Anarchy Surfboards Retro Fish Advertisment. Jervis Bay NSW 2009. Image © www.AnarchySurfboards.com

Anarchy Surfboards (based on NSW South Coast) have just released a number of retro fish models [...]

George Sava, head shaper at Anarchy Surfboards, has recently shaped a few very cool retro fish models and they are available now.  Feel free to check out the Anarchy Surfboards website at www.AnarchySurfboards.com and you can contact George at AnarchySurfboards@gmail.com or on his mobat number 0431 370 421.  I have personally tested this board out and it rides sick.  An absolute blast in the small stuff (and there is going to be plenty of that this summer) and I actually think it may be able to deal with a bit more size.  Will keep you updated on that but for now this is one of those ultimate boards for summer.  They look hot and they allow you to shred surf that would be a total pain in the arse on your normal shortboard.

Here is some information Sava has provided on the model pictured in this post.

Size

6 to 7 inches shorter than your everyday shortboard

Concave

Single to double to vee 

Fin Set Up

Hand foiled twin keels

Wave Height

1ft – 4ft 

Cost

$630 plain with glassed in fins.  Expect to pay a little more for the model pictured in this post (with red tint and full board art)

Shapers Comments

The short  design creates a tight turning radius.  It is better suited to small to medium waves.  This model has glassed in hand foiled twin fins and has a longer base for extra drive.  Because of the added width, flat rocker and quick planning, this board is a very fast design that loves to race down the line and flow past slow sections on the wave.  The fish is best for intermediate to advanced surfers. A must for every surfer’s quiver.

Shapers Website

www.AnarchySurfboards.com

Jason Harding. Crystals, Australia 2009. Photographer Heidi Barbay. Image © www.AnarchistAthlete.com

Jason Harding will deliver a podium presentation at the ISEA Conference in Vienna, Austria [...]

Founder of Anarchist Athlete Jason Harding will deliver a podium presentation at the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) Conference in Vienna, Austria.  The presentation is scheduled between 12^th – 16^th July 2010 (exact date and time to be advised). 

The current running title of this presentation is ‘Automated Objectivity And Performance Assessment In Elite Snowboarding – A Review’.

CLICK HERE to check out the ISEA conference website.

More details on the presentation and associated published article will be posted up on www.AnarchistAthlete.com soon…

'Warped in Kuta'. Bali Indonesia 2009. Photographer Jason Harding. Image © www.AnarchistAthlete.com

Two of the Anarchist Athlete team recently travelled to Indonesia.  Here’s the stills [...]Upload of new photography images into the Anarchist Athlete Art Gallery ‘Still images from Indonesia’ 

These images are part of an art project titled ‘INDONINE’

CLICK HERE to be redirected to the latest still images from Indonesia.

CLICK HERE to be redirected to the Anarchist Athlete Art Gallery main page.  NOTE: The main page of the Art gallery is currently undergoing a revamp and will be up and running as normal in the next few days.  You can however still check out the latest Indonesia still images by clicking on the ‘Enter Indonesia’ tab on the main art gallery page.  All image files are available for purchase.  Image files are delivered electronically and can be purchase using the online shop at www.AnarchistAthlete.com

CLICK HERE to be redirected to the Anarchist Athlete online shop.

You can purchase almost all of the images contained within this website.  There are a number of image galleries where you can peruse photographic images and an online shop where you can place your associated orders.  There is a fine art photography gallery, a style gallery, and a gallery dedicated to surf, skate and snow sessions that occur within Australia.  The best place to start is the GALLERIES page and feel free to email Jason Harding at AnarchistAthlete@gmail.com if you have any queries on ordering and receiving your image file.

Keep an eye out for a series of upcoming video clips, part of the art project ‘INDONINE’ to be posted on www.AnarchistAthlete.com sometime over the next week or so.

Tak soon.

JH.

South Coast Junk. Rider: Anarchist Athlete Founder Jason Harding. Photographer Jade Barbay. Image © www.AnarchistAthlete.com

Backhand carve from Anarchist Athlete founder Jason Harding, NSW South Coast Australia [...]

No real new info or news here, just a backhand carve image from Anarchist Athlete founder Jason Harding on an average wind slop day on the NSW south coast, Australia. Surf sure aint pretty or epic by any stretch of the imagination but it is salty and wet and after all, it is what we do.  Daily.  Image captured by Jade Barbay on 25th July 2009.

Australian national snowboard coach Ben Wordsworth prepares the base of an Australian boardercross athlete's snowboard at Mt Hotham. Image © www.AnarchistAthlete.com 2008

This article documents an elite-level snowboard coachs’ insights on technology and snowboarding performance [...] 

This article documents an elite-level snowboard coachs’ insights on technology and snowboarding performance.  The article is available now.  This article has been recently published by a new journal titled ‘Sports Technology’.  You can therefore access the article on the Sports Technology Website or alternatively you can read, download the PDF version of this article and listen to the unedited audio file of the interview at www.AnarchistAthlete.com

Click here to read the full article.

