Web Surfers Can Catch a Wave at Zipidee

PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 21, 2008 – Zipidee, an online digital marketplace, announced that epic sessions with some of the world's best professional and rookie surfers are now available for download, just in time for spring. Videos featuring Bethany Hamilton, Mick Fanning, and Kelly Slater, among others, are now available on the Zipidee marketplace. Customers on the Zipidee site can step into the world of surfers from around the globe and experience the biggest wipeouts and record-breaking rides in Hawaii, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, and California.

In the video entitled “Making Headlines,” viewers can watch and learn from some of the biggest names in surfing. Mick Fanning, current World Champion of the Foster's ASP Men’s World Tour destroys his competition during the Fall free-surf sessions with the fastest surfing and biggest turns of the year. The action continues with eight-time World Champion surfer Kelly Slater, who thrills the crowds in J-Bay, the heart of South African surf country.

One of the best big-wave surf contests ever captured on video, “The 2006 Mavericks Surf Contest” contains all the action of dangerous waves, horrendous wipeouts, and perfect rides. With only one day of notice, twenty-four of the world's best big-wave surfers convened in Half Moon Bay, California, to compete with 50-foot waves, jagged rocks, frigid water, and each other. Dubbed “The Super Bowl of Big Wave Surfing” by Sports Illustrated, the competition is highly regarded among the surfing community.

Also available on the site is a video entitled “Groms: Surf,” introducing the leading kids under the age of sixteen who are climbing the ranks of pro surfing. This video includes the well-known shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton, Clay Marzo, Tyler Newton, Kiron Jabour, and Evan Geiselman.

Canadian born ''Slamming'' Sam Ireland reveals tips to win on the race course in his instructional windsurfing video entitled “Pro Secrets: Start to Finish.” Ireland provides viewers with an insider’s guide to the winning secrets of fellow racers, including multiple world windsurfing champion Antoine Albeau. As John Bryja, Editor of Windsport Magazine, commented, “It’s the most in-depth racing instructional ever. If you're interested in racing at the National Championships, passing your friends, or simply improving your windsurfing, Sam Ireland's ‘Pro Secrets' has something for you.”


Zipidee is the Internet’s largest digital marketplace for PGC (prosumer generated content) educational, instructional, and special interest programming. The action shots captured in videos like “Making Headlines” and “The 2006 Mavericks Surf Contest” strengthen Zipidee’s special interest sports content offering.

Zipidee’s surfing videos are currently available at http://www.zipidee.com in the “Action Sports” category.