The Agenda Show kicked off their 10th Anniversary year with 550 brands showing, mobs of retailers packing the aisles, Chris Brown, Dr. Dre, and a new partnership with Reed Exhibitions.
Though he may play it down, Agenda Show founder Aaron Levant has finally outgrown his underdog status for good. He’s rolling with the big boys now, and it should come as no surprise that it suits both he and the Agenda Show quite well.
Apparently, there were bits with comedy shotgun Will Arnett that didn’t make it into Girl/Chocolate’sPretty Sweet. Here are a few of them. “Do you smoke? Start now.” Cue the laugh track.
Jamie Thomas and Mike West at the LA Dodger’s Stadium Club.
Jamie Thomas, the man who took the legendary Leap of Faith, founded Zero Skateboards, Fallen Footwear, and Black Box Distribution, sits by himself for a moment in the box seats of the LA Dodger’s Stadium Club overlooking the massive construction project that is changing the face of Dodger Stadium. It’s Friday afternoon, January 4, 2013 and while Thomas works his iPhone with tattooed fingers, construction crews on the field below put the finishing touches on the 25-week-long $100 million stadium improvement project. Thanks, Magic Johnson. Behind Thomas, inside the Stadium Club proper, a select crew of skate media, core style shop owners, and employees wait for the rollout presentation of Thomas’ latest collaboration–New Balance Numeric.
The venerable 106-year-old footwear company, famous for its dedication to style, fit, and comfort, is (thanks, to some serious encouragement from Westlife Distribution and 686 founder Mike West) finally pushing into the skate shoe market. New Balance has enlisted Thomas to not only put his skateboarding stamp of approval on every detail, but also to act as Numeric’s distributor.
We all know why New Balance (and West) would want Thomas involved, but our biggest question was why Thomas, who experienced huge success in the early days of his distribution company, would be interested in helping to launch another brand that will likely take a bite out of an already overcrowded skate shoe market. Especially seeing that he already owns one footwear brand, Fallen. [click to continue…]
Plan B has a full-length video on the way this summer. In the meantime, Torey Pudwill gives everyone a little taste of what we can expect when it drops. Yeah, give T-Puds his hundred bucks bitch.
“I wanted to work with Penny because after riding all the plastic boards on the market nothing felt as good under my feet as a Penny,” said Christian Hosoi. “As the original, it exudes style and performance, and Ben’s aim in starting Penny to get more feet on skateboards really appealed to me and my own life in teaching my own kids to skate. For me, Penny’s about what I’m about, so it’s an honor to become an ambassador.”
For the official word from Penny (and his new board), follow the jump. [click to continue…]
IPath footwear announced today that they have signed San Diego’s Shuriken Shannon to their pro team.
Shuriken is 26 years old and currently lives in his hometown of San Diego, CA. His other sponsors include Santa Cruz Skateboards, Independent, OJ Wheels, Remind Insoles and Billabong. Shuriken’s father was a martial arts expert and the name Shuriken means “Ninja Star”. His break-through part was in Osiris’ 2007 film, Feed the Need and he went pro with Black Label skateboards shortly after.
Where will everyone be this weekend? At the Long Beach Convention Center for the Agenda Trade Show & Berrics Agenda January 4 & 5, 2013. Click here for a list of brands who will be showing all their new stuff (550 at last count) or follow the jump for info on a few of the parties going down in the next few days. It’s going to be good.
The Skateboard Mag and Port are presenting a photo show featuring the work of 10 of magazine’s finest photographers on Friday night (January 4, 2013) in Long Beach, California.
Titled PortFolio, the show features the photographic stylings of Atiba Jefferson, Anthony Acosta, Grant Brittain, Rodent, Dave Swift, Bart Jones, Matt Price, Jeff Landi, Ed Dominick, and Neil Blender.
We don’t think we’ve spoken to Hudson Riley Hawk since he was two years old, so it’s good to hear what he has to say now that he’s a bit older and wiser. Guy Mariano and Daniel Espinoza also take part in this discussion with Erica Yary and Rob Brink.
