Pagan, Jamie Meistrell, Colton Sarlo, Demi Boelsterli, Dane Anderson and Gaven Gillette. 

 Gabe took us all the way to the final placing 4th!!!

Gabe Kling

 Matt Pagan

 Colton Sarlo

 Jamie Meistrell

Body Glove Team at the American Pro Surf Series

This weekend Body Glove team riders Matt Pagan, Colton Sarlow, Jamie Meistrell, Scott Werring, Gabe Kling and Peter Mussio will battle it out the American Pro Surfing Series. 

The American Pro Surfing Series, also known as the APSS, will bring together some of the country’s most esteemed surfers to Huntington Beach, California for this non-ASP domestic surf trifecta. Held on the South Side of the Pier, the contest harkens back to the time when homegrown surf series reigned supreme in the US. 

Body Glove Wetsuit Shoot

Check out a few shots of the Body Glove surf team in torrance. Thanks Jamie O'Brien, Alex Grey, Cheyne Magnusson, Nate Yeomans, and Matt Pagan coming out to shoot the 2013 suits.   

Body Glove Team Taco Party!

What happens when the Body Glove team and Jean-Michel Cousteau are all in town??? We throw one massive taco party. Check out the photos below.

Bob Meistrell and Jean-Michel Cousteau sharing a moment.

3rd Generation Meistrell Jamie Meistrel with Jean Michel Cosuteau

The big chunk of the entire Meistrell family with Jean Michel Cousteau

Bob tending to his fire pit... its a washer drum... you should try to make one they make for the best fires!

Jean Michel Cousteau with the Body Glove team... Jamie O'Brien, Alex Gray,

Anthony Walsh, Cheyne Magnusson, Matt Pagan, Justin Quirk, Nate Yeomans and Gabriel Pastori. Jean-Michel strongly believes that surfers are strong ambassadors for the health of our ocean.

Body Glove CEO Robbie Meistrell sharing a laugh with Jamie O'Brien

Bob Meistrell telling stories to Cheyne Magnusson and Justin Quirk.

Body Glove Vice President Billy Meistrell with Bob Evans

All smiles... Brittany Roderick, Cheyne Magnusson, Tracey Meistrell, Jean Michel and Bob.

Bob Meistrell showing off his collections.

Jean Michel talking to a future ocean ambassor Kieren Walls, standing with dad Matt Walls

Jamie and Jean-Michel

Jean Michel with Jim and Nancy Miller, Alysha Nicole and Alex Gray

Tracey and Jenna Meistrell with Jamie O'Brien

The Party...

Jean Michel signing copies of his book... "My Father, The Captain"

Body Glove Team Rider's New Years Resolutions

We asked our OH SO TALENTED team riders what their New Years Resolutions were. We got some pretty wild responses... hope you enjoy!!!

Jeff McKee: I'm looking to put together the best video section of my career this year for Slingshot's "Lipsmack" team video premiering in May. If that goes according to plan, I'd like to celebrate by going to my first ever rave. Take all my friends in an RV out to the middle of nowhere and then dance our asses off. We may have to go to Germany for this, not really sure...Hopefully the field is filled with soap bubbles too. That would blow my mind.

We are waiting for our invite!

Matt Pagan: My new years resolution is to build a piece of furniture, considering my dad is a building contractor and to win a big event this year :)

We hope you'll win a big event too!

Austin Ware: I am going to make an effort to be more creative in my way of life.

Cheyne Magnusson: My new years resolution is to not make resolutions. It’s also to get a haircut.

Alex “Wisdom” Gray: Find the meaning of life, pull the sword out of the stone, and dance all over the 8th world wonder.

Chandler Parr: Work out/ train every day with world class trainer Rob Parr (my pops) haha
Finally get dive certified!

You know where to go to get certified!

Nathan Yeomans: My new years resolution is to rock my Prime wetsuit every session and get the best neck tan line on the west coast. Booo Yaaaaaa

Clay Pollioni: My new years resolution is to use less plastic bottles!

So are we!!!

James Balzer: Ride a board every day of the year (skateboard, snowboard, wakeskate, waterboard, or whatever), Learn how to swim, Spend over $5000 on boat gas. That’s like 250 sets (man i would be so good), Not swear (oh crap this going to be an easy one), Hold my breath for over one minute, Land the flip (wakeskating, of course), Never cut my hair, Cut my lawn to look like a baseball diamond all year.

Balzer you are too crazy!

Rusty Malinoski: Stop eating fast food three times a day.

Harley Clifford: Invent a bunch of new tricks this year, Win King of the Wake again, Get good at surfing, Go to California and eat In N’ Out Burger.

mmm In N' Out!

Bob Soven: Run a four minute mile. It’s been a childhood goal. If 2012 is going to be our last year in existence, then I’m putting my heart into this one.

Ripples in the Sun Videos

Our good friend Mike Pagan has created an amazing short video series from his time in Hawaii called Ripples in the Sun. He follows Matt Pagan, Nate Yeomans, Matt Mohagen, Austin Ware and more on the north shore and catches plenty of surf and the amazing natural vibe of the North Shore of Hawaii in winter. We hope you enjoy!

Ripples in the Sun from Mike Pagan on Vimeo.

Ripples in the Sun 2 from Mike Pagan on Vimeo.

Ripples in the Sun 3 from Mike Pagan on Vimeo.

Ripples in the Sun 4 from Mike Pagan on Vimeo.

Haze in the Horizon from Mike Pagan on Vimeo.

Body Glove Crew at Pipe Masters

Jamie O'Brien after his first heat yesterday

It is that time of the year. Some people are stressed out about holiday shopping... but not our team. The Body Glove crew made their annual trek to the North Shore of Oahu and this year they are getting killer waves. Team Riders Anthony Walsh, Alex Gray, Cheyne Magnusson and Matt Pagan are bunking up with VP of Marketing Scott Daley, videographers Greg Browning and Scott Smith and Team Manager Matt Chernega for probably the best 10 days of their December. Body Glove's native north shore resident and pipe line charger Jamie O'Brien is competing in this years Pipe Masters. Stay tuned for updates!

Body Glove Water Filtration System

BODY GLOVE WATER FILTERS

FILTERED, CLEANER, BETTER

Body Glove Water Filter Systems, by Water, Inc., are the world’s first environmentally-friendly home water filtration systems. These state of the art under sink and portable water filters will help eliminate the use of plastic water bottles that clog waterways and kill marine life.

Body Glove and Water, Inc also donate a portion of each Body Glove Water filter sale to the Surfrider Foundation and their efforts to keep our waterways free of plastic waste. What’s more, the Body Glove Water filters are recyclable.

Buy one online at www.bodyglove.com.

Team Body Glove Cleans Huntington Beach!

Happy International Surf Day everyone!! The Body Glove crew including team riders Cheyne Magnusson and Matt Pagan headed to Huntington Beach bright and early this morning to clean the beach. Body Glove is all about keeping our oceans blue and our beaches clean! And of course being in Huntington Beach we had to stop by Jacks for some one on one time with owner Ron.

Todd Richards and Matt Patterson, nice teamwork guys!

Ron, owner of Jacks Surfboards and Pagan

What are the odds running into team rider Andrew Jacobson outside Jacks?

We love seeing surfers in our product about to paddle out!!