Rune Glifberg wants to go racing with his newest “used” BMW M3, according to a story on European Car Web.
Project E46 Racecar came to fruition when Glifberg found this pristine 2003 M3 for $21,500 with 65,000 miles. . . As this is written, the car takes up temporary residence at Evosport in Huntington Beach, Calif., where it will undergo the transformation from streetable to full-fledged track machine. The guys at Evosport have been building and racing the E46 M3 since 2001, and if the long line of custom M3s stationed out back is any indication, our little project is in capable hands.
With the publication of The Disposable Skateboard Bible artist/writer Sean Cliver has become a hot commodity (even with the Wall Street Journal, apparently), but if you want an interview done right, sick Dave Carnie on the subject.
He takes over running DC Shoes from former global president Nick Adcock and Americas general manager Mark Miller who left in recent months. . . . Nistl previously worked as senior vice president of sales at New York-based Vida Shoes International Inc., maker of shoes under the Baby Phat, Phat Farm, Osh Kosh, Carters Kids and other brands.
Sounds like Nistl has epic mass market skills and certainly knows soccer. Hopefully he likes skateboarding as well.
We just tried some new technology for the live blog of the International Association of Skateboard Manufacturers Open Board Meeting to see a replay (our blogging wasn’t all that interesting, honestly) follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Chris Cole’s judo three was just a small part of his $2000 trickery tonight.
The Crossroads Best Trick was jam session after jam session as the packed house moved through the Blackbox skatepark to get the best angle on the features. It started with the stairs, moved to the barrels, and then to the water gap open, the water gap with a rainbow, and the water gap with a flat bar. The skating was non-stop.
At one point we heard Christian Hosoi turn to Dave Duncan and say, “I don’t know how they can slam so many times and not be hurt.” We couldn’t have agreed more. Then Dave replied matter-of-factly, “They’re kids!”
By 9:40 PM when Jamie Thomas began handing out the cash it was pretty obvious that the crowd agreed with the results. Andrew Pott got $1,000 on the stars, Ke’Chaud Johnson took home $2,000 on the barrel jump (14 barrels), edging out Slash and Danny Scher who both got 13 barrels, Tyler Hendley took $1,000 on the water gap and Chris Cole got a big $2,000 paycheck for winning. If you have any questions, check out Jamie’s offical results sheet at right.
For a couple more photos from the night click here.
On Labor Day 2009 snowboarder Todd Richards, writer Sean Mortimer, and skateboarder Jesse Fritsch, and Sweet Jerome (qualified old guys all) holed up at a secret southern California mini ramp and spent the entire afternoon trying to land frontside blunts. Tony Hawk even threw in a $300 prize. Let’s just say Todd Richards didn’t win.
Skateboarder Nick Mullin barely survived a severe case of staph infection but his is pulling through. Here’s the latest update via The Daily Sesh.
After being given a 1% chance of living and a long hospital stay, Nick made it through. He’s still recovering and has some obstacles to tackle, but hopefully it will help him to know the whole skateboarding community is rooting for him
He still has a long way to go and can use every bit of positivity from everyone. For more info on Nick and his recovering check out his The Daily Sesh.
Today Vans officially announced that they will be hosting their annual Downtown Showdown at the Paramount Studios’ Back Lot on Saturday, September 26, 2009 with $85,000 in cash and prizes on the line.
The top teams in skateboarding including Girl, Flip, Blind, Creature, Black Label, Foundation, Toy Machine, SK8MAFIA and Zoo York . . . are submitting design ideas for one of four custom obstacles to be built against the Brooklyn brownstone movie set, the Vans Downtown Showdown is always one of the most unique contests of the year.
The whole thing will be live on Vans.com September 26, 2009 from 5 PM to 9:30 PM.
Last year The Crossroads Trade Show seemed like a reaction. It was a response to damage (real and/or perceived) that the Action Sports Retail show had done to the skateboarding business and the Crossroads was seen as a salve, an antidote, maybe even a correction. But in 2009 the Crossroads, held in the back parking lot of Jamie Thomas’ Blackbox Distribution on the eastern edge of Carlsbad, California seems to have grown into its own.
Today there wasn’t as much talk about the trade show wars. Instead most discussions centered around the brands, the products, and how good it was to see old friends. It is the gathering of skateboarding business. And while talk of the economy came up during the day, it was more out of optimism for the future than worry about the past.
Being a bigger show helps. “The event has grown quite a bit,” said founder Jamie Thomas. “It’s almost double of what it was last year. There are over 100 brands and we’re doing two days. I think tomorrow will be even bigger.”
Rolling around the booths, however, it was tough not to compare The Crossroads to what we’ll all see on Thursday when ASR kicks off in a corner of the San Diego Convention Center. It’s is nice to be able to walk in without waiting in line. Or skateboard in front of a booth in peace or do pretty much anything else without anyone telling you to stop, or leave, or ask to see your badge. And that in itself is reason enough to love it.
Rune Glifberg wants to go racing with his newest “used” BMW M3, according to a story on European Car Web.
