by The Editors on June 2, 2008
According to the style mavens at the Houston Chronicle, skate fashion is all about feeling comfortable.
Skateboard fashion doesn’t match what’s happening in fashion really,” Strane said. “It breaks the rules.” . . . The sport pushes color combinations to the edge. Vans, for example, offers a high-top sneaker with a different color on each side of the shoe. T-shirts by Rvca and Volcom are hugely popular for their bright graphic prints and soft, thin fabrics.
Ah, so that’s what this is all about.
[Link: Chron.com]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
Korath Wright, a snowboarder from Canada, has announced that he will be attempting to become Bahamas’ first winter Olympian (though he’s never lived in the Bahamas, his father does, and somehow that was enough to make it happen).
At a beachside reception, escorted by a Junkanoo band, and joined by hundreds of Bahamian supporters, Korath Wright officially announced that he is ready to become the first-ever Winter Olympian from the Bahamas. . . Wright was joined by friends, family, members of government and the Bahamas Olympic Association for this historic event. All attendees also signed the snowboard emblazoned with the Bahamian flag, as a show of support for Wright’s journey. He plans to use this board at his first competition on the path to Olympic qualifications in New Zealand in mid-April.
Hey, if you can’t make the Canadian team, why not try some other country.
[Link: CasinoBeacon.com]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
Apparently they named it twinzer because it is exactly like every other action sports community.
Twinzer was created by two action sports enthusiasts. . . While the “X-games” sports participants will make up our largest segment of users we extend our community to Kiteboarders, Wakekiters, Wakeskaters, Snowmobilers and others who are not yet mainstream action sports. We see these as sports that will eventually capture the imagination of many and therefore have created a home for them.
Wakekiting, too? Cowagunga!
[Link: Twinzer via Mashable]
by The Editors on May 29, 2008
We all knew it was on the way, but gamers are getting sneak peaks at the new Ubisoft video game Shaun White Snowboarding. It’s supposed to launch in time for holiday 2008. The blogs aren’t all stoked, however. Kotaku said:
Ubisoft’s Shaun White seems to have plenty going for it, but nothing that made me think “Wow, this is incredibly different.” The game, heading to the Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360, uses the Assassin’s Creed engine and features an open mountain for gamers to explore.
For those of us who snowboard, it sounds pretty good. Especially since Shaun wrote the games entire script himself. Click the link for a video tease of the game.
[Link: Kotaku]
by The Editors on May 28, 2008
ASA Entertainment has come a long way since since the inline days, and this summer they are producing the Supergirls event in Huntington Beach:
S3 Supergirl Jam is a second-year, all-female action sports competition that is bringing in more than 100 of the world’s top pro surfers, skateboarders, inline skaters and snowboarders to Huntington Beach, Calif., on July 25-27. More than 100,000 spectators are expected for the free event, produced by ASA Entertainment.
Lyn-Z, Gretchen, and Kassia are going to be there. That’s probably all the reason you need.
[Link: USA Today]
by The Editors on May 22, 2008
We’ve never been impressed with the on-hill facilities at Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor resort and it looks like we’re not alone. Powdr Corp. the company that owns Bachelor recently fired Matt Janney, GM; Carly Carmichael, director of marketing; Mark Perry, the food and beverage director; and Ernie Pool, director of operations.
The mountain needs to find more creative ways to handle recurrent issues with maintenance and weather-related shutdowns and communicate those challenges with the public, said Herwig Demschar, chief operating officer for Park City, Utah-based Powdr Corp., which owns Mt. Bachelor.
We’re certain of one thing: Mt. Bachelor can’t get worse.
[Link: Bend Bulletin via TWBiz]
by The Editors on May 8, 2008
Hey look, the new issue of Frequency: The Snowboarder’s Journal. And it’s got a pow turn on the cover and it’s summer. In fact, Jeff Galbraith says this is the first “on the snow cover” in the magazine’s history. How punk rock is that? Or maybe it’s no statement at all. Maybe it’s just a great photo of some amazing snowboarding. Something we’d all like about now.
With several feet of fresh these last few weeks, lifts running well into May, no crowds, full snowpack, and tons of daylight, frequency TSJ #6.3 drops just in time for those who ride beyond December. From Snowbird to A-Basin, to Whistler, to Tuckerman’s to Alpental: snowboarding continues in full force, and South America/New Zealand deep pow sessions are just around the corner. . . . #6.3 features an amazing piece with freestyle legend Jeff Brushie by one of Snowboarder’s former editors Joel Muzzey , as well as photos from Bud Fawcett, Trevor Graves and others.
Pick it up where you can, or better yet buy a subscription and get an issue every time they come out.
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by The Editors on May 8, 2008
Today Transworld Media announced that Kurt Hoy has left the top editor position to “pursue personal interests” and replacing him at the top of the Transworld Snowboarding masthead comes the first women editor of a major label snowboard magazine ever: Annie Fast.
With great power comes great responsibility and Annie seems poised to wield it well. “I’m most stoked about the crew we have and how enthusiastic they are,” Fast says. “They’re super fresh and motivated to lead the charge.”
Congratulations, Annie. Let’s hope you can keep that smile on your face all the way through January. We’re betting on you.
[Link: Transworld Business]
by The Editors on May 8, 2008
The Seshn.com site has been up for awhile, but the press release has just now gone out. And guess who is involved? Former Joyride Snowboards founder Ken Greengard. How is this new action sports portal different from other sites like 5ones.com? Seshn founder Brandon Winnie explains.
Seshn aims to provide people with a unique site that isn’t your typical trendy action sports site attempting to create another YouTube or Myspace for action sports. “The people involved in this lifestyle are leaders and trendsetters, so we feel that we have created a site that meets that label. We have developed a unique concept and strategy that let’s people be the individualists and trendsetters that they are,” Brandon goes on to say. “I started this thing because I saw an opening that wasn’t being filled. I saw so many people trying to copy Myspace, Facebook and YouTube. Those sites will always be around, so why try to compete with them? My idea was let’s create an information network and let’s work with them.”
The WordPress-powered site looks nice (but then don’t they all). It will be interesting to see how the content grows as the site develops in what is becoming a horrendously crowded market place.
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by The Editors on May 7, 2008
According to Forbes.com :
Zumiez Inc. late Wednesday said same-store sales rose 4.1% in April, topping the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial for an increase 2.3% for the month.
Total sales at the Everett, Wash., action sorts retailer rose 20% to $24.2 million from last year’s total.
The stock closed the regular session at $20.38, down 2.6%.
[Link: Forbes]
According to the style mavens at the Houston Chronicle, skate fashion is all about feeling comfortable.
