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Stixx Site Live with 2010 Updates: A Couple New Boards, Some New Products, and the Best Female Wakesurfer in the World
Sat, 6/02/10 – 22:28 | No Comment

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Shred Stixx Wakesurf Company has just launched their 2010 web updates with a slick new rotating homepage, a couple new boards, new apparel, and an all new construction to the most advanced shapes in the industry. Lead by current US and European Wakesurf Champion Chase Hazen, the Stixx homepage flashes a new Rider from the most elite wakesurfing team in the business.  The team has 6 returning Riders and adds the top female surf style rider in the world, Rebecca Ort, with her own signature series board the LE II.

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The Stixx Quiver has an all new set of graphics and with the addition of the LE II, will contain the only board on the water developed for female riders.  The ePtech construction for all surf style boards is the result of over 3 decades of development from Stixx Founder and wakesurf godfather, Jerry Price.

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For the new season, Stixx has created the Custom Series with the new brainchild from Price and Hazen, the Elevation.  The series also contains last seasons comp I, and the original Thresher.  Each board is available in 3 lengths, multiple colors, and custom traction.  Each board is made in the USA by the Stixx Team shaper.

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With 2010 Shred Stixx has also announced the a board developed for surfing free standing waves in rivers.  Stixx will sponsor top rider Alex Mau who will ride and compete on the River Stixx.  River surfing has had a couple years of increasing growth and looks to follow wakesurfing and paddle boarding as the fastest growing water sports in the world.

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See the rest of the updates and pre order your Stixx to receive a 10% discount by visiting

WWW.SHREDSTIXX.COM

(keep hitting refresh on homepage)

The slayshTank Productions Video Library
Mon, 1/02/10 – 1:34 | No Comment
The slayshTank Productions Video Library

The slayshTank video library has added over 50 videos in less than 9 months and slayshTank Productions has just been announced as the latest offspring of The Riders Coalition.  With the addition of Austin native …

2010 slayshTank Apparel Preview & Online Store Open for Business
Wed, 20/01/10 – 22:54 | 4 Comments
2010 slayshTank Apparel Preview & Online Store Open for Business

Some samples from the slayshTank 2010 Artist Series by Shaun Gordon
We are stoked to preview some selected designs from the 2010 slayshTank line, which will feature our first Artist Series with Shaun Gordon. Check back …

Shred Stixx Announces 2010 Product Catalog and Pre Order
Wed, 20/01/10 – 13:05 | No Comment
Shred Stixx Announces 2010 Product Catalog and Pre Order

CLICK THE COVER TO VIEW THE CATALOG
Shred Stixx Wakesurf Company has just released the 2010 Product Catalog featuring the new boards and apparel. Founded in 1999, Shred Stixx Wakesurf Co has been setting the standard …

Reichle and Beck are Kids With Guns
Fri, 15/01/10 – 21:50 | 3 Comments
Reichle and Beck are Kids With Guns

The riders had their Stixx and the coalition had their cameras, we were all kids with guns.  Photography by Mike Shore.

Light reachin' and Beck preachin' photo mShore

Reichle and Beck: Kids With Guns from slayshTank: The …

Johnny Stieg and Stixx Pro Team Featured on Cover of Wakesurfing Magazine Fall Issue
Tue, 12/01/10 – 15:02 | 3 Comments
Johnny Stieg and Stixx Pro Team Featured on Cover of Wakesurfing Magazine Fall Issue

The Stixx Team and the Lifestyle of Professional Wakesurfing Fall 2009
The Fall issue of Wakesurfing Magazine is fresh off the press and heading to a mailbox near you.  Stixx Team rider Johnny Stieg is featured …

Landon Reichle and the Sourthern Fried slaysh
Sun, 10/01/10 – 12:35 | 2 Comments
Landon Reichle and the Sourthern Fried slaysh

The Lando Launch photo rSlack (c)
This footage and pictures were taken during the shooting of the Shred Stixx Instructional DVD featuring Landon Reichle, Chase Hazen, and the Stixx Pro Wakesurf Team. The DVD is due …

Wakesurfing Magazine Interview: Johnny Stieg
Tue, 5/01/10 – 18:54 | No Comment
Wakesurfing Magazine Interview: Johnny Stieg

For the Fall report the Tank is profiling Stixx/slaysh Rider Johnny Stieg who caught the latest cover of Wakesurfing Magazine.  The mag is hot off the press and you will soon see that Stieg is …

