On April 22, 2009 iPath employees along with surf and skate teams will be joining up with the DBC Ride Shop, Sambazon, Soleo Sunscreen and the Boys & Girls Club of San Clemente on a day-long event in celebration of Earth Day.
Beginning at approximately 10 AM, the Turf & Surf crew will meet at San Clemente’s Ralph’s Skate Court to pick-up trash in and around the park. Following the cleanup, the crew on hand from IPATH will hang around for a quick skate session with anyone in attendance. . . After cleaning up the skatepark, the Turf & Surf participants will make their way over to San Clemente’s North Beach for a beach cleanup. If the waves are good, some of IPATH’s surf team may make their way out into the water too. . . “Earth Day gives us a reminder that we should all be doing our part in helping to maintain and preserve what’s around us,” said IPATH’s Dave Smith. “Even though skateboarding typically takes place in an urban setting, skaters are still affected by the environment around them. From trash laying around a park to garbage on the beach, if we all participated a little, we’d have a big change in the end.”
Nice event for a good cause, and seriously has Ohio Dave ever sounded more eloquent? [click to continue…]
Yes, there is an action sports hierarchy. And here is YoBeat’s Nick Lipton version (with a little help from Robbie Sell).
Obviously we cannot consider snowskaters, kite boarders, skibladers, or any of those other silly make-believe sports into our equation. Including such activities could lead us into the troubled waters of soap shoes, heelies, and other gimmicks that should have never been invented.
For the rest of Nick’s entertainingly navel gazed explanation of where we all line up follow the link. . . if you have a little time that needs killing.
Looks like our annual trips to the California Wine Country are going to get a lot more fun really soon as Grindline seems to be speeding along on the new St. Helena Skatepark. Nothing better than a little Erna Schein and a frontside grind to make the trip much more palatable.
etnies teamed up with the Los Angeles Mission today to hook up 2,000 men, women, and children on LA’s ski row with a hot meal and a brand spankin’ new pair of etnies kicks.
“In these tough economic times, there is more reason than ever to help those in need and give back to the causes that touch your heart – for me this is the Los Angeles Mission,” said etnies owner Pierre Andre Senizergues (pictured right). “For over 10 years my team and I have donated thousands of shoes to the homeless on Skid Row and this year will be no different. Not only because the need will be greater, but because it is this small contribution that can make a difference in someone’s life.”
And this isn’t something etnies is doing simply because the action footwear market sucks right now. They do this every year. Over the past ten years, etnies has given away more than 25,000 pairs of shoes to homeless people living in Los Angeles. And that is called giving back.
After all Tony Hawk’s recent twittering about going to Ireland and flying with his baby on the plane, and dropping free decks out all over the world, we never figured out what Tony and family were actually doing in Ireland. Not, that is until we were perusing Celebrity Baby Blog. Only then did we learn that Mr. Hawk was in Ireland to accept a prestigious award.
Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk poses with wife Lhotse Merriam Hawk and daughter Kadence Clover, 9 months, on Friday in Ireland. . . In the country to accept the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society of the University College Dublin, Tony skated with students at the school after receiving the honor.
The award is given to “those who have achieved outstanding success in their given field.” Tony joins Monty Python’s Micahel Palin, Writer Salman Rusdie, UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix, The Who’s Roger Daltrey, politician Jesse Jackson and Tony’s business partner Will Ferrell (among others) on the list of winners. We don’t believe it possible to come up with a more eclectic bunch. But congratulations, Tony.
As if the Maloof family isn’t doing enough for skateboarding with their annual $450,000 prize purse Maloof Money Cup at the Orange County Fairgrounds, they’ve also a foundation called The Maloof Skateboarding Assistance Foundation which appears to be run by a “foundation management” company based in Las Vegas, Nevada called Coaching Charities.
According CoachingCharities.com The Maloof Skateboarding Assistance Foundation is a “501(C)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing support to professional skaters who suffer catastrophic injuries arising from skateboarding events.” In a USA Today story Joe Maloof explained the background for the charity.
“There’s tremendous risk in these contests,” he says. “They’re performing tricks that only the world’s top athletes have the ability to complete. We had a duty to take the lead in taking care of our own. . . “These aren’t just kids. There are a few 15- or 16-year-olds, but most are ages 19 to 35, the same age range as NBA players.”
Do people really care about skateboarders? At the Maloof Family of companies they do. And if they can get some tax relief at the same time, even better.
Our bromance with Vans looks to see no soon end as the footwear giant just relaunched their Vans Customs site. This means anyone can start with fresh white pair of Eras, Slip-ons, or Old Skools and then jack them up until their eyes bleed.
After 20 minutes of making all kinds of customs we finally settled on the new Vans x Boardistan Old Skool. We dare you to find a shoe more delicious that this. Seriously. . . impossible.
What does the RS stand for? Real Sucky. Okay, couldn’t pass that one up. Sorry. All serious now. Ryan Sheckler, Inc. has teamed up with Wicked Fashions, Inc. to deliver a line of “graphic t-shirts, hoodies, thermals, woven tops and skate-fit denim for both Young Men and Boys, all of which mirror Sheckler’s signature style.”
“Skateboarding is my life and skating in something comfortable and stylish is a must. Ultimately, my goal is to take the clothes that my friends and I enjoy wearing and make them available to a larger audience at an affordable price,” says Sheckler. Retail prices for the line will range from $15 – $55 for Young Men and $12 – $48 for Boys.
RS By Sheckler (which joins Southpole in the Wicked fashion stable) drops just in time for the fall back-to-school buying season and will be available at major, leading retailers in July. Because major, leading retailers is where the mass market shops and the mass market is where the mass money is. Word. [click to continue…]
To celebrate the release of the Stereo/Obey board collab Stereo is throwing a party Thurday April 9, 20089 at La Cita in Downtown LA. Click here to RSVP.
Shane Wallace and the crew at Active Ride Shop aren’t going to let a little bankruptcy dampen their 20th anniversary celebrations one bit. They kicked it off with four parties in four counties, according to a post on their blog Active News.
Things kicked off at the Cantina Lounge in Fullerton. Then a gathering at Omaha Jack’s in Rancho. The amazing Fai Do Do LA played host for the LA stop and we finished big with the ever popular Bondi Bar in downtown San Diego! Thanks to the Antics/Toyota Matrix crew for throwing down the hefty bar tab, RED BULL for all the RED BULL VODKA, and all of the bars for showing love!The tour featured the musical talents of Hen Heart and our main man Wes Rogers. The boys brought the girls out to shake their booties on the floor and Wes broke a few hearts.
On April 22, 2009 iPath employees along with surf and skate teams will be joining up with the DBC Ride Shop, Sambazon, Soleo Sunscreen and the Boys & Girls Club of San Clemente on a day-long event in celebration of Earth Day.
