by The Editors on June 30, 2008
How’s this for heard it from a friend who, heard from a friend who? The sfist is reporting that unaesthetic is posting that the two pieces of Barry McGee art featured in the picture above were stolen from the SF RVCA store.
The above two pieces of art were stolen from the SF RVCA store two days ago (not during the opening). They are from permanent/private collections and, without going into detail, have a great deal of sentimental value to the artists.
If you have any information about this, or means of having the artwork returned – there will be absolutely no questions asked and no legal efforts made to follow up on you or any involved parties. They just want the pieces back. You may contact me privately (art@unaesthetic.net), any of the RVCA staff (415-701-7822), or set up an anonymous third party to communicate through.
That pretty much sums it up. By the way, we love stories that allow us to tag them Art, Crime, Fashion. It just seems to right.
[Link: SFist via unaesthetic]
by The Editors on June 30, 2008
by The Editors on June 30, 2008
Apparently, the latest new craze in Kabul is not Kite Running. It’s skateboarding, according to a story in The Sydney Morning Herald.
Skateboarding is the latest teen craze to hit Kabul. It was started by three Australians who see it as a way to help young Afghans and redefine the way rich foreigners interact with them.
“They’re born naturals,” said Oliver Percovich, watching a dozen kids whiz around the fountain outside an upmarket restaurant. “They’ve got more balance than Western kids, mainly because they’re not scared to fall and get up again.”
Oddly, the three Aussies have called their skateboarding introduction project “skateistan.” Click the link for more on how skateboarding is changing lives in Afganistan.
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
by The Editors on June 30, 2008
All 10 of the Australian surf retailer Brothers Neilsen shops remain closed after the founders were unable to sell the company, according to a story in The West Australian.
Liquidators deemed that a deed of company arrangement, accepted by creditors in January 2007, was not capable of being successfully completed because of the difficult trading conditions being experienced by the business. . . It is understood Brothers Neilsen and Brothers Neilsen International owe a combined $3.5 million to creditors, including surfwear manufacturers Rip Curl and Billabong and smaller clothing suppliers.
[Link: The West Australian]
by The Editors on June 29, 2008
Bonnier Corp, the parent corporation of Transworld Media has announced that they are reducing the rate base on their skiing titles beginning with the September issues, according to a story on DMNews.com.
Skiing will move from a rate base of 400,000 to 300,000, and Ski is going from 450,000 to 400,000. Executives say the reductions are to better focus on key demographics: 18-35-year olds for Skiing, and boomers for Ski. The rate base cuts will not extend to Bonnier’s other skiing titles, which including Women’s Skiing, Boost and SnoWorld. . . “The strategy is to deliver the most committed skiers to our advertisers and to reduce the amount of verified circulation included in the magazine’s rate bases,” noted Dean Turcol, VP of communications for Bonnier, in an e-mail.
We’d say the reductions are more based on fewer people buying the magazines. Or does that just go without saying?
[Link: DMNews.com]
by The Editors on June 27, 2008
The bodies of Michael George, 27, and Kyle Kerschen, 27, two missing Albuquerque, N.M. snowboarders who vanished at Colorado’s Wolf Creek Resort on January 5, 2008 were found after six months of searching Monday, June 23, 2008.
The two men were found approximately 500 yards apart in a natural bowl outside ski area boundaries. Kerschen was in a clearing where most of the winter snow had melted away and George was found uphill, leaning against a tree in a wooded area where there was still some snow on the ground. . . . Downing said both bodies were intact and in a condition to be expected after being covered with heavy snow that had begun melting.
The men apparently died of “hypothermia due to exposure.” Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the two men.
[Link: The Del Norte Prospector]
by The Editors on June 22, 2008
In December 2007 Phillip Hollins, 41, Kevin Carter, 26, and Devlin Williams, 29 went out for a two-day backcountry snowboard trip near Washington State’s Crystal Mountain. They were never seen again.
Friends had continued to search for the three men and finally found their bodies yesterday together in the tent that they were in when an avalanche apparently hit.
When the friends found the tent, they called the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, and deputies went to the scene Saturday and prepared the bodies to be airlifted out, said spokesman Ed Troyer. They were too far out in the backcountry to carry out, he said.
[Link: Seattle Times]
by The Editors on June 21, 2008
Speaking of rainbows that are waves. . . Transworld Surf magazine editor Chris Cote is officially a minister and he wants to take part in California’s newest legal minister activity: same sex marriages.
Here’s what he says on his blog Cote’s Cube:
If you’re looking for a minister who will take hold your wedding vows in the highest regard, but also have fun with it and keep everybody entertained, hit me up. Serious inquiries only. Oh, I’m not gay, but I am a huge fan of Queen, Rufus Wainwright, and The Communards—so I am a huge supporter! Lets get married! Lets Party!
Maybe he can start a new video show, too: Cote’s Queer Cube. We can only hope so.
[Link: Cote’s Cube]
by The Editors on June 20, 2008
John Vasbinder of Cocoa Beach, Florida has been surfing for 40 years and never thought about sharks until one nearly bit his hand off.
Vasbinder, district vice president of the Central Florida YMCA, was lying on his surfboard June 7, paddling out to catch another wave, when his hand hit something. . . Turns out, something bit his hand. . . “I thought I hit a dolphin or a turtle or something until I looked at my hand,” Vasbinder said. “The skin on my palm was peeled back in three places and a couple of my finger tips were bleeding.”
After 45 stitches he was all better. But the bull shark got away unharmed.
[Link: TCPalm.com]
by The Editors on June 20, 2008
Wonder why we haven’t heard about this from the mainstream surf media. . . or maybe since we stopped reading the print magazines we just missed all the coverage this group is getting. (Just kidding).
THE GAY AND LESBIAN SURF ASSOCIATION WAS BUILT OUT OF THE FRUSTRATION OF HOMOPHOBIA OUT IN THE OCEAN!!!!!! MANY OF THE TOP PROFESSIONAL SURFERS ARE GAY AND CAN’T COME OUT OF THE CLOSET AND BE THEMSELVES BECAUSE THERE SPONSORS ARE RIGHT WING GOD FEARING REPUBLICANS IN ORANGE COUNTY!!!! THIS IS A PLACE TO BE YOURSELF AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING HASSLED BY SOME HOMOPHOBIC JOCKS WHEN YOU WANT TO RELAX AND CATCH A FEW WAVES WITH SOME FRIENDS!!!!!!!GO SURFING!!!
We’re glad someone still has a sense of humor in this money mill.
[Link: Gay and Lesbian Surf Association]
