by The Editors on August 4, 2010
Whomever is responsible for staging the Maloof Money Cup and the US Open of Surfing on the same weekend, in the same county of the same state, during the same summer should seriously get their event planning heads examined. Skateboarding is fractionalized enough already without forcing people to make the daily run from Converse’s Coastal Carnage bowl on the beach at Huntington to the Maloof Street course at the Orange County Fair Grounds in Newport Beach.
But do it we must because the Maloof Money Cup starts today (watch it live on Fuel.tv beginning Friday) and Coastal Carnage starts Friday. We’re guessing none of this would have happened if Converse Skateboarding had simply sponsored the Maloof Money Cup. Maybe next year they can all get their dates in order.
[Links: Coastal Carnage, Maloof Money Cup, The Skateboard Mag]
by The Editors on August 4, 2010
by The Editors on August 4, 2010
Alexander Baer, a 17-year-old skateboarder from McHenry County, Illinois, died last Thursday, July 29, 2010 from head injuries he sustained from a fall while reportedly towing on his skateboard behind a car according to the Chicago Sun Times.
An autopsy on Saturday found Baer died of craniocerebral injuries from a fall from a skateboard and his death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner’s office said. . . Baer was near his home Tuesday at 3:50 p.m. on a skateboard being pulled by some type of rope attached to a vehicle, according to a release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s office.
Towing continues to kill unrestrained. . . and yet skate video continue to feature it. Strange, huh?
[Link: Chicago Sun-Times]
by The Editors on August 3, 2010
by The Editors on July 29, 2010
Film producer Jimmy Hawkins, 51, and musician Gregg Cassity, 56, (both of Southern California) have a new event that is going to blow everyone away, according to a story in the Daily News. The men are owners of the National Association of Powered Skateboard Racing and they’re saying it’s the next big thing.
“Powered Skateboard Racing will be sweeping the globe,” Hawkins said in one of a series of bombastic e-mails promoting the sport. The two men and their roster of about 20 racers hope to turn this weekend lark for daredevil skateboarders into a professional sport by finding bigger venues and acquiring sponsors, equipment manufacturers and media attention. . . The result is the scene that unfolded Sunday at the Encino Velodrome when a bunch of dudes jumped on motorized skateboards and raced around the high-banked concrete oval in what is either the next hot sport or the latest example of California nuttiness.
We can already hear the organizer potential sponsor pitch: it’s Gen-Y’s own version of NASCAR. Loud billboards going round and round. Sounds like a great addition to ESPN’s X Games.
[Link: Daily News]
by The Editors on July 27, 2010
Emerica finally drops their much anticipated Stay Gold on August 17, 2010 in Hollywood (of course).
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by The Editors on July 27, 2010
This Friday night, July 30, 2010 from 6 – 10 PM we are recommending that everyone cruise down to San Diego’s Subtext Gallery and check out the opening of Grant Brittain and Josh Higgins art show Look.
Friends and fellow artists Grant Brittain and Josh Higgins will grace the walls of Subtext in a joint venture of unrelated themes. Brittain’s portraiture of some of skateboarding’s greatest names through the years features icons and underground heroes. Higgins’ poster-art focuses on his work with punkers, musical heros, and charitable causes. Together, the collective work suggests what it would be like to eavesdrop on these guys hanging out, having a beer, and comparing broken wrists and paper cuts.
Party starts Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 6 PM.
Subtext Gallery, 2479 Kettner Blvd. San Diego, California 92101
[Link: Subtext Gallery]
by The Editors on July 26, 2010
Sean Smith, 41, of Fresno, California died Sunday July 25, 2010 after reportedly crashing into an SUV while longboarding near Auberry, California, according to a story in the Fresno Bee.
Smith and three friends were skateboarding on Auberry Road near Jose Basin Road when he was hit at 3:18 p.m. by an SUV, California Highway Patrol officer Mike Higgins said. Smith was flown to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, where he was later pronounced dead.
According to ABC 30, Smith was trying to pass his friends on a tight turn and swung wide into an oncoming car. Our thoughts are with Smith’s family and friends. Follow the jump for a memorial video that his friends have posted on Youtube.
[Link: Fresno Bee and ABC 30]
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by The Editors on July 26, 2010
Kris Markovich has taken his Given Skateboards brand to a new distributor according to a release issued by Switchboard Inc.
“Through this new partnership, Kris has more time to focus on his passion for art and design,” says Mark Sweetser, VP of Sales at Switchboard, Inc. “The Switchboard Inc. family, is excited to bring Given Skateboards into its long term distribution plan.”
For the complete details follow the jump or click here for an interview with Switchboard’s Sweetser on Malakye.com.
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by The Editors on July 26, 2010
A woman who claims she was injured when a skateboard fell on her from an overhead compartment is suing US Airways, according to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times.
The lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court doesn’t spell out how Diana Burgess was injured on the August 2008 flight. . . It only states she “suffered physical and emotional trauma” after the airline “permitted a passenger to board and place a dangerous instrumentality in the form of a large, heavy skateboard with appurtenances in the form of attached, heavy sharp metal wheels in a position of danger to fellow passengers, without security in such a manner,” the suit states.
Heavy, sharp, medal wheels? Sounds more like a prop from Rollerball.
[Link: Chicago Sun-Times]
