We’ve mentioned Westerly Windina a.k.a. Peter Drouyn before (twice, actually). He’s the former Australian surfing hero who in 2008 announced that he would live as a woman rolling forward. Now, Santa Monica, California based filmmakers at Westward Productions are hoping to make a documentary about the man and the woman he became in a film titled: Westerly: A Man, A Woman, An Enigma. Not surprisingly, they’re asking for your help on Kickstarter. Here’s what they’re pitching:
In 2008, Peter Drouyn announced on Australian national television that he was living as a woman. His new name, she said, was Westerly Windina. The surf community—and Australia in general—was astonished and mostly repulsed. Since then, Westerly has been living in public housing on Australia’s Gold Coast. Her life is not easy. She is alone, poor, and often taunted by her neighbors. . . We will explore Westerly’s past as a man, document her upcoming gender-reassignment operation in Thailand, and follow her post-up as she acclimates to the newest chapter of her enigmatic journey.
Westward Productions is hoping to raise $50,000 for the project, however, with only 18 days to go they’ve only raised $6,298. If you’d like to see this film completed, click here to back the project.
What better way to ring in the holiday season than with The Gonz decorated Christmas tree and Snoop there to wreck the place with his cane. #bahhumbizzle
Stance apparently wasn’t happy simply supplying socks for sweaty skate dudes. Nope. They’ve reportedly hooked up the ladies as well.
The collection takes inspiration from both the runway and the streets. Intricate beading, fringe detailing, studs and fun prints can all be found in the collection. Right away, you’ll notice that these aren’t your everyday socks! . . Stance is truly changing the way we view socks.
There is nothing better than free money and the most popular way to round up small amounts of cash these days appears to be Kickstarter. The craftsmen at Bean Snowboards in Boston, Mass would like to continue with their “very limited Artist Series” of handmade snowboards, but they don’t have money. That’s where you come in.
We work with local artists to produce unique snowboards showcasing their design and then have a party/gallery showing to spread the word about their art and give them an opportunity to sell other works. This year we just don’t have the capital to do the Artist Series so we’re turning to the Kickstarter community to help us fund it.
If you’re going to support someone it might as well be guys who are making snowboards with American-made materials in America. Right? Click here to buy in.
Not that we’re interested in continuing this whole “Weezy becomes a skateboarder” thing, but Lil Wayne makes some more sense in this interview with MTV. It’s a reminder that you don’t sell all those records by not knowing what’s up. Like the man says, “Skateboarding is its own world and I want to vital in that world.”
Desillusion Magazine, the beautifully over-done print magazine (that is everything Monster Children dreams of one day becoming) teamed with with Analog and Alien Workshop to produce This Is Dylan— A 10 minute gaze into the life and time of Dylan Rieder.
At only 24, Dylan’s name is already well engraved in the history of skateboarding, thanks to his style, his personality and his incredible gift; that of skating fast and skating well.The skateboard mag voted him as 2006’s years best am award, but since then he turned pro, came out with an insane part in Mind Field, and has been blowing minds with his steely tricks all across the world. After a rather tormented period, where he tasted the dark side of street life, and where he found himself literally catapulted to the front of the scene, Dylan got back up again, brushed himself off and with incredible maturity, imposed his own style, a style which quickly turned him into an icon for an entire generation of skateboarders.
Jazz piano prodigy Austin Peralta, the son of Bones Brigade co-creator Stacy Peralta, has died according to a story in the LA Times. He turned 22 on October 25, 2012.
Flying Lotus, the beat producer and label head who released Peralta’s music, confirmed the news Thursday morning via Twitter, writing: “it kills me to type that we lost a member of our family, Austin Peralta. I don’t really have the right words right now.” Peralta’s cause of death has not been announced.
Peralta, who released two jazz albums by the time he was 16, was reportedly working on a new album on Brainfeeder. Our thoughts are with Peralta’s family and friends.
For several videos of Austin playing keyboards, follow they jump.
