by The Editors on August 26, 2009
On Tuesday morning Snowmass, Colorado skaters found a heavy local dominating the bowls in their skatepark. It was a bear, according to a story on 9news.com. The animal kind.
Authorities say it looks as if the bear had been in the park all night when they found it Tuesday morning. . . The solution to get the bear out was to give it a way to climb out. . . So, authorities with the Snowmass Parks and Rec Department put a long ladder down into the skateboard bowl and the bear eventually climbed up and got out.
[Link: 9news.com via @kytxbs19]
by The Editors on August 25, 2009
Smile On Your Brother is a traveling art show and auction (the first contributor project) “conceived by Mike Giles and Annie Lam and co-curated by Bob Kronbauer of www.clubmumble.com fame.” The show is raising money to provide 100 skateboards to disadvantaged youth across Canada.
The auction, which began yesterday and continues until October 20, 2009, features what organizers are calling “the original shape of skateboards when they first hit the market” featuring art by skateboarding artist and “those affected by the skateboarding industry.”
Participating artists include: Thomas Campbell, Randy Laybourne, Dave Carnie, Don Pendleton, Chris Pastras, Andy Jenkins, Andrew Pommier, Bob Kronbauer and more (click here for the full list).
The art show will hit six shops in Canada (starting at Live Stock Vancouver Aug. 24-26, 2009).
[Link: Contribute via @gwinterbottom]
by The Editors on August 24, 2009
Tony Hawk announced today via Twitter that he will be speaking at The Twitter Conference in LA on September 22, 2009. He will join Loveline’s Dr. Drew, former Star Trekker LeVar Burton, and celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos on a panel titled Twitter and Celebrity: A Match Made in Heaven?
Not sure what I’ll be saying cuz I’ve been wingng it so far… but it’s working.
Match made in heaven? Well, it appears to be working quite will for Tony. Hearing Tony speak will cost $299. That’s how much the conference costs, which reminds us: all the money in social media is in telling other people how to make money in social media. . . funny how that works, isn’t it?
[Link: @Tonyhawk and The Twitter Conference]
by The Editors on August 24, 2009
On August 18, 2009 The Town of Mammoth Lakes, California officially shut down bikes at the Volcom Brothers Skatepark. According to the press release:
The decision was made after extensive consultation with the Town’s insurance authority regarding options to consider for potential joint use by skaters and bikers. Throughout the consultation it became apparent there were no valid options to pursue for joint use. Mammoth Lakes Police Department will continue its random patrol of the park to ensure existing rules and ordinances are being followed by the users of the park.
According to the Mammoth Times after a short trial period “it became apparent to the town’s Tourism and Recreation Department that mixed use wasn’t a viable solution in this particular park.”
Can’t even pretend to say we’re bummed, those pegs just rip stuff up.
[Link: Visit Mammoth Lakes via Examiner.com and Mammoth Times]
by The Editors on August 24, 2009
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by The Editors on August 16, 2009
The New York Times‘ coverage of the Andy Kessler memorial last night (August 15, 2009) at the Autumn Bowl by Colin Moynihan.
Photographs of the New York City skateboarding pioneer Andy Kessler decorated the walls inside the warehouse, and bouquets of roses sat on a table next to handwritten messages addressed to Mr. Kessler, who died last week at age 48 after an allergic reaction to an insect sting. . . .In another sort of tribute, dozens of skaters took turns whizzing around a 2,500-square-foot, 7-foot-deep birch skateboarding bowl, as a boom box blared songs by the Beastie Boys and the Who.
Click the link to read the rest.
[Link: New York Times via @beaker4369]
by The Editors on August 16, 2009
Sacramento skate OG and N-Men instigator Randy Katen apparently has a Sunday night radio show streaming online from The University of Montana in Missoula, according to a post on SkateDaily.net. Katen’s show is called Generation X and here’s what he says about it.
I was born and razed in Sacramento California. My love of music started out when I was 10 or so with Janis, Jimmy and all the 70 greats. However, I never played along with the masses and thought that popular was good in any aspect. I was the upstart, the rebel, the Skateboarder, the Snowboarder so when this ( X ) generation of bored teenagers took flight I was part of the flock. Being a professional skateboarder and skating in San Francisco and the Bay area almost all the time from 79-84 put in me the western hub of the new wave, punk, alternative music seen, and I was lucky enough to see a lot of bands on their (sometimes) one and only U.S. tour. I will fill you in on some History of Bands and you will here some Interviews with some of the greats of the music. Listen to my show and hear music that is fast and energizing! Be careful. If you play it in your car you will get a speeding ticket!
Generation X with Randy Katen airs/streams from 5-7 PT, 6-8 MT, and 8-10 ET. Click here to listen.
[Link: KBGA via SkateDaily.net]
On Tuesday morning Snowmass, Colorado skaters found a heavy local dominating the bowls in their skatepark. It was a bear, according to a story on 9news.com. The animal kind.
