Norwegian rider Torstein Horgmo took the big air and Shaun White took the quaterpipe at the super Nissan X Jam Trail thing, but Shaun’s total score gave him the first 6Star TTR Title and 1000 points toward the TTR Championships.
Follow the jump for the official press release version of the event.
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At San Diego Connect’s 21st Annual Most Innovative Products Awards ceremony in La Jolla, on Friday December 12, 2008, the awards didn’t all go to the electronic or biotech firms. No, Firewire Surfboards ran away with the Action and Sports Technology Best Product award.
The design features carbon composite rods inserted near the surfboard’s rail, or edges, to enhance deep, carving turns. Connect introduced the action sports category last year to recognize the rapidly expanding cluster of recreational sports companies in the region.
It’s nice to see the words “technology” and “surfboards” in the same sentence.
[Link: Xconomy]
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In something of a logic reach (nice, if it got him a paid trip to Hawaii) The New York Times writer Matt Higgins delves into the fading economy, Quiksilver’s stock price, and professional surfing and discovers that for the most part surfers don’t really care.
Randy Rarick, the executive director of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, taking place on the North Shore of Oahu this week, said: “I have a little saying, ‘The stock market is down; surf is up.’ No matter what, you don’t have a paycheck coming in, you’re not doing anything, you can still go out and catch a wave.”
And then there is Quik team manager Strider Wasilewski:
“A lot of these guys live in their own reality, which they have created — which is a good one,” he said. “Most of these guys don’t even know there’s a recession.”
Apparently, it’s the fashion industry that is having problems, not surfing. And that is a good thing to remember.
[Link: The New York Times]
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Thrasher Magazine’s SOTY party went off at the Great American Music Hall on Friday night December 12, 2008. And the San Francisco Weekly’s Eric K. Arnold was there to take down all the details. He got in while many skate heads were left standing in the street.
There was a lot of standing and milling around, and not much else to do but imbibe copious amounts of booze for a couple of hours. Hey, that’s what skaters do, brah. The open bar helped in this respect, although any efforts to actually get a drink within a reasonable time frame (say, under half an hour) were rebuffed by an apparently overwhelmed peroxide blonde bartender with a lip ring who became somewhat of a Seinfeld-esque “Beer Nazi,” arbitrarily granting or denying requests to be served based on…well, who knows what was going through that dude’s head.
So you’re saying we didn’t miss anything? We mean aside from Too $hort.
[Link: San Francisco Weekly]
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Forbes Magazine just released its list of the 10 Most Influential Athletes and Tony Hawk weighs in at number three behind Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong and ahead of Peyton Manning, Shaq, and several Nascar drivers. Here’s what they said:
This month, Hawk competed in the All ’80s All Day Vert Challenge, his first competition in eight years. Fittingly, the man who won many times during his storied career came out on top again. Hawk’s influence is evident in the popularity of the videogame franchise named after him. The skater also owns his own film and TV production company.
Congrats, Tony.
[Link: Forbes]
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It was a battle in the rain as Kelly Slater and Chris Ward sat and surfed in some large and funky Pipeline. But Kelly Slater, riding his 5’11” Al Merrick, did what he always seems to do: he surfed with knowledge, skill, and fluidity and will go home with that Gerry Lopez trophy board and his 6th Pipeline Masters title.
“There was no doubt in my mind, this guy is unbelievable. Wardo is one of the best barrel riders in the world,” Kelly said. “He got me out here last year. If he would have let me win last year, maybe he could have gotten this one today.”
Wardo came close, but because of Slater’s win Joel Parkinson takes his first Triple Crown Title. No offense to Wardo, but Parkinson was over ended up runner. “Andy has taken it away from me twice and today I was thinking this just can’t happen again,” Parkinson said.
[Link: Billabong Pipeline Masters]
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Looks like even a boutique street brand like The Hundreds can end up with a little extra product. But they’re going to use this sale to round up some food for people who need it. Want a deal on $30 screen-printed t-shirt? Bring a can of food and you can hunt for one.
[Link: The Hundreds]
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Iconic skateboarder/film director Stacy Peralta is getting grief from all corners for a recent commercial project commissioned by Burger King via bad-boy advertising agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky in which Peralta traveled the world to find “Whopper Virgins.” Burger King apparently wanted to find out which tastes better the Whopper of McDonald’s Big Mac, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
The campaign immediately sparked a backlash in the blogosphere and beyond, with critics claiming Burger King is exploiting poverty-stricken regions for marketing. “I don’t think indigenous people should be used in that way to amuse a bored public that wants a sensation at any price,” a commenter wrote on Gothamist.com.
It’s no surprise that Peralta’s footage is extremely well shot, seemingly sincere, funny, and compelling. But working for Burger King on a project that introduces crap fast food to third world cultures seems like an incredible waste of Peralta’s immense talents. Then again we’ve never eaten a hamburger in our lives, so we’re no authority.
[Link: Chicago Business and Fuel.TV]
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So many talented product designers waste time creating jacked up boards that roll.
A concept by designer Maciej Puzon, the Pumpboard can deflate down into a roll-able form, and puff back up when you need it.
Why not work on a perpetual motion machine and leave skateboarding alone?
[Link: Dvice]
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