by The Editors on December 11, 2008
Turns out it was kids who stole more than $10,000 worth of snowboarding equipment from Podium in Manchester, Vermont. And the police have now recovered 95 percent of the product.
Names of the suspects are not being released because they are juveniles under the age of 18, according to the Manchester Police Department, which handled the case. . . . A rough estimate by the police indicates the value of all the items stolen, which include snowboards, boots, bindings, clothing and helmets, will eventually total more than $10,000, police said.
See kids, crime doesn’t pay some of the time.
[Link: The Manchester Journal]
by The Editors on December 5, 2008
Manchester, Vermont’s snow, skate shop Podium was burglarized sometime in the evening of November 30, 2008 according to a story in the Bennington Banner.
Numerous Burton snowboards, snowboarding apparel and accessories were taken from the Main Street store between 9:30 p.m. Monday and 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, according to Manchester Police.
Times are hard and Christmas is coming.
[Link: Bennington Banner]
by The Editors on November 30, 2008
Layne Beachley and INXS musician Kirk Pengilly (pictured right with his daughter) are now officially engaged.
The couple have been holed up in Hawaii for the past week enjoying Thanksgiving celebrations while Beachley prepares to compete in the Roxy Pro Tour next week. But on Thursday, Pengilly used the sands of Hawaii’s Sunset Beach to spell out his grand intentions. . . . In broad letters decorated with the island’s native hibiscus flower, he wrote simply, “Marry Me”. A bottle of champagne served as the necessary punctuation.
Pengilly, described by The Daily Telegraph as a “serial bachelor,” has been married once before and has one 20-year-old daughter April Rose.
[Link: The Daily Telegraph photo via Who First]
by The Editors on November 26, 2008
Nothing shows a CEO’s commitment to a bright and glorious future like buying stock on themselves. That’s what PacSun’s Chairman/CEO Sally Frame Kasaks just did, according to a story on StreetInsider.com:
After the close, Chairman/CEO Sally Frame Kasaks disclosed a purchase of 200,000 shares on 11/24 at prices from $1.10-$1.14, bringing her stake to 390,000 shares. In addition, Director Grace Nichols bought 10,000 shares on 11/24 at $1.13, encompassing her entire stake.
If we were interested in owning stock in the retail sector, this might be an interesting cue, or just a last ditch effort by a CEO attempting to boost her company’s stock price. On Wall Street you never know.
[Link: StreetInsider]
by The Editors on November 20, 2008
Australian customs officials arrested a 33-year-old Australian man on November 20, 2008, after they discovered that the two skateboard decks he was carrying from Auckland New Zealand contained a little more more than 8-plys of maple.
The decks were opened, allegedly revealing three packages containing 600 grams of white powder. . . .Preliminary tests indicated the presence of cocaine, Customs and AFP said.
If found guilty he could face 25 years in prison and or a $550,000 fine.
[Link: The Australian]
by The Editors on November 19, 2008
According to Surfing Magazine story a con artist claiming to be one of nearly a dozen different professional surfers has been calling people in the surf industry and attempting to get them to wire him money “so he can get a flight home.” He apparently tried his scam again last Sunday La Jolla pro Derek Dunfee.
First he called Dunfee’s mom, claiming he was Nathan Fletcher and had just had his car towed and a death in the family and could she MoneyGram him $450 or get him in touch with Derek. Mrs. Dunfee almost coughed up the cash then and there, but luckily the only thing she handed over to the trickster was Derek’s cell number, which proceeded to light up multiple times while he was out surfing, with “Nathan” even foolishly leaving a voicemail message.
Although Surfing Magazine editor Evan Slater and Derek contacted the San Diego Police department and MoneyGram, neither seemed interested in catching the thief and said the best thing to do would be to alert the public to the scam.
What have we been alerted too? Well, it appears that running MoneyGram scams in San Diego is pretty risk free at this point.
[Link: Surfing Magazine]
by The Editors on October 31, 2008
Apparently this is news in China (and consequently Boardistan as well):
A burglar tried to flee the scene of his crime on a skateboard but slammed into a wall after a short distance on Oct 22, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. . . . Around 4.30 am, the thief stole a bag of auto parts from a warehouse and climbed down the wall. . . . As soon as the 30-year-old hit the ground, a security guard in the warehouse tried to capture him. . . . To the sentry’s surprise, the thief jumped on a skateboard and fled. . . .But he was not so adroit on wheels and crashed into a wall and fell, making him an easy catch for the guard.
Haa, haa, haa. Skateboard so funny.
[Link: China Daily]
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
A group of teenagers were hanging out near the Ecole sencondaire Macdonal-Cartier in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada when two kids with a skateboard approached.
One of them had a skateboard, so we asked him to do a trick,” a Macdonald-Cartier student said following the incident. . . . The skateboarder “wiped out and everyone started laughing and one kid called him a (homophobic slur).” . . . The skateboarder then walked up to the student who taunted him and the student “slapped him across the face. Then out of nowhere (the skateboarder) pulled bear spray out of his sleeve and sprayed him in the face,” the witness said.
It’s interesting how the skateboarders are portrayed in this story as the instigators when it’s obvious the bully jocks in the smoking section started it all. Hey, call a skateboarder a fag; get pepper sprayed. It’s the law.
[Link: Northern News]
by The Editors on September 19, 2008
Christian Moothart, the 17 year old who was driving the car that Joseph Madison was skateboarding behind when he died, has been sentenced to 60 hours of community service on reckless endangerment charges.
. . . 16-year-old Joseph Madison (pictured) was “skitching,” hanging onto the car on his skateboard. The car driven by Moothart hit a dip in the road when Madison lost his grip, fell and hit his head on the pavement. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
It sad on all side, but we’re glad Moothart didn’t have to go to jail.
[Link: NWCN.com]
by The Editors on September 5, 2008
Christian Mootheart, 17, was found guilty of reckless endangerment for driving the car that skateboarder Joseph Madison was towing behind when the 16 year old fell, hit his head, and died.
Madison was skitching down 29th Avenue in August 2007 holding onto the left-rear window frame of the car when he fell off the skateboard and his head hit the pavement, which caused his death. . . . Mootheart was driving the car that day. On Thursday, a judge found him guilty of reckless endangerment.
Mootheart could face up to 30 days in jail for the misdemeanor.
[Link: KPTV]
