Exciting news!!!!

Natures Shapes boards are now available in Montreal and Ottawa!  Check out the three promotional models I have selected and the promotional pre-season price is $550 cdn.  Check them out in the surf shop tab!

Welcome to 2010!

2010 is going to be an exciting year for Surf Montreal.

We are expanding our site to include a Surf  Shop where you can buy your Surf Montreal gear, Surf photography and order Natures Shapes Surf boards.

We are teaming up with Wheels N Waves to offer hotel / surf rental packages in Southern Maine.  Do you want to go surf?  Our packages will allow you to take advantage of the best deals in Maine.  Hotel, Rentals delivered to your hotel, shuttle bus to and from the beach… all a great price The price is still being negotiated but as always when Surf Montreal and Wheels N Waves are behind it you know it’s going to be a good deal.

Trips…

We have 2 trips scheduled:  The After Labor day Wells trip and if you like surf movies, surfing and NYC you can’t miss the New York Surf Film festival trip…  That’s right, we are going to be heading down to NYC for a 4 day surf experience during the New York Surf Film Fest.  We will drive on Thursday afternoon, surf Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning.  Then we will head to NYC for a foot tour of Times Square, 5th ave, and Central Park.  Sunday afternoon we will hit up the Surf Film Festival and top it off with dinner and drinks at Sala NYC.  Monday we will drive home.  If you love surfing and NYC you can’t miss this trip.

So stay tuned as 2010 will be a great year!

Natures Shapes…

Natures Shapes is an American surf company located in Long Island NY.  Mike Becker started Natures Shapes back in ‘93 and since then has kept true to his vision of hand crafting amazing surfboards.  Surf Montreal and Natures Shapes?  At Surf Montreal we believe in buying local, quality craftsmanship, and supporting local business.  Natures Shapes is keeping it true to the roots of the sport.  Not only do they offer amazing boards but they are hand made in Long Island.  They are made  for surfers by surfers.   Since I began surfing I have avoided riding pop outs like the plague.  I like being able to meet the shaper, visit the shop, and watch someone with stoke build my boards.   Food made with love always tastes better… well… a board made with stoke surfs better.

Some people are probably thinking that Long Island isn’t really all that local… what about Imagine, or Elder Surf… Aren’t they in Montreal?  Yes, but if you surf in Montreal you know Imagine, you know where the shop is and you certainly already know where to get Corran’s great Eco Friendly boards! Elder Surfboards are hand shaped in Montreal but he had to scale down his business due to the amount of popouts being sold in Montreal’s surf shops .  If you want to support a true Montreal shaper you can get in touch with Johan Elder from his website: http://www.eldersurfboards.com/site/boards/

Local for a Surfer from Montreal is the upper east coast.  Our home breaks are in Maine, Hampton, Long Island.  Our Local breaks are all a few hours away by car.  Many local shapers across Canada and the US have had to close down because of the cheaper pop out boards available.  Montreal is flooded with these boards…  Boards that are made by people who may not have ever surfed a day in their lives.  We have a passion for surfing and so should your board.  That’s why we are bringing in Natures Shapes.  The boards are filled with stoke and owner Mike Becker has not lost touch with his roots or his vision.

We will sell you Natures Shapes on appointment,  the boards will be priced to sell and will be available to be ordered shortly.  Check the shop page for updates!

With forecasts of 40 foot waves to be hitting Hawaii Early this week, I decided to check out the new HD Surf spot cams from Surfline.com.  I can’t believe people were actually trying to paddle into these monsters.  Here’s the link to check out Waimea Bay.  http://www.surfline.com/surf-report/waimea-bay-hawaii-hdcam_4755/ Enjoy!

Hey guys,

Check out the Surfing Atlas website at www.surfingatlas.com a really cool site with a huge amount of info for surf travel.  Enjoy!

Hey guys,

This Thursday, November 26th check out Epic Boardshop for a one day sale 50% off alot of goods and at 9:30 a movie presentation of Still Filthy by Billabong. Check out the flyer below!

Hey Guys,

Check out the river surfing competition hosted by the Alberta River Surfing Association!!! Looks sweet.  http://www.riversurfing.ca/filmfest.php

Hey Guys,

Video can  now be found in the Video page above .  New clips will be added when I find some interesting video’s I’d like to share, or when I make a new clip!

Hello Surf Montreal! Went for a surf yesterday afternoon and it was pretty good. The wave was a little white (easy to catch) but not very dynamic. Regardless I was sharing the wave with only 2 kayakers and had one of my best sessions of all summer. I took out the Greenlight Surf Supply board that I made out for it’s official maiden voyage on the river and it was incredible. I really can’t believe that for my first short board that I shaped from scratch it turned out so well. It’s fast, responsive, floaty and fun! If you want to go surf make sure you have your rubber! The water was cold and the air was cold, I was really glad I had my hood, booties and gloves.

Hey guys check out: http://www.billabongpro.com/mundaka09/live.php it’s a live web feed from the Billabong pro in Mundaka. Today the event was postponed because it’s flat as a pancake, but in that area of Europe, the waves can change drastically over a very short period of time so check in tomorrow and take a look!