by The Editors on July 21, 2008
A blogger from the New York Times has just noticed that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is currently features work from a celebrated 18th century printmaker in the form of a Arbor skateboard and snowboard.
Linked to the show “The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art from 1615 to 1868″ from the Etsuko and Joe Price Collection (through September 14th), the skateboard features a Japanese warrior battling a dragon. The image is from a rare painting by Katsukawa Shunei (1762-1819), an artist best known for his block prints of Kabuki actors.
The items are the brainchild of the Prices’ daughter, Sachi, who has made it a mission to draw new and unlikely audiences to traditional Japanese art forms. For the fall, one of Shunei’s warriors will make an appearance on a snowboard.
Arbor always has had a way with art.
[Link: LACMA via The Moment]
by The Editors on July 21, 2008
A little over a month ago April Margera (Bam’s Mother) wanted to do something nice for the local community so she put out a challenge:
Raise $200,000 for the Cares Food Network of Union Street in West Chester by Aug. 31. In return, Margera promised the top individual raiser a home-cooked meal at the Margera house, with the top-raising team earning a picnic at the home of Bam and his wife, Missy.
So far only two teams have signed up to raise money. April, you’re doing amazing work, but maybe the prize should be something that people actually want? We’re guessing (and it’s a completely uneducated guess) that West Chester has gotten more than it’s fill of the Margera family over the past few years.
[Link: Daily Local]
by The Editors on July 21, 2008
The new issue of Arkitip Magazine features a retrospective on Tommy Guerrero. Here’s what they have to say about it:
This issue edition will serve as a virtual scrap book; a sentimental gathering of images from past and present. We were lucky enough to be granted access to Tommy’s vault of uncommon memorabilia, private photographs, and to be able to share it with you. . . Featuring the photography of: Bryce Kanights, Luke Ogden, Tobin Yelland, Miki Vuckovich, Gabe Morford & Thomas Campbell.
Arkitip No. 0047 can be purchased for $20 by clicking here.
[Link: Arkitip via SlamXhype]
by The Editors on July 20, 2008
The Independent’s Josh Sims checks in with Van’s BBQ man Steve Van Doren for the background on “how Vans became a global shoe brand.
What began as a mom-and-pop operation – Paul Van Doren worked for a shoe firm for 20 years before launching his own brand, which he sold to just 50 local stores – has become a $870m (£435m) company. But Steve Van Doren stresses that its MO has not changed since it was founded in 1966, and soon became the shoe of choice for skateboard pioneers. Granted, there was the time it tried to become the shoe of choice for wrestlers, skydivers and break-dancers, and almost went bankrupt. “So now we stick with just being a cool, native southern Californian youth-culture brand. California is the home of action sports and if we were as big around the globe as we are there, we’d be the biggest shoe brand in the world,” says Van Doren, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, denims and, of course, the family firm’s product.
It’s the same story we’ve heard over and over again, but we never get tired of hearing it. And anyone whose seen our closet would know exactly why we feel this way.
[Link: The Independent, photo: New York Times]
by The Editors on July 19, 2008
Hello Cleveland, are you ready to rock? We don’t really care that much about the results of the AST Dew Tour, however, they were nice enough to send them to us in an extremely timely manner, so here they are.
Please feel free to discuss everything related to this contest, Mountain Dew, or skateboard competition in general. Results after the jump. (Yeah, Buster! Still in the game.)
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by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Ryan Sheckler’s already talking about the quotes that are wrong in Allison Glock’s ESPN Magazine story Just Another Lonely Millionaire Skateboarder.
At the AST Dew Tour Right Guard Open (how’s that for sponsorship) he had the following to say about Allison got the whole “selling out” thing wrong:
They said something in the ESPN interview that I was comfortable with selling out which is completely not what I said. It is not selling out. I haven’t sold out. People say what they want to say, but in my eyes I have taken my skateboard career and gone on a different path. It might not be the same path as some of these core skateboarders that think that their path is the right way. There is no right path in skateboarding. I want to do something different. I love this. I love the fans. My life is crazy as it is and this fits right in the puzzle piece.”
Okay, okay, Ryan. You’re not selling out. You’re just getting paid.
[Link: ESPN via Bnqt.com]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Okay, not really, but the 20-year-old star of Disney’s High School Musical apparently likes to carry a Sector 9 Bambino around. Billabong must be so happy.
[Link: Defamer]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Hi, this is Tony Hawk. I’m out on the road with the Boom Boom Huckjam right now but I wanted to just call and let you know that my new Sidekick phone from T-Mobile is out and it’s great. If you’d be nice enough to buy one I would really appreciate it. Hope you’re having a great day. Love and kisses. Tony
[Link: T-mobile]
by The Editors on July 17, 2008
Ed Templeton has a collection of photographs, stories and ephemera from his youth years coming out in October. It’s called Ed Templeton: Deformer.
Deformer is the culmination of a vision 11 years in the making, and collects over 30 years of material. Its photographs illuminate being young and alive in the “suburban domestic incubator,” and provide–in the tradition of Nan Goldin or Larry Clark, with a sharp eye for the streets that recalls Garry Winogrand or Eugene Richards–a raw and unflinching glimpse into the artist’s own life and the lives around him.
The book goes on sale in October, but you can pre-order it by clicking here.
[Link EmericaSkate]
by The Editors on July 16, 2008
We’re guessing this Cryin’ Ryan Sheckler cover is going to be a big seller in gay neighborhoods.
Eighteen-year-old pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler is oftentimes ridiculed by his competitors for being a “sell out.” The undeniably gifted three-time Dew Cup winner, 2007 X Games Street Gold Medal winner and reality TV star has been accused of making street skating go pop. In the new issue of ESPN The Magazine, “Just Another Lonely Millionaire Skateboarder,” writer Allison Glock reports on Sheckler as he leads a pack of action athletes redefining stardom.
Yep, exactly the kind of story we expected. It will be perfect for ESPN’s sensitive, touchy-feely readership.
[Link: BusinessWire]