Shred Stixx Wakesurf Co Gets Face Lift: New Boards, New Graphics, New Traction for 2010
Fri, 1/01/10 – 13:30 | 5 Comments
Shred Stixx Wakesurf Co Gets Face Lift: New Boards, New Graphics, New Traction for 2010

Founded in 1999, Shred Stixx Wakesurf Co has been setting the standard in premium surf style epoxy wakesurf boards for 10 years.  With the 2010 season closer than you may think, the Stixx crew has …

Photographer Mike Shore Shoots slayshTank Riders
Mon, 28/12/09 – 17:14 | 5 Comments
Photographer Mike Shore Shoots slayshTank Riders

Photographer Mike Shore is used to hangin’ out of choppers and planes shooting aviation photography and there is no doubt he’s down for adventure.  To me it looks like he has it dialed when …

Wakesurfing Documentary: From Dogtown to Discovery Bay
Tue, 15/12/09 – 12:15 | 8 Comments
Wakesurfing Documentary: From Dogtown to Discovery Bay

This documentary takes a look at the origins of wakesurfing from the eyes of sport pioneer and Shred Stixx Founder Jerry Price. It all started at Venice Beach, aka Dogtown, during the 1960’s and ends …

Shred Stixx Announces First River Surfer Sponsorship for 2010: Alex Mau
Thu, 10/12/09 – 23:34 | 19 Comments
Shred Stixx Announces First River Surfer Sponsorship for 2010: Alex Mau

As a follow up to the recently released 2010 River Stixx, Shred Stixx and slayshTank have announced their first river surfer sponsorship for 2010. Alex Mau will be joining the team from Littleton, Colorado and …

2009 European Wakesurf Tour with Stixx Rider Chase Hazen: River Surfing Munich, Germany
Thu, 3/12/09 – 18:32 | 3 Comments
2009 European Wakesurf Tour with Stixx Rider Chase Hazen: River Surfing Munich, Germany

Shred Stixx team rider Chase Hazen has just returned to the United States from a 3 week wakesurf tour where he traveled around Europe and got into everything from surfing behind the new Mastercraft 300 …

Rebecca Ort and the November Dry Suit slaysh on Lake Zurich
Tue, 24/11/09 – 11:35 | No Comment
Rebecca Ort and the November Dry Suit slaysh on Lake Zurich

Stixx Rider Rebecca Ort on a comp I photo wakesurf24
Shred Stixx Team rider Rebecca Ort put on the dry suit last week and hit Lake Zurich for some off season slaysh. Rebecca joined the Stixx …

Dominic Lagace Joins slayshTank Surf Team for 2010
Mon, 23/11/09 – 1:01 | No Comment
Dominic Lagace Joins slayshTank Surf Team for 2010

A couple weeks ago we  met up with Dominic Lagace on road trip from Quebec, Canada to Mexico.  Lagace heads South every winter to run a wakeboard camp in Mexico and surf the Pacific.  Not …

A View From the Deck: slayshTank Photographer Bombs the Big Apple
Fri, 13/11/09 – 16:27 | No Comment
A View From the Deck: slayshTank Photographer Bombs the Big Apple

As promised, slayshTank photographer Ryan Slack gives us an inside perspective of the most dangerous longboard skate race in the world, The Broadway Bomb.  These shots were taken from Slacks very own longboard deck as …

2010 Addition to the Shred Stixx Lineup: Paddle Stixx SUP
Thu, 12/11/09 – 22:21 | No Comment
2010 Addition to the Shred Stixx Lineup: Paddle Stixx SUP

The Paddle Stixx SUP was left off the board release and we just received the final mock up for the 11′ cruiser.  This board is a great, economical way to get out and enjoy the …

rSlack and the Art of Getting Extreme
Wed, 11/11/09 – 13:29 | No Comment
rSlack and the Art of Getting Extreme

The following shots were taken from the rSlack portfolio and give us a different perspective of skateboarding and wakesurfing.
Short Bus photo rSlack
Short Bus Fountain Grind photo rSlack
Red Bull Ditchin' Tour photo rSlack
photo rSlack
Epic in …

Blast Wakeskate Magazine Launches Issue 1.1
Tue, 3/11/09 – 0:07 | One Comment
Blast Wakeskate Magazine Launches Issue 1.1

Blast! Hits the Press Issue 1.1
The wait is over and Blast Wakeskate Magazine has launched their first issue online.  We are pround to announce that slasyhTank made the cover and is featured in the magazine …

slayshTank: The Official Launch Party
Tue, 27/10/09 – 9:14 | 2 Comments
slayshTank: The Official Launch Party

The crew from The Riders Coalition got together a couple weeks ago for the slayshTank launch party on Lake Austin, TX. slayshTank teamed up with the Electric Aquatic Club for a four hour cruise up …

Keep Texas Beaches Open: Vote ‘Yes’ on Prop 9
Thu, 22/10/09 – 12:35 | No Comment
Keep Texas Beaches Open: Vote ‘Yes’ on Prop 9

Come out and support the local Surf Riders Foundation’s efforts to keep the Texas Beaches open for public access.  The Central Texas chapter will host a FREE BBQ and surf movie screening of The Present …

slayshTank Wake Team Hits Baytown, TX
Sun, 11/10/09 – 4:57 | One Comment
slayshTank Wake Team Hits Baytown, TX

For the Gator Productions presents a weekend in Baytown, TX with slayshTank riders Blake Steele, Colton Voswinkel, Josh Norman, Collin Gee and David Roehm. Fair warning, remind yourselves to blink while watching, your eyeballs will …

Jack Oman, Free Radicals, and Custom Threshers
Wed, 7/10/09 – 9:51 | 2 Comments
Jack Oman, Free Radicals, and Custom Threshers

Stixx Rider Jack Oman on his Custom Thresher photo Swami
Stixx Pro Rider Jack Oman rips a custom Thresher during a recent photo/film shoot on LATX.  Photograher Steve Martin, Swami, came out on the Enzo for …

How a team grows…
Sun, 27/09/09 – 12:05 | 3 Comments
How a team grows…

The OG Slayshers. Photo rSlack.
It’s Crazy how fast the SlayshTank team has grown! I took this picture just last year and I would have to say the team has since doubled in size, and the …

Mysterious Public Bus to Brohanisburg Found Near Gnarnia City Limits
Sun, 27/09/09 – 12:01 | No Comment
Mysterious Public Bus to Brohanisburg Found Near Gnarnia City Limits

“From Gnarnia to Brohanisburg”  photo: rSlack.
Yes, like the elusive greyhound bus that goes non-stop from coast to coast, or the jet-ski powered solely by unicorn blood; we have finally located the Brohanisburg Express Bus. There …

Is That the 360 Bridge?
Thu, 24/09/09 – 16:50 | One Comment
Is That the 360 Bridge?

lando launch photo rGetter
No, Just Lando Calresian.

New Flaming Lips Video “I Can Be A Frog”
Tue, 22/09/09 – 15:54 | No Comment
New Flaming Lips Video “I Can Be A Frog”

Now that the appearances at ATP and Colbert are out of the way, the Lips can shift to more typically internattable pursuits, like releasing music videos for their forthcoming, 12th album Embryonic. “I Can Be …

Shred Stixx Rider Alec Wood Featured on the Cover of Seattle Times
Sun, 20/09/09 – 22:44 | No Comment
Shred Stixx Rider Alec Wood Featured on the Cover of Seattle Times

Alec Wood slayshin' the Front Page

Fifty competitors from the Northwest, Canada and as far away as Florida rode the wake of a boat Saturday on Lake Sammamish in the Northwest Wakesurf Open championships.
Going 12-14 mph …

Volcano Choir Album pre-order
Tue, 15/09/09 – 19:46 | No Comment
Volcano Choir Album pre-order

Volcano Choir is an assembly of Wisconsinites Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Jim Schoenecker, Daniel Spack, Justin Vernon, and Thomas Wincek. You might find these old friends also frequenting records and stages under different monikers, Collections …

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s
Mon, 14/09/09 – 19:30 | One Comment
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s

Ask anyone who’s held hands with a stranger or danced barefoot in the front row at an Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros gig: The 10-piece folk-rock ensemble’s shows are more like shamanistic tent revivals …

David Roehm and the Upper Collie Poke
Thu, 10/09/09 – 14:22 | No Comment
David Roehm and the Upper Collie Poke

slayshTank has recently announced the addition of three new members of the Riding Wake team including wakeskater David Roehm.  This shot was taken on the upper Colorado and displays the kind of poke that will …