Friends and family of NSSA co-founder and USASA founder Chuck Allen, who died on Valentine’s Day, will gather at the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 1 PM (PST) for a paddle out in his memory, according to a post on the NSSA website.
Huntington Beach Pier was a favorite surf break of Chuck’s where he coached the National Champion Huntington Beach High School surf team for many years. One of his greatest achievements was leading the USA Surf Team to a gold medal at the 1984 World Championships which was held in Huntington Beach. Chuck’s contribution to surfing, snowboarding and the entire action sports industry is unparalleled. His wisdom and inspiration has touched the hearts of many.
A Finnish snowboarder died today (Thursday, February 24, 2011) in an afternoon avalanche near the Bulgarian winter resort of Bansko, according to a story from the Associated Press.
The town’s mayor said the slide happened Thursday afternoon on the slopes below the Todorka peak. Three other Finnish snowboarders who were behind the man survived the avalanche, including the one who was seriously injured.
The snowboarders reportedly used a cellphone to call for help.
On Friday night (February 25, 2011) Bend, Oregon’s Division Street Skatepark Project will hold their third annual PUSH Art Auction at the Old Boomtown Building. It a great evening for art, skateboarding, and inbibing refreshing beverages from the Deschutes Brewery (if you know what we mean).
PUSH features custom skate deck art from over 50 local, regional, and national artists, such as Aaron James Draplin, Kellie Talbot, Quincy Quigg, Wes Youssi, Jesse Lockwood and Dana MacKenzie. . . The PUSH Art Auction is a family friendly event and will feature complementary food and beverages from Deschutes Brewery, Typhoon, Parilla Grill, and Whole Foods. This year’s event will also feature a raffle including a complete skateboard complements of The Skateboard Store, a complete longboard complements of The Longboard Store, a Nitro snowboard, along with other swag from Blood Wizard, Shnar Skateboards, and The Company Skateboards, just to name a few!
We missed the Installation 7 opening (and the free drinks fro Scion) on Saturday night (February 19, 2011), but don’t let that stop you from checking out art from Cheryl Dunn, Cody Hudson & Jared Eberhardt, and others because the show runs until March 12, 2011 at the Scion Installation LA, 3521 Helms Ave. Culver City, California.
The body of Alexander Gautreaux, the 23-year-old Mt. Shasta, California snowboarder who went missing at Northern California’s Mt. Shasta Ski Park on Thursday February 17, 2011 was found Sunday morning (February 20, 2011), according to a story in the Record Searchlight.
Gautreaux was found around 9 a.m. near the southeast side of Coyote Butte, about 100 feet from park boundaries, said Siskiyou County sheriff’s Capt. Jim Betts. . . Betts said it’s also not yet known what killed Gautreaux, who was found almost completely buried in snow, but he suspects asphyxiation at this point.
Gautreaux had gone missing Thursday after calling his family to let them know he was making “one more run” according to the San Jose Mercury News.
While search and rescue workers were looking for Gautreaux they rescued another “lone snowboarder who had fallen and landed upside down in a tree well.” This is the 15th snowboard death in North America in the past two months. Be careful out there. Seriously.
Our thoughts are with Gautreaux’s family and friends.
Shaun White stepping up his acting (and lady killee) game in the new Black Keys video Howling For You. Don’t worry about having to watch the entire video.
More snowboard tomfoolery from the Signal Snowboards factory. It’s like these guys can make whatever they want. In this case they’re making a pair of Vans slip-on snowboards.
Sure, recently released scientific reports suggest that “energy drinks” actually harm kids, but at least caffeine, taurine, and sugar water sales companies like Red Bull spend their marketing dollars helping athletes (who don’t mind polluting a few kids) get loads of stunningly cool work done.
Take this Travis RiceThe Art of Flight movie teaser from Brain Farm Digital Cinema for instance. You’ve never seen anything like this before.
Friends and family of NSSA co-founder and USASA founder Chuck Allen, who died on Valentine’s Day, will gather at the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 1 PM (PST) for a paddle out in his memory, according to a post on the NSSA website.
