by The Editors on March 4, 2009
British surfer and freelance writer Alex Wade, the author of the book Surf Nation, has been nominated for the UK’s “Sports Journalists’ Association Sports Feature Writer of the Year award” according to a story in This Is Cornwall.
Alex, who was shortlisted for three stories, two on surfing and one on boxing, says he was ‘stoked’ to be nominated. . . “I’d forgotten all about the awards, and didn’t for a moment think I’d be nominated,” he said. “But it’s also true to say that this year there were a record number of entries for the awards, owing to the number of staff journos having been laid off thanks to the credit crunch.
Wade is up for a national writing award and the local paper still puts his stoked in quotes. . . classic.
[Link: This Is Cornwall]
by The Editors on March 3, 2009
A 14-year-old snowboarder from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is lucky to be alive today after being swept away in an avalanche while riding out of bounds at Mt. Washington, according to a story in the Vancouver Sun. His friends reported him missing at 3:30 PM.
Two hours later, at 5:30 p.m., searchers heard the boy calling for help near a precipice and were only able to reach him by descending on ropes. . . .The avalanche had pushed him up against a tree, which rescuers said saved him from being pushed over the cliff. . . .When rescuers uncovered him, they found he was hypothermic and both his legs were broken. . . He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox, then air-lifted to B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.
[Link: Vancouver Sun]
by The Editors on March 3, 2009
Rob Williams, the 29-year-old founder of British online music equipment retailer Dolphin Music died Sunday March 1, 2009 at Verbier after falling more than 60 feet off a cliff, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
[Williams] and Jason Tavaria, also 29, had become separated from friends while snowboarding in the resort of Verbier. . . . They were part of a group of London-based entrepreneurs attending a conference. . . . Mr Williams’s body was discovered by search teams late on Monday, shortly after they found his mobile phone. . . .Local police confirmed that he had fallen 66 feet onto a bed of rocks.
Williams was in Verbier with Michelle Dewberry, the winner of the BBC show The Apprentice.
[Link: Daily Mail]
by The Editors on March 3, 2009
An avalanche today at Squaw Valley USA claimed the life of longtime ski patroller Andrew Entin. He was 41.
Entin. . . was working on avalanche controls about 8 a.m. when he was caught in a slide and partially buried, Squaw Valley Fire Department spokesman Pete Bansen said. . . . Another member of the ski patrol dug him out while emergency crews responded to the scene, but he later died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Bansen said. . . . Squaw Valley USA said in a statement that Entin suffered multiple fractures and trauma. The cause of death was under investigation. Entin’s hometown was not immediately known.
Tahoe has received more than four feet of snow in the last 24 hours.
[Link: SF Gate]
by The Editors on March 3, 2009
You’d think a guy who wanted to create “a landmark statue” of Kelly Slater for Cocoa Beach would have thought a little about funding it before getting started. Not Sam Drazich. According to a story on Florida Today the statue is going to cost $100,000 and Sam has raised nothing so far.
“I guess we’ve probably raised about 30 or 40 bucks,” laughed Drazich, a weekend surfer whose family grew up in the city. “I’m just hoping someone is going to come through, big. The next stage will probably require a loan.”. . . At 6 tonight at Rusty’s Seafood Restaurant at Port Canaveral, a fund-raiser will take place, with free hors d’oeuvres, drink specials, entertainment and surf art by Bruce Reynolds, who will donate part of his sales.
Someone, please help Sam out.
[Link: Florida Today]
by The Editors on March 3, 2009
He was described as a “whizkid Gold Coast lawyer who made his fortune in the public float of the Billabong surfwear group” but yesterday Matthew Perrin (pictured right in a 1996 photo) “filed for personal bankruptcy with Insolvency Trustee Service of Australia” according to as story in The Australian.
Mr Perrin and his family, which includes three children, live in a double-block mansion at the exclusive Cronin Island on the Gold Coast, worth more than $10 million, which is not included in the list of his assets. . . .”The house is not in this,” Mr Starkey said, noting that “most solicitors put their houses in their wife’s name”. . . .A statement issued yesterday by Mr Perrin’s solicitors, Minter Ellison, said the bankruptcy had been triggered by “the significant investment made by Mr Perrin and those entities that he controls in a supermarket and property group located in the Xian and Hunan provinces in China over a period of more than three years.”
Looks like Mr. “Noexcuses” has a couple pretty good ones now. It is nice to know that this time his financial foibles have nothing to do with Billabong.
[Link: The Australian and Herald Sun]
by The Editors on March 3, 2009
Snowboarder John Zsolt, 45, of Toronto, Canada died Sunday March 1, 2009 while riding at The Beaver Valley Ski Club according to a story in the Sun Times.
Zsolt, who was wearing a helmet and who was described as a skilled snowboarder, died after he fell and crashed into a tree at about 10:30 a. m. Several witnesses, who watched the crash from a chairlift, said Zsolt was traveling fast when he tried to carve a turn and fell. He slid into a tree.
[Link: The Sun Times]
by The Editors on March 2, 2009
Artist, photographer, filmmaker Thomas Campbell’s newest surf film The Present will be premiering Friday March 6 & 7, 2009 at the world famous La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, California with two showings each night at 7 and 9 PM with special musical guests The Mattson 2 & Ray Barbee.
Featured sliders include Patagonia ambassadors Dan Malloy, Chris Malloy, Fletcher Chouinard and Devon Howard, with Dave Rastovich, Chelsea Georgenson Hedges, Michel Junod, Joel Tudor, Kassia Meador, Alex Knost, Rob Machado, Dane Reynolds and others.
Tickets are available at the Patagonia store in Cardiff, CA. For more dates on the North American moive tour click the link.
[Link: Trim Your Life Away via Surflne]
by The Editors on March 2, 2009
The Finals videos are now up at the Berrics. Check them out first. And then come back here and check out our photos. It was a mind-blowing night of skateboarding, not to mention the best contest we’ve ever been too.
If we hadn’t been so excited about all of it things probably would have gone a little smoother for us. But we were and they didn’t.
[Link: The Berrics]
by The Editors on March 2, 2009
British surfer and freelance writer Alex Wade, the author of the book Surf Nation, has been nominated for the UK’s “Sports Journalists’ Association Sports Feature Writer of the Year award” according to a story in This Is Cornwall.
