Shaun White’s metaphorical rock star status continues on its literal path this summer as he and his band Bad Things hit the road on tour beginning July 11, 2013, according to a story on Yahoo Music.
“Caught Inside” is the band’s debut track, carried by beachy strums and a strong indie-rock flow. Its title originates from a surfing term to describe the bruising effects of paddling out and becoming dangerously stuck between the shore and where waves break.
To listen to the band’s, not-so-bad song Caught Inside, follow the jump. Oh, and Shaun plays guitar.
It’s always good to see good people getting good coverage for doing good things. And when it comes to an industry that seems to enjoy bathing in energy drink money it’s always good to see Austin Smith and Bryan Fox preaching the Drink Water message.
Here is a bit from their recent Outside Online story:
The for-profit venture sells t-shirts, sweatshirts, reusable water bottles and a few other accessories. Ten percent of sales go to Water.org, an organization that develops clean water access and sanitation solutions in the developing world. (It was co-founded in 2009 by actor Matt Damon and engineer and entrepreneur Gary White.) . . . Drink Water isn’t putting a big dent in the global water crisis—last year it sent Water.org around $12,000 through sales and fundraising efforts—but it is setting a healthy example for kids. “We’re not the health cops, but I like the idea that people take the brand and use it as a way to think about what they’re consuming. If you want to keep doing active shit, you have to have a functional body,” says Fox.
We appreciate Drink Water because it makes kids think and hopefully it will help make at least a few athletes who take energy money think again.
If you’ve ever thought of donating to help the work of the Stoked organization with under-served youth, this month is the time to do it. The George C. Fund will match anything you give (up to $15,000) between now and June 30, 2013. So it’s like giving doubles.
There hasn’t been a better time to join us. Become a STOKED Igniter and help #closethegap. . . With your support, our youth are empowered with the STOKED community, values and skills to achieve the success of their dreams. Through action sports culture, our youth can jump the gap.
Mark Sullivan is turning up the business side of his backcountry snowboard festival with the addition of OR snowboard industry vet Chad Perrin to the position of director of business development for Tailgate Alaska.
“We are excited to bring Chad on board. His track record building Jones Snowboards speaks for itself,” says Sullivan. “I am excited to work with someone as passionate as I am about big mountain riding and the adventure of getting out in the backcountry.”
For the official word from Tailgate Alaska, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
NASA planetary scientist Serina Diniega believes she has figured out what made all those first tracks (a.k.a. linear gullies) that have been showing up on photos from Mars lately. They look like snowboard tracks and seem to have been formed by something sliding down the dunes. Diniega figured it out.
Eventually, Diniega theorized the grooves could have been made by blocks of frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice, that naturally forms on the surface of Mars . . “We think some of this accumulation will compress down and actually form ice slabs and ice blocks,” Diniega said in a video posted to NASA’s website.
Now Diniega dreams of going to mars and riding these slopes herself.
“I’m looking forward to the day when astronauts can engage in a whole new area of extreme sports,” she said. “They could snowboard down these carbon dioxide-covered dunes on a cushion of carbon dioxide. You would just shoot right down those slopes, it would be amazing.”
Yes, and if our planet keeps heating up Mars may be snowboarders’ only option.
[Editors’ Note: We’re reposting this to the top of the order because Endeavorand snowboarding in general need your help now. Max Jenke is currently in second place (to a sign printer no less) in the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award race and voting ends at 9 AM PST on Tuesday morning June 11, 2013. That means we all only have two days to tip this vote for snowboarding. Click here to vote every day! Your vote could mean $100,000 to an independent snowboarding company.]
Jenke would use the award money for time management and customer service software, and to engage established, on-the-ground sales agencies throughout the U.S. Having credible agencies that already represent compatible brands is crucial, he said. . . “You really need to be down there to make an impact,” but selling “hard goods is hard,” Jenke said. “It’s like selling cars. There’s a lot of work for not a lot of return for the sales reps.”
This is where we all can help. Max needs us all to vote for him. Max is currently in 5th place and we need to move him right on up to number one. Sign in with Facebook and get your vote on now. Do it for Endeavor. Do it for snowboarding! Vote!Then, vote again.
Mervin Manufacturing is voluntarily recalling close to 8,000 pairs of Gnu snowboard bindings sold in the US and Canada after noticing that the “ankle straps can break posing a fall hazard.” Apparently, they’ve had reports of 30 straps breaking already.
What should you do if you have a pair of Gnu bindings? Well, first make sure your bindings are the ones that are being recalled by visiting this page. Then if they are, stop using them and click here to contact Mervin for more information of call (800) 905-0551.
Now he’s taken to outrunning avalanches for The Silver Bullet. What’s worse is that his beer run is for some country singer who is likely recognizable among people who listen to that kind of music.
We can’t really fault him. He’s a great stuntman and light beer reportedly goes real well with nuts.
Is it possible to ride a hand hewn slab of pine wood in a derby? Signal Snowboard’s Dave Lee make the impossible possible in this season’s final episode of Every Third Thursday.
[Pinewood side note: if you’re into real pinewood derby racing and happen to be in Portland, Oregon Friday, June 7, 2013 sign up for Nemo Design’s Pinewood Derby races.]
Seven Days Vermont did a story on “man caves” in the Green Mountain State and Burton R&D legend Chris Doyle’s garage fit in quite nicely.
Chris Doyle’s shop is the kind of man-space that would drop a 12-year-old boy’s jaw in a heartbeat. Sure, the radio-controlled airplanes in the loft are pretty cool, as are the 15 vintage motorcycles and dirt bikes in various states of repair.
But they couldn’t decide if they were more impressed with his 1968 Corvette or his wingless ” vintage 1947 single-engine Luscombe airplane.” Us, we’re just impressed.
Shaun White’s metaphorical rock star status continues on its literal path this summer as he and his band Bad Things hit the road on tour beginning July 11, 2013, according to a story on Yahoo Music.
