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When one thinks of Texas, one would usually imagine Rodeos, square dancing, and a bunch of crazy drunk chicks partying on South Padre Island for spring break. But, although its coastline is very inconsistent, Texas produces some really fun surf that has the potential to breed some very talented surfers. Heck, even Chris Ward has some Texas in his background. As of now, Catalyst San Clemente has three team riders that grew up surfing Texas, who relocated to San Clemente for various reasons. CJ Br
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If you have seen this months issue of Surfing Magazine (it's actually labeled February 2011), you would have noticed by now, that along with an absolutely nuts cover shot, Chris Ward is featured in a 12 page article/interview about Losts forthcoming film "Ward Stories". The article features some Ward stories directly from Chris himself that will blow your mind. And it's just a sneak peek of what to expect from the movie "Ward Stories". Although the interview took place here in San Clemente, the
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So there are all kinds of surfers....power surfers, flicky surfers, air surfers, big wave surfers, small wave surfers, old surfers, young surfers, contest surfers, free surfing soul surfers, surfers that work more than they surf, unemployed surfers, surfers that spend more time shopping and eating with their girlfriends than they do surfing, surfers that would rather get wasted with their friends than go surfing, surfers that could give a crap about work, girlfriends or partying and just want to
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Finally, a surf magazine that covers Orange County. OC is home to many, many under rated surfers and happenings...so it is nice to see a magazine that brings this talent pool to light. Ghetto Juice Magazine has published two issues so far, both exposing the known and the unknown surfers and companies of OC. If you haven't seen the mag yet..come get a copy from Catalyst and check it out! The magazine is free to top it off.
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We have no WCT riders on our team...and we're proud of that because if we did, we wouldn't have any money for beer. Therefore, this is the team that we somehow convinced to rep for us in San Clemente with our budget that consists of shop discounts and, well, shop discounts.
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Today started off as a pretty mellow, quiet morning at the shop. Noah Alani and I were checking out some boards when we heard White Snake blasting from a car radio in the parking lot. I knew right then that Catalyst team rider Jimmy "Metal" Pitts was back from the unknown realm of heavy metal he's been residing in for the last year or so. Or as some might say, Jimmy's been on a heavy metal bender. Jimmy came in to check out some boards to replace the Mason Ho trade in that he has been riding for
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Here's a few new photos of Chucky Rigano, Casey Landvogt, and new Catalyst team rider Jake Wetzel. Go to our team page to see more of these guys and the rest of our team.
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Well, she may look like a mellow girl who wouldn't notice you pulling a fast one, but Nikki has eyes in the back of her head. Despite countless other instances, two times that Nikki caught someone in the act come to mind. The first was when a customer tried on a few pairs of shoes. When he was finished, the hoodlum tried to walk out of the shop with a new pair of shoes on his feet. When Nikki made it clear that she knew what was up, the hood took off running. Nikki immediately ran after him and
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So, we opened a new Catalyst in Deerfield Beach, South Florida. The new shop is looking good and the locals are stoked to be able to get ...Lost in their home town. There is a rad surf scene in Deerfield and a crew of talented locals that are more amped to surf rain or shine than you would expect from a place that is much less consistent than our wave spoiled west coast. The new shop has a variety of surf and skate supplies along with a great selection of ...Lost clothing and accessories. If you
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Chucky was having a bit of an unfortunate run for a while there. Lady luck was being a bit of, well, a real bitch.
We're trying to scale down our tendency to have fun at Chucky's expense, so we'll only tell you about one of Chucky's misfortunes:
Chucky waited impatiently for several months for his new quad shark to arrive. When it finally did, he had to stare at it every day while at work for weeks as he saved to pay it off.
