News

Bobby Kithcart comes in second in the Pro Open!!
CX Good friend GT came in first but Custom X is happy to hear that Bobby placed second in the Pro final.

Bobby also came in first in the AAA division making him the overall points leader in that division for the year.

Here is a photo of Bobby that will appear in our 2008 catalog.
Photo: Marcus Bockman

Placed 3rd in the NKF Surf Festival in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
With time running out they had to run a 8 man final heat and Al did well in pulling out a 3rd place.
Good job Al!

Congratulations to Custom X riders that placed in the finals at the Jenks Pro. Top pro David Hubbard defended his drop knee title by winning again. He also placed 4th in the Mens pro. Puerto Rican top rider Javier 'Willo' placed second in the Mens pro.
And CX womans rider Shea Lindon
came in second in the Womans pro.

Mens Pro
2. Javier Baez
4. David Hubbard

Womans Pro
2. Shea Lindon

Drop Knee
1. Dave Hubbard

The 3rd Ave. Surf Shop, Manasquan Inlet Surf and Bodyboard contest was held this past weekend. With 30 hardcore bodyboard competitors competing in 2-3 feet wedges off the jetty, CX rider JOhn Mangini placed second in the finals. Good job John!

Congratulations to the Tighe Brothers from New Jersey.
In a local contest Danny Tighe placed 1st the division 14 and under and 2nd in open.
Danny placed 1st in the open division. Both are first place overall in their divisions.

Congrats to Danny Hart.
He came in 2nd in the Pro Open
division of the BIA this past weekend.

The BIA was held this past weekend
in Huntington.
Custom X riders Bobby Kithcart and Nico 'Stinko' Simonian both placed third in their divisions. Bobby in Pro Open and Nico in Mens.

Now available Board Socks

PMA has designed two new boards for limited release.
The LTD ONE
40" and 41.50"
Polypro, dual stringer, Special logo placements, and a split color rail.

CX riders Nick Arant and Tony Wallace are in Puerto Escondido right now and are scoring some waves. More photos Soon!

Photo: Nick enjoying some time in Puerto Escondido.

The USBA went off at Sandys Beach in Hawaii and Custom X rider Colin Black placed first in the amateur division.

Ptotos of Nakana Rivera at Sandys.
Photographer: Maurice Aubuchon

Custom X welcomes Nakana Rivera to the team.
We look forward to working with him.

Custom X Flow Rider Team member Derek Hirata placed 1st in the 17 and under division at the Royal Caribean contes in San Dimas, California. Derek and his brother Dane are regular fixtures at the events and both usually do very well.
Congrats to Derek!

Shaper/designer PMA will be on a podcast on Sunday at 7:00pm Pacific time.
Go to talkshoe.com and search for Podcast #36729. This is a new bodyboarding only podcast.
To listen to it you must sign up(easy and quick). But please call in and ask PMA some questions, you will need your pin number from signing up to call in.
If you can't listen live, catch it later.

A new model PMA is working on.
a board with a substrate layer for durability, good flexibility and great projection.

Bobby Kithcart placed 2nd in the BIA pro division at Zuma. Good job Bobby!

Congrats to Booby Kithcart who placed 2nd in the Pro division of the BIA Zuma event.

Simon

Custom X welcomes our new Australian riders Simon Ormerod and Adam Luehman.
Thanks to our Australian distributors Nomad for picking up these two up and comers.
Watch for Adam in the Shark Island Event coming up.

Tom Pagano Photo: Keiper

Custom X East coast rider Tom Pagano got married on Sunday Congratulations from Custom X to Tom and Sharon.

Photo: Tom on an east coast nugget.

Our Custom X distributors in South Africa have picked up top junior rider Terence Pieters.

Photo 1 Invert- Tony Wallace

Photos 2 and 3 Nico.

Custom X welcomes new California riders Nico 'Stinko' Simonian,
Tony Wallace, and Nick Arant.
Photos below:
Photo 1 Tony Wallace
Photo 3 and 4 Nico.

Custom X team riders Danny and Patrick Tighe competed in the bodyboard division at the ESA Northeastern Championship.Danny beat out Patrick in
the first heat by taking first.
The two met up again in the finals where Patrick took first
and Danny third overall. Good
job by both and qualifying
them for the Eastern National
Championships in Hatteras.

Custom X rider Bobby Kithcart came in 2nd in the AAA division at the Imperial Beach BIA this past weekend.
Good job Bobby!

Results are filtering in but so far we hear that Danny Hart came in third in the Pro Open.
Congrats Danny!

Custom X team rider Al Rumbos says the recent ESA Southeast Regionals at New Smyrna Beach saw some excellent competition in the bodyboard division. Very competive. Al managed to make it in the finals and finished 3rd. Good job Al and good to hear that competive bodyboarding is alive and well in Florida.

