Rob Dyrdek’s Street League debuts today in the Jobing.com Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The last chance qualifier begins at 1 PM today (August 28, 2010). We’d tell you to watch it online, but Rob has all that locked down tight. We’re kind of surprised he didn’t do some kind of pay-per-view deal.
[Link: Street League]
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Kyle Johnson, 25, a snowboard instructor from Salt Lake City, Utah slammed so hard on his skateboard in June 2010 that he shattered his skull into 10 pieces (no helmet), according to a story in the Daily Mail. Doctors only gave him a five percent chance of living.
Doctors said his brain swelled so much it ‘nearly exploded’, forcing them to saw off parts of his skull to save his life. . . The operation left him with just a tiny strip of bone down the centre of his head protecting his brain. . . Mr Johnson was kept in a drug-induced coma and doctors feared he may not survive the accident, or be left brain damaged. . . .Doctors stored the rest of his skull in the freezer for two weeks while they waited for the swelling to go down, before putting it back together using plates and screws. . . Just two months after his accident in June, Mr Johnson is now well on his way to making a full recovery.
Kyle (who’s head looks better now that his skull has been put back in) is reportedly well on his way to recovery and preparing for the new snowboard season. Want to wear a helmet now?
[Link: Daily Mail]
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For the past five years (starting in June 2005) Skate Park of Tampa’s tech nerd Rob Meronek has been logging skateboarding magazine coverage for the SPoT’s Skater Database. In this time he has kept a record of the ad and editorial pages for Skateboarder Magazine, The Skateboard Mag, Slap, Thrasher (graph above right), and Transworld Skateboarding.
Today he released all his data in a story titled: A Nerdy Analysis of Sketchy Skateboard Industry Paper Trails. Here is how it works:
For a page to get logged, it simply has to have a skater. Even if they’re just throwing gang symbols in front of their rims, as long as it has a skater it in, the page is logged as either editorial or advertising along with who the photographer is. I put all this crazy data I’ve collected since 2005 into a spreadsheet and out popped these Captain Corporate ass charts.
While only counting ads with skaters in them skews the total ad pages numbers of the magazines a little, the data does give a great snap shot of what is going on in skateboard print advertising. Look over the data and draw your own conclusions.
[Link: Skate Park of Tampa]
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Gravis has posted the entire Greg Hunt directed short film Dylan on their website. Dylan Rieder fans should check it out for for their own seven minutes of heaven.
[Link: Gravis Skateboarding]
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Tony Hawk’s annual Stand Up For Skateparks Fund raising is going down in billionaire Ron Burkle Beverly Hills, California estate again this year. (As some might remember Burkle own’s Skateboarder Magazine parent company Source Interlink.)The October 17, 2010 event will feature a performance by Jane’s Addiction.
The exclusive event will feature games, activities, food, live and silent auctions, a Vert Demo by Tony Hawk and an all-star cast of pro skateboarders and BMX riders on Tony’s personal ramp, and a special set by Jane’s Addiction that promises to make for a unique, intimate, and one-of-a-kind event.
If you want to attend tickets are $350 a piece (on the low end) and $20,000 for the “Platinum Package” which allows the buyer to bring a 19 person entourage to the event, shower them in Tony Hawk gifts and goodness, and hang out with people like: Shaun White, Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Miley Cyrus, Michael Eisner, Jon Favreau, Mia Hamm, Mat Hoffman, Terry Kennedy, Chuck Liddell, Howie Mandel, Sal Masekela, and Paul Rodriguez, Jr.
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We all have heard that Chris Cole owns a skate shop in Langhorne, Pennsylvania called Reign Skate. But what we didn’t know is that he has a partner in the business named Skip Millard.
Transworld Business interviewed Millard to get the background on Reign and what it’s like to run a small business with a big partner.
Everyone around the shop thinks since Chris is the partner we have unlimited cash but if that was the case I would just write myself a check. Really, just the trials and tribulations of opening a small business. There is no turning it off at 5-o’clock and sometimes you won’t get home until nine and have to put in another two hours. It’s a lot of hard work, but if you love doing it, it’s worth it.
Follow the link for the rest of the interview.
[Link: Transworld Business]
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Randy Wright isn’t saying much about the closure of the Horizons West Surf Shop last month, according to a story in the Santa Monica Daily Press. But to fans of the Dogtown & Z-Boys story it was a sad day.
The skate and surf shop, owned by surfer Randy Wright, occupied a modest, one-story building at the corner of Main and Bay streets that was designated a city landmark in May of 2007 after neighbors and skateboarding enthusiasts erupted in outrage over plans to tear it down and replace it with a mixed-use development. The retail space was the original home of Zephyr and Jeff Ho Productions, whose founders, Skip Engblom and Jeff Ho, created the Zephyr Skate Team, which became known as The Z-Boys. . . Wright did not return several phone calls seeking comment.
Guess we can’t expect a retailer to live on the past forever.
[Link: Santa Monica Daily Press via LAist]
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(Click here for a Stay Gold Premiere Photo Gallery)
It’s been seven years since Emerica’s last skate video (This Is Skateboarding) and after viewing Stay Gold last night at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills all we can say is it was well worth the wait.
After a pretty long set by the band Earthless (featuring Mario Rubacala on drums) and a shorter set by Dead Meadow, a small Stay Gold logo appeared on the screen with a countdown timer running below. The lights dimmed and people hurried to their seats. Those who’d been in their seats for more that two hours began chanting “Stay Gold, Stay Gold, Stay Gold.”
Follow the jump for the rest of the story. . .or click here and skip straight to the photos if you’d rather see it fresh, first.
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Curated by Arkitip has enlisted the art skills of Craig Stecyk for a new line of Incase iPhone 3 and Macbook protective coverings. If only they’d made some iPhone 4 cases we’d order one up directly. For more info click the link.
[Link: Curated by Arkitip via The Skateboard Mag]
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This story has been written up pretty much everywhere already, but as Podium was nice enough to send out the press release (including this photo of Mike Dunlap and Justin Reyes) we decided we’d throw in our two cents.
Here’s what they’re saying:
Under the terms of the new agreement Billabong will distribute Podium brands DVS, Matix, and Lakai in Australia as well as New Zealand alongside its current line of in-house brands including Element, Nixon, Von Zipper, Kustom Footwear and Plan B. . . .Although Billabong will assume full distribution of Podium’s brands in Australia, the company’s distribution responsibilities in New Zealand will be limited to Billabong’s company retail store channels as well as stores belonging to the Billabong-owned Amazon retail chain.
Looks like step one in a much more meaningful relationship down the road, something no one denied when Podium interviewed itself on Transworld Business.
Chalk up another win for the Bong. Follow the jump for the official release.
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