The day finally came that Chucky was able to afford hi
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Check out this clip of Catalyst team rider Jimmy Metal Pitts surfing to some mean Judas Priest. We thought it appropriate to include the lyrics toJudas Priest's tribute to Metal Pitts along with his clip:
Judas Priest - Metal Meltdown
Something's calling; In the night; Electric madness; Roars in sight
Heat is rising; Blazing fast; Hot and evil; Feel the blast
Out of control; About to explode: It's coming at ya
Here comes the Metal Meltdown; Run for your lives; Can'
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Pro surfers can be a forgetful sort. They mean well, but they often need a little help with odds and ends. And that's were Catalyst Surf Shop comes in. Hey Gorkin, forget to bring a fullsuit to California for the WQS Lowers event, held in April when the water's hovering around, say, 56 degrees? No problem! Swing by Catalyst and grab an O'Neill Psycho 2 and you'll feel like it's New Smyrna in July.
What's up Cory? How've you been? Oh, you're going to Cabo to shoot photos? Sure, grab a cou
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Catalyst, being affiliated with Chilli Surfboards' USA distributer, Hot Batch Distribution, has direct access to all things Chilli--even Chilli tees, found no where else in these fine United States. James 'Chilli' Cheal has added several models to his '08 quiver, including the A2 Curve, which is the template usually being ridden when you're watching 'CT guys going looney at Snappers. The CN Curve draws from Chilli's original curve and outline, but with the every day surfer in mind. Still v
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Placebos are made with Flexlite surfboard technology, which is a composite molding process specifically designed for surfboards. Composite boards originated with windsurfboards; Flexlite took into consideration their years of trial and error with the technology, while tweaking it to create the flex needed for performance surfboards to, well, perform.Flexlite consists of an EPS foam core with a high-density PVC sheet foam wrap for durability. For proper flex, the PVC tapers as it extends to th
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Darn, we gave away the secret spot. More of these guys: Tom Curren, Trevor Saunders, Nate Yeomans, Adam Melling, Yadin Nichol, and your friend's mom were getting shacked and shoved while you were doing your other friend's ugly mom.
You probably finished watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, and came to the conclusion that Gilligan was the smartest one on the stupid island, and it was him who was pulling both Ginger and Maryanne. Just look at the picture; Ginger and Maryanne are totally h
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Tom Curren, Trevor Saunders, Nate Yeomans, Adam Melling, Yadin Nichol, and your mom were getting shacked and shoved while you were sitting on your couch stuffing Twinkies in your fat face. You were probably watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, wondering why no one was banging Maryanne or Ginger. Maybe you came to the conclusion that the Skipper was too fat, Gilligan was androgenous, and that if the Professor was so friggin' smart, he would have talked those two (the girls, not Gilligan and t
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Some of the Catalyst guys who surf like pros (in their heads) have been riding the SDIII religiously over the past six months. We ride it 2" shorter than our standard shortboards. Where the SDII has a relaxed, flatter rocker, the SDIII has significant entry and tail rocker, allowing it to be extremely responsive for tight-radius turns in the pocket. A bit of extra width in the mid and hip regions allow for ease of speed generation in gutless surf. Basically, when you're at T-Street, you can hop
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Click photo of ridiculous Lowers party wave to view video.
What you're about to watch:
An underground local at Uppers; if you surf there, you know who he is.
Jason Miller doing a few turns at Lowers.
Luke Davis doing a few airs at Lowers.
Brandon Ragenovich turning and tubing around SC.
Shot by NickHead and Gavin. Editing by NickHead Productions.Catalyst heard from someone's brother's girlfriend's sister who works at ...Lost that Carlson called and said Mason surfed th
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What you're about to watch:
Cory Lopez at Ehukai in a fullsuit shooting O'Neill photos
Shane Beschen rip some Rocky Roint tube on his new model "The Rocket."
Sunny at Pipe and Backdoor
Kelly gets cut off at Backdoor
Flynn Novak at Pipe with a funky wind on it
Makua Rothman gets the tube of the '06/'07 winter
Video by Nickhead Productions
Nickhead is in Hawaii right now with Jeffneck drowning and filming for an upcoming Nickhead Production clip.
