Is it possible to ride a hand hewn slab of pine wood in a derby? Signal Snowboard’s Dave Lee make the impossible possible in this season’s final episode of Every Third Thursday.
[Pinewood side note: if you’re into real pinewood derby racing and happen to be in Portland, Oregon Friday, June 7, 2013 sign up for Nemo Design’s Pinewood Derby races.]
[Link: Signal Snowboards]
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Real Skateboards co-founder Jim Thiebaud has partnered up with the guys from Green Day on a skateboard collaboration that will help raise funds for the Children’s Hospital & Research Center in Oakland, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
“It’s a true collaboration with Green Day,” Thiebaud told the Daily News. “I’ve been friends with Billie Joe for more than 15 years. I grew up in Berkeley and Oakland. When you were a punk rocker or a skateboarder, you stuck out, so you got to know everyone in the scene.” . . Mimicking the graphics for Green Day’s latest, multi-album release, “Uno!,” “Dos!,” and “Tré!,” Real is issuing custom skateboards that the company will sell in skate shops and online. Proceeds will go to Children’s Hospital.
For the rest of the great story behind a group of really good guys, click the link.
[Link: NY Daily News & Green Day]
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Gary Rogers just keeps those laughs rolling. And yes, you’re right, it is a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
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Another artistic behind-the-action-sports-star profile is on its way from Disillusion Mag. This time with Eric Koston of all people. The full edit drops on May 25, 2013. Can you wait for it? Guess we’re all going to have to. Silly teasers. . .
[Link: Desillusion Mag]
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Made in America surf trunk manufacturer Katin has teamed up with New York-based fashion boutique Club Monaco for a summer collection that includes trunks, shorts, T-shirts, and hats.
Launching in May, the Club Monaco x Katin collaboration will be carried exclusively in a dozen special Club Monaco men’s shops and on the company’s online store.
We’re down with anything that is made in the USA. Follow the jump for the official word.
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Hard to believe it’s taken until 2013 for an action eyewear company to make sunglasses that don’t sink to the bottom of the ocean the second they get fumbled, but that’s exactly what Dragon’s new H20 line is all about.
“The Floatable sunglasses are super functional for me and my friends,” says Shane Dorian. “For people who spend essentially half their lives around the ocean surfing, fishing, boating, stand up paddling or anything else that’s active, knowing you won’t lose your favorite pair of shades if you drop them into the water is key.”
Yes, it is. With these glasses and his inflatable Billabong wetsuit Mr. Dorian is in danger of drifting right out into space. For the official word from Dragon follow the jump.
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Snowboarder Magazine has invaded Bend, Oregon of the 2013 Superpark 17 at Mt. Bachelor. Rather than making the trek to central Oregon and having no one return out texts, we’re simply going to turn in tomorrow and watch the whole thing live and online. If that’s sounds like a good idea to you, then you should probably do the same. Tune in on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 1:30 PM PDT and watch it.
[Link: Snowboarder Mag]
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Meanwhile, at the opposite, yet seemingly growing in popularity end of the skateboarding spectrum, the rebirth of the Catalina Classic continued with Riviera Skateboards 2nd Annual Catalina Island Classic over the weekend May 4-5, 2013. For the record, there are very few bad reasons to visit Catalina and this certainly isn’t one of them. Click the link for results whenever they choose to post them.
[Link: Catalina Island Classic]
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Christian Hosoi took how the GoPro Legends Bowl title of other legends like Sergie Ventura, Jay Adams, Aaron Astorga and Dave Hackett at the 4th Annual Sheckler Foundation Skate For A Cause event held Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the etnies Skatepark in Lake Forest, California.
The skateboard community united today and exceeded expectations by raising $100,000 at the Sheckler Foundation’s 4th Annual SKATE FOR A CAUSE event, presented by etnies, in Lake Forest! Every skateboarder that won gave their winnings back to the Sheckler Foundation too. . . The money raised will go to building a skatepark on the Port Gamble S’klallam Reservation as a part of the “Be the Change” project.
For the official word follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Wanna get like totally freaked out? This is a trip man. This chick, she can like sit on the back of her own head. It’s sick, man. Like she’s all double joined and stuff. And it’s all part of a new video series from Stance socks. Apparently, with the right socks you can take some crazy, crazy trips. Forget surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding, these socks can help you do circus acts in dark rooms wearing leotards. Speaking of which, we have to go get ours on right now and get torquing.
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