They don’t have Dane Reynolds but now DC Shoes can add Mitch Coleborn to the surf team where he will join Craig Anderson, Ry Craike, Clay Marzo, Marc Lacomare, Mark Healey, Reef McIntosh and Dillion Perillo.
The 24 year-old Australian native started surfing at the age of 10 in Maroochydore on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Coleborn burst into the international surf scene in 2007 after winning back-to-back events and taking the 2007 Australasian Junior Ratings title. You may also recognize Mitch for his notable part in the most forward thinking surf movie to date, 2009’s Modern Collective.
Stuart Smith, 48, the owner of TriBeCa, NYC’s Bikini Bar Surf Shop reportedly fell nearly six floors to his death from the rooftop garden above the shop’s 148 Duane St. location just after midnight on Sunday morning (July 10, 2011), according to a story in the NY Daily News. A passerby reportedly found Smith in the street.
“We believe it was accidental,” a police source said. . . The shop specializes in custom surfboards and includes a tiki bar serving espresso and Hawaiian desserts.
Our thoughts are with Smith’s friends and family, especially his wife Aileen Oser.
The new attraction is named after the legendary big wave surfer and Hawaiian lifeguard. He was lost at sea in 1978, paddling out to find help as a crew member aboard the capsized Hokule’a voyaging canoe. . . Present for Sunday’s opening festivities were pro surfers Shane Dorian, Kelly Slater, Clyde Aikau, Eddie’s wife Linda Ipsen, and other members of the Aikau family and representatives of the Eddie Aikau Foundation.
The restaurant, which is open for lunch and dinner, will feature “Contemporary Hawaiian Cuisine” according to Executive Chef Scott Lute. Sounds like a dinner worth the drive.
What seems like the longest wait on the ASP Dream Tour is almost over. Only seven more days until the boys fire it all back up for the 2011 Billabong Pro J-Bay. The waiting period begins July 14, 2011. As a reminder the current top five looks like this: Adriano de Souza, Joel Parkinson, Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, and Jordy Smith.
Vans by Thalia Surf Shop is hosting a Captian Fin Co. show on Thursday night, July 7, 2011 featuring food, drink, art, photographs, and surfboards created by Andrew Doheny and Alex Knost. The party begins at 6:30 PM.
The crew at Friday Management is launching a new video blog called French Connection. The site is a co-op between surfers Marc Lacomare, Joan Duru and Charly Martin. Here’s a little sample of super slick content we can expect in coming months.
Cam Richards and Leila Hurst took the Open titles at the 2011 NSSA National Championships in Huntington Beach, California on July 3, 2011.
“I feel awesome right now, I wasn’t expecting this,” beamed Richards. “I did really bad in my main divisions; I lost Open Juniors and the Explorer so I was mad and wanted to redeem myself, I guess this was a good way to do it.”
Hurst was similarly stoked with her performance.
“I’ve wanted this for so long and this was my last chance to get it, so I’m so stoked,” Hurst said. “Now I can walk away with more than the Explorer title. I’ll go for the CT and all that fun stuff but I’m just going to cruise for the rest of this summer.”
Parker Coffin took home the Juniors title. For the rest of the story follow the jump, or click here for all the photos, video, and results. [click to continue…]
Billabong’s latest surf film Blow Up features the surf stylings of Laurie Towner, Creed McTaggart,Granger Larson, Ian Gentil,Ryan Callinan, and Jack Freestone. Leave it to Billabong to kick off a surf movie with bubblegum chomping bikini girls on bikes. Watch all 31 minutes of it by clicking here (it’s also available for downloading to your favorite mobile device). Enjoy.
Brazilian Sivana Lima scored the first perfect 10 ride on the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games yesterday (June 30, 2011) at Panama’s Playa Venao.
Lima’s perfect performance came at the right time for Team Brazil who are trailing Australia with just two days remaining in the competition that features Open Women’s, Open Men’s and Longboard divisions. In total, 27 nations are represented, all vying for Gold Medals and the prestigious overall international Teams Title.
When the surf world elite gather at Fernando Aguerre’s home in La Jolla, California, September 17, 2011 for Liquid Nation Ball 8, they will be honoring Keep A Breast Foundation co-founder Shaney jo Darden as the 2011 Humanitarian of the Year. We couldn’t be more proud of her.
“The SIMA Humanitarian Fund is honored to recognize Shaney jo as the 2011 SIMA Humanitarian of the Year,” said Fernando Aguerre, SIMA Humanitarian Fund President and Liquid Nation Ball Chairman and Co-Founder. “As a woman that has had such a positive impact on the health and awareness of hundreds of thousands in the action sports industry, her work and passion is inspiring. We look forward to honoring her as the fourth-ever SIMA Humanitarian of the Year at this year’s Liquid Nation Ball.”
