Consolidated Skateboard’s Steve “Birdo” Guisinger (pictured right with Leticia Ruano) gets the local hero profile treatment on Santacruz.com and uses it to kick off their Don’t Do It Foundation. The non-profit organization is dedicated to supporting local core shops.
“It’s message,” Guisinger says. “’Keep the surf skate and snowboard industry in the hands of those that are passionate about it.’” . . . “If all you have is a mall or sporting goods chain in your town, we ask that you don’t support them, and instead order from a skater owned, online store,” it says. . . Guisinger sees it as a simple choice. “The only way for local stores to survive is to drive mall chains out of business,” he explains. “So we want people at whatever cost to not support the mall chain. You vote with your money. If you go to the mall chains, you’re only empowering them. Go to your local skate shop. If you don’t have a local skate shop, buy online from a local company.”
It appears a lot can be done by not doing something.
Laguna Beach, California’s 210 AR4T Space will host an opening reception for Jamie Lynn and Friends’ABC’s and 123 show on November 20, 2010 at 6 PM. The new show features works created specifically for children by Jamie Lynn, Bryan Iguchi, Ben Brough, and Brennan Coyle.
For our first Christmas in Laguna Beach, 210 AR4T Space and The JLA Project have commandeered the help of artist and legendary snowboarder Jamie Lynn to transform the gallery into a wonderland of art created especially for children. . . 210 AR4T Space will be home to a living children’s book full of letters, numbers, characters, color, and poetry.
The most recent multiformat Tony Hawk title from Activision has had a disastrous launch in the US, selling only 3000 units in its first week in October.
GameFocus.ca is already calling it a “commercial failure.” But we wouldn’t know because we (like most in the media) have not even played the new game.
Stereo is proud to announce the addition of East Coast original Jack Sabback to the Pro roster. Look for Jack in upcoming Stereo/HiFi projects in the imminent future. —Mackenzie Eisenhour
“Jack represents proper East Coast street skating, and we’re siked to welcome him into the Stereo family.” —Chris Pastras
“Yeah mate! Welcome to the team, its been a freakin’ long time in the making! We’re on a next hype!” —Benny Fairfax
“Jack’s a well educated, stand up guy. Among many other talents, his approach to skating is unique and spontaneous. I’m proud to have him on the team.” —Clint Peterson
Recently, more and more smart companies are putting all their video efforts together into one place online ala Vice’s VBS.TV. Volcom has been running Stoneyour.TV for a while now. Burton launched their video blog Lifeline.TV earlier this year and now Vans is doing something similar with Offthewall.TV.
Mirroring a traditional television network but operating exclusively on-line, Offthewall.tv will include original content developed weekly as well as video from Vans’ vast archives in a platform that is easy to navigate, is searchable, easily shared and available worldwide. The heart of Offthewall.tv is an intuitive, proprietary player accessing hundreds of videos that allows viewers to subscribe for notification of new episodes of their favorite series, to search for videos by categories and search terms, share via Facebook and Twitter or embed links their own sites plus even edit certain videos to their own liking via a Mashable player.
The show we’re most looking forward to is Get Down with Grosso. Sadly, Jeff Grasso’s show isn’t online yet, but when it is, we’re down.
The “shocker” just might be the perfect name for this skateboard motorcycle contraption from Duluth, Georgia based Performance Concepts. According to a post on Gizmag.com the Motocrossboard looks like this:
The two-wheeled MXB Shocker features a 1,500-watt, 48-volt brushless motor producing almost 5 lb/ft of torque at around 43 amps, which is enough to propel the board to over 35 mph (56 km/h). However, the device’s speed is limited to 20 mph (32 km/h) via gearing and the programmable controller – although this can be unlocked to enjoy the full 35 mph.
The motocrossboard sells for $2,999.00 and if you order now you just might get it in time for Christmas. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a shocker.
So this 14-year-old kid from Suffolk, Virginia was towing behind a car on his skateboard and guess what happened? Can you believe this? He fell and his head hit the pavement. Now he’s in the hospital with serious head injuries, according to a story in the Suffolk News Herald.
George said in a press release that the teen sustained head injuries when his head hit the pavement as he fell from the skateboard. He was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. His condition was unavailable on Sunday night. . . The vehicle was being operated by a 17-year-old male at the time of the accident.
Ryan Sheckler invited close to 50 kids with autism to his private TF on Saturday November 13, 2010 in a skate demo collaboration between the Sheckler Foundation and A.Skate as a part of TACA’s Ante Up For Autism weekend, according to a story in the OC Register.
Crys Worley, a 28-year-old mother of two, founded nonprofit A.skate a few years ago after getting her 7-year-old to try skateboarding. Her fiancé owns a skateboard shop, and the first time they took her son Sasha to a skate park, they noticed he seemed more relaxed. . . A.skate operates on the idea that the repetitive motions of skateboarding help calm symptoms of autism. The organization’s events are free for the participants and their families and are supported by fundraisers.
Ryan was joined by members of the skate community including Skaterboarder Magazine editor Jaime Owens (pictured right helping Sam Tobin, 8, of San Diego get rolling). Sounds like a great way to spend a saturday helping the kids.
Consolidated Skateboard’s Steve “Birdo” Guisinger (pictured right with Leticia Ruano) gets the local hero profile treatment on Santacruz.com and uses it to kick off their Don’t Do It Foundation. The non-profit organization is dedicated to supporting local core shops.
