by The Editors on August 10, 2009
Between the X Games and a red carpet premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Tony Hawk flew to South Africa with The Laureus Sports Foundation for a two-night visit to the Indigo Skate Camp outside Durban. Here’s what he said on Twitter:
Amazing to see Zulu kids skating with no outside influences. . . These kids are fearless, and not jaded by the media’s interpretation of what’s cool. True passion. . . These kids have style for days. Isthumba, Valley of 1000 HIlls, SA. . . Goodbye, Indigo Skate Camp. You are proof that skateboarding can change the world. Great work Dallas.
Seventy hours of travel for 48 hours of sharing. Tony Hawk just doesn’t stop giving back. . . these kids will remember it for a life time.
[Link: @Tony Hawk]
by The Editors on August 8, 2009
The US Army is reportedly bringing us live coverage of what’s left of the Oregon Trifecta starting today on Go211.com. Just think: the money being spent to convince skateboarders to help protect our freedom is our tax dollars at work. So really, we’re paying for all of this. Nice.
[Link: Go211.com via Skate And Annoy]
by The Editors on August 6, 2009
by The Editors on August 6, 2009
Sessions is keeping the memory of skateboarding Tim Brauch alive with the 11th annual memorial contest.
The 11th Annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest will take place September 26 at the Scotts Valley Skate Park and September 27 at the Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park in San Jose, CA. . . [Tim’s] love for skateboarding, friends, and fun inspired everyone who met him. Tim’s untimely passing in 1999 at the age of 25, led Sessions to create the Tim Brauch Memorial Fund, which donates 100% of the funds toward skate park development and scholarships.
[Link: Timbrauch.com via Skatedaily.net]
by The Editors on August 4, 2009
The body of a skateboarder Walker Howell Morris, 20, who died of blunt force trauma after hitting a tree while longboarding after midnight on Missoula, Montana’s Sawmill Gulch Road was found by friends on the side of the road two days later, according to a story on Missoulian.com.
The friends last saw Morris at around midnight on Aug. 1, and his father filed a missing person’s report on Saturday when his son never arrived at a wedding he planned to attend. . . The friend told authorities that they had been drinking beers at his house Friday night and decided to go longboarding; before parting ways, Morris told his friends that he intended to skateboard home.
Sadly, this is the second skateboarder to be found by the side of the road this summer.
[Link: Missoulian.com]
by The Editors on August 4, 2009
If this new HUF x JanSport collab carry-on bag holds a skateboard (or two), then we want one. According to Hypebeast, they’re rolling this project out tomorrow night (Wednesday, August 5, 2009) in San Francisco at the Elbo Room on Valencia Street, with a live performance from Wu-Tang’s GZA.
[Link: Hypebeast]
by The Editors on August 3, 2009
Ryan Sheckler sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Arash Markazi for a Q&A this weekend at the X Games and here’s what he had to say about his fans and haters:
My fans are the best fans in the world and my haters are the biggest haters in the world, and I love both of them. I [frigging] laugh at the haters. I laugh at them. It’s the most funny thing to see them. I try to put myself in their shoes and look at someone that’s doing way better than me and making way more money than me and I look at them and I’m proud of that guy. I’m happy for them. But the haters that are sitting there, running their mouth and talking [trash], they’ve never had to work for anything. They’ve never had the pressure of 100,000 people watching them. They’ve never been in that situation. So go do something productive with you life. Leave me the [heck] alone; I’m doing [stuff]. I got things to do with my life.
For the rest of the interview click the link.
[Link: Sports Illustrated]
by The Editors on August 3, 2009
Jack Connerton, 50, of Anderson Township, Ohio was arrested this weekend for using a gun to steal a skateboard from an 11-year-old girl, according to a story on Cincinnati.com.
The alleged offense occurred Saturday on Cincinnati’s east side, court records state. The exact location and other details of the incident are not yet available. . . Connerton faces one count of aggravated robbery. He is scheduled to appear Monday in Hamilton County Municipal Court.
This may be the most pathetic crime we’ve ever heard of involving a skateboard. Luckily, no one was hurt.
[Link: Cincinnati.com]
by The Editors on August 3, 2009
Australian skateboarding filmmaker Anthony Fricke, 22, was taken off life-support at the Gold Coast Hospital on Sunday, August 2, 2009, after head injuries suffered in an accident on Tweed Valley Way, according to a story in the Brisbane Times.
Police said Mr Fricker collided with a 28-year-old man as the pair were skating down a steep section of the highway, reaching speeds of 70kmh. . . The pair was with a small support crew filming a documentary Skate Australia: A Longboard Adventure Documentary. . . Mr Fricker had emergency neurosurgery at Gold Coast Hospital and was placed on life support. . . It was turned off yesterday morning, with his brother Ed and parents at his bedside.
According to the story Fricke was the creative mind behind the website Skate Australia. Our thoughts are with Fricke’s family and friends.
Follow the jump for the trailer for the film he was working on.
[Link: Brisbane Times]
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by The Editors on August 3, 2009
For those who have neither cable TV nor an interest in the X Games in general, we’ve compiled all the skateboarding results. . . We’d link you to the ESPN.com/Action site for more coverage, but visiting their web site will only end in confusion and annoyance. Trust us.
We were interesting to learn that with a bronze in vert, a fifth place the big air rail jam, and a silver in skatepark, Andy Mac became the most decorated skateboard athlete in X Games 15. How is that?
Follow the jump for all the results.
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Between the X Games and a red carpet premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Tony Hawk flew to South Africa with The Laureus Sports Foundation for a two-night visit to the Indigo Skate Camp outside Durban. Here’s what he said on Twitter:
