March 2008

Gay Snowboarder Says Jump On

by The Editors on March 16, 2008

Athlete14158868 250X200Featured as the “athlete of the week” on Gay.com a guy known only as “Romeo0011” is encouraging all his homosexual friends to jump on board:

My suggestion to my fellow gay athletes is to turn in your softball gloves, volleyballs and rugby balls and try the extreme sport of snowboarding. There is nothing like the rush of coming down the mountain full force with snow falling from the sky and the feeling of being free and alive.”

Ah, yeah. . . but don’t try surfing because it has some kind of anti-gay force field.

[Link: Gay.com]

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Mick Fanning Gets Knotty

by The Editors on March 16, 2008

Pm Fanning Narrowweb  300X464,0Goldcoast.com.au has the full rundown of surfing’s version of the royal wedding on the Goldie March 15, 2008, as APS World Champion Mick Fanning married Karissa Dalton.

Despite the lavish setting for the wedding, Ms Osborne said the outdoor ceremony and reception which ran until midnight with a swing band were kept low key to reflect the couple’s down-to-earth nature. “It was just people who were of longstanding support to Mick and Karissa who were at the wedding,”she said. Ms Osborne said the bride looked particularly stunning in her white, designer wedding dress.

So far no photos from any of the surf mags. Maybe the special deal the Fannings made with “a women’s magazine also meant no other media were allowed in for the the ceremony.”

[Link: Goldcoast.com.au photo from The Age]

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The Return Of Big Brother

by The Editors on March 14, 2008

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Transworld Business is reporting that the seminal core skateboard magazine Big Brother will make it’s return in digital format as part of Jeff Tremaine’s new website Jackassworld.com.

“Right now the plan is that Big Brother will be a section of Jackassworld,” says Tremaine. “We’re going to put up all the back issues and anything we do skateboarding-related will be housed there as well.” . . . New content for Big Brother will focus mostly on skateboarding, and most, if not all of the O.G. Big Brother lineup are lined up to contribute, including Dave Carnie, Sean Cliver, Rick Kosick, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Earl Parker, and Tremaine himself. “Hopefully Marc McKee and everyone else from the original crew will start contributing,” says Tremaine.

We have missed it, but we’re guessing it will never be the same. Because as we all know, money changes everything.

[Link: TransWorld Business]

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Springsteen’s Toothless Surfin’ USA

by The Editors on March 14, 2008

According to PR-inside.com:

Rocker BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN stunned his musician pal STEVEN VAN ZANDT when he took to the waves to show off his surfing skills – and knocked his front teeth out.

Hard to believe that’s possible. Leave it to the boss.

[Link: PR-inside.com]

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Oakley Pulls Luxottica Down

by The Editors on March 14, 2008

Luxottica Group SpA, the world’s largest eyewear manufacturer suffered it’s first profit decline in nine years according to a story on Bloomberg.com. And they’re blaming Oakley.

Luxottica dropped as much as 5.7 percent after the company said late yesterday fourth-quarter net income declined 3.7 percent on costs to combine sports-eyewear maker Oakley Inc. with its other divisions. The stock was down 79 cents, or 4.7 percent, to 16.21 euros at 9:40 a.m. in Milan. A close at that price would be the lowest since May 20, 2005.

What a nice welcome to the family. We’re guessing we’ll all see some pretty big changes at Oakley in the coming year. We’ll keep you posted.

[Link: Bloomberg.com]

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Zumiez Launch Ramps Up

by The Editors on March 14, 2008

Looks like Zumiez has at least one fan in the analyst crowd:

Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Roxanne Meyer maintained an “Outperform” rating on shares. She said any dip in same-store sales may hold back growth, but thinks the stock already reflects such expectations.

Much of this apparently “outperform” comes from the potential for the company to “double it’s store base.”

[Link: Forbes]

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Jenna Jamieson On Nixon Island

by The Editors on March 14, 2008

Just watched this video on Tony Hawk’s Shredordie.com. . . Apparently, Nixon is sponsoring former adult film stars and their cage-fighting boyfriends now (at least with trips to Tavarua).

[Link: Ign.com]

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New Emissions Goin’ To Miami

by The Editors on March 13, 2008

Neolas Miami

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Amplid Opens Mt. Hood Base

by The Editors on March 13, 2008

LogotopAmplid, the Euro snowboard and freeski company (God we hate it when companies try to do both) co-founded by former snowboard racer Peter Bauer is opening a “North American headquarter” in Mt. Hood, Oregon.

Amplid co-founder and former snowboard world champion Peter Bauer stated. “At the same time being also based in North America will have a huge impact on the brand building for Amplid as a global brand.” Brian Sites will be responsible for all sales- and operations-related tasks. Brandon Pastucka will take over marketing and team management. Tom Wallisch, Alex Martini, Steve Stepp and Seth Hill joined the global team. “The dynamic and creative environment here at Mt. Hood is a perfect seedbed for innovations both on the marketing side as well as on the technological one”, said Brian Sites who is looking forward to establish Amplid in his home market.

It just a shame about the skis.

[Link: Boardsport Source]

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emerica Tunes Up Their Website

by The Editors on March 13, 2008

NewteamsectionsLots of changes going on in the Sole Tech web world lately, including this update to the Emerica site:

The Team page has a new look and, more importantly, some new sections. First, there’s Community, in which you can browse through all of the content recently uploaded by All Emericans; as well as search for specific news, photos, videos and even users in the search box at the top.

Right next to Community, there’s a new Channels section, in which you can stay updated on specific groups. Right now, there are only two channels available: Emerican Royalty (mostly skaters who work here) and Emerica Europe, but more will be coming soon!

[Link: emerica]

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