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.
Apparently, Salt Lake City based action sports photographer Rob Mathis has been doing a little more than sitting around playing online poker. He has a new book out titled Slide featuring a collection of his photography. Knowing him, and his work, we’d say this one is a keeper.
At the ESPN ESPY Awards on Thursday night snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler won the award for best female action sports athlete. She edged out skier Lindsey Vonn, surfer Stephanie Gilmore, motocrosser Jessica Patterson, and snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis.
That’s a huge award,” said an elated Bleiler on Thursday, following a long night of post-awards parties. “All these athletes were there, all these football players, the Boston Celtics, so many amazing people, and just even to be nominated is an honor. To win one, it’s a huge honor.”
Here’s a car that’s got action sports written all over it. It’s a tiny, two-wheel drive Renault Clio that features, “special touches include specific upholstery sporting the Rip Curl logo, a chrome centre console, exclusive Rip Curl sills and specific rubber floor mats, as well as a sand- and snow-proof compartmented stowage box in the boot.” Because there’s nothing worse that getting sand or snow in your Clio.
Buoyed by the sale of 30,000 Clio by Rip Curls in more than 20 countries in 2007, Renault is looking to build on its successful partnership with the well known surfing and snowboarding brand Rip Curl with the release of Clio by Rip Curl 2008. . . . Available in three- and five-door form, this limited edition is both dynamic andtrendy and promises to appeal thanks to the potential it offers for customization and a list of specific equipment tailored for those who enjoy winter and watersports.
Only in France (and 20 other confused countries, apparently).
We’ll never say that Shaun White isn’t working for his money. Not after you see what he has to go through. Take this game preview at the video game convention E3 held July 14-17, 2008 for instance. . . . it’s just so sad.
After three long years of waiting John Martin and Bobby Meeks finally get their patent for their “snowboard boot with liner harness. Patent No. 7,386,947.
1. A sports boot comprising:
an outer shell having a semirigid sole and an upper attached to the sole;
a harness assembly fixedly attached to the outer shell and disposed within the outer shell, the harness assembly including a flexible panel having left and right edges defining a gap therebetween and a plurality of cord keepers disposed on either side of the gap;
a cord slidably engaging the cord keepers; and
a tensioning mechanism that engages the cord to maintain a desired tension in the cord such that the left and right edges of the flexible panel are urged toward each other;
a liner that is removably insertable into the outer shell such that the harness assembly flexible panel wraps about a portion of the liner;
wherein the tensioning mechanism is fixedly attached to one of the upper and the harness flexible panel.
He was just a snowboarder from Summit County who used to ride with Steve Fisher, Chad Otterstrom, and Jeff Meyer.
Now, he’s a reality TV star with a new fiance, but Jesse Csincsak is just being himself, according to a story in the Summit Daily News.
“I didn’t have a natural talent for snowboarding,” he said. . . To make up for it, he said he was “the first guy up on the hill and the last one down.” . . He made his TV debut as a coach on the MTV “Made,” show in February, and soon after got the call from “The Bachelorette.”
Visitors to the Transworld Media website today were greeted by a list of stories featuring “Amateur Porn Teens,” and a long list of “Recent Articles” with links to the following (NSFW) page: http://rfdantos.transworld.net/.
The site appears to be offering up user generated content and hancock plot twist (probably a bot) looks to have taken advantage. Ouch. (Not safe for work screen shot after the jump). Apparently, anyone can sign up right here.
Shaun White’s “for Target” Collection drops on July 27, 2008. Shoppers will have 90 days to buy the clothes before they magically disappear. As might be expected from an action sports athlete who is being paid outrageous amounts of money Shaun is happy with his sponsor:
“Target is a great company that has been supporting me for almost six years. Having the opportunity to create an original line with them is a natural progression of our relationship and something that I was extremely stoked to do. The fact that I was able to work with my brother just made it even sweeter,” said Shaun.
Cole Ortega, 14, a competitive snowboarder from Bend, Oregon lost his arm (between the elbow and shoulder) while surfing in Pacific City, Oregon after he was run over by a dory (a 20-foot-long motorized boat) driven by Darrel Martin, 55, of Beaver, Oregon, according to a story on Oregon Live.
Other surfers grabbed the boy’s severed arm and helped him to shore on a surfboard. Doug Shugart, an Oregon State Police trooper checking fishing licenses, rushed into the water to help, said Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson. Shugart grabbed his medical bag and started working on the boy, whose arm was severed between the elbow and shoulder.
Apparently, the boats come in and out off the beach and when the surf gets big, the “high waves often obscure visibility in the popular surfing area.
A Life Flight crew airlifted him to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland. His condition was not available Sunday night.
