The Freestyle Blog

The world is full of heroes, here’s to them! Big medal of honor going out to Freestyle Athlete and North Shore Lifeguard Jason Bitzer for his awareness and quick action at Pipeline on January 23rd, 2009. Jason along with several other helpful surfer’s, did everything they could to save Japanese surfer Masato Watanabe from a horrific wipeout. Fortunately, their timely actions saved Watanabe’s life, read this article for the full story of tragedy averted. You guys know how we like to drop life lessons, so here’s another…always look out for your fellow surfers! Here’s to a quick and full recovery for Masato Watanabe. Peace.

photo credit: MICHAEL VOORHEES / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-BULLETIN

The mother ship has landed! Introducing The Freestyle Boiler, our first Solar Powered Watch, featuring a solar cell charged battery capable of 12-months of power on a single charge. Big thanks to all the tech gadget websites that have been running reviews, you guys rock, much appreciated! Check a few of them out: i.Gizmodo, The Gadgeteer, and Tech Chee

Ok so we are always boasting about our limited lifetime warranty, and 100 meter water resistance, and that our watches are pretty much the most durable watches on the market at a really good price, right? Here’s a bit of walk to back up the talk. Surf Pro Alek Parker showed up yesterday wearing the same Rasta Shark we gave him in January 08, sure that’s only a little over a year but in reality this watch has been all over the world, surfed warm water, cold water, and everything in between. Here’s the run down of voyages Alek took with his watch. If only we were all so lucky!
January 08: Dominian Republic
February 08: Puerto Rico
March 08: Argentina
April 08: Galapagos Islands
April 08: Panama
July 08: Costa Rica
September 08: Africa
And of course in between all these are numerous trips between California and Florida. So the moral of the story, take care or your Shark watch and it will take care of you! A watch doesn’t have to be expensive to keep you right on time! All killer no filler! Freestyle4life.

Shoots this is better than a 5 finger discount! Here’s your chance to win all 3 of the new Shark Solids. We’d hate to have you pick just one, so we’re offering up all 3. One catch, you can only register for the giveaway on the Freestyle Fan Page on Facebook. So if your feeling lucky, give it a go, fan up, drop a wall post, blog it, flog it, dog it if you dare.

Swimming to Save Lives: West Coast 2009

-Humanitarians Join Together to Raise Money for SurfAid International -

Howdy folks, we’d like to ask for your help, let’s do some good together!!! On Saturday March 21, Surfaid International is starting its 3rd annual Swim 4 Life fundraising events. Freestyle is sponsoring the event by donating watches for the event’s relay race. Teams and individuals participating in Swim 4 Life will work to gain sponsors for their 30-minute swim. The money raised goes to SurfAid International and its efforts to improve the health, wellbeing and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing. Get a team together, raise some money and maybe you’ll even win a Freestyle watch.

Register for Swim 4 Life today at www.surfaidinternational.org/swim4life09

Come show your support at one of the following events:

Saturday, March 21, 2009 @ 12:30PM: Coggan Aquatic Complex, 800 Nautilus Street, La Jolla 92037

Sunday, March 29, 2009 @ 12noon: Pepperdine University, 24255 PCH, Malibu, 90263

Saturday, April 4, 2009 @ 11AM: Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim Club, 370 Drumm Street, SF 94111