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Aaron Cormican, aka Gorkin, has joined the Catalyst ranks. He used to hang out in San Clemente often, but has settled in to his hometown of New Smyrna, Florida. Our Melbourne Beach, FL location will probably be trying to claim him as their rider, but they can suck it. Listen up guys, Gorkin's international and we'll claim whatever rider we feel like claiming. Oh, and you still have redheaded step-child status until another Catalyst opens.
We poached the following verbage and video clip
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Chucky often says "If you can't get a clip, you don't rip." Many have responded to Chucky's statement with something to the effect of 'Chucky, you've never had a clip in any surf video, ever.' Of course, Chucky refers the reality-impaired nonbeliever to the Chuckumentary. The only problem with Chucky's logic is that there is one copy of the Chuckumentary in existence. And it's sitting in his room...
Chucky now has a legit clip, and we can all be sure it will make the next Chucku
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Catalyst went to Oceanside recently to cheer on friends in the GvR etnies contest presented by ...Lost Energy Drink. Highlights include Timmy Curran's airs and backside tube, Cory Arrimbede's air reverse, Losness' super-tight top turns, and Matt Keenan breaking his Xanadu while duckdiving, only to have a friend run to his car, pull out his Mayhem, paddle it out to him, and then get a left and pull a couple big turns.
Check out Ratboy's rat-flop. We'r
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Catalyst team rider Brandon Ragenovich lives a good life. He surfs during the day, and serves at a distinguished italian restaurant by the name of Sonnys by night. When one sits down at a table to eat at his family owned restaurant, Brandon treats you like you're the only one there. You would never know that your waiter is one of the best surfers in Orange County. He takes care of you so well that you feel compelled to leave him a good tip. But, if you see Brandon in the water...you should be as
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Well known ...Lost team rider Aaron "Gorkin" Cormican claimed the title of Sebastian Inlets "King of the Peak" recently by doing what he does on a daily basis....slashing and boosting. This win was one small step for Gorkin, but one giant leap for ...Lost, as this was the second year in a row that the contest was won by a ...Lost team rider. (Eddie Guilbeau took the title last year) Gorkin is by far one of the best surfers to ever come out of Florida, and this title was something he has had his
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Here's a photo of Catalyst San Clemente team rider Adam "AJ" Goldstone pulling in to a barrel at a mysto spot in Southern California that never really breaks like this. AJ doesn't really do contests as far as we know...but we don't care what AJ's doing, as long as he's pulling into shacks like this whenever he gets the chance. This is AJ doing whatever he wants...which is exactly what we all should be doing as surfers...whatever we want.
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Our new found friend who lives to downhill skate, Juan Pablo, turned 31 last Friday. We decided that this was the perfect excuse to get Raw Helmet to play at the OC Tavern and rage the night away! JP was recently added to the ...Lost roster as a team rider of the ...Lost surf/skate boards, and for a good reason. JP charges down hills on his skateboard, most of the time going above the speed limit designated for cars...check him out. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/video/video.php?v=15722803
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When someone uses the term "the boys", most people think of a group of guys that hang out together, surf, skate, party together, or perhaps a boy band like New Kids on the Block, or Blink 182. But although these 2 Catalyst team riders do surf, skate, and party together....they certainly do not partake in playing horrible music together. But they do shred at everything else...mostly surfing and partying. Dave "Daveyboy" Lovato and Nick "Nickyboy" Valverde have been friends since middle school and
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So the party went off. Kingston 13 played some of the best reggae music the crowd could've asked for. Alot of people showed up while a ton of drinks were served and devoured by the thirsty friday night crowd. Reggae band, strong drinks, your bros, and some hot chicks....does a party get any better?? Maybe, but not for the crew that was there on Friday night...we had a blast. Needless to say, Matt Risley and Kingston 13 will be rocking the OC Tavern again sooner than later.
