After a stellar opening party Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the LA HUF store product from the collaboration between HUF, DLX, and the Japanese wood sculptor Haroshi is finally dropping.
Haroshi is a self taught artist born in 1978 and currently based out of Tokyo, Japan. Combining years of experience as a jewelry craftsman with his long-time passion for skateboarding, Haroshi has developed a unique ability to salvage and hand-carve stacks of used skateboard decks into extraordinary three-dimensional wooden sculptures. Juxtaposing the rough, worn rails of the used decks with the polished forms of their finished product, Haroshi demonstrates and uncanny capability to create beauty out of destruction.
Click the link for a closer look at the t-shirts, snapbacks, sweats, shoes, wheels, and DLX decks that are part of this stunning collab.
Reef has apparently moved a few people around at the company to provide “addition focus and intensity” to their men’s apparel sales in the U.S. Greg (G.O.) Ostus has moved to the newly created position of Director of Sales, Apparel and Eric Gigler is now Design and Merchandising Director.
Reef president, Jeff Moore, states, “His [Gigler’s] leadership, energy, and expertise will be a great addition to the Reef Executive team.” Moore continued, “Greg’s energy, positive attitude and sales expertise will be a great addition to our sales organization.”
Hard to believe there was no sales director for apparel at Reef. Good to know they’ve got one now. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
We’re still trying to process everything we saw, thought and experienced at day one of the Agenda Show at the Convention Center in Long Beach, California. In the meantime here is a photo gallery from both days of the show.
Thought the big boys of electronics were going to just sit back and let Skullcandy run away with the entire personal audio market? Nope. SOL Republic a new headphone brand with family ties to Monster Cable is kicking their new product line off at the Agenda Show.
“Just like action sports, SOL REPUBLIC is deeply rooted in the music lifestyle. Sports are emotional and music is emotional. When music sounds better, you feel better and perform better. We’re committed to making better-‐sounding headphones affordable to everyone.” Said Kevin Lee, Co-‐Founder and CEO of SOL REPUBLIC.
What’s different about these new headphones? We’re going to check them out today, and let you know. Follow the jump for all the official details.
Here’s a new 17 seconds of shoe commercial from Lakai. It’s funny.
Featuring Raven Tershy, shot and edited by Aaron Meza with assistance from Ty Evans. Special thanks to Johannes Gamble, Logan Lara and Angelo for helping make it happen.
Is it right foot goofy, left foot regular or does it even matter? Will figure it out at Agenda.
Holden, the Portland, Oregon based creators of snowboarding outerwear are apparently getting their street on with a new collection of sportswear designed in collaboration with Stussy and hipster bag maker Herschel.
“Holden’s roots are in snowboarding, but the truth is, most of our snowboard-specific pieces are already great crossover items,” says Nikki Brush, Holden design and development manager. “We see folks everyday rocking Holden jackets on the mountain and then taking them to the street. That’s why our sportswear collection is a natural evolution. We’ve remained true to the Holden aesthetic, but we are also dedicated to giving our consumers a level of performance that you just won’t find on most day-to-day sportswear.”
The lines will premiere at the Agenda Show beginning tomorrow January 5, 2012) in Long Beach, California. Guess if you want to grow you need to start making more stuff. One question? Is that Russell Winfield on the catwalk?
Launch LA the new west coast action fashion trade show from Surf Expo owner GLM Shows has announced the first round of companies that it’s “panel of advisory jurors has approved” to exhibit at their show in Santa Monica, California on July 25-26, 2011.
This Thursday, January 5, 2012, the action sports and street wear industries will gather in Long Beach, California for the January Agenda Show. For longtime industry heads this is a return to the Long Beach Convention Center after a eight-year absence and from the look of the list of the over 400 companies who will be exhibiting it’s going to be just like old times only better.
The message boards have been packed with this news for months, but yesterday (January 2, 2012) DC Shoes officially announced that they had made two “massive additions” to their skate program with Mike Mo Capaldi (formerly of Lakai) and Nyjah Huston (footwear free agent).
As usual, this announcement was followed by a flurry of comments from industry insiders and skate kids who don’t believe the publicly traded Quiksilver has skateboarding’s best interest in mind when it signs up major players.
One long-time skate industry head said:
Again skateboarders have sold themselves to a corporate giant who doesn’t care about skateboarding, just money. Happy 4 the skaters, though.
Another fired back:
. . . as long as that company funds skateparks, pays skaters well, makes cool videos and puts on cool events I’m backin’ it.
The first replied:
I know. Getting harder to hate buying credibility. I know it’s not rational but stills feel weird. Happy for skaters though.
Before getting all emotionally involved just remember: skateboarding and skateboarders are just the little donkeys who help drag the footwear marketing machine to the masses.
Sole Tech/etnies has lost another one as 2011 Street League champ Sean Malto officially moves over to Nike SB. Says Malto:
“I’ve always been a fan of Eric Koston and Paul Rodriguez. Being on the same team as them is truly amazing. Plus, Nike has always been the leading brand in sports, with the most incredible athletes past and present—including my favorites Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant. It’s just an honor to be associated with a company like Nike. I feel like we can do awesome things in and for skateboarding!”
Funny how long it takes for the rumors to be official. Guess all these contracts are on the calendar year. Follow the jump for the official word from Nike. [click to continue…]
