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Chase O’Leary signs with Empire & Ally

February 8, 2010 – 2:46 AM

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Empire Bodyboards and Ally Fins are pleased to announce the latest edition to the team with the signing of Port Macquarie (NSW) rising star Chase O’Leary.

Bodyboard Shaper and Australian distributor of Empire and Ally, Glenn Taylor (from Turbo Surf) had the following to say of the recent signing:

“Chase has been on the bodyboard scene for a long time considering his age and is the leading the next generation of amazing bodyboarding talent to come out of Port Macquarie. Chase is the captain of the successful Port Macquarie Bodyboard Club (PMBA) and is on his way to Hawaii this week to compete in the Turbo Bodyboards Pipeline Pro event. It is great to see such a passionate and talented bodyboarder taking it to the next level”

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Tags: Ally, Chase O'Leary, Empire

WA Boy Wonder signs with Pride

February 4, 2010 – 2:00 AM

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To kick start 2010, Pride has collected the highly lucrative signature of WA super Grom Lewy Finnegan. He joins one of the hottest young teams in the sport including Cade Sharp, Sam Bennett, Mitch Woodland, Ben Veitch, Nick Perry, Shaun Pyne and Jimmy Williamson. Before departing on another surf trip (try getting hold of him – its a nightmare), we caught up with him on the new signing and surfing:

Welcome to the team Lewy. Your signature was pretty hot property over the last few months so why pride?
Thanks mate. I chose Pride because I’ve seen plenty of the boards in EBB as I work there, and I reckon they seem like they’re the best boards. They all have really narrow templates, which I like. Also, the rest of the Pride team motivates me to push myself in bodyboarding because they are some of the best riders in the world.