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We recently met a surfer from Santa Ynez, Ca. named Matt Morgan. Matt is 41 years of age and has been surfing competitively for 35 years. We're stoked to have Matt representing for us while surfing waves that most of us have only dreamed of surfing since the book "Surfing California" was published. Matts sponsors are Catalyst, ...Lost, and DVS.
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By Andrew Lewis - SURFING MAGAZINE
Portraits by Steve Sherman
"Who gives a shit? Does it really matter? Really?"
That's Matt Biolos' take on who should be named 2010 Shaper of the Year. It’s July, somewhere in the backyard of an East Coast cantina, as far from the SoCal hype machine as you can get without a passport. And with a single glance around the scene, it's clear that he's right. Here, at a midsummer “industry party,” the crowd is actually 50 college kids playing corn hole – not
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Colin Deveze qualifies for what you ask? Well, he took home the win at the Rip Curl Grom Search in Huntington Beach this past weekend for the boys 12 and under division...thus qualifying for the Rip Curl Grom Search National Finals, which will be held during the WCT event in Puerto Rico this October. Colin took down Jake Marshall, Jacob Davis, and Kalani David in the final by scoring an 8.5 and a 4. Colins 8.5 was the highest score of the final, earning him the 1st place trophy. In the article a
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...Lost Surfboards and Catalyst have decided to show all of you what we are both all about on the social network "facebook". Check us out to see new updates and such things as Nikki getting proposed to by random strangers. There is only one ...Lost Surfboards, but two Catalyst pages. Catalyst San Clemente and Catalyst Melbourne Beach.
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Corey Landvogt is a Catalyst team rider. We all know that. But what most people don't know is that he has been brewing his own beer wit his friend Gyl for the last 6 months or so. Their beer is called "SC Brew Southern Crown"....brewed right here in San Clemente at Coreys house. I recently had the pleasure of drinking a couple of these beers and needless to say, they tasted great and got me buzzed. Corey and his partner have received many compliments on all of their brews so far and they will be
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Well, our parking lot has been used for a few things so far...employee parking, a skate ramp, parties with punk bands playing to a mosh pit full of local surfers, and what now you ask? I guess it's a harbor. That's right, our parking lot is now Chris Wards personal harbor. I guess if that's how far we have to go to keep our sticker on his board then that's what it is. To see the story behind this piece of work check out this link.http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/chris-ward-lives-to-tell-about-h
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2 NSSA Explorer events were held this past weekend (March 13th and 14th) at the San Clemente pier. Our youngest team rider Colin Deveze made the finals in the menehune division in not only one, but both events! Colin took 4th place on Saturday and 2nd place on Sunday. Not to mention the 8.0 and the 9.0 that he posted in one of the earlier heats on Sunday.
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We have all been there before. While paddling out some guy who doesn't know what he is doing is coming straight at you as you scratch to get out of the way while the guy misses your head by mere inches. Some people just don't know that surfboards can do serious damage. My theory is that if you do not know how to control your board, then surf away from the crowd. No surfer wants to admit to themself that they are dangerous in the water. But the fact is that some people just are a bad accident wai
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The new Lost surfboards movie starring Chris Ward, Aaron Cormican, and Mason Ho putting sub 5’ 6” boards to their limits. Also featuring sections from Shane Beschen, Kolohe Andino, Dane Reynolds, Jordy Smith, Ryan Carlson and Ol’ Mr. SL9er himself.
...and for the first time ever seen - Cory Lopez and Ian Walsh at a spot that could instantly change your definition of “the perfect wave”.
Buy it in our ON-LINE Store NOW!!!
