by The Editors on July 11, 2008
It’s a sad story with a happy ending for three Australian surfers who finally surfed the wave they were searching for twenty years ago.
In October 1988, Tony Stubley, Mike Vanderfield, Scott Parker, Matt Lumsdaine and Scott Coppin flew to Lima from the United States, Mexico and Australia. Before going to ride the fabled wave, they set off for the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. . . . They never made it to Chicama. Their plane crashed high in the Andes on October 25, killing at least 17 people and seriously injuring scores of others, including most of the young Australians.
Read the rest by clicking the link. . .
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
by The Editors on July 11, 2008
Surfer Kyle Knox will be signing Hill Family Barrel Blend wine bottles for six hours on Saturday July 12, 2008 at the Carlsbad, California Costco. Apparently, his image is being used on the bottle.
This wine celebrates collaboration between Hill Family Estate and professional surfer Kyle Knox. This wine is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah.
Barrel blend, get it?
[Link: Hill Family Estate]
by The Editors on July 11, 2008
Where is the Malibu party mob when Hannah Montana was filming on the beach? Oh yeah, they were getting paid to hold Miley up.
[Link: Waleg.com]
by The Editors on July 10, 2008
by The Editors on July 10, 2008
by The Editors on July 10, 2008
The manager of Super Spar in Jeffreys Bay has doubled his condom order this year after getting wiped out during last year’s Billabong Pro contest.
“They‘re definitely not only surfing,” he joked. Venter has had to double his order of supplies, in order to meet the demand of condoms during the surfing competition.
There is a lot of downtime during those competition holds.
[Link: The Herald]
by The Editors on July 9, 2008
Hermosa Beach’s Spyder Surf has begun communicating with their customers via text message using technology from Sumotext, according to a story in the Easy Reader.
“This is a way to reach our customers right where they’re at. We’ve had huge success with spydersurf.com and other ways of spreading the word about Spyder Surf like newspaper advertising.” Spyder’s Richard O’Reilly said. “But, people don’t usually take their computers down to the beach or to the mountains for snowboarding. The Sumotext system allows us to reach them with messages they want to hear at the time they’re at the beach, skateboarding, or snowboarding.”
Kind of makes it sound like O’Reilly’s never heard of Twitter. If you’d like to check out what Spyder is doing just text SPYDER to 76704 and you’ll be signed up.
[Link: Easy Reader]
by The Editors on July 9, 2008
Visitors to the Transworld Media website today were greeted by a list of stories featuring “Amateur Porn Teens,” and a long list of “Recent Articles” with links to the following (NSFW) page: http://rfdantos.transworld.net/.
The site appears to be offering up user generated content and hancock plot twist (probably a bot) looks to have taken advantage. Ouch. (Not safe for work screen shot after the jump). Apparently, anyone can sign up right here.
[Link: Transworld Media]
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by The Editors on July 8, 2008
by The Editors on July 8, 2008
ASP number six CJ Hobgood isn’t saying that no one can stop Kelly Slater. He’s just saying that it would take something very special, according to a story in Florida Today.
“But Slater can be touched,” C.J. said. “It’s still early and someone can get on a roll like he has. But, like I told him, if someone was to come back, it would be one of the greatest comebacks in surfing history. It’s really his to lose now.”
“He is definitely getting better, but it’s like in a different sense,” C.J. said. “He’s surfing more like a kid and acting like a grom. He’s just enjoying himself. You can see it in his interviews. He just has that more-free, more-loose go-for-it attitude. I wouldn’t know if he’s actually surfing better than he ever has, but he’s certainly having more fun.”
Guess that’s what happens in sports journalism: the rest of the guys get interviewed about the number one guy.
[Link: Florida Today]
