December 2008

One And Co. Sold To Cellphone Giant

by The Editors on December 3, 2008

OneandcoOne and Co., a San Francisco design shop that has done work for Adidas, Burton, K2, Salomon, and Nixon among other was recently purchased by Taiwanese electronic manufacturer HTC, according to a story on cnet.com.

One & Co is excited to bring our lifestyle, user focused approach to HTC and we look forward to creating iconic, compelling products together,” said Scott Croyle, partner of One & Co. “Knowing about HTC’s cutting edge technology and proven track record of innovation, we are excited to collaborate with HTC as a global lifestyle brand.”

Not a bad exit strategy.

[Link: Cnet.com]

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Flip Blitzes North To NHS

by The Editors on December 3, 2008

NhsIt took a primer from Boil The Ocean to get us headed in the right direction on this one but it seems Bob Denike and the NorCal skate mob has has picked up another brand as Flip becomes part of NHS’s “brand roster.”

Bob Denike, President and CEO of NHS had this to say, “The addition of Flip strengthens our position to be the #1 skateboard supplier in the industry. The NHS strategy is simple; strong brands across all categories, innovative product development and working with the best pro skaters; past, present, and future. The Flip brand together with the global Flip team are a powerful and welcome addition to NHS. And frankly, it’s about f*#king time!”

It’s all just painted plywood anyway, right?

[Link: Transworld Business via Boil The Ocean]

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Me, Myself, And That Really Old Pro Snowboarder

by The Editors on December 3, 2008

We love Todd Richards and are we’re really glad he’s out humorously self-promoting himself in a new film. But what we’re most looking forward to is the part about how he could have won the first gold medal in the Olympic Halfpipe but he choked. Is that in there somewhere?

[Link: Snowbroader.eu]

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A Flaming Bag Of Crap Rises From The Ashes

by The Editors on December 3, 2008

SackSeems like only yesterday we were asking someone whatever happened to that site that we’ve been accused of completely and utterly ripping off and reapportioning? And what do you know? Sacklunch.com is back online, although currently without its world famous forum.

. . . that last thing we remember it was sometime near the end of February 2007. Our corporate masters decided to play some good ol’ fashion business hardball and ended up giving us a “time-out,” and sending us straight to our room with no dinner.

Apparently, their “time-out” is over and all that content is back online. . . even the Ben Marcus’s manic travel writing.

Welcome back. We missed you and all but we’re not sure there’s room for both of us.

[Link: Sacklunch.com via YoBeat]

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More Huge Holiday Bargains

by The Editors on December 2, 2008

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RVCA’s Big Movca

by The Editors on December 2, 2008

Dpt-Rvca12022008The Daily Pilot, “serving Newport Beach & Costa Mesa, California” has discovered that RVCA is moving into a new space next month (the old Paul Frank space) and they did something we didn’t do last month: they got the low-down straight from founder Pat Tenore.

His determination to stay on the Westside of Costa Mesa — a location that has served as an incubator for several of the biggest surf and skateboard fashion companies in the country — led him to the 70,000-square-foot Paul Frank building less than a mile from his present address. . . . “We want to stay close to where we started and close to the beach,” Tenore said. “And it’s really hard to find a building in this area because a lot of the area is being turned into residential.”

Right on, but what about the bowl?

[Link: Daily Pilot]

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Uber Alli’s Exploitive User Content Agreement

by The Editors on December 2, 2008

AlliWant NBC to own you? Post to the new Alli user generated content area and you can be NBC’s bitch for eternity. Here is a little sample from the User Content Submission Agreement on the Alli site.

By submitting User Content, in addition to the rights, licenses and privileges referred to above, you are also granting ALLI, and the Affiliates, the unqualified, unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual and royalty free right, license, authorization and permission to use and refer to your name, logo, marks, image, characteristic or other distinctive identification in presentations, marketing materials, customer lists and financial reports, to do, perform, take advantage of and exploit any and all of the rights set forth herein in connection with the marketing, advertising and promotion of the Platforms, and any products, goods, features, functions, capabilities and/or services associated with ALLI, and the Affiliates and to use and otherwise exploit any ideas, concepts, content, material, expression or form of expression, in whole or in part, contained in your User Content, for any purpose whatsoever, without any credit, compensation or accounting to you, in products or services developed by ALLI, and the Affiliates, without limitation or restriction whatsoever.

Leave it to a TV network to “exploit” users’ content “without any credit, compensation or accounting.”

[Link: Alli – Alliance of Action Sports]

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We Ride On These. . . Rad

by The Editors on December 1, 2008

763Px-Snow Crystals

Think of trillions and trillions of these flakes piled up. Trippy.

Snow flakes highly magnified by a low-temperature scanning electron microscope (SEM). The colours are called “pseudo colours”, they are computer generated and are a standard technique used with SEM images.

[Link: Kung Fu Grippe]

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Fingerboarding The iPhone

by The Editors on December 1, 2008

Touchgrind is a new $4.99 skateboarding game for the iPhone. The guys at Gizmodo gave it aa run through and they seem to think it’s pretty cool. We’re not up for paying the $4.99 to do our own test, so we’ll just trust them.

It’s a fun time waster with a seriously high level of polish. Due to the limitations of the iPhone, I’m not sure how exactly to solve the issue of not knowing where the hell you’re going, but if they do come up with a solution you’re looking at one of the best games available for the platform.

To pick up a copy visit the Apple iphone App store and search for it.

[Link: Touchgrind via Gizmodo]

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Airwalk: When Zombie Brands Roam The Earth

by The Editors on December 1, 2008

Staple

By most cursory observations the Airwalk brand continues to live on, though closer inspection suggests that it is more undead than alive. The most recent evidence is that “designer and street style icon, jeffstaple [yeah, that’s his tag: no space], chief designer of Staple Design” has announced “a multi-year agreement” to create exclusive Airwalk seasonal collections for fall and spring exclusively available at Payless Shoe Source under the STPL) 4 Airwalk brand.”

Payless is democratizing the latest ideas in footwear by making them accessible and affordable to all. I am very excited to join in this philosophy and approach,” said jeffstaple. “When I was growing up and busting my butt trying to skateboard, Airwalk and the essence of the brand was such a huge influence. The design Sneakerhead in me today is really excited to create fresh new silhouettes that embody the skate park and the street.

When a guy who has done great work for Nike, Burton, and Sony Playstation begins reanimating brands for Payless Shoe Source it’s got to be a case of. . . well . . . paying the bills.

[Link: Denver Post]

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