Click here to download the PDF version of this article.

Click here to listen to the unedited audio file of the interview.

Article Title

Harding et al (2009b) Fusion of Technological Objectivity into the Underlying Anarchy of Elite Snowboarding – Insights from the Australian National Snowboard Coach. Sports Technology 2008; 1 (6), 239 – 248.

Article Abstract

This interview was focussed upon gaining practice community insight into the potential of micro-technology and subsequent automated objectivity to assist coaches and competition judges with performance assessment during elite half-pipe snowboarding. The sport of half-pipe snowboarding has however traditionally assessed performance during training, free riding and competition by purely subjective measures and until recently has had very little to do with sport science and the focus of objectifying performance parameters associated with rigorous scientific inquiry. The authors have previously shown there is a strong relationship between objective key performance variables such as air-time and degree of rotation (assessed using video based analysis) and an athletes’ subjectively judged score during elite half-pipe snowboarding competitions. Video based analysis however requires labour intensive manual post processing of data and is associated with a large time delay in information feedback. As such it is theorised to have limited potential for the feedback of objective information to snowboard athletes, coaches, and judges. The authors have therefore worked alongside numerous collaborators from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA), Griffith University (GU) and Catapult Innovations to develop a system of automated objectivity based on tri-axial accelerometers and tri-axial rate gyroscopes that can calculate air-time and degree of rotation during half-pipe snowboard runs. The concept was originally focussed on enhancing current training protocols but has also shown potential to support judges in assessing athletic performance during elite half-pipe snowboard competition. Although there is a potential benefit to using systems of automated objectivity within the sport of snowboarding there are also potential drawbacks associated with objectifying a sport that prides itself on providing a platform that allows freedom of expression and the capacity to showcase athletic individuality. It is believed that the integration of any form of objectivity into a sport such as half-pipe snowboarding should be conducted whilst allowing key practice community members control over the overall direction. This 45-minute interview was conducted by Jason Harding (AIS sport scientist) with Ben Wordsworth (the Australian national snowboard coach currently affiliated with the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia) in between surfs at Manly Beach NSW Australia on Wednesday 1st October 2008. Read Full Article

Ben Wordsworth (Australian national snowboard coach) left and Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin (Australian professional snowboarder) right hang at the top of the boardercross course at Mt Hotham. Image © www.AnarchistAthlete.com 2008

Documents insights from an elite coach on tech based concept and its role in snowboarding [...]  

This interview documents insights from an elite-level snowboard coach on technologically based, automated performance assessment and its role in enhancing snowboarding performance and snowboard competition judging.  The article is available now.  This article has been recently published by a new journal titled ‘Sports Technology’.  You can therefore access the article on the Sports Technology Website or alternatively you can read, download the PDF version of this article and listen to the unedited audio file of the interview at www.AnarchistAthlete.com

Click here to read the full article.

Click here to download the PDF version of this article.

Click here to listen to the unedited audio file of the interview.

Article Title

Harding et al (2009b) Fusion of Technological Objectivity into the Underlying Anarchy of Elite Snowboarding – Insights from the Australian National Snowboard Coach. Sports Technology 2008; 1 (6), 239 – 248.

Article Abstract

This interview was focussed upon gaining practice community insight into the potential of micro-technology and subsequent automated objectivity to assist coaches and competition judges with performance assessment during elite half-pipe snowboarding. The sport of half-pipe snowboarding has however traditionally assessed performance during training, free riding and competition by purely subjective measures and until recently has had very little to do with sport science and the focus of objectifying performance parameters associated with rigorous scientific inquiry.  The authors have previously shown there is a strong relationship between objective key performance variables such as air-time and degree of rotation (assessed using video based analysis) and an athletes’ subjectively judged score during elite half-pipe snowboarding competitions. Video based analysis however requires labour intensive manual post processing of data and is associated with a large time delay in information feedback.  As such it is theorised to have limited potential for the feedback of objective information to snowboard athletes, coaches, and judges.  The authors have therefore worked alongside numerous collaborators from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA), Griffith University (GU) and Catapult Innovations to develop a system of automated objectivity based on tri-axial accelerometers and tri-axial rate gyroscopes that can calculate air-time and degree of rotation during half-pipe snowboard runs.  The concept was originally focussed on enhancing current training protocols but has also shown potential to support judges in assessing athletic performance during elite half-pipe snowboard competition.  Although there is a potential benefit to using systems of automated objectivity within the sport of snowboarding there are also potential drawbacks associated with objectifying a sport that prides itself on providing a platform that allows freedom of expression and the capacity to showcase athletic individuality.  It is believed that the integration of any form of objectivity into a sport such as half-pipe snowboarding should be conducted whilst allowing key practice community members control over the overall direction.  This 45-minute interview was conducted by Jason Harding (AIS sport scientist) with Ben Wordsworth (the Australian national snowboard coach currently affiliated with the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia) in between surfs at Manly Beach NSW Australia on Wednesday 1st October 2008.  Read Full Article