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Surffrenzy 2013

Last week the Surffrenzy, Holland's craziest surf contest, was held once again at our beloved beach in Wijk aan Zee.

During the Surffrenzy all contestants surf a 30 minute heat in which they can showcase their talents.

HoodLamb team riders Martijn Nijhof and Stef Bakker in action.

The categories are shortboard men, longboard men, ladies, grommets and retro, all surfing together in mixed heats with the best two waves being counted.

The level of surfing is always quite high, but the fun factor is at least equally important, with extra prizes being awarded for “biggest kook,” and “best wipe-out”.

This year's Frenzy was blessed with good waves for Dutch standards and bright skies with plenty of sunshine. Christoffer Hartkopp, one of Denmark's best surfers, drove down from Denmark and took home the win in the men's shortboard division. Pommeline van Vliet won the ladies' division.

Both of them received brand new surfboards sponsored by Ozlines who also organized the event.

HoodLamb took care of the second & third price winners in the Shortboard & Ladies' division; Congratulations to Jappe Meijssing and Maartje Mulder who both went home with a brand new HoodLamb jacket!

Special thanks goes out to the Heemies and all other volunteers and sponsors who made this a great day at the beach!

Pictures by: Koen Laarhoven / www.seasoniscoming.com

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The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard by Ithaka

HoodLamb team rider Ithaka presented his latest range of contemporary sculptures made from recycled surfboards during the "The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard" exhibition in Gallery WOA: Way Of Arts in Cascais, Portugal. Check out the nice photo of Ithaka in his HoodLamb T-Shirt as featured in Onfire Surf Mag!

Ithaka is a hip hop artist, sculptor, artistic photographer, writer and surfer from Southern California, who currently lives in Brazil.

While living in Lisbon, he recorded his first two hip hop albums, Flowers and the Color of Paint and Stellafly. Ithaka later returned to California where he recorded his third album called Somewhere South Of Somalia with producer Conley Abrams III. Later Ithaka relocated his base to Rio de Janeiro where he recorded his two most recent albums, Recorded In Rio and Saltwater Nomad.

In addition to creating music, his short story series entitled, Fishdaddy Chronicles, has appeared in surfing magazines around the world including Surfer, The Surfer's Journal, Water and Transworld Surf". In 2009, his short story "Miracle At Malibu" was published in the book entitled Surf Story, a collective volume of stories and surf culture compiled by Robb Havassy.

His abstract photographic art and body of sculpture work known as The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard have been exhibited globally, his most recent solo showings were hosted by Gallery WOA (Way Of Arts) in Lisbon, Portugal in November 2007, The Camp in Costa Mesa, California in June 2010 and Gallery Alma Do Mar in São Paulo, Brazil in October 2010. At present the artist creates most of his works at Recanto Akahti, his small ranch in rural South America located on the edge of the Atlantic Rainforest in AkahtiLândia, Brazil.

Catching Waves With HoodLamb Team Rider Martijn Nijhof

Holland has seen some pretty good days of surf recently. Check out these nice shots of HoodLamb teamrider Martijn 'Smiley' Nijhof, who makes sure to never miss a good swell.

Pics by Koen Laarhoven - Heemies

Bustawave with Jay Christenson

Fresh surf video from HoodLamb team rider Jay Christenson in California!

Jeffrey's Bay's Bruce Gold

Dutch photographer Jan Bijl has been to Jeffrey's Bay South Africa many times where he befriended local surfing legend Bruce Gold. Bruce has been living in Jeffrey's Bay for most of his life, surfing the Bay's beautiful waves and living the ultimate surfer hippie life. Needless to say, Bruce loves hemp, so he was very stoked with the Hemp HoodLamb clothes that team riders Arjen and Jelle brought him on their last visit to beautiful Jeffrey's Bay.

All photos by Jan Bijl.
www.janbijl.com