We’re not the biggest fans of where all these halfpipe shenanigans are going. Yes, Shaun White got a big jump on everyone with his double-McTwist, but by summer we’re guessing all the top dogs will have them on lock. See, Iouri Podladtchikov already has them (although a little late for the Olympics). Then Shaun will have to triple up and the whole arms race will start all over again. Is this really where snowboarding should be going?
[Link: Two Left Feet]
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Shaun White was on The Tonight Show on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Sarah Palin opened for him. That’s how big the Flying Tomato has gotten.
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Shaun White and the Olympic pipe jocks aren’t the only shreds taking the double double. Eric Willett doubles up on his way to stomping a win at the TTR River Jump in Livigno, Italy last weekend. Don’t know that we’ve ever seen anyone land an entire run so solid.
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Have to admit that we’re kind of surf filmed out, but it is good to see people like Joe G working diligently to keep if fresh. Stab magazine interviewed Joe on his new “concept experiment” for Globe.
You can watch “a rad surf part” everywhere these days and to me almost everything looks the same. I want the video tests to be what I see as an audiovisual experiment – something a bit different. Maybe an alternate music video for the song. Maybe something trippy that just so happens to have a few surf clips in it. Dunno. We’re basically just bored with a lot of the things we usually see in surf and like to try different takes on it.
Guess that’s all the motivation anyone needs.
[Link: Stab Magazine]
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Scotty Lago was on Jimmy Kimmel last night (February 26, 2010) and he killed. Watch and see for yourself.
[Link: Hulu]
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Wall Street Journal writer Conor Dougherty’s latest skateboard story for the business paper of record surveys the world of painting on skateboard decks and asks the age old question: yeah, but is is “wheelie” art? Get it? We are reminded of the old definition of art we learned our first day in art history class: art is what artists do.
As long as there have been skateboards, there have been pictures on them. The early boards in the 1960s tended to have child-friendly graphics such as images of surfers or baseball stars. Artistic styles shifted with the evolution of the skateboarding subculture, moving into images depicting everything from skulls and cartoon cigarettes to children finding their parents having intimate relations. Like skateboarders, the artwork they favor often exudes youthful protest and subversive themes.
We guess the bigger question is this: if an artist who doesn’t skateboard paints on a skateboard deck is it skate art? Our answer is no. Now were are those Jeffery Koons Supreme decks was saw lying around some where. . . ?
[Link: The Wall Street Journal]
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It doesn’t really matter if you’re into downhill skateboarding or not, Marc McCrudden’s film Drop: My Life Downhill looks amazing. The film will be premiering March 18th at The Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, B.C. Click the link for more info.
[Link: Orangefiist via Silverfish Longboarding]
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Leave it to the Germans. . .
[Link: Gizmodo via Business Insider]
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We all know retail is hell we’re just not quite sure it has ever been so eloquently stated as it is here in this Mollusk Minute.
[Link: Mollusk via The Vans Blog]
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Shaun White’s comfortable, witty appearance actually makes it worth watching Stephen Colbert for more than three minutes. No joke, Shaun is that good. To watch the entire Colbert Report episode, click the link.
[Link: Hulu.com]
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