The film stars the break known as Nelscott Reef. Reaching faces of fifty feet, this Oregon wave rivals notorious surf spots like Hawaii’s Jaws and Mavericks in Northern California. But Nelscott’s powerful conditions come only a few times a year, lying undiscovered until Lincoln City transplant John Forse attempted to surf it. . . .The film was co-written and produced by Billy Miller, produced and filmed by Sarah Henderson and features the surf photography of Richard Hallman. Executive Producers are John Forse, Adam Wagner and Jim Kusz, with music by Northwest-based indie musicians and an original score by John Askew.
If you’re anywhere near Portland tonight, be sure to check this film out. Tickets are $5 at the door.
When a post on the Ashbury Eyewear site featuring Kr3w’s new snowboard team started a blazing 114 comment flame war between people claiming to be from Comune, Ashbury, and Kr3w it did more than waste time for everyone involved. It sent one more reminder to other companies that what their employees post online from work can come back to bite them.
In the comments the Ashbury Eyewear site admin eventually exposed all the posts that were coming from what they believed was Comune’s IP address. A similar thing happened last month when Yobeat.com’s Jared Souney called out Burton employees for posting anonymously to the Yobeat.com comments.
This debacle caused at least one manager to take action. “After I saw those comments I seriously sent an email to my staff telling them not to do shit like that,” one company executive told us. “With online you always have to try and stay one step ahead on shit like that. Employees can screw things up without even realizing they’re doing it.”
Most employees understand that whenever they speak, they’re in some ways “speaking for the company,” but with social media taking over it becomes more important that ever to remember that what is Tweeted, facebooked, myspaced, or posted to comment boards has a far larger audience than just talking shit between friends at an after party.
It’s not all downside, however. Conflicts are great for traffic and we’re guessing this feud probably ended up helping Ashbury get more traffic than they’ve had in a while.
The weirdest surf media story we missed this week (and we’re putting this up more for ourselves since it’s already been up everywhere else) is from South Africa. According to IOL.com, a 12-year-old girl who was featured in Zigzag surf magazine in a “provacative pose” with the words “all-natural Eastern Cape honey” as a caption was awarded R10,000 (about $1,315.10) in damages by a South African court.
Judge Dennis Davis found it was “properly proved” that the publication was negligent in using the “pin-up” picture without the girl’s knowledge or her and her parents’ consent. . . . This finding was “fortified” by Section 28 of the constitution which found that the child’s best interests were always paramount. He also found the appropriation of her image for the publication’s commercial advantage infringed her dignity and privacy.
When we think about how many anonymous hot girl photos have run in surf magazines over the years, this could get pretty costly, let alone frightening for photographers in general. Zigzag magazine’s editor Will Bendix had to say: “Even though Zag has not been ordered to make any kind of public apology, we really do regret any distress it may have caused the girl, and wish her well for the future.” Click here for ZigZag’s side of the story.
Erudite skate blogger Boil The Ocean is proving once again that he has watched (and thought seriously about) way, way too many skateboard videos as he counts down the 40 most skateboarding videos of the past decade. While most skaters would be hard pressed to even name 40 skate videos from the last 10 years Boil The Ocean kicks down otaku level knowledge of these videos in a way that suggests he’s watched them all hundreds of times.
A general disclaimer about the list to follow ought to start with noting that most lists of this sort are pretty much bullshit anyway, designed to ignite pointless debate and sell women’s health magazines or ad spots on VH1, and this one may not be much different really. However, given that this is an internet blog site, and the end of a decade is approaching, fate holds that a list must be made.
Take a walk down memory lane and argue along the way: 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, and 10-1.
I’ve never been a fan of the “b-word” and I’ve openly warred against it ever since the term first crept into the global vocabulary. Yet here I am now, embracing it like a cheap whore. . . I think after the publication of both Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art and The Disposable Skateboard Bible, I’ve exhausted my ability to squeeze books out of this obsessive/compulsive fascination of mine. So this is the next best way for a junkie like me to keep scratching the itch.
San Diego’s Clairemont High School class of 1979, the students immortalized by writer Cameron Crowe in his book (and movie) Fast Times At Ridgemont High, had its 30 year reunion this weekend and San Diego Union-Tribune writer Helen Gao says the class didn’t turn out all that bad.
At its 30-year-reunion celebrations this weekend, the crowd is filled with firefighters, teachers,professors, businessmen, engineers, mechanics and many others who are gainfully employed and contributing to society. . . “I am actually depressed no one is smoking a joint right now,” quipped Mike Ghareeb of Ramona as he surveyed a roomful of his former classmates at the Skybox bar in Clairemont, where they also gathered Friday night.
It’s nice to know that the kids responsible for the world’s most iconic surf archtype are alright. Original copies of Crowe’s book are now selling for upwards of $100 and yet we still rarely feel tardy.
G-stringed ass lover? Poet? World’s best surfer? Enigma? Hawai’ian Idol to the sycophant Twitterer Charlie Smith? Rule breaker? The mind-bendingly amazing teaser up on Surfline.com suggests Jamie O’Brien may be all of this and more. Let’s just say we’re looking forward to seeing the final product, when ever it is released.
Go behind the scene of the making of Absinthe FilmsNeverland and watch them work. Justin Hostnyk, Shane, and the boys start gettin’ ‘er done. Truth is, we still haven’t seen the movie.
Probably not even worth mentioning, however, aside from Mad Men we don’t watch any TV anymore. That’s why we miss compelling shows like The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and guests like Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White. Click here for part 2.
Transworld Media has announced that Rob Campbell has been promoted to the position of Editorial Director at the company, according to a post on TransWorld Business.
In his new position, Campbell will oversee all six TransWorld titles, including SKATEboarding, SNOWboarding, SURF, Motocross, Ride BMX, and Business. He will also direct content strategy and partnerships across all platforms including print, digital, and television.
Josh Hunter will be “assuming editorial responsibilities” at Transworld Business in the interim. We’re guessing this is just one of several consolidation announcements to come.
