Not exactly sure what kind of direct connection there is between skateboarding, surfing and coffee, but that hasn’t stopped The Skateboarder’s Journal’s Jack Smith and his friend Adrian Pina from rolling out a new coffee company called Cuppastoke.com. Smith describes it as:
A coffee company for skateboarders, surfers, snowboarders and anyone else who shares the almost indescribable feeling of “STOKE”. . . Skater Joe Dark Roast, Our signature blend. Complex, bright, bold, and rich, this coffee shines through milk in espresso drinks, and tastes amazing in drip or press. An all around winner.
We personally don’t have a problem with the local brew, but for those who want a cup of stoke every morning, then Skater Joe Dark Roast might be just for you. $11.95 will get you 12 ounces. Enter special code “boardistan” and Jack will give you 15% off your order. How cool is that?
Steph Gilmore and Mick Fanning: two world champions of whom we can all be proud. Kekoa Bacalso and Coco Ho were awarded Rookie of the Year honors. For the rest of the awards follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Back in the day we had a certain Australian newsstand distributor connection who used to send us monthly packages of Aussie mags. One of our favorites was the dirty, packed newsprint version of Tracks (particularly the letters section). In this age of gloss and digits something has been lost. Luckily, a guy in the UK named Daniel Crockett is bringing newsprint surf magazines back with Kook.
Global contributors include Cyrus Sutton, Mike Black, Mark Leary, Ryan Heywood, Kassia Meador, Tom Haskett, Kate Czucsman, Andrew Kidman, John Eldridge, Jim Newitt, Alex Rowse, Michael Fordham, Ollie Banks, Mark Dickinson, Rob Royal, Seamouse, Ryan Tatar, Ryan Lovelace and many more.
Kook is only 20 pages and costs close to $5 bucks an issue, but that’s a small price to pay to bask for a moment in a forgotten time.
After using an “n-word” in a Stab Magazine website story about how black surfers are better than white surfers (specifically Jamaica’s Icah Wilmot) got people talking (via Cyrusisboard.com) and lost the magazine a “coveted advertising relationship,” Stab’s Jed Smith says he has now experienced the “first significant self-examination” of his writing career.
After speaking with Icah’s father Bill Willmot, it appears Jed has turned things around and apologized.
I am ignorant of the sensitivities that surround race today. I am white, privileged and grew up in an era in which white-black relations were not the defining racial issue (hence my use of the word Negro, a term that after recently reading the Malcolm X autobiography, I legitimately thought was politically correct). I have no right to proffer stereotypes, whether they were intended to be satirical or not, and I am sorry. Sorry.
Apologies are hard and Jed did a great job with this one. We just hope he can get past this, lesson learned, and then remember that his ignorance is also one of his greatest gifts. The world has enough “thoughtful” old surf writers already. Seriously.
Want to hear the realities of the ASP World Championship Tour? Bobby Martinez kicks down all the no bullshit answers in an interview by Jon Coen on ESPN/Action.
What is the WCT and/or Rebel tour really all about?
All it comes down to is money. No one cares what tour they’re on, just as long as they can make the most money as possible before they retire. That’s it, in black and white. We have these meetings on the ASP tour with all the surfers. When this Rebel Tour came up, the only thing that mattered was the money. Everyone wanted to go to this Rebel Tour because they were saying that last-place earnings were the same as first in an ASP event. So if anyone wants the best surfers in the world to compete on one tour, all they have to do is put a lot more money for prize winnings and [the surfers] will all jump on board. That’s the truth. I’ll go with them too if I get an invite.
Read the rest if you haven’t already. It’s short, but it’s sweet.
The Association of Surfing Professionals is jumping into the iPhone pool with their own branded app called ASPtogo. The app features a lot of what we talked about yesterday with the Quiksilver Live. It has live scores, heat results, photos, videos and connects to live video feeds. ASP CEO Brodie Carr thinks is great.
“The ASP iPhone application is the latest development we’re activating to bring the world’s best surfers to our global audience wherever they may be,” Brodie Carr, ASP International CEO, said. “With access to literally dozens of high-calibre events for a single download is a pretty good deal and I can proudly say that I’m the first customer.”
One thing Brodie and the ASP forget to mention in their announcement is that that app costs $4.99. And that is expensive for something that is free elsewhere. Looks like we’ll be sticking with Quiksilver Live for a while.
Does the up coming February 26 kick off of the 2010 ASP World Tour have you jonesing for a little Quiksilver Pro Snapper Rocks action? Well, there’s an app for that. Quiksilver has a new Quiksilver Live iPhone app out just in time for the 2010 Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks.
Coming on the heels of last fall’s Van Triple Crown iPhone app, the Quiksilver Live app (available now for free in iTunes store) allows users to watch the event’s live video feed via 3G and WI-Fi, view live scoring, and even send messages to the announcers. The app comes loaded with many of the heat’s on demand from 2009 (we forgot how stormy it was) as well as full video coverage of the Road to the Pro and Brooko’s Updates, and, the Windguru surf forcast for Snapper Rocks.
If the app features an alert that says when the event is on, that alone is worth the free download. Click the link to start following along or follow the jump for larger screen shots.
Maui’s Ho’okipa Beach Park was closed for two hours yesterday after a 12-foot-long Tiger shark was spotted about 150 yards from the break according to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser.
Ho’okipa, a popular surfing spot, was closed from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for one mile both north and south of the surfing reef. . . The beach park remained open. . . Warning signs were posted in the area, and no injuries were reported.
On Thursday, Febraury 25, 2010 Ozzie Wright kicks off his two week show Frankenstien’s Dream in Brisbane, Australia’s Fortitude Valley at Nine Lives at 6 PM.
Not exactly sure what kind of direct connection there is between skateboarding, surfing and coffee, but that hasn’t stopped The Skateboarder’s Journal’s Jack Smith and his friend Adrian Pina from rolling out a new coffee company called Cuppastoke.com. Smith describes it as:
