[Link: Christian Surfers]
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New York City’s skate scene lost a legend yesterday when Andy Kessler died of an apparent allergic reaction, according to a post by Bryce Kanights on Skatedaily.net.
We are saddened to report this evening that The Grandmaster of 108, Andy Kessler died today from an apparent allergic reaction to a sting from a hornet while on the Montauk peninsula. He was one of New York City’s legendary pioneers of its core skate scene in the 70s and in later years became a huge proponent of the skateboarding community and its culture in the Big Apple. He will be greatly missed.
Epicly Later’d has a collection of photos of Andy right here.
[Link: Skatedaily.net, The Skateboard Mag, New York Magazine, and Epicly Later’d]
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Michael Oblowitz’s Sea of Darkness screens tonight (August 7, 2009) at 8 PM at the Malibu Film Festival . The festival kicked off last night with the Jesse Billauer’s documentary Jesse’s Story. Click here for more info.
[Link: LA Times]
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Chris Cutri is an assistant professor in the communications department of Brigham Young University. That may seem like a strange place to make surf films, but being a little land-locked hasn’t stopped Cutri from turning out two solid surf films. His latest, Hanging Five, is showing Wednesday August 5, 2009 at the La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, California. Chris says:
I find that I’m interested in the peripheral elements of the surf culture. My second surf doc, Hanging Five follows five extremely talented artists and examines their work. It also tries to discover why the surf culture produces and supports the arts. The artists: Andy Davis, Tyler Warren, Julie Goldstein, Wolfgang Bloch, and Alex Knost.
[Link: Stake Dance Films via TransWorld Business]
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If you see one documentary film this year, maybe it should be The Cove.
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, The Cove follows a high-tech dive team on a mission to discover the truth about the international dolphin capture trade as practiced in Taiji, Japan. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, including hidden microphones and cameras in fake rocks, the team uncovers how this small seaside village serves as a horrifying microcosm of massive ecological crimes happening worldwide.
[Link via @surfrider]
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Transworld Snowboarding’s Team Shoot Out video drops today in the Apple iTunes store at 3 PM PST 5 PM PST. From the looks of the teaser it will likely be well-worth $4.99.
[Update: As a commenter just pointed out it is now 4 PM and there is no Team Shoot Out video released anywhere. This wouldn’t be Transworld’s first web glictch for the day. Earlier this morning there were no sites at all. Let us know if it ever shows up. We do, however, love it when websites to countdowns to absolutely NOTHING. . . Oh, 4:35 PM Update: They’ve put some time back on the clock. Now it looks like the release will be at 5 PM PST. But we’re kind of over it now.]
[Link: Transworld Snowboarding Team Shootout]
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Mike Basich’s 241-USA.com Ford E-350 one ton diesel van (featured in the film 91 Word For Snow) is for sale on ebay, so he’s decided to give everyone an up-close nine-minute tour. . . Looks like it would be perfect for living in down by the river. Someone has bid $20,100.00 but the reserve has not yet been met. Better dive in quickly.
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This may be our favorite skate commercial ever. . . for all kinds of reasons.
[Link: Club Mumble]
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[Link: Thrasher]
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Sometimes we think it’s just easier to push. Obviously, Ryan Baretta doesn’t agree.
[Link: Wired.com]
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