We have confirmed reports that Pete Taras has left the job of photo editor at Transworld Surf magazine and taken a remarkably similar job at Surfing magazine.
We don’t even know what this means aside from the fact that being the photo editor of a surf magazine can be one of the worst jobs in surfing. Good thing Pete is a pro.
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The Quiksilver Foundation, a tax-releif/philanthropic arm of Quiksilver Inc, has funded the creation of a community health training centre at Katiet, in the Mentawai Islands, off Indonesia’s West Sumatran coast.
SurfAid Founder and CEO, Dr. Dave Jenkins, said the opening of the centre was the culmination of a long and successful partnership with Quiksilver. “The Quiksilver Foundation has been supporting SurfAid’s relentless pursuit of cost effective results that create lasting change and break the cycle of poor health and health behaviors that have been part of Mentawai life for up to 5000 years,” he said.
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Hey look, it’s Magma Advanced Technical Traction a new wax company that says that they have “five new patent-pending formulas, color coded bars, and new environmental packaging” that are going to change the way we all think about surf wax. Oddly, new wax is one of those things that we’ll keep trying and trying and trying because anything has to be better than what we’ve got all over our boards right now. After we’ve tried this, we’ll let you know.
Follow the jump for all the Magma details.
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He’d been reportedly cruising for a new gig for quite some time, but Ross Garrett (the former publisher of Surfing Magazine) has landed at Surfline.com partner Jeff Berg’s Airborne Media, LLC. (the owners of Foam Magazine and Girls Learn To Ride) where he will apparently be group publisher and president of media, according to a press release posted on the Surf Expo site.
“The opportunity for Airborne is enormous,” says Garrett. “I’m excited to lead the existing properties to greater focus, influence and prosperity while expanding the portfolio with complementary products.”
What could be complimentary to Foam? If anyone can figure that out, Ross can.
[Link: Surf Expo]
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Gone is the faux-backlash of Secret Machine and in it’s place the smooth sounds of DJ Sasha and the solid surfing stylings of Taj Burrow, CJ Hobgood, Yadin Nicol, Nathan Webster and Damien Hobgood. Nice work Globe this sounds like a film we’d actually enjoy watching. . . hook us up when it comes out.
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As if the Rossignol part of the Quiksilver purchase wasn’t enough, the Cleveland Golf numbers were a huge drag on Quiksilver’s otherwise strong position in the sports marketplace. Now, it appears Quik can become even lighter on its feet now that it has announced the sale of Cleveland Golf to SRI Sports Ltd of Japan for a reported $132.5 million.
Quiksilver Chief Executive Robert McKnight said in a statement that Cleveland Gold was “not a strategic asset for us as we strive to maximize our core businesses and brands.”
How right he is.
[Link: Reuters]
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When Will Farrell launched the site funnyordie.com with his writing partner Adam McKay they launched it on the popularity of one viral video: The Landlord. A skit in which Adam’s two-year-old daughter Pearl played Will’s landlord come to collect late rent. It was inspired comedy and the site got massive amounts of traffic. Obviously the brand name celebrity and the quality content added up to success in the short term.
Now Farrell and McKay have taken the same idea to action sports and launched Shredordie.com with the help of celebrity action sportsman Tony Hawk and some scraps of video left over from his production company 900 Films. What the site ends up looking like is, well, left over footage from 900 Films. We’re sure it will get better over time, but really, Tony, is this what you want to pin your Internet hopes on?
[Link: Shred Or Die]
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Is it still a surf brand? Was it ever? What does the future hold? Nike has announced that Roger Wyett, 51, is the new CEO of Hurley. Here is his bio:
Wyett brings to Hurley more than 25 years of experience in the apparel industry, including seven years at Nike. Wyett first joined Nike in 1994 and held a number of key senior apparel roles in soccer and Nike Team Sports before leading Global Product Creation. Before joining Nike, he worked in the apparel industry in Los Angeles for 14 years, including five years at Puma USA.
We don’t know the guy, but ah. . . we’ll just leave it at that.
[Link: Boardsports Source]
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It didn’t look that big to us, however, according to ASR official the fall 2007 Show in San Diego was big. Some said it was due to the new “moto” section, but we’re not sure. Follow the jump for the entire press release.
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On Wednesday, Aug. 29th at 11:30 am-12:30 pm VeeCo will be having a beach cleanup at 56th street in Newport Beach, Ca. And they’re asking everyone to please come down and join them. They’ll be giving out free t-shirts to all volunteers while supplies last.
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