Now available! The new David Hubbard Signature board. THis new board features double stringers and an all around template for under $200. Ask for it at a surf shop near you.

Thanks to all who particpated in the factory tour this weekend.
Thanks to all the companies that came down to show their support.
Every person on the tour received a free t-shirt and a raffle ticket for a bunch of free stuff.
Pros such as David Hubbard, Brandon Foster, Eddie Soloman, Paul Roach, Scotty Carter, Ross McBride, Will George, Rusty Friesen, Chris Schlegel, were there signing free posters and mags.
It was great fun and sorry if you missed. Next promo will be in June at Altrenative Surf.
Check their web site for details.

CHECK OUT PHOTOS OF THE EVENT

Thanks to everyone who participated in the facto

David Hubbard and Brandon Foster will both be in town this weekend.
They will be at our promo on Saturday.
Sunday at Alternative Surf Dana Point from 12-2 pm
Monday eBodyboarding from 4-5pm and a surf after.
They will be giving away signed posters, raffling off some boards and signing whatever you want.
Meet them up close and personal.
Check with eBodyboarding.com and Alternativesurf.com for directions.
eBodyboarding

Custom X team rider Bobby Kithcart did very well in this past weekends BIA.
He placed 1st in AAA and
2nd in Pro Open.
Congrats Bobby!

Check out this new web site bodyboardculture.com.
Thsi new site has all sorts of information about bodyboards, bodyboarding, riders, etc.
Check out our virtual display of boards too.

A few shots of Custom X team rider Chad Morris of NC.

April 1st 12:00 -2:00
Meet David Hubbard and Brandon Foster.

For great reading with over 400 pages of bodyboarding photos and articles, check out the online magazine A-frame at A-frame.com.
Also check out the upcoming clip on the DVD 'Happy Days' by going to 5-south.com. Happy Days by Juan Farfan is a new video featuring waves and riders from all over.

Congrats to Custom X riders who placed in this past weekends BIA contest at Salt Creek.

Open Pro
1st Place Richie Leon

AAA
1st Place Bobby Kithcart
4th Place Josh Schadel

Check out 5-Souths website at 5-South.com.
Plenty of bodyboarding stuff on there, vidoes updates, etc.
See our new commercial on their new interview with Jacob Romero.

Random shots of Custom X team rider Bobby Kithcart

Here are some random shots of Custom X team rider Bobby Kithcart

I-5 to 76 east
go about 3 miles to Airport Road.
Turn right on Airport Road.
First driveway turn right. Go through alley past Transworld.
Turn right into parking lot in front of building.
394 Via El Centro.

Custom X is opening up our doors for an unique and rare look at the inner workings of a bodyboard plant.
On Saturday March 31st, 2007
parent company SFP will have a factory tour and a mini trade show.
All brands under SFP will have booths showing off their latest goods. The brands include Custom X, Cartel
Toys, Manta, Unit X, Nuisance, Bodyboarder and Crysis Magazine.
Other companies will also be displaying their product such as Body Glove, 5-South, Ghetto Boys,
No Friends, and more.
Pros will be on hand to sign autographs, raffles, give-a-aways,
munchies and much more.
Come join us from 12 noon to 4 pm and let us give you a factory tour, meet PMA and watch him make a custom board.
For more info check our web site regulary before that date.

Al Rumbos placed 2nd in the Bodyboard Open division of the CFL ESA this past weekend. This was the last contest and Al heads over to Puerto Rico.

56 year old Jeannie McNally proves you can charge at any age. One of our riders said they saw her charging big waves in Mexico awhile ago.

Craig Purkiss on the Quest II

East coast Custom X rider Ryan Rhodes designed the Quest II last year with PMA. Here are photos of east coast 'X' rider Craig Purkiss trying it out for the first time.

Bobby Kithcart from the South Bay area placed 1st in the bodyboard division of the South Bay Surf Leaque High School All-Star Championships.
But it doesn't end there, this past weekend at the BIA contest in Manhattan, Bobby placed 1st in the AAA division and 1st in the Pro Open.
Good job Bobby!

In the Puerto Rico Contest

Jorge placed 1st in both the open and drop knee divisions in the 'Los Almendros' contest in Puerto Rico on the weekend of the 20th January.

David Hubbard makes the cover of Crysis Magazine. The next mag will be out in February.
Congrats Dave!

Congratulations to CX east coast team manager, rep, and team rider Ryan Rhodes for getting a profile in Eastern Surf Magazine.

Speaking of Al Rumbos, he came in first place in the open bodyboard division ofthis past weekends ESA CFL contest.

This past weekend the Surf Expo in Orlando Florida was held, where all the surf companes show their goods to the store buyers. Custom X's own JoJo was there and got to meet up with East Coast CX riders from left to right, Al Rumbos, Ryan Rhodes, and Shawn Lennon. Thanks guys for helping JoJo at the show.