CHANGING BAG REVIEW BY G.L.

NORTHCORE have come up with a very simple but effective idea!

It really is so clever in its simplicity I'm surprised no one has thought of it before.

How many times have you taken your wettie off after a session, standing on the grass, sand or tarmac as you did so, and in consequence ended up with a suit covered in foreign bodies of one sort or another. If you are like me and rinse your suit out after each trip, getting rid of all these unwanted bits can take awhile, not to mention wasting water! NORTHCORE have devised an ingenious solution!

Consisting of a strong black plastic bag about a metre in diameter and approximately 100cm deep with a drawstring, the idea being that you stand on the bag, strip your wettie off which is now at your feet within the confines of the bag, step out, pull the drawstring tight, then sling the whole thing in the boot of your car and off you go!

Obviously, there will probably be sand on your feet which will now be in the bag, but it'll be nothing like what you normally accrue, and okay, it will mean washing the bag as well later, but with it's tough wipe-clean material, I think this is a small price to pay.

There is also a small zip pocket on the inside to stow wax sun block or whatever.

This product has been tried and tested by SURFRIDERS EYE staff and is recommended.

CONTACT: NORTHCORE BOARDRIDERS, PO BOX 25, LOUTH, LN11 0UE or www.northcore-europe.com

Surfrider`s Eye gives NORTHCORE Changing Bag a  rating of 5 out of 5 stars RRP 13.99

De Wax it Review

Every surfer who wears a wetsuit will dirty up the wax on his/her surfboard because all black wetsuit deposit black particles onto the wax, which in the course of several weeks surfing shows as a black patch. A black patch where the surfer lays down looks crap on photographs.( and its hard to Photoshop it out!)

So why not make your board look like new in 5 minutes.
Scrape of thick wave with a wax comb or blunt knife.
Pour on De Wax it and rub in a circular motion with paper and cloth taking off wax.
Pour over a boiling kettle of hot water.
Dry off with fresh paper and cloth or saw dust to a dry state.
Re wax like new.

The tradition way to remove old black wax way with a wax comb ( was never very successful due too small dents and bumps on the surfboard deck where the wax would remain, until now, De Wax It gets into the dents it is the first and only way to properly clean wax off all parts of the board, use a firm rubbing action with the fluid applied to rag or paper or cloth.

Couple the original methods of boiling hot kettles of water and sand or saw dust rubbing and you have the ultimate way to make a dirty board like new very fast.

Surfrider`s Eye gives De Wax It a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. RRP 6.50