A gentle Canadian machinist lovingly goes over the basics of his 20-year-old chainsaw-powered skateboard. “Sometimes in life things aren’t what they seem. . . ”
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Brian Schaefer, the founder of Skate Park of Tampa is interviewed by the local paper on the eve of the 14th Annual Tampa Am event. He talks about skateboarding and the beginnings of the park.
We at the time didn’t have this big picture of, like, this is where we want to be in 10 years, and this is where we want to be in 15 years. It just kind of happened and evolved. Ryan Clements, Barak Wiser, Rob Meronek, our crew has helped take it to the next level. I had no idea we’d be where we’re at.
[Link: Tampa Bay Online]
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Rossignol, in one of the most insanely misdirected marketing ploys ever, has hired skater/artist Steve Caballero to design the graphics for a pair of their new S7 twin-tip powder skis. How’s that for a collab? Talk about trying to suck some life out of skateboarding. They’ve also enlisted Andy Howell to wave his magic skateboarding art wand over another pair of skis. Is this for real? No wonder Bob McKnight is “anticipating continued weakness.”
[Link: Seven Artistic Sins via Source]
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Shares of Zumiez fell 13 percent to a new year low when the retailer “slashed its fiscal 2007 outlook after it posted holiday sales below its expectations.
Shares of the online and mall-based retailer have slumped nearly 65 percent since their October 2007 highs, as concerns about warm weather hurting winter sales worried investors. . . “Although holiday sales were positive, we did not experience the across the board strength that we had planned for,” Zumiez Chief Executive Officer Rick Brooks said in a statement.
[Link: Reuters]
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First they start a site that hopes to get kids to pay them money for the possibility of “getting sponsored” and now they say they’re launching an action sports version of Myspace and facebook. It appears that Sponsorhouse.com Scott Tilton and RJ Kraus have found a new way to talk action sports companies out of their money. It’s called Loop’d. They’ve even rallied Oakley’s Pat Mac (which isn’t all that difficult to do).
Patrick McIlvain, global sports marketing director for Oakley, said the promotion it’s running on the Loop’d Network is one way for the company to tap into the grass roots of the action-sports market.
Hey, with a name like Loop’d you know the kids are going to be down.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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By founding the High School Skateboarding Association Jeffrey Stern just wanted to help high schools compete against each other in skateboarding. Now, he’s got 20 California schools on the program.
High schools have shied away from fielding competitive skateboarding teams because of concerns about liability. School districts don’t carry liability insurance for what some call an “extreme sport,” nor do schools want to build skate parks on school grounds for competitions. . . So Stern, a recent Ventura College of Law graduate, drew up licensing agreements for new teams. Once they are affiliated with the nonprofit association, they have insurance, and the schools are off the hook for the liability.
Finally, skaters can take part in high school prep rallies. Just what we’ve all be waiting for.
[Link: Ventura County Star]
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In a 10b5-1 prearranged stock sale Richard “Wooly” Woolcott reported that he sold 11,104 shares of Volcom stock at about $25 a piece netting him a $277,000 after Christmas bonus. He squeaked that in under the 2007 tax year.
[Link: Forbes]
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Yep, it’s been on Vimeo for the past 15 days, but thanks to a friend of our we’re sharing it with you now. Lakai’s Fully Flared fully free.
[Link: Vimeo]
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It’s the grunge comeup. Vans Syndicate had teamed up with the “Portland based wool mill, Pendleton” for some flyin’ the flannel Vans.
[Link: Slamxhype]
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Sometimes the art of satire is taken way, way, way over the top. Here is a prime example from the Runners of Dogtown.
[Link: Youtube.com via Boyer]
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