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Catalyst team rider Eddie Guilbeau took the title this year as the "King of the Peak" at Sebastian Inlet, Florida. Eddie won the contest with a varial above the lip. ESPN is impressed as you can see in their article about Eddie.....I mean the contest. http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/4641264
We are proud of Eddie over here in San Clemente. Although Eddie lives in Florida and is a regular at Catalyst in Melbourne Beach, the King still manages to walk out of our shop with someth
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IS MY BOARD DONE YET? What do you do when yours isn't? Complain? Yell at Nichole or Chucky? If you're like Chris Ward, you go in the Catalyst board room and pull a Lost surfboard from stock. But what if the exact size and dimensions isn't there? Then, like Chris, you improvise. Wardo's 5'9 SDIV wasn't ready on the morning of 5/22/08, as he had hoped, for the 'CT event in Fiji. But, there was a 5'11 double bump swallow SDIV with pinched rails that Chris decided would be perfect for weaving throug
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Jimmy "Metal" Pitts! He surfs better and rocks harder than you.
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The board Christian is holding in this Kooka, we mean RVCA (tell Alex Knost we said hi!), ad is a 6'6" ...Lost XTR Parabolic SDII with the logos photoshopped off by the marketing geniuses at RVCA. We know this because Christian got it at Catalyst the day before he left for Bali, where the photos in the ad were taken. We, as well as a lot of customers, will have a hard time forgetting that day, as Christian's hand was as big as a balloon due to a spider bite. He was on painkillers and antibiot
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Nichole has a lot of fans and admirers, from 10th graders who think they have a shot with her to local homeless dudes who shower her with gifts (and by gifts we mean flowers pulled out of the dumpster next to the flower stand across the street).
It seems that her fan-base has expanded to pen-wielding creepsters in poorly-lit watering holes. This piece of art was delivered to her on a napkin.
There are a few aspects of the sketch that Nichole isn't too happy about. See if you can fin
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Amateur hour at Catalyst strikes again. For reasons we won’t get into here, Catalyst got a free full-page ad from Happy Mag moments before it was going to press (actually, it was probably more like two weeks, but “moments” sounds more dramatic). Biolos holds pretty tight reins on the creative aspect of things around here, and now it’s more apparent than ever as to why. All the genius minds behind the ad project (really only one not-so-genius brain cell shared between two water-logged brains) lag
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Shop jocky Chucky Rigano had an interview in Carbon Mag recently (www.carbonmagazine.com). There's a small lifestyle photo that goes along with two action shots. But the real action isn't in the surfing as you can see by the uncropped version!
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People came from all over to say their goodbyes to long time sander of ...Lost surfboards, Joe Wood. Needless to say, we threw down a party that Joe would have loved.
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Joe Wood, long time sander of ...Lost surfboards passed away this morning (10/21/2009)while surfing Upper Trestles with his nephew and protige, Cody Bahl.
Joe Wood, in all of our opinions, was the best surfboard sander that ever lived. Joe has been sanding ...Lost surfboards since ...Lost was started in 1991 or 1993. Joe has been sanding behind Catalyst since long before we opened. Back when this shop was "San Clemente Surf Company".
Joes stomping grounds were Huntington Beach and San Cl
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So the "What Really Went Wrong" movie premiere really went right last night at "Ten Waterfront" in Newport beach. The night started off pretty mellow with a few party animals actually acting civilized while eating sushi and having a couple drinks. By around 8:30pm the place started jumping as the drinks kicked in to gear....as well as did Chicken Willey. Chicken performed his 2009 version of the infamous tune "What is really going on", which was basically the old version that we all know with a
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Raw Helmet is a local highschool band who has played at multiple Catalyst parties. They always put on a good punk rock show for the crowd. This article was originally written to promote a show that Raw Helmet was playing on January 23rd at the Beach Hut in San Clemente, but when their school and the police got a glimpse of the shows flyer, the show got canceled and the boys were suspended from school. RAW HELMET!
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The following is paraphrased from an intercepted email from Biolos:
The Catalyst building was constructed in the mid 20th century. Its original use was a church, thus the long narrow shape. It was later turned into a print shop and was filled with old school Heidelburgs (vintage printing press). Finally, in about 1970, Steve Boehne leased the building and put the first Infinity Surfboards shop and board factory in there. This lasted a couple years until Rick James and the infamous